The 33rd volume of the journal Icelandic Agricultural Sciences for the year 2020 was published recently and can be found in electronic form at ias.is.
The journal, formerly called Búvísindi, is published at least annually and the articles published there are in English. This time, eight articles were published on a variety of topics, all related to life sciences, as well as an editorial, where the importance of having a scientific journal like this open and accessible to the public so that it is possible to utilize information collected through research. The articles are as follows:
- Parasites in chickens in Iceland then and now
- Effect of fat admixture in dairy cows' feed on the utilization and chemical content of milk
- Sheep breeding organization in Iceland with emphasis on maternal characteristics
- Use of a seedbed for revegetation in moorland. Isotope measurements and the effect of geothermal gas on measured soil respiration in warm areas in the South
- Relationship between bacterial communities and soil properties on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
- Impact of environmental factors on annual growth (annual latitudes)Betula pubescens) and pine (Sorbus aucuparia) in the East
- Impact of different grazing weights on young larch forest
Icelandic Agricultural Sciences is the only journal in the field of life sciences in Iceland that meets the requirements for international peer-reviewed scientific journals according to ISI (e.Institute of Scientific Information) standards. The editor-in-chief is Björn Þorsteinsson, professor at the Agricultural University of Iceland, who is responsible for the publication Agricultural University of Iceland, Forestry Research Station at Mógilsá, Marine Research Institute, Marine and Water Research and Consulting Institute, University of Iceland Laboratory of Pathology at Keldur, Matís ohf, Land reclamation and Agricultural Advisory Center.