The Ontario Road Safety Plan is a new strategy intended to coordinate efforts to identify safety problems, to find and implement solutions, and to feed back evaluations of initiatives for future efforts to build on. A review of the literature on road safety was part of that strategy. This ...
previously published and unpublished, data from OTC warming experiments in the tundra biome. OTCs are small greenhouses which passively increase air temperatures during the snow-free season while allowing free entry of precipitation44. They are commonly used ...
Previous efforts to quantify the dry-phase biodiversity of NPRs have been restricted, both geographically and taxonomically36,37,38, with large-scale coordinated surveys needed to fill this gap. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is an efficient approach in large standardized surveys, because it ...
little is known about the biogeography and ecology of soil giant viruses. In a first attempt to explore NCLDVs in soil using cultivation-independent approaches, 13 novel and 3 previously known giant virus genomes were recovered
Abstract Background The Antarctic continent is considered the coldest and driest place on earth with simple ecosystems, devoid of higher plants. Soils in the ice-free regions of Antarctica are known to harbor a wide range of microorganisms from primary producers to grazers, yet their ecology and ...
Abstract We studied dietary patterns, physical activity (PA), and monthly goal setting in a weight reduction intervention in long-distance professional drivers. The study was conducted in Finland in 2009–2012. Male drivers with waist circumference > 100 cm were randomized to a lifestyle counseling...
Annual and seasonal variability in evapotranspiration and water table at a shrub-covered bog in southern Ontario, Canada Hydrol. Process., 19 (2005), pp. 3533-3550 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar Limpens et al., 2008 J. Limpens, F. Berendse, C. Blodau, J.G. Canadell, C. Freeman...
Abstract Stormwater detention ponds are widely utilized as control structures to manage runoff during storm events. These ponds also represent biogeochemical hotspots, where carbon (C) and nutrients can be processed and buried in sediments. This study quantified C and nutrient [nitrogen (N) and phosp...
Abstract Peatlands are important carbon reserves in terrestrial ecosystems. The microtopography of a peatland area has a strong influence on its carbon balance, determining carbon fluxes at a range of spatial scales. These patterned surfaces are very sensitive to changing climatic conditions. There are...
Building on the work of Jones and Kierzkowski (1990), economists have been writing models that describe how firms are increasingly fragmenting production processes into various stages or tasks and moving them to more advantageous locations (e.g., Deardor