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Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Reintroduction Can Limit Woody Plant Proliferation in Grasslands

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Tree and shrub proliferation has been widespread in grasslands worldwide, and has altered ecosystem function and wildlife habitat. Several causes have been proposed for the woody plant encroachment phenomenon.
Sarah L. Hale, John L. Koprowski, Steven R. Archer   +2 more
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The Asphondylia (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) Of Creosote Bush

, 1990
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Gagné, Raymond J, Waring, Gwendolyn L.
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Creosote growth rate and reproduction increase in postfire environments

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Human activities are changing patterns of ecological disturbance globally. In North American deserts, wildfire is increasing in size and frequency due to fuel characteristics of invasive annual grasses.
Rebecca Lee Molinari, Tara B. B. Bishop, Matthew F. Bekker, Stanley G. Kitchen, Loreen Allphin, Samuel B. St. Clair   +5 more
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Larrea tridentata: A novel source for anti-parasitic agents active against Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia and Naegleria fowleri.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Protozoan parasites infect and kill millions of people worldwide every year, particularly in developing countries where access to clean fresh water is limited.
Bharat Bashyal, Linfeng Li, Trpta Bains, Anjan Debnath, Daniel V LaBarbera   +4 more
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Bioproduction of Nordihydroguaiaretic and Ellagic Acid from Creosote Bush Leaves (Larrea tridentata) Using Solid-State Fermentation with Aspergillus niger GH1

Fermentation
Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), a shrub distributed across approximately 19 Mha of arid North American regions, has traditional applications in folk medicine due to the presence of bioactive molecules such as nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) and ...
Alonso Ascacio-Valdés, Cynthia L. Barrera-Martínez, Juan A. Ascacio-Valdés, Leonardo Sepúlveda   +3 more
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Larrea tridentata Extract Mitigates Oxidative Stress-Induced Cytotoxicity in Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells

Antioxidants, 2019
Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata; LT) leaves extracts were tested for their potential efficacy to mitigate cellular oxidative stress on human SH-SY5Y cells. Here, the differential nuclear staining assay, a bioimager system, and flow cytometric protocols,
Karla Morán-Santibañez, Abimael H. Vasquez, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Veronica Henderson, Janae Sweeney, Valerie Odero-Marah, Karine Fenelon, Rachid Skouta   +7 more
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Rapid scavenging of avian carcasses in the desert Southwest: Implications for mortality surveys not associated with infrastructure

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We placed 214 avian carcasses in a desert environment at locations not associated with infrastructure and monitored their removal by scavengers using camera traps. We found that 211 of the 214 carcasses were scavenged and median persistence time was 1.53 days. None of the predictor variables were informative of carcass persistence times.
Thomas Huycke, Dylan M. Osterhaus, Kelley C. Boland, Fitsum Abadi, Martha J. Desmond   +4 more
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Impacts of reclamation approaches on plant establishment in an arid environment during copper mine revegetation

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Revegetation using native vegetation is a commonly used technique to reclaim landscapes degraded by mining activities. Revegetation efforts in the arid Southwestern United States face physical, geochemical, hydrological, and biological challenges unique to drylands.
Sierra T. Lauman, Catherine G. Fontana, Elise S. Gornish, Julia W. Neilson   +3 more
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A WRKY Gene from Creosote Bush Encodes an Activator of the Abscisic Acid Signaling Pathway [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004
The creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) is a xerophytic evergreen C3 shrub thriving in vast arid areas of North America. As the first step toward understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling the drought tolerance of this desert plant, we have isolated a dozen genes encoding transcription factors, including LtWRKY21 that encodes a protein of 314 ...
Zou, Xiaolu, Seemann, Jeffrey R., Neuman, Dawn, Shen, Qingxi J.   +3 more
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Assessing the Antioxidant Properties of Larrea tridentata Extract as a Potential Molecular Therapy against Oxidative Stress

Molecules, 2018
Oxidative stress has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diseases.
Rachid Skouta, Karla Morán-Santibañez, Carlos A. Valenzuela, Abimael H. Vasquez, Karine Fenelon   +4 more
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