American Journal of Biological and Environmental Statistics

Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2017

  • Geographical Information Based Evaluation System for Drought

    Dilip Kumar, Sushil Kr. Himanshu

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 49-53
    Received: Dec. 09, 2016
    Accepted: Feb. 23, 2017
    Published: Dec. 14, 2017
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    Abstract: Drought is one of the major natural hazards affecting the environment and economy of countries worldwide. As a natural hazard, drought is best characterized by multiple climatological and hydrological parameters. An understanding of the relationships between these two sets of parameters is necessary to develop measures for mitigating the impacts of... Show More
  • Study of Nutrient Salts, Chlorophyll-a and Physicochemical Condition in El-Mex Bay Water, Alexandria, Egypt

    Mohamed A. Okbah, Mamdouh S. Masoud, Gehan M. El Zokm, Alyaa A. Abd El-Salam

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 54-64
    Received: Jan. 24, 2017
    Accepted: Feb. 17, 2017
    Published: Dec. 18, 2017
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    Abstract: The present work aimed to study the physicochemical parameters and nutrient salts of El Mex Bay area to evaluate its composition since El- Mex Bay exposed to several kinds of human activities and receive different types of industrial pollutants. Various pollutants are dumped daily by industrial, agricultural and domestic sources over Alexandria coa... Show More
  • Effect of Exclosure Age on Carbon Sequestration Potential of Restorations in Tigray Region, N. Ethiopia

    Samson Shimelse, Tamrat Bekele, Sileshi Nemomissa

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 65-80
    Received: Nov. 23, 2017
    Accepted: Dec. 11, 2017
    Published: Jan. 08, 2018
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    Abstract: Conversion of degraded free grazing lands into exclosures is one option to promote natural regeneration of plants and to restore degraded ecosystems in Ethiopia. The present study investigated the change in ecosystem carbon stocks (ECS) and the enhancement of plant species richness and diversity following the establishment of exclosures on free gra... Show More
  • An Allometric Growth Estimation of Grapes (Vitis vinifera L) from High Mountainous Region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

    Shaheen Kausar, Sidra Asad, Chandni Kiran, Tika Khan

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 81-84
    Received: Jun. 07, 2017
    Accepted: Jul. 07, 2017
    Published: Jan. 14, 2018
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    Abstract: Grapes (Vitis vinifera), besides their medicinal and health importance, plays an important role in livelihood of poor populations living across mighty mountain ranges of Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindukush. Allometric study is necessary to understand quantitative correlations of tree growth. Hundred plant samples (n=100) from ten populations (N=10) w... Show More