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North Central College
Education•Naperville, Illinois, United States•
About: North Central College is a education organization based out in Naperville, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Tillage. The organization has 1623 authors who have published 2015 publications receiving 54223 citations. The organization is also known as: NCC & North Central.
Topics: Population, Tillage, Loam, Soil water, Crop rotation
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the techniques to evaluate categorical maps and spatial point data, and make observations about the interpretation of spatial pattern indices and the appropriate application of the techniques.
Abstract: Landscape ecology is based on the premise that there are strong links between ecological pattern and ecological function and process. Ecological systems are spatially heterogeneous, exhibiting considerable complexity and variability in time and space. This variability is typically represented by categorical maps or by a collection of samples taken at specific spatial locations (point data). Categorical maps quantize variability by identifying patches that are relatively homogeneous and that exhibit a relatively abrupt transition to adjacent areas. Alternatively, point-data analysis (geostatistics) assumes that the system property is spatially continuous, making fewer assumptions about the nature of spatial structure. Each data model provides capabilities that the other does not, and they should be considered complementary. Although the concept of patches is intuitive and consistent with much of ecological theory, point-data analysis can answer two of the most critical questions in spatial pattern analysis: what is the appropriate scale to conduct the analysis, and what is the nature of the spatial structure? I review the techniques to evaluate categorical maps and spatial point data, and make observations about the interpretation of spatial pattern indices and the appropriate application of the techniques. Pattern analysis techniques are most useful when applied and interpreted in the context of the organism(s) and ecological processes of interest, and at appropriate scales, although some may be useful as coarse-filter indicators of ecosystem function. I suggest several important needs for future research, including continued investigation of scaling issues, development of indices that measure specific components of spatial pattern, and efforts to make point-data analysis more compatible with ecological theory.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of recommendations on consumer decision making during online shopping experiences was examined and it was found that consumers use the mere availability of peer recommendations as a decision-making heuristic, irrespective of the peer recommender's personal characteristics.
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TL;DR: The recalcitrance of the biochar suggests that it could be a viable carbon sequestration strategy, and might provide substantial net greenhouse gas benefits if the reductions in N(2)O production are lasting.
620 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the amount of corn stover needed to maintain soil carbon, which is responsible for favorable soil properties, was reported (5.25-12.50 Mg ha 1).
Abstract: Sustainable aboveground crop biomass harvest estimates for cellulosic ethanol production, to date, have been limited by the need for residue to control erosion. Recently, estimates of the amount of corn (Zea mays L.) stover needed to maintain soil carbon, which is responsible for favorable soil properties, were reported (5.25-12.50 Mg ha 1). These estimates indicate stover needed to maintain soil organic carbon, and thus productivity, are a greater constraint to environmentally sustainable cellulosic feedstock harvest than that needed to control water and wind erosion. An extensive effort is needed to develop advanced cropping systems that greatly expand biomass production to sustainably supply cellulosic feedstock without undermining crop and soil productivity.
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TL;DR: The susceptibility of mtDNA to oxidative damage in human RPE cells, together with the age-related decrease of cellular anti-oxidant system, provides the rationale for a mitochondria-based model of AMD.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Paul D. Cleary | 107 | 386 | 44313 |
Lewis A. Lipsitz | 105 | 414 | 43975 |
Ricardo Uauy | 93 | 497 | 58665 |
Steven L. Suib | 89 | 862 | 34189 |
Laurel A. Beckett | 85 | 320 | 34046 |
David G. Birch | 76 | 317 | 18336 |
Eileen E. Birch | 73 | 277 | 17206 |
Jeffrey S. Reid | 65 | 296 | 22594 |
Kathy Pritchard-Jones | 63 | 306 | 20404 |
Sung Woo Kim | 60 | 319 | 12280 |
L. David Mech | 56 | 210 | 11673 |
Marc Lipman | 56 | 303 | 9856 |
Stephen L. Atkin | 53 | 457 | 11716 |
Randall G. Hulet | 52 | 151 | 15191 |
Kurt A. Spokas | 51 | 171 | 10661 |