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Factors Determining Households’ Decision to Practice Homegarden Agroforestry in Burie District, Northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Forestry Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Homegarden agroforestry is one of the oldest farming practices in Ethiopia and the tropics, and is regarded as an economically sound and environmentally sustainable land use system. Despite a presumed high potential to improve the livelihoods of billions and maintain ecological stability, its adoption and implementation by farmers remain limited. Hence,
Abate Tadesse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A record after 52 years, and additional description of the emesine assassin bug Emesopsis nubila (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from western India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
A small reduviid bug Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893 is reported from Maharashtra State, India, for the first time.  Digital illustrations of important morphological characters, including male genitalia and female terminalia, are provided in the additional ...
Balasaheb V. Sarode   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Jumping plant-lice of Socotra Island (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) of the island of Socotra (Yemen) are reviewed. A total of eight species are recorded, six of them for the first time from Socotra.
Burckhardt Daniel, Malenovský Igor
core   +2 more sources

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound Hezi Qingyou Formula Controls the MAPK Signaling Pathway for Alleviating Gastric Ulcer Induced by Acetic Acid in Rats

open access: yesJournal of Immunology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
In clinical practice, Hezi Qingyou Formula (HZQYF) has been observed to effectively alleviate clinical symptoms associated with gastri ulcers, though its precise mechanism of action remains unclear. To investigate the effects of HZQYF on gastric ulcers, we established a rat model of gastric ulcer and examined its impact on ulcer area, pathological ...
Zhong Feng   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrastructure of the male terminalia of Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1995
Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria are species that cause primary and secondary myiasis, respectively of medical and veterinary importance in the New World.
Antônio Cesar Rios Leite
doaj   +1 more source

Parental Selection for Productivity Improvement in Indian Tropical Tasar Silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Global demand for Vanya silks in general and tasar silk in particular, call-for sustainable utilization of the country’s seri-biodiversity potential.
Dr. Manohar Reddy Rangareddygari   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Fruit Traits Reflect Adaptation to Dispersers Along a Tropical Elevational Gradient

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
This study investigates how fruit traits related to frugivore dispersal—specifically diameter, colour and presentation—vary along an elevation gradient in Papua New Guinea. Results showed that fruit diameter decreases with elevation, bird‐attracting colours are more common at higher elevations, and branch‐borne (ramiflorous) fruits increase with ...
Richard J. Hazell   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terminalia glaucescens ethanol stem extract induces vasorelaxation via nitric oxide/guanylyl cyclase/cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the aortic smooth muscle of male Wistar rats

open access: yesActa Biologica Slovenica
Blood vessels contain vascular smooth muscle that responds to various agonists and endothelial cells essential for maintaining vascular homeostasis.
Michael Olabode Allen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A morphological study of the tree-fungus beetle, Xylographus bostrichoides (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Iran [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2021
Previous investigations related to tree-fungus beetle, Xylographus bostrichoides (Dufour) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae) have not studied beetle's morphology in detail.
Hassanali Vahedi*   +2 more
doaj  

Breeding biology of pond heron in Kerala, South India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Regular intensive investigations to locate nesting colonies were carried out early monsoon of 1999 up to 2002. For detailed study a few breeding colonies were selected.
EA Abdul Shukkur   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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