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Effects of Environmental Zinc Deficiency on Antioxidant System Function in Wumeng Semi-fine Wool Sheep
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of zinc deficiency on the antioxidant system function in Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep. The content...
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Response of dominant grassland species in the temperate steppe of Inner Mongolia to different land uses at leaf and ecosystem levels
In order to study the responses of dominant species to different land uses in the semiarid temperate grassland of Inner Mongolia, we tested the...
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Bryophytes
This chapter contains detailed information on life cycle, morphology and classification of the three divisions of Bryophytes: Marchantiophyta...
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Mountain Gradients in the Neotropics: A Bracken Fern Perspective
The steep Andean mountains rising from the eastern flatlands of northern South America create a multitude of physical gradients and as many as 133...
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Desert Steppe Ecosystem
This chapter focuses on Chinese desert steppe ecosystems. It introduces in brief the areal extent and provincially based distribution of this...
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Influence of exogenous ascorbic acid and glutathione priming on mitochondrial structural and functional systems to alleviate aging damage in oat seeds
BackgroundLoss of vigor caused by seed aging adversely affects agricultural production under natural conditions. However, priming is an economical...
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Whole-genome sequencing of wild Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) provides insights into its genetic features
BackgroundSiberian musk deer, one of the seven species, is distributed in coniferous forests of Asia. Worldwide, the population size of Siberian musk...
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Interactions of soil moisture and plant community properties in meadows restored from abandoned farmlands on the Sanjiang Plain, China
Soil moisture is a major driving force of plant community succession in restored meadows. Existing studies mainly focus on diversity-productivity...
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Biofuel Molecules
Biofuels have attracted significant attention in recent years as a result of diminishing fossil fuels and increasing environmental concerns due to...
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Distribution Characteristics and Implication of n-alkanes in Soils and Plants in Alpine Meadow
The present study was conducted to investigate the n -alkane composition of typical alpine meadows. Plant and soil samples were collected and analyzed...
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Preserving Biological Diversity: Coastal Ecosystem Restoration Not In Balance
Distinguished Harvard University Professor of Biology E. O. Wilson has projected that one-quarter of all living things will be lost forever by the...
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Dynamic RNA methylation modifications and their regulatory role in mammalian development and diseases
Among over 170 different types of chemical modifications on RNA nucleobases identified so far, RNA methylation is the major type of epitranscriptomic...
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Effect of Soil Water Deficit on Growth and Development of Plants: A Review
Plants in nature are continuously exposed to several biotic and environmental limitations. Among these limitations, soil water deficit is one of the...
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Biogeochemical Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems
In this chapter, the major biogeochemical fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems are presented: water, carbon, nitrogen and cation fluxes. The relevance...
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Desert Rangeland Ecosystem
This chapter focuses on Chinese desert rangeland ecosystems. It introduces in brief the areal extent and provincially based distribution of this...
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Saline–Alkaline Resistance: Physiological and Ecological Characteristics of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis)
Soil salinization is a serious problem in the sustainable development of agricultural resources especially for the arid- and semiarid regions...
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Sexual Reproduction of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis)
Sheepgrass is a cross-pollination and self-incompatible plant. In the natural habitat, the asexual reproduction of sheepgrass occupies the absolute...
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Potential Role of Selenium Against Hepatotoxicity Induced by 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in Albino Wistar Rats
The present study aims to investigate the hepatoprotective effects of selenium on toxicity induced by ‘Désormone Lourd’ based on...
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Radioecology and Substance Interaction with Nature
Radioactive substances have their origin since the inception of earth. The warming of earth surface still takes place through radioactive...
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Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum expressing multifunctional glycoside hydrolases on the characteristics of alfalfa silage
For the first time, Lactobacillus plantarum strains carrying heterologous genes encoding multifunctional glycoside hydrolases were constructed and...
