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Forest and floods
September 17, 2024
Forests play an important role in flood protection. They intercept rainfall and the forest floor absorbs a large proportion of the water. However, during extreme weather events such as the current one, forests reach their limits.
The Thünen Institute is expanding its cooperative relationships in spatial research: The Thünen Institutes of Rural Areas and of Rural Economics are now part of the Leibniz R Research Network.
An interdisciplinary research team demonstrated in their new study that harmful phthalates and endocrine disruptors are released from common soft plastic baits
In a recent statement, the German Advisory Council of Rural Development (SRLE) at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture recommends a quick implementation of the recently adopted Federal Government's Democracy Strategy and gives further advice with respect to rural areas.
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Institutes conduct research in the fields of rural areas, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
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Froger C, Tondini E, Arrouays D, Oorts K, Poeplau C, Wetterlind J, Putku E, Saby NPA, Fantappiè M, Styc Q, Chenu C, Salomez J, Callewaert S, Vanwindekens FM, Huyghebaert B, Herinckx J, Heilek S, Harbo LS, Carvalho Gomes L De, Lázaro-López A, et al (2024) Comparing LUCAS Soil and national systems: Towards a harmonized European Soil monitoring network. Geoderma 449:117027, DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117027
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Hönicka H, Bein S, Starczak M, Gackowski D (2024) Exploring the interaction between aminobutyric acid and epigenetics in modulating ash dieback response in european ash (Fraxinus excelsior). J Plant Dis Protect: Online First, Sep 2024, DOI:10.1007/s41348-024-00989-9
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Schraml U, Bauhus J, Dieter M, Lindner M, Meyer P, Knoke T, Endres E, Farwig N, Weber-Blaschke G, Müller J, Lang F, Hafner A, Kätzel R, Kleinschmit B, Seeling U (2024) Wirkungsvolle Waldpolitik braucht wirkungsvolle Wald- und Holzforschung mit Perspektive : Kurzstellungnahme des Wissenschaftlichen Beirates für Waldpolitik. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Beirat für Waldpolitik beim BMEL, 6 p
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Majer S (2024) Determination of terpene-based VOCs emitted from pine wood using NIR spectroscopy_Raw Data [Datenpublikation] [online]. 7 XLSX files, 11 DOCX files, 4 CSV files, 4 JPG files. Göttingen: OpenAgrar, zu finden in <https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00098607> [zitiert am 19.09.2024], DOI:10.3220/DATA20240807131438-0
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Pastoors M, Bleijenberg J, Brazier A, Campbell A, Costas G, Duncan R, Carvalho GF de, Grandal Rodriguez I, Hintzen N, Ibaibarriaga L, Kenyon S, Mendes H, Ourens R, Paradinas I, Quiroz J-C, Taylor I, Ulleweit J (2024) Benchmark workshop on horse mackerel and boarfish (WKBHMB). Copenhagen: ICES, viii, 296 p, ICES Sci Rep 6(8), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.25002482
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