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New Lighweights and Heavyweights [PDF]
In the November 1972 issue of Word Ways, Darryl Francis listed the lightest and heaviest words (assigning A = 1, B = 2, etc.) of lengths up to, and including, 15 letters. Some 23 years later, in the August 1995 issue. Leonard Gordon responded to Darryl\
Thorpe, Susan
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This study investigates the effectiveness of two survey methods—artificial cover boards (ACBs) and wildlife detection dogs (WDDs)—for detecting the endangered natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) in terrestrial habitats. First, it examines environmental and training factors affecting detection dog performance; second, it compares the capture success of ...
Veronika Paulina Koch +4 more
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Community Characteristics and Population Dynamics of an Endangered Rhododendron nymphaeoides
Rhododendron nymphaeoides is explicitly listed as an endangered species in the “the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List,” “The Red List of Rhododendrons,” “Red List of China's Higher Plants,” and “Threatened Species List of China's Higher Plants.” It is also listed as a provincial‐level key protected wild plant in Sichuan, with ...
Jun Luo +5 more
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Morphological and biochemical variations in Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. from mountains of Pakistan [PDF]
Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. (Elaeagnacea) is a native multipurpose plant from Himalayan regions of Pakistan. Its flowers and fruit are rich in vitamins, flavonoides, essential oil, lycopene and other bioactive compounds.
H. S. Asad +3 more
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Plant nutrient‐acquisition strategies contribute to species replacement during primary succession
Pioneer species Hippophae acquires phosphorus and nitrogen mainly by ‘mining’ and N2‐fixing strategies and thus dominates in the beginning of primary succession. As soil nutrient availability increases with the mobilization of apatite‐P and input of N‐rich plant residues, Hippophae' strategies become less efficient than Populus's scavenging strategies.
Xiao‐Long Li +12 more
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Видовой состав и состояние древесных интродуцентов в насаждениях г. Брянска [PDF]
Выделены наиболее перспективные интродуценты для выращивания и ...
Алехина, И. В. +2 more
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Uplift, Climate and Biotic Changes at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Southeast Tibet [PDF]
The uplift history of southeastern Tibet is crucial to understanding processes driving the tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas.
Deng, Cheng-Long +15 more
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Dryas as a Model for Studying the Root Symbioses of the Rosaceae
The nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis is restricted to four plant orders: Fabales (legumes), Fagales, Cucurbitales and Rosales (Elaeagnaceae, Rhamnaceae, and Rosaceae). Interestingly all of the Rosaceae genera confirmed to contain nodulating species (
Benjamin Billault-Penneteau +4 more
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Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic [PDF]
A checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic is provided, based on the Kubát et al’s Key to the flora of the Czech Republic from 2002 and volumes 7 and 8 of the Flora of the Czech Republic as taxonomic reference, and incorporating numerous ...
Chrtek Jindřich +2 more
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Sea buckthorn (Hippophaë; Elaeagnaceae) berries are widely consumed in traditional folk medicines, nutraceuticals, and as a source of food. The growing demand of sea buckthorn berries and morphological similarity of Hippophaë species leads to confusions,
Yue Liu +8 more
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