Fossils of an endangered, endemic, giant dipterocarp species open a historical portal into Borneo's vanishing rainforests. [PDF]
Abstract Premise Asia's wet tropical forests face a severe biodiversity crisis, but few fossils record their evolutionary history. We recently discovered in situ cuticles on fossil leaves, attributed to the giant rainforest tree Dryobalanops of the iconic Dipterocarpaceae family, from the Plio‐Pleistocene of Brunei Darussalam (northern Borneo ...
Wang TX +6 more
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The Optimization of Stand Structure Can Significantly Alleviate the Flammability of Forest Ecosystems. [PDF]
Flammability of various plant families in surface living fuels varies significantly, and fuels of Rutaceae, Cucurbitaceae exhibited high flammability, while Arecaceae were low. Leaves, litters were high flammability fuels, humus was low flammability fuel.
Zhang Y +7 more
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The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) [PDF]
A list is provided of 113 species of bees and their 157 known floral hosts at the Archbold Biological Station(ABS), a 2105 ha site on the Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County in south-central Florida.
Deyrup, Mark +2 more
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Seasonal variation in wild pig (Sus scrofa) diet revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Using DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples, we investigated the diet of wild pigs at an extensive bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem within Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Arkansas. We found that wild pig diet was highly diverse and included at least 74 plant families and 106 genera and 23 species of vertebrates.
Kenneth C. Wilson +3 more
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Plant species' habitat preference and drought tolerance traits were not the primary factors driving interspecific differences in soil functional responses to drought. Instead, fine root traits—particularly their chemical traits—played more critical roles in determining these variations.
Lei Wang +8 more
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Host Status of Brazilian Native Tree Species to Root‐Knot Nematodes
ABSTRACT Root‐knot nematodes (RKN, Meloidogyne spp.) are among the most important plant pathogenic organisms, causing significant damage, with a wide geographical distribution and being difficult to control. The ability of these nematodes to parasitize native trees from Brazilian biomes is little understood.
Ismail Teodoro de Souza Júnior +6 more
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Morphology and angiosperm systematics in the molecular era [PDF]
Several ways in which morphology is used in systematic and evolutionary research in angiosperms are shown and illustrated with examples: 1) searches for special structural similarities, which can be used to find hints for hitherto unrecognized ...
Endress, Peter
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Measurement of Ungulate Palatability and Browsing Pressure on Japanese Flora
Estimation of palatability and browsing pressure are key techniques for ecosystem management. We compared four methods to estimate palatability based on browsing scar survey and proposed the reference palatability values for the Japanese flora as plant ecological trait.
Fumito Koike, Masayo Isozaki
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The Atlantic elements in the Swiss flora: distribution, diversity, and conservation status [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to examine the composition, distribution, ecology, and conservation status of the Atlantic elements of the Swiss flora. About 195 Atlantic and 80 Mediterranean-Atlantic vascular plant species of the European flora have been ...
Bürcher, Sandra +3 more
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Botanical novelties from Sierra de Maigualida, southern Venezuela. II [PDF]
Four new species, Siphocampylus acanthidiotrichus J.R. Grande (Campanulaceae), Phyllanthus huberi Riina & P.E. Berry (Phyllanthaceae), Sohnreyia maigualidensis J.R. Grande & Kallunki (Rutaceae), and Turnera maigualidensis J.R.
Arbo, Maria Mercedes +5 more
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