Chapter 2. Forest and Terrestrial Biodiversity of Mauritius 2.1 Overview of Biodiversity Mauritius has an area of 1‚865 km2‚ of which 30% is considered forested. The area of good quality native forest‚ (i.e. that with more than 50% native plant cover‚ Page & d’Argent 1997)‚ is estimated to cover less than 2% of the island (NEAP 1999‚ MWF unpublished‚ Fig.2.1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result
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Current Chemical Biology‚ 2009‚ 3‚ 203-230 203 Functional Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan Inmaculada Aranaz‚ Marian Mengíbar‚ Ruth Harris‚ Inés Paños‚ Beatriz Miralles‚ Niuris Acosta‚ Gemma Galed and Ángeles Heras* Department of Physical Chemistry II‚ Faculty of Pharmacy‚ Institute of Biofunctional Studies‚ Complutense University‚ Paseo Juan XXIII‚ nº 1. Madrid 28040‚ Spain Abstract: Chitin and its deacetylated derivative chitosan are natural polymers composed of randomly distributed -(1-4)linked
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hFood Science and Food Biotechnology EDITED BY Gustavo F. Gutiérrez-López‚ Ph.D. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas Instituto Politécnico Nacional México‚ DF. Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas‚ Ph.D. Washington State University Pullman‚ Washington CRC PR E S S Boca Raton London New York Washington‚ D.C. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Food science and food biotechnology / edited by Gustavo F. Gutiérrez-López and Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas. p. cm. -- (Food preservation
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Crop Production Techniques of Horticultural Crops 2013 HORTICULTURAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE – 641 003 Contents Part I - Fruits Page No. Chapter A - Tropical and Sub Tropical Fruits Mango .................................................................................................................. Banana .....................................................................................................
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91 Chapter 5 Sources of plant nutrients and soil amendments A large number of diverse materials can serve as sources of plant nutrients. These can be natural‚ synthetic‚ recycled wastes or a range of biological products including microbial inoculants. Except for microbial inoculants (biofertilizers)‚ all of these contain one‚ two or several plant nutrients in readily or potentially available forms. A certain supply of mineral and organic nutrient sources is present in soils‚ but
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Table of Contents (Subject Area: Biochemistry) Article Authors Pages in the Encyclopedia Bioenergetics Enzyme Mechanisms Food Colors Glycoconjugates and Carbohydrates Ion Transport Across Biological Membranes Lipoprotein/Cholesterol Metabolism Membrane Structure Natural Antioxidants In Foods Nucleic Acid Synthesis Protein Folding Protein Structure Protein Synthesis Vitamins and Coenzymes Richard E. McCarty and Eric A. Johnson Stephen J. Benkovic and Ann M. Valentine Pericles Markakis
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More praise for Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel "No scientist brings more experience from the laboratory and field‚ none thinks more deeply about social issues or addresses them with greater clarity‚ than Jared Diamond as illustrated by Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. In this remarkably readable book he shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition." —Edward O. Wilson‚ Pellegrino University Professor‚ Harvard University "Serious‚ groundbreaking biological
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