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Shrubs as Nurse Species for Plant Communities in Arid Environments: A Case Study From Socotra Island (Yemen)

open access: yesJournal of Vegetation Science, Volume 36, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT Question Plant–plant facilitation is a critical ecological mechanism in arid environments, influencing biodiversity and ecosystem resilience globally. Shrubs often serve as nurse species, enhancing tree regeneration and sheltering plant communities, particularly in overgrazed or degraded habitats.
Dario La Montagna   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concentration of macro- and microelements in honey using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia
The objective of this work was to evaluate the composition of macro- and microelements in samples of bee honey (Apis mellifera) produced in different floral resources: aroeira (Myracrodruon urundeuva), cissus (Cissus rhombifolia), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus ...
Antonio Francisco de Oliveira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digital seed morphometry for genotype identification — case study of seeds of excavated (15th century Hungary) and current vinegrape (Vitis v. vinifera) varieties [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Digital seed image analysis of seed remains of three ancient vinegrape samples excavated from 15th-century sites of Hungary was conducted and compared to those of ten currently grown old grapevine varieties. Digital seed images were analysed by Fovea Pro
Emődi, A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Cytotoxicity of Elaoephorbia drupifera and other Cameroonian medicinal plants against drug sensitive and multidrug resistant cancer cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major hurdle for cancer treatment worldwide and accounts for chemotherapy failure in over 90% of patients with metastatic cancer.
Armelle T Mbaveng   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Electrochemical sensors, MTT and immunofluorescence assays for monitoring the proliferation effects of cissus populnea extracts on Sertoli cells

open access: yesReproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2011
Background We describe the development of an electrochemical sensor array for monitoring the proliferation effects of cissus populnea plant extracts on TM4 Sertoli cells.
McGee Dennis   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lighting indoor houseplants (2016) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Original author: Ray R. RothenbergerHouseplants are popular indoor decorations. Attractive and constantly changing, they add a softness of line and provide a bit of nature indoors.
Trinklein, David H.
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Notes on the names of the Tetrastigma (Vitaceae) hosts of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae)

open access: yesReinwardtia, 2009
Older epithets for Tetrastigma rafflesiae Miq. (1863; Vitaceae), also known as T. lanceo- larium auct. non Planch. and T. leucostaphylum auct. non Alston ex Mabb. (Vitaceae), are provided by Cissus coriacea DC. (1824) and Cissus verrucosa Steud.
Jeff F. Veldkamp
doaj  

Load transfer from the growing fibre into the growing medium: application to plant leaf growth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Biological materials change their mass, shape, and porosity during the growth and possess high strength and durability at general lightweight design. Biological tissues are considered to be inhomogeneous anisotropic multiphase composites reinforced by ...
Kizilova, N.
core  

Savoirs culinaires et identité socio-culturelle: cas de l'utilisation de Cissus populnea Guill. & Perr., le gombo de l'ethnie Bobo au Burkina Faso [PDF]

open access: yesTropicultura, 2018
Culinary Knowledge and Socio-cultural Identity: Case Study of the Use of Cissus populnea Guill. &Perr., the Okra of the Bobo Ethnic Group in Burkina Faso.
Ouoba, P., Ouédraogo, A., Traoré, S.
doaj  

Are Figs Always Keystone Resources for Tropical Frugivorous Vertebrates? A Test in Gabon [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
International audienceThis paper evaluates the suggestion of Terborgh (1986) that figs constitute "keystone plant resources" for frugivorous mammals and birds in African rain forests as they appear to do in South America and Asia.
Gautier-Hion, Annie, Michaloud, Georges
core   +2 more sources

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