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Soil Biota in a Nonnative Range has a Net Positive Effect on the Perennial Herb Lupinus polyphyllus 非本地区土壤生物群对多年生草本植物多叶羽扇豆的净正效应

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v123i2.9219

Danielle Sirivat, S. Ramula, J. H. Burns

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Book Review - The Brilliance of Charles Whittlesey: Geologist, Surveyor, Military Engineer, Civil War Strategist, 2022. SM Totten 书评-查尔斯·惠特尔西的光辉:地质学家，测量员，军事工程师，内战战略家，2022。SM托坦

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.9531

C. Herdendorf

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Book Review - Mammals of Ohio, 2022. JD Harder, GN Cameron 书评-俄亥俄州的哺乳动物，2022。JD Harder，GN Cameron

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-28 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.9496

Roger Courts

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Letter to a Young Scientist 给一位年轻科学家的信

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.9468

James B. Short

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Ecological Impacts of Anthropogenic Fire in Southwestern Ohio, USA, Documented from Public Land Survey Records from 1802 and 1803 美国俄亥俄州西南部人为火灾的生态影响，记录自1802年和1803年的公共土地调查记录

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.9112

David B. Nolin

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A Brief Literature Review of Structuring District Heating Data based on Measured Values 基于实测值构建区域供暖数据的文献综述

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.8845

Uwe Radtke

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Subsurface Relationships between the Sebree Trough and Carbonate-Siliciclastic Mixing in the Upper Ordovician Lexington-Trenton and Point Pleasant-Utica Intervals in Ohio, USA, using Multivariate Statistical Well Log Analysis 基于多元统计测井分析美国俄亥俄州上奥陶统Lexington-Trenton和Point Pleasant-Utica层段Sebree槽与碳酸盐-硅-碎屑混合的地下关系

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2022-11-17 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.8669

Julie M. Bloxson, B. Saylor, F. Ettensohn

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Enzyme Kinetics of Recombinant Dihydroorotase from Methanococcus jannaschii 简氏甲烷球菌重组二氢乳清蛋白酶的酶动力学研究

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.8662

Seth A. Ayotte, J. Vitali

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Abundance and Habitat Associations of Winter and Spring Birds on a Reclaimed Surface Mine (The Wilds) in Ohio, USA 美国俄亥俄州一个回收露天矿场（The Wilds）冬春季鸟类的丰度和栖息地协会

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.8435

D. Ingold

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Evidence for Possible Late Paleozoic Alleghenian Deformation Structures in the Devonian Rocks of Erie County, Ohio, USA 美国俄亥俄州伊利县泥盆纪岩石中可能的晚古生代阿勒格尼期变形构造证据

Ohio Journal of Sciences Pub Date : 2022-05-24 DOI: 10.18061/ojs.v122i2.8325

Mohammad D. Fakhari, D. M. Jones, M. Baranoski

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