Search Results - "Parsons, A. N."

Long-term experimental manipulation of winter snow regime and summer temperature in arctic and alpine tundra by Walker, M. D., Walker, D. A., Welker, J. M., Arft, A. M., Bardsley, T., Brooks, P. D., Fahnestock, J. T., Jones, M. H., Losleben, M., Parsons, A. N., Seastedt, T. R., Turner, P. L.

“…Three 60 m long, 2·8 m high snowfences have been erected to study long‐term effects of changing winter snow conditions on arctic and alpine tundra. This paper…”
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Retail Display Evaluation of Steaks from Select Beef Strip Loins Injected with a Brine Containing 1% Ammonium Hydroxide. Part 2: Cook Yield, Tenderness, and Sensory Attributes by Parsons, A.N., VanOverbeke, D.L., Goad, C.L., DeWitt, C.A. Mireles

“…:  The impact of 2 different brines on the palatability and tenderness of select beef strip loin steaks was evaluated. Brines were differentiated by the type…”
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Retail Display Evaluation of Steaks from Select Beef Strip Loins Injected with a Brine Containing 1% Ammonium Hydroxide. Part 1: Fluid Loss, Oxidation, Color, and Microbial Plate Counts by Parsons, A.N., VanOverbeke, D.L., Goad, C.L., Mireles DeWitt, C.A.

“…:  Select beef loin pairs (n= 10) were injected (10% pump) with brine containing either 4.5% sodium‐based phosphates, (CON), or 1% ammonium hydroxide treatment…”
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Soil carbon turnover in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica by Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Parsons, A.N., Wall, D.H.

“…Terrestrial ecosystems of the Antarctic Dry Valleys are among the most inhospitable soil environments on Earth due to climate and substrate limitations over…”
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Growth responses of four sub-Arctic dwarf shrubs to simulated environmental change by Parsons, A.N, Welker, J.M, Wookey, P.A, Press, M.C, Callaghan, T.V, Lee, J.A

“…Vegetative responses of Empetrum hermaphroditum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, V. uliginosum and V. myrtillus to environmental change temperature (T), water (W) and…”
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Comparative Responses of Phenology and Reproductive Development to Simulated Environmental Change in Sub-Arctic and High Arctic Plants by Wookey, P. A., Parsons, A. N., Welker, J. M., Potter, J. A., Callaghan, T. V., Lee, J. A., M. C. Press

“…The effects of temperature, precipitation and nutrient perturbations, and their interactions, are being assessed on two contrasting arctic ecosystems to…”
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Responses of Plant Litter Decomposition and Nitrogen Mineralisation to Simulated Environmental Change in a High Arctic Polar Semi-Desert and a Subarctic Dwarf Shrub Heath by Robinson, C. H., Wookey, P. A., Parsons, A. N., Potter, J. A., Callaghan, T. V., Lee, J. A., M. C. Press, Welker, J. M.

“…Impacts of climate change were simulated in two contrasting European arctic ecosystems, a high arctic polar semi-desert and a subarctic dwarf shrub heath, by…”
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Environmental constraints on the growth, photosynthesis and reproductive development of Dryas octopetala at a high Arctic polar semi-desert, Svalbard by Wookey, P.A, Robinson, C.H, Parsons, A.N, Welker, J.M, Press, M.C, Callaghan, T.V, Lee, J.A

“…Opportunities exist in high Arctic polar semi-desert communities for colonisation of unvegetated ground by long-lived clonal plants such as Dryas octopetala…”
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Differential Growth, Allocation and Photosynthetic Responses of Polygonum viviparum to Simulated Environmental Change at a High Arctic Polar Semi-Desert by Wookey, P. A., Welker, J. M., Parsons, A. N., M. C. Press, Callaghan, T. V., Lee, J. A.

