I am grateful to give these young adults a chance to slow down and be with the natural world as they help me weed and mulch and plant. One of them told me recently that he relies on this work to keep him centered enough to study, and the fatigue from working in fresh air is helpin...
between forest and crop. This inverse relationship indicates that the potential role of mouse opossums for pest control depends on the proximity of natural forests to crops. We estimated that the ecosystem service provided by this marsupial may reach up to US$ 31.08 ha−1year−1of native fo...
I am Dekanawidah and with the Five Nations' Confederate Lords I plant the Tree of the Great Peace... I name the tree the Tree of the Great Long Leaves. Under the shade of this Tree of the Great Peace we spread the soft white feathery down of the globe thistle as seats for you, ...
Abella and Fornwalt (2015) found that species rich- ness increased in the first decade after the Hayman Fire, which burned in mixed conifer forests: plant species present before the fire flourished along with new colonizers. Further, the prevalence of native plants indicated that the forest ...
“The people of this island and of all the other islands which I have found and seen, or have not seen, all go naked, men and women, as their mothers bore them, except that some women cover one place only with the leaf of a plant or with a net of cotton which they make for tha...
- All-time highest 24-hour precipitation: 15.1 inches (Hokah Wastewater Treatment Plant on Aug. 19, 2007) - All-time highest 24-hour snowfall: 36 inches (Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center on Jan.7, 1994) Hokah, a city in Houston County, had the state's heaviest one-day rainfall ...
When Mr. Bry- ant sold George's, she went to work at Moore's Meat Packing Plant. Her next employment was with Durant Electronics. She then opened Jean's Café with her partner, Albert Keck. Her last business was Jean's Little Store in Blue. At 85 years old, she had folks who ...
117、多厂垄断( Multiplant monopoly) 多厂垄断是指拥有和经营不止一个工厂并且要决定每个工厂产量的一个厂商。 118、多产品厂商( Multiproduct firm)多产品厂商是指生产不止一种产品的厂商。例如,杜邦公司生产化工、石油等方面的种类繁多的产品。 119、共同基金(Mutual fund)共同基金是把大量投资者和雇员的钱集中...
573、Near money "准货币" 一种金融资产。它没有风险,非常易于转换成货币,以至它们接近于或实际上就等于是货币。例如货币基金或国库券。 574、Negative income tax 负所得税 以一个统一的方案代替现存各种收入支持方案(如福利、食品券等等)的计划、在这一计划下,贫困家庭将得到一份收入补助,而随着他们的报酬的...
Rising temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns under climate change scenarios are accelerating the depletion of soil moisture and increasing the risk of drought, disrupting the conditions that many plant species need to survive. This study aims to establish the bioclimatic characterisation, both...