Methodological problems are discussed and suggestions for related research are given. Results indicate CDF have greater needs to demonstrate kindness, sympathy, and affection toward others than IHF. It was concluded that ...

An agent may interact with its environment and learn complex tasks based on evaluative feedback through a process known as reinforcement learning. Reinforcement learning requires exploration of unfamiliar situations, ...

Understanding individual nutritional requirements can generate good predictions for how communities should be structured and how ecosystems function over gradients of nutrient availability. Aboveground consumers can shape ...

The focus of these studies was nutrient management of specialty crops. Management practices for switchgrass fertilization in production of biofuel feedstock and forage hay are variable depending on climate, harvest timing ...

The nutrient dynamics in soils are affected by cropping systems, soil properties and environmental conditions. A field experiment under NT has been conducted in an Oxisol, which assesses rates of inorganic P and K fertilizers ...

Historically, phosphorus (P) has been considered to be the limiting nutrient of primary production in freshwater ecosystems, and many efforts to control eutrophication have centered around P. However, recent research ...