PLoS Biology, 2005 Nothofagus (southern beech), with an 80-million-year-old fossil record, has become iconic as a plant genus whose ancient Gondwanan relationships reach back into the Cretaceous era.
Michael Knapp +5 more
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De novo transcriptome sequencing and SSR markers development for Cedrela balansae C. DC., a native tree species of northwest Argentina [PDF]
, 2018 The endangered Cedrela balansae C.DC. (Meliaceae) is a high-value timber species with great potential for forest plantations that inhabits the tropical forests in Northwestern Argentina.
Acuña, Cintia Vanesa +11 more
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Effects of management practices on water yield in small headwater catchments at Cordillera de los Andes in southern Chile [PDF]
, 2009 In several parts of the world, drinking water is obtained from springs in natural and managed mountainous forests. Since forests regulate quality as well as quantity of water, the effects of forest-management activities on water yield are an important ...
Godoy, Roberto +3 more
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Late Holocene palynology and palaeovegetation of tephra-bearing mires at Papamoa and Waihi Beach, western Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. [PDF]
, 1995 The vegetation history of two mires associated with Holocene dunes near the western Bay of Plenty coast, North Island, New Zealand, is deduced from pollen analysis of two cores.
Campbell E. O. +20 more
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Detecting and attributing climate change effects on vegetation: Australia as a test case
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Climate change is contributing to vegetation changes that threaten life support systems. Yet, inherent climatic variability and past and present human actions—such as clearing, burning and grazing regimes—also alter vegetation and complicate understanding of vegetation change. Australian ecosystems exemplify such complexity.
Laura J. Williams +14 more
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A contribution to the Campylopus flora of Chile [PDF]
, 2005 A key to the species of Campylopus known from Chile is given, completed by records of Campylopodioideae of the author in southern Chile. Campylopus acuminatus Mitt. var. kirkii (Mitt.) J.-P.
Frahm, Jan-Peter
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índice de sítio diamétrico: um método alternativo para estimar a qualidade do sítio em florestas de Nothofagus obliqua E N. alpina [PDF]
, 2016 The first step for constructing models of tree growth and yield is site quality assessment. To estimate this attribute, several methodologies are available in which site index (SI) is a standard one.
Attis Beltran, Hernan +4 more
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Flora vascular en plantaciones dominadas por Coihue (Nothofagus dombeyi) y Raulí (Nothofagus alpina)
Gayana: BotanicaEl presente estudio tuvo como objetivo conocer la riqueza y diversidad florística vascular en plantaciones dominadas por Coihue (Nothofagus dombeyi) y Raulí (Nothofagus alpina), ubicadas entre los 37º15’ y 41º15’ S, tanto en las cordilleras de los Andes y de la Costa como en la depresión intermedia.
Mario Romero-Mieres +5 more
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Ibis, EarlyView.Based on distinctive morphological and vocal characters we describe a new species of jewel‐babbler (genus Ptilorrhoa) from the forested karst of the Southern Fold Mountains in Papua New Guinea. The description is based on camera trap data and is presented in accordance with ICZN Declaration 45.
Iain A. Woxvold +5 more
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South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) classification and nomenclature: some problems and solutions [PDF]
, 2008 Classificatory changes are made for some taxa of New World Melolonthinae based on the examination of specimens (including type specimens) and a reevaluation of some of the characters used to justify previous classification decisions.
Smith, Andrew B. T.
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