Results 231 to 240 of about 118,568 (280)

1169. Liatris pycnostachya Michx.

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Liatris pycnostachya Michx. (Compositae: Eupatorieae: Liatrinae) is described and illustrated. Notes are provided for the species' cultivation, assorted contrasting companion Compositae, propagation, likely pests and diseases, and availability. Liatris pycnostachya has the longest history of cultivation of any species in the genus.
Nicholas Hind, Christabel King
wiley   +1 more source

How human infrastructure threatens biodiversity by squeezing sandy coasts.

Curr Biol
Lansu EM, Fischman HS, Angelini C, Hijner N, Geelen L, Groenendijk D, Höfer S, Kooijman AM, Rietkerk M, Tonkens S, de Vries S, Wassen M, van Weerlee E, Wille D, Reijers V, van der Heide T.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rapid solar energy development in deserts: A missing element in desertification control and achieving Sustainable Development Goals. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Yang H, Feng Q, Xiao J, Li G, Thompson JR.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

1166. Helianthus occidentalis Riddell

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Helianthus occidentalis Riddell (Compositae: Heliantheae: Helianthinae) is described and illustrated. The species' placement in the genus is commented on, as are the differences in infrageneric placement of the other species Heiser originally grouped H. occidentalis with.
Nicholas Hind, Christabel King
wiley   +1 more source

Ecophysiological Keys to the Success of a Native-Expansive Mediterranean Species in Threatened Coastal Dune Habitats. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Fernández-Martínez M, Jiménez-Carrasco C, Barradas MCD, Gallego-Fernández JB, Zunzunegui M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

1167. Eupatorium maculatum L.

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Eupatorium maculatum L. (Compositae: Eupatorieae: Eupatoriinae) is described and illustrated. Notes are provided for the species’ cultivation, propagation, likely pests and diseases, and availability, along with useful contrasting planting in a prairie garden or specimen border planting.
Nicholas Hind, Joanna Langhorne
wiley   +1 more source

Soil bacterial community diversity, composition, and species specificity across different geographical landscapes in the Mu Us Sandy Land. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Shang X, He Z, Chen W, Jin X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization

Ecography, EarlyView.
In ecosystems, species interact in various ways with other species, and with their local environment. In addition, ecosystems are coupled in space by diverse types of flows. From these links connecting different ecological entities can emerge circular pathways of indirect effects: feedback loops.
Benoît Pichon, Sonia Kéfi, Nicolas Loeuille, Ismaël Lajaaiti, Isabelle Gounand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme river flood exposes latent erosion risk. [PDF]

Nature
Barneveld HJ, Frings RM, Mosselman E, Venditti JG, Kleinhans MG, Blom A, Schielen RMJ, Toonen WHJ, Meijer D, Paarlberg AJ, van Denderen RP, de Jong JS, Beemster JGW, Melsen LA, Hoitink AJF.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
wiley   +1 more source