21 research outputs found
Food search through the eyes of a monkey: A functional substitution approach for assessing the ecology of primate color vision
Health care, social care or both? A qualitative explorative study of different focuses in long-term care of older people in France, Portugal and Sweden
Visual ecology of true lemurs suggests a cathemeral origin for the primate cone opsin polymorphism
Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish spruce forest ecosystem
An assessment of the distribution of Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish forest was carried out and showed more than 95% of the in the system to be of Chernobyl origin. The data show that approximately 87% of total fallout is found in soils, 6% in the bryophyte layer and 7% in standing biomass of trees. The mean deposition of in the system (including soils, bryophytes, understorey vegetation, fungi, trees, moose and roe deer) was 54 kBq m−2. Fungi, understorey vegetation and ruminant populations collectively contained approximately 1% of total radiocaesium in the system. However, actual concentrations in these sample types were higher than in any other category, mostly exceeding the limit of 1500 Bq kg−1 for consumption of wild produce in Sweden. These categories represent the principal foodstuffs responsible for radiation transfer to man from the system and though negligible in total biomass there is potential for significant dose transfer to individuals who are regular consumers of wild forest produce