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| Utteridge, T.M.A.; Edwards, P.J.. |
| The highest mountains in South-East Asia are in the Sudirman range of Indonesian New Guinea; the highest is Mt Jaya which rises to 4 884 m and is still partly glaciated. The geological history of the region has left it rich in mineral deposits and the alpine area is currently being mined for copper. In 1997 a project was initiated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in conjunction with the mining companies Rio Tinto and PT-Freeport Indonesia, to study the region’s flora. An introduction to the region, including geology, glaciation and past exploration will be given, as well as the history and objectives of the Kew project. During the project, Kew made several collaborative expeditions to the area, as well as a database of all historical collections from Mt... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Indonesia; Mining; Pteridophytes. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525038 |
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| Bhullar, G.S.; Edwards, P.J.; Olde Venterink, H.. |
| Plants are a major factor influencing methane emissions from wetlands, along with environmental parameters such as water table, temperature, pH, nutrients and soil carbon substrate. We conducted a field experiment to study how different plant species influence methane emissions from a wetland in Switzerland. The top 0.5 m of soil at this site had been removed five years earlier, leaving a substrate with very low methanogenic activity. We found a sixfold difference among plant species in their effect on methane emission rates: Molinia caerulea and Lysimachia vulgaris caused low emission rates, whereas Senecio paludosus, Carex flava, Juncus effusus and Typha latifolia caused relatively high rates. Centaurea jacea, Iris sibirica, and Carex davalliana caused... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Air and water emissions. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/25303/1/bhullar-etal-2014-methane-emission-PLoS_one-9_2.pdf |
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