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An Annotated List of the Cerambycidae of Michigan (Coleoptera) Part I, Introduction and the Subfamilies Parandrinae, Prioninae, Spondylinae, Aseminae, and Cerambycinae [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Cerambycidae are generally acknowledged as one of the most popular families of Coleoptera, and it is not surprising that they have been collected widely in Michigan.
Gosling, D. C.L.
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The History of Expansion of the Genus Bursaphelenchus (Nematoda: Aphelenchida: Parasitaphelenchidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Because of globalization and removal of geographical barriers, frequent biological invasions of introduced species become an urgent environmental problem.
Mota, Manuel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Conifer Biotechnology: An Overview

open access: yesForests, 2022
The peculiar characteristics of conifers determine the difficulty of their study and their great importance from various points of view. However, their study faces numerous important scientific, methodological, cultural, economic, social, and legal challenges.
Sonia María Rodríguez   +2 more
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A War of Words: Do Conflict Metaphors Affect Beliefs about Managing “Unwanted” Plants?

open access: yesSocieties, 2013
Woody plants have increased in density and extent in rangelands worldwide since the 1800s, and land managers increasingly remove woodland plants in hopes of restoring pre-settlement conditions and/or improved forage for grazing livestock.
Cameron G. Nay, Mark W. Brunson
doaj   +1 more source

De novo transcriptome sequencing and gene co-expression reveal a genomic basis for drought sensitivity and evidence of a rapid local adaptation on Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica)

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2023
IntroductionUnderstanding the adaptive capacity to current climate change of drought-sensitive tree species is mandatory, given their limited prospect of migration and adaptation as long-lived, sessile organisms.
Irene Cobo-Simón   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retrospective Analysis of Wood Anatomical Traits Reveals a Recent Extension in Tree Cambial Activity in Two High-Elevation Conifers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The study of xylogenesis or wood formation is a powerful, yet labor intensive monitoring approach to investigate intra-annual tree growth responses to environmental factors.
Angela L. Prendin   +5 more
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Application of Proteomics to the Study of Pollination Drops

open access: yesApplications in Plant Sciences, 2013
Premise of the study: Pollination drops are a formative component in gymnosperm pollen-ovule interactions. Proteomics offers a direct method for the discovery of proteins associated with this early stage of sexual reproduction.
Natalie Prior   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Owls as bioindicators: their spatial and temporal aspects in Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The article presents the unique results of a study of the spatial distribution of owls in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan by season of the year on long-term data. Ravkin’s transect method was used to census fixed randomly selected plots spread
Askeyev, Arthur   +2 more
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Stress-induced nitric oxide and adaptive plasticity in conifers

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2002
The excitable properties of conifer protoplasm consist of nitric oxide (NO) bursts that prime and prepare chemical messengers for the transmission of stressful environmental signals.
D. Durzand
doaj   +1 more source

An economic analysis and seed yield assessment of alternative breeding strategies in a white spruce tree improvement program

open access: yesThe Forestry Chronicle, 2023
Tree improvement programs in Alberta have been primarily based on selections from open-pollinated wild stand trees, without systematic breeding of elite parents through controlled pollination. This strategy has resulted in relatively slow advancements in
Esteban Galeano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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