The Devil's Colors: A Comparative Study of French and Nigerian Folktales [PDF]
, 2006 This study, largely based on five separate published collections, compares French and Nigerian folktales - focusing mainly on French Dauphine and Nigerian Igboland - to consider the role color plays in encounters with supernatural characters from diverse
Ugochukwu, Francoise
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Evaluation of Legume Cover Crop Species for Citrus Production in Southeast Florida
HortScienceBecause of the low fertility soils native to southeast Florida and the high nutrient demand of citrus trees under citrus greening—an endemic bacterial disease impacting nutrient uptake—growers are returning to the use of cover crops to improve soil ...
Lukas M. Hallman +4 more
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Evaluation of cover crops in high tunnel vegetable rotation [PDF]
, 2013 Organic vegetable production within high tunnels allows for an extended growing season, crop protection, and environmental control. The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) standards mandate evidence that the soil has been maintained and improved over the
Mays, Neal +3 more
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Phyllocephalum keralense (Asteraceae) a new species from southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.A new species of Phyllocephalum is described and illustrated from Palakkad district of Kerala, India. The new species shows similarity to P. rangacharii but differs with respect to key floral traits, viz. ovoid shape of the capitula, involucral bracts in 3 series, inflated receptacle and ovoid 6‐ribbed ovary with 5–6 densely barbellate pappus setae ...
Arya Sindhu +4 more
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Calyx and epicalyx morphology in Indian Hibiscus (Malvaceae) and its taxonomic importance
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Hibisceae is one of the largest tribes in Malvaceae, having a diverse floral morphology. The genus Hibiscus shows a wide range of evolutionary patterns in calyx and epicalyx morphology. Genera like Abelmoschus, Azanza, Gossypium, Hibiscus,and Thespesia are separated on the basis of calyx and epicalyx morphology, meaning that the calyx and epicalyx have
Jagdish Vishnu Dalavi +1 more
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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Bird Population Changes Following the Establishment of a Diverse Stand of Woody Plants in a Former Crop Field in North Dakota, 1975– 2015 [PDF]
, 2018 Changes in the coverage of trees and shrubs on the North Dakota landscape since Euro- American settlement have likely had a pronounced impact on bird species that favor woody vegetation.
Igl, Lawrence D. +2 more
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The bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) of Arkansas, fifty years later [PDF]
, 2015 Many species of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus Latreille) are declining throughout their ranges in North America, yet detecting population trends can be difficult when historical survey data are lacking. In the present study, contemporary data
Szalanski, Allen L., Tripodi, Amber D.
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Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.This Finnish registry study shows that concomitant occupational asthma and rhinitis are common in patients with occupational contact urticaria or protein contact dermatitis, often sharing the same exposure. When evaluating occupational immediate allergy, both skin and airway symptoms should be considered.
Ville Ojanen +4 more
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Comparing bird communities within shrubby transmission line rights-of-way managed by mowing or by selective herbicide application in Maine and New Hampshire [PDF]
, 2018 In the northeastern U.S., thousands of miles of shrub-dominated transmission line rights-of-way (ROW) extend across the landscape and provide some of the largest and most stable shrubland habitats in the region.
Wadiak, Kathleen P
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