Where and What Kind-A Better Understanding of Local and Landscape Features in Planning the Urban Flower Meadows for Supporting Bee Communities. [PDF]
Our multifaceted approach revealed that the mosaics of habitats surrounding urban flower meadows are at least as necessary to support bees as the local features of UFMs. An abundance of bees responded positively to the number of flowering units, the blue and yellow colors of flowers, and increased cover of industrial areas, green urban areas, and ...
Kostro-Ambroziak A +11 more
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Southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) are found in the Antarctic. They build their nests with rock fragments, disturbing large areas during incubation and chick feeding periods; however, their impact on vegetation is unknown.
JAIR PUTZKE +5 more
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Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in common reed (Phragmites australis) growing spontaneously on highly contaminated mine tailing ponds in Serbia and potential use of this species in phytoremediation [PDF]
Heavy metal contamination of aquatic ecosystems directly threatens the health, production and biodiversity of aquatic and surrounding terrestrial ecosystems, and it represents a serious global problem.
Milijana Prica +4 more
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Alexander von Humboldt – the founder of phytogeography (to the 250th anniversary of his birthday)
Objective – to elucidate of life way, contribution to foundation and development of phytogeography, plant introduction and conservation of phytodiversity eminent German geographer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Material and methods.
V.I. Melnyk
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Diversity of Lecidea (Lecideaceae, Ascomycota) species revealed by molecular data and morphological characters [PDF]
The diversity of lichens, especially crustose species, in