Purpose: Effective vermicomposting of Salvinia natans is a good alternative for protecting wetlands damaged by the weed due to the vast potential for use of the product vermicompost in agriculture, but the presence of toxic metals in the weeds may deter the usage. Methods: Research was carried out...

Understanding the factors that intensify the invasion patterns across the geographic ranges is an important challenge in the effort to conserve biodiversity. In the present study we tried to establish a correlation between the exotic invasive richness with different habitat types. To achieve the...

The piçarra (subsoil material mainly formed by silt, sand and gravel) is commonly used in the civil construction and activities related to the onshore oil production in the Caatinga biome. The revegetation of the piçarra mines at the end of exploration cycle is mandatory and generally demands the...

This paper compares the biomass battery output for different biomass substrates. This approach of producing electricity can be utilized to meet the lighting requirements of rural household using available biomass. This is done via anaerobic digestion of the biomass and power generation driven by...

In addition to habitat loss and fragmentation, agricultural change has led to a change in seed dispersal processes in the rural landscape through a loss of structural and functional connectivity. Here, human-mediated dispersal vectors are prevalent, and we explored whether the loss of connectivity...

The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris is an important crop for food security and nitrogen fixation through Rhizobium symbiosis. Commercial Rhizobium inoculants are being promoted to fix nitrogen and enhance bean production in the Lake Victoria basin. Rhizobium symbiosis depends on nutrients,...

The crops of eastern goat's-rue are being gaining more and more sown acreage in the Non-Chernozem zone of the Russian Federation due to its high yields of protein-rich mass as well as potentially long period of use without re-sowing or overgrassing. At the same time eastern goat's-rue is a...

A comparative studies was conducted between exotic and indigenous (epigeic Eisenia foetida (exotic) and anaecic species Lampito mauritii (indigenous) respectively). We use two species of earthworms for the evaluation of their efficacy in vermicomposting of poultry waste. Vermicomposting of poultry...

Human impact such as forest fragmentation and degradation may have strong effects on native and exotic plant communities. In addition, these human-caused disturbances occur mostly in lowlands producing greater fragmentation and degradation there than in higher elevations. Plant invasion should be...

Understanding driving factors of spatial heterogeneity in plant species composition and functional structure is a key step towards wetland ecosystems restoration and biodiversity conservation. We surveyed 60 randomly selected plots of 20×50 m each and collected 12 explanatory variables to...