The Further You Are, the Closer You Get: Environmental Similarity Connects Aquatic Invertebrate Communities Across the Terrestrial Landscape in a Large River Network. [PDF]
Ecol EvolEcological connectivity in freshwater ecosystems can be structured by river network, the terrestrial geography, and environmental conditions. In the Lower Colorado River Basin, aquatic invertebrate communities are influenced by all three dynamics, and environmental heterogeneity is the strongest observed driver of community composition.
Freedman JW, Kennedy TA, Lytle DA.
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Nest site selection and nesting behavior of the mud turtle Kinosternon scorpiodes (Testudines, Kinosternidae) in Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica: implications for management [PDF]
Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2021 Habitat selection is the process whereby individuals preferentially use, or occupy, a non-random set of available habitats. At the same time, nest site selection is defined as the placement of eggs by females at sites differing from random sites within a
José M. Mora, Franklin E. Castañeda
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Modeling Dynamic Multifractal Efficiency of US Electricity Market
Energies, 2021 The dramatic deregulatory reforms in US electricity markets increased competition, resulting in more complex prices compared to other commodities. This paper aims to investigate and compare the overall and time-varying multifractality and efficiency of ...
Haider Ali, Faheem Aslam, Paulo Ferreira
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Range Modeling and Surveillance of <i>Ornithodoros turicata</i> Ticks: Implications for Detecting African Swine Fever Virus in the United States. [PDF]
Ecol EvolOrnithodoros turicata collected from a dry ice baited tick trap. ABSTRACT African Swine Fever virus (ASFv) is a re‐emerging global swine disease that, if introduced to the United States, would cause severe economic consequences. The widespread presence of feral hogs in addition to the presence of competent tick vectors, specifically Ornithodoros ...
Butler CJ +6 more
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Silverleaf whitefly present in the San Joaquin Valley
California Agriculture, 1993 The silverleaf whitefly (formerly "sweetpotato whitefly strain B," see p. 7) has caused extensive damage in Southern California's Imperial, Coachella, and Palo Verde valleys.
Ned M. Gruenhagen +4 more
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Oxidation indexes in oils from some leguminous seeds from sonoran desert
Grasas y Aceites, 2001 The oxidation process of crude and refined oils from wild leguminous seeds: Prosopis juliflora (mezquite), Mimosa grahamii (gatuña), Acacia constricta, (vinorama) Olneya tesota, (palo fierro) Cercidium praecox (palo de brea) and Parkinsonia aculeata ...
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Physicochemical cliaracterization of raw oils from some Sonoran desert leguminous seeds
Grasas y Aceites, 1995 The Sonoran desert has a great variety of nutritional native plants, mainly from the leguminous family. Although in ancient times their products were used as food by native Americans, there is little information about their potential as a food source ...
M. Ortega-Nieblas, L. Vázquez-Moreno
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Avances en Ciencias e Ingeniería, 2022 Palo Verde (Parkinsonia microphylla) is a common tree in the deserts of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Although an insect pollenated tree, it can cause allergy because of the huge volume of flowers that fall to ground, dry, and ...
Martha B. Morales-Amparano +5 more
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Toxicidad del plomo en la germinación y el crecimiento de plántulas de Parkinsonia aculeata L.
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales, 2021 Las elevadas concentraciones de plomo (Pb) en el suelo limitan el establecimiento de las plantas, por lo que es importante identificar especies tolerantes.
Manuel Arturo Gonzalez Villalobos +3 more
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