Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

November 16, 2020

Nitrogen fertilization affects maize grain yield through regulating nitrogen uptake, radiation and water use efficiency, photosynthesis and root distribution

Wennan Su, Shakeel Ahmad, Irshad Ahmad, Qingfang Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10291 PubMed 33240631

November 11, 2020

Improving decolorization of dyes by laccase from Bacillus licheniformis by random and site-directed mutagenesis

Tongliang Bu, Rui Yang, YanJun Zhang, Yuntao Cai, Zizhong Tang, Chenglei Li, Qi Wu, Hui Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10267 PubMed 33240620

November 17, 2020

Tropical peatlands and their conservation are important in the context of COVID-19 and potential future (zoonotic) disease pandemics

Mark E. Harrison, Lahiru S. Wijedasa, Lydia E.S. Cole, Susan M. Cheyne, Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad, Liana Chua, Greta C. Dargie, Corneille E.N. Ewango, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Suspense A. Ifo, Muhammad Ali Imron, Dianna Kopansky, Trilianty Lestarisa, Patrick J. O’Reilly, Julie Van Offelen, Johannes Refisch, Katherine Roucoux, Jito Sugardjito, Sara A. Thornton, Caroline Upton, Susan Page

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10283 PubMed 33240628

November 23, 2020

A meta-analysis contrasting active versus passive restoration practices in dryland agricultural ecosystems

M. Florencia Miguel, H. Scott Butterfield, Christopher J. Lortie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10428 PubMed 33282566

November 11, 2020

Fire weather effects on flammability of indigenous and invasive alien plants in coastal fynbos and thicket shrublands (Cape Floristic Region)

Samukelisiwe T. Msweli, Alastair J. Potts, Herve Fritz, Tineke Kraaij

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10161 PubMed 33240598

November 19, 2020

Wing morphological responses to latitude and colonisation in a range expanding butterfly

Evelyn D. Taylor-Cox, Callum J. Macgregor, Amy Corthine, Jane K. Hill, Jenny A. Hodgson, Ilik J. Saccheri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10352 PubMed 33240660

November 12, 2020

Radon and thoron exhalation rate, emanation factor and radioactivity risks of building materials of the Iberian Peninsula

Samuel Frutos-Puerto, Eduardo Pinilla-Gil, Eva Andrade, Mário Reis, María José Madruga, Conrado Miró Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10331 PubMed 33240648

November 25, 2020

Remote sensing inversion and spatial variation of land surface temperature over mining areas of Jixi, Heilongjiang, China

Jia-shuo Cao, Zheng-yu Deng, Wen Li, Yuan-dong Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10257 PubMed 33304647

November 9, 2020

The genetic diversity and population structure of two endemic Amazonian quillwort (Isoetes L.) species

Mirella Pupo Santos, João V.S. Rabelo Araujo, Arthur V. Sant’anna Lopes, Julio Cesar Fiorio Vettorazzi, Marcela Santana Bastos Boechat, Fernanda AbreuSantana Arêdes, Naiara Viana Campos, Emiliano Nicolas Calderon, Fernando M. Gomes Santos, Tais Nogueira Fernandes, Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca, Messias Gonzaga Pereira, Guilherme Oliveira, Daniel Basilio Zandonadi, RodrigoLemes Martins, Francisco de Assis Esteves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10274 PubMed 33240624

November 4, 2020

Characterization and comparison of the bacterial communities of rhizosphere and bulk soils from cadmium-polluted wheat fields

Li Song, Zhenzhi Pan, Yi Dai, Lin Chen, Li Zhang, Qilin Liao, Xiezhi Yu, Hongyan Guo, Guisheng Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10302 PubMed 33194446

November 3, 2020

Antimicrobial resistant gene prevalence in soils due to animal manure deposition and long-term pasture management

Yichao Yang, Amanda J. Ashworth, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Lisa M. Durso, Mary Savin, Kim Cook, Philip A. Moore Jr., Phillip R. Owens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10258 PubMed 33194426

November 5, 2020

Characterizing carbonyl compounds and their sources in Fuzhou ambient air, southeast of China

Zhen He, Xin Zhang, Yunfeng Li, Xuefen Zhong, Hong Li, Rui Gao, Jinjuan Li