“…Growing season temperatures and precipitation, and soil nutrient status, were increased in situ at a polar semi-desert site in northwest Spitsbergen to…”
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Climate change (Communication arising) Recent temperature trends in the Antarctic by Walsh, J. E, Doran, P. T, Priscu, J. C, Lyons, W. B, Fountain, A. G, McKnight, D. M, Moorhead, D. L, Virginia, R. A, Wall, D. H, Clow, G. D, Fritsen, C. H, McKay, C. P, Parsons, A. N

“…Doran et al. reply - Turner et al. do not find fault with our main focus - the rapid ecological response to recent cooling in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The…”
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Leaf carbon isotope discrimination and vegetative responses of Dryas octopetala to temperature and water manipulations in a High Arctic polar semi-desert, Svalbard by Welker, J.M. (Merlewood Research Station, Cumbria (United Kingdom). Inst. of Terrestrial Ecology), Wookey, P.A, Parsons, A.N, Press, M.C, Callaghan, T.V, Lee, J.A

“…Integrative ecophysiological and vegetative responses of Dryas octopetala were measured in response to field perturbations of temperature, precipitation and…”
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Do Inorganic Solutes Limit Growth of the Facultative Hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor L. in the Absence of a Host? by Seel, W. E., Parsons, A. N., M. C. Press

“…The response of the facultative hemiparasitic angiosperm Rhinanthus minor to inorganic solutes was investigated by supplying plants not attached to a host with…”
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Open‐top designs for manipulating field temperature in high‐latitude ecosystems by MARION, G.M, HENRY, G.H.R, FRECKMAN, D.W, JOHNSTONE, J, JONES, G, JONES, M.H, LÉVESQUE, E, MOLAU, U, MØLGAARD, P, PARSONS, A.N, J. SVOBODA, VIRGINIA, R.A

“…Passive open‐top devices have been proposed as a method to experimentally increase temperature in high‐latitude ecosystems. There is, however, little…”
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An experimental investigation of the effects of nitrogen deposition to Narthecium ossifragum by Spink, A.J., Parsons, A.N.

“…Narthecium ossifragum (L.) Hudson was subjected to artificial deposition events in three experiments. In the first, a laboratory experiment, 1·0 m nitrate…”
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Growth responses of Calamagrostis lapponica to simulated environmental change in the Sub-arctic by Parsons, A.N, Press, M.C, Wookey, P.A, Welker, J.M, Robinson, C.H, Callaghan, T.V, Lee, J.A

“…A sub-arctic heath community dominated by dwarf shrubs has been subjected to three components of environmental change (temperature, water and fertiliser) in a…”
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Climate change (Communication arising) Recent temperature trends in the Antarctic by Turner, John, King, John C, Lachlan-Cope, Tom A, Jones, Phil D

“…It is important to understand how temperatures across the Antarctic have changed in recent decades because of the huge amount of fresh water locked into the…”
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Responses of Dryas octopetala to ITEX environmental manipulations: a synthesis with circumpolar comparisons by WELKER, J.M, MOLAU, U, PARSONS, A.N, ROBINSON, C.H, WOOKEY, P.A

“…We have examined organismic responses of Dryas octopetala to simulated changes in the summer climate at four tundra sites as part of the International Tundra…”
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Gas exchange characteristics and nitrogen relations of two Mediterranean root hemiparasites: Bartsia trixago and Parentucellia viscosa by Press, M.C, Parsons, A.N, Mackay, A.W, Vincent, C.A, Cochrane, V, Seel, W.E

“…Plant height, light-saturated rates of photosynthesis ($A_{\text{max}}$) and foliar nitrogen concentration (N1) were measured for Bartsia trixago under field…”
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Experimental manipulations of snow-depth: effects on nutrient content of caribou forage by WALSH, N.E., McCABE, T.R., WELKER, J.M., PARSONS, A.N.

“…We investigated the potential effects of global climate change on arctic tundra vegetation used as caribou forage. A total of 96 experimental plots was…”
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Gas exchange characteristics and nitrogen relations of two Mediterranean root hemiparasites:Bartsia trixago andParentucellia viscosa by Press, M C, Parsons, A N, Mackay, A W, Vincent, C A, Cochrane, V, Seel, W E

“…Plant height, light-saturated rates of photosynthesis (A ) and foliar nitrogen concentration (N ) were measured forBartsia trixago under field conditions in…”
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