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Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología Mexican Journal of Phytopathology, 2022 Crops are affected by different pathogens that cause damage to the plant and production losses. Quarantine restrictions may also occur due to the presence of a pathogen.
Erik De León-Juárez +4 more
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Exposure to creosote bush phenolic resin causes avoidance in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex lobicornis (Formicidae: Attini) [PDF]
Revista chilena de historia natural, 2012 We focused our study on the effects of Larrea cuneifolia phenolic resin on leaf-cutting ants from two populations (Sierra de las Quijadas National Park and San Roque) of Acromyrmex lobicornis in San Luis, Argentina.
A. Medina, A. Mangione, Matías García
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Acta Zoologica Mexicana, 2022 This paper summarizes unpublished information and isolated field observation records on the principal predators (9 vertebrates, 10 insect and 2 orb weaver and a terrestrial spider species) and parasites (an insect and one mite species) of B. argentatus a
Eduardo Rivera García
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Ecosphere, 2023 In dryland soils, spatiotemporal variation in surface soils (0–10 cm) plays an important role in the function of the “critical zone” that extends from canopy to groundwater.
Anthony Darrouzet‐Nardi +6 more
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American-Eurasian journal of botany, 2020 PREMISE In arid ecosystems, shrub facilitation is a critical process driving plant community structure and assembly, often resulting in increased densities of annual plants beneath shrub canopies.
J. Braun, C. Lortie
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Copper Complexation by Dissolved Organic Matter in arid Soils: A Voltametric Study [PDF]
, 2018 A voltammetric method was used to estimate the complexing capacity of water extracts from both desert soils sampled at the root zone of creosote and salt cedar plants, and in soils from interspace or background regions where no vegetative influence was ...
Hodge, Vernon F., Steinberg, Spencer M.
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) is a phenolic lignan obtained from Larrea tridentata, the creosote bush found in Mexico and USA deserts, that has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of numerous diseases such as cancer, renal ...
Gina Manda +5 more
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Modelling the shrub encroachment in a grassland with a Cellular Automata Model [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2014 Arid and semi-arid grasslands of southwestern North America have changed dramatically over the last 150 years as a result of shrub encroachment, i.e. the increase in density, cover and biomass of indigenous shrubby plants in grasslands.
D. Caracciolo +2 more
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Distribution, morphology, and karyotype of San Joaquin pocket mice from the western Mojave Desert
California Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2022 The San Joaquin pocket mouse (Perognathus inornatus) is endemic to California and currently includes three subspecies (P. i. inornatus, neglectus, and psammophilus). P.
David M Laabs +2 more
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The draft genome sequence and annotation of the desert woodrat Neotoma lepida
Genomics Data, 2016 We present the de novo draft genome sequence for a vertebrate mammalian herbivore, the desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida). This species is of ecological and evolutionary interest with respect to ingestion, microbial detoxification and hepatic metabolism of ...
Michael Campbell +4 more
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