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
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Concentration of macro- and microelements in honey using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) [PDF]
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
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Digital seed morphometry for genotype identification — case study of seeds of excavated (15th century Hungary) and current vinegrape (Vitis v. vinifera) varieties [PDF]
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
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Cytotoxicity of Elaoephorbia drupifera and other Cameroonian medicinal plants against drug sensitive and multidrug resistant cancer cells [PDF]
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
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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
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Lighting indoor houseplants (2016) [PDF]
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)
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
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Load transfer from the growing fibre into the growing medium: application to plant leaf growth [PDF]
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.
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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]
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.
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Are Figs Always Keystone Resources for Tropical Frugivorous Vertebrates? A Test in Gabon [PDF]
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
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