How can I measure the stability of clay humus complexes in soil?

Suggest me the best way of measuring stability of clay humus complexes in soil. Thank u.

02 March 2017 7,784 4 View

Which method I need to employ to quantify the micro and macro organism population in soil samples ?

Best practical way to quantify the microbial population in soil samples?

02 March 2017 8,733 4 View

Which one is the best protocol to measure nodule count in legumes ?

Share your views about quantification of nodule count in legumes.

02 March 2017 2,370 2 View

Biochemical changes in the soil after plant residue incorporation and retention?

Changes in biochemical behavior of soil followed by incorporation v/s crop residue retention.

02 March 2017 6,626 5 View

Is there any scientific method to measure Phosphorus Fractions ?

Phosphorus and it's various fractions in the soil are good indicators for analysing soil Fertility. So their accurate measurement may help the famers, scientific communities and policy makers. But...

02 March 2017 8,460 3 View

How I can do the statistical analysis (ANOVA) in sole maize and intercropped maize+ccowpea (50:50) having 4 main plot and 5 subplot treatments ?

Best approach for statistical analysis of intercropped maize+cowpea experiment. Please take a example of any growth parameter such as plant height, number of leaves, LAI, CGR etc. and compare the...

02 March 2017 933 4 View

What is the significance of measuring carbon stocks on equivalent weight basis ?

Share your ideas about the advantages of measuring C stocks with equivalent weight based approach.

02 March 2017 2,474 0 View

Which standard methodology I need to follow regarding quantification of gradient carbon pools ?

02 March 2017 8,256 0 View

How can I measure the N fractions in rhizospheric soil samples?

Please suggest me the precise and standard methodology to compute the various N fractions in rhizospheric soil samples.

02 March 2017 4,184 7 View

Which one is the best protocol to measure aggregate stability ?

Need reviews regarding measurement of aggregate stability.

02 March 2017 7,807 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

How to run repeated measures in mvabund?

I have a dataset of fish species abundances collected from 6 different habitats over the course of 30 years. Fish were collected multiple times per year and environmental variables were recorded...

21 February 2021 3,838 1 View

Where can I find raw quantitative datasets on ecosystem services?

I'm an Undergraduate student on the search for a research topic which has to involve any ecosystem service(s) and a response to environmental change. I'm looking for raw quantitative data sets (I...

19 February 2021 5,911 2 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

Can one use just 250 micron sieve & still get a good number of mycorrhizal spores from the soil?

In a situation where one cannot get the appropriate & separate levels of sieve for mycorrhizal survey work, can just one level of sieve give good results & spore counts?

13 February 2021 3,760 2 View

Is an Algal Microbial Fuel Cell a good research topic?

What do you think about studying the electricity production in an Algal Microbial Fuel Cell? Namely at the anode there is for example a solution with bacteria which degradate organic matter into...

27 January 2021 5,681 5 View

What is the best way and technique for serial dilution of bactria to get accurate number of colony ?

Hello I am infecting cells with bacteria in a well and then I am doing serial dilution of this well 1 in 10 and culture the two last dilution on MHA agar I have difficulty in getting accurate...

26 January 2021 9,256 5 View

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View