The Distribution of Species Abundances within natural communities – when properly analysed – can provide essential information regarding general aspects of the internal organisation of these communities. In particular, true species richness on the one hand and the intensity of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i227147
With the aim of investigating carbon sequestration and its relationship with land use in different topographical conditions, the present study carried out during March-November/2013 in mixed vegetation cover areas under forest condition, eroded bare land and cultivated lands of c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i227150
With the increased attention paid to environmental and ecological issues in China, many methods have been used to evaluate the performance of ecological conservation. Scholars have evaluated environmental efficiency in the production process with undesirable outputs, and used a d...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i227135
Introduction: Rainwater harvesting is the collection of rainwater directly from the surface(s) it falls on. Rainwater harvesting through collection tank is an effective method. Numerous methods are available for determining the size of the storage capacity required to satisfy a g...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i127099
Aims: Field experiment was conducted to study the integrated nutrient management on yield, all yield components and resource use efficiency of cotton and soybean intercropping system. Study Design: Randomized complete block design with three replications and twenty treatments. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i127103
Aims: Forest restoration in urbanized and polluted cities is paving the way for mitigation of climate change by reducing the air pollutants level and carbon content level in atmosphere. So, the study was conducted at Coimbatore urban city, Tamil Nadu by using twenty five tree spe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i127106
Aims: The study aimed at modeling the climate change projections for Ferozpur subcatchment of Jhelum sub-basin of Kashmir Valley using the SDSM model. Study Design: The study was carried out in three different time slices viz Baseline (1985-2015), Mid-century (2030-2059) and End-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i127108
Trace elements or trace metals are of great interest in environmental studies due to their toxic and cumulative properties in the biological and sedimentary compartments. The discharge area of the Amazon River mouth receives an immense volume of suspended material with adsorbed t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i127131
Aim: To study the response of Pigeonpea to seed polymerization with micronutrients and foliar spray at different growth stages. Place of Study: Field experiment was conducted during kharif 2014 at Main Agricultural Research Station, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/37999
Aims: To estimate the surface CO2 flux derived from CO2 concentration profiles and to validate the results by previous data of surface CO2 flux obtained from the measurements using close-chamber method. Study Design: The measurement of soil CO2 concentration profile, soil propert...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/38328
In some environmental problems, it is required to find out if new influences (e.g., new influences on the ozone concentration) occurred in one area of the region (named as a treatment area) have affected the measurements there substantially. For convenience, the area of the regio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/37044
Aims: To investigate the characteristics of ambient particulate matter (PM) and its impacts on animal respiratory system. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in urban area of Mysore city from 2014 to 2017. Methodology: The elemental composition, image interpretat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/36547
Revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE2) was applied to assess the soil loss in an agricultural field of Uccle, Belgium. Determination of soil loss required lots of information and data sets from various variables related to RUSLE2 in different formats scales. The effect of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/35336
Increasingly, countries are gathering to address concerns surrounding climate change. The 2015 United Nations Conference of Parties, COP21, saw the emergence of a landmark agreement for collective global action. The tagline arising from this agreement was "Long live the planet. L...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/33843
The study investigated the comparative assessment of seasonal herbaceous diversity at disturbed and undisturbed forest sites at Pahalgam and Betab valley of Kashmir. The results revealed that Shannon’s diversity attained maximum value (2.238) at site I to a minimum value (0.421)...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/31696