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The Progamic Phase in High-Mountain Plants: From Pollination to Fertilization in the Cold
In high-mountains, cold spells can occur at any time during the growing season and plants may be covered with snow for several days. This raises the question to what extent sexual processes are impaired by low temperatures.
Gerlinde Steinacher, Johanna Wagner
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Changing management from light sheep grazing to light cattle grazing restored vegetation at a calcareous upland site. There was an increase in species richness, calcareous grassland indicators and bryophyte cover and a decrease in grass cover. There was, however, also a decrease in vegetation height.
George Porton +14 more
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The re-discovered Maculinea rebeli (Hirschke, 1904): Host ant usage, parasitoid and initial food plant around the type locality with taxonomical aspects (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) [PDF]
The taxonomy of the myrmecophilous Maculinea alcon group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) is highly debated. The host-plant and host-ant usage of these butterflies have conventionally been important in their identification. Maculinea ‘rebeli’ has generally been
Koschuh, Anton +2 more
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Impact of trampling on bolster heath communities of Mt Field National Park, Tasmania [PDF]
The impact of trampling on the alpine bolster heath communities of Newdegate Pass and the Mt Field West plateau (1300-1400 m) were investigated. It was found that in the track vegetation, percentage bare ground was significantly higher, and percentage ...
Gibson, N
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A new classification of Gentianaceae tribe Gentianeae subtribe Swertiinae
Abstract In its current circumscription, subtribe Swertiinae of Gentianaceae contains the genera Bartonia, Comastoma, Frasera, Gentianella, Gentianopsis, Halenia, Jaeschkea, Latouchea, Lomatogonium, Megacodon, Obolaria, Pterygocalyx, Swertia and Veratrilla.
Joachim W. Kadereit +1 more
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Las Gentianaceae: botánica, fitoquímica y actividad biológica [PDF]
Este artículo es una revisión actualizada sobre los metabolitos secundarios de la familia de las Gentianaceae. Estas plantas se emplean en la medicina tradicional de numerosos países y presentan actividad biológica interesante.
Vidari, Giovanni, VitaFinzi, Paola
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The island syndrome in plants on New Zealand's outlying islands: a review
ABSTRACT The island syndrome is defined as a suite of predictable and consistent differences between island and mainland organisms. In seed plants, much of what we know about the island syndrome comes from work in the Southwest Pacific, which is comprised of the three main islands of New Zealand and ten surrounding archipelagos.
Riccardo Ciarle, Kevin C. Burns
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Taxonomische und nomenklatorische Neuigkeiten zur Flora Deutschlands 1 [PDF]
Die Reihe soll zukünftig in unregelmäßiger Folge über Fortschritte in der taxonomischen Forschung und über nomenklatorische Änderungen informieren, sofern Farn- und Samenpflanzen der deutschen Flora betroffen sind.
Buttler, Karl Peter, Hand, Ralf
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ABSTRACT Alpine ecosystems are vulnerable to the warming climate, yet alpine soil mesofauna remains the less studied part of NZ biodiversity. Here we present a survey of soil mesofauna communities of three mountain peaks in the Nelson‐Tasman and Marlborough regions of the South Island of New Zealand.
Maria A. Minor, Alastair W. Robertson
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Nuevos registros y novedades taxonómicas para la flora del Ecuador
Como resultado de un trabajo de campo extenso realizado en áreas remotas de Carchi, Loja, Orellana y Zamora-Chinchipe, así como de una revisión de material de herbario y bibliografía, se reportan siete nuevos registros para la flora del Ecuador ...
Nelson Javier Espinosa Ortega +3 more
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