Soil organic matter (SOM) consists of a vast range of biomolecules, but their individual
contribution to the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and CO 2 release has eluded …

Molecular fossils (biomarkers) are abundant in organic rich natural archives such as peats
and lignites (fossilized peat), where their distribution is governed by their biological source …

Peat, especially from acidic mires (bogs), is a natural archive of past environmental change.
Reconstructions of past climate from bogs commenced in the 19th Century through …

A 40 cm deep Sphagnum-dominated peat monolith from Bolton Fell Moss in Northern
England was systematically investigated by lipid molecular stratigraphy and compound …

The peat sequence at Hani in northeastern China accumulated over the past 16calkyr in a
percolation mire in which rain water and ground water seeped through the peat system. The …

The n-alkane distributions from total lipid extracts of ten modern Sphagnum moss species,
collected from a suite of ombrotrophic bogs across Europe, were determined using gas …

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate
source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and …

The availability of plants and freshwater shapes the diets and social behavior of
chimpanzees, our closest living relative. However, limited evidence about the spatial …

To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be
applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that …

Plants synthesize natural products via lineage‐specific offshoots of their core metabolic
pathways, including fatty acid synthesis. Recent studies have shed light on new fatty acid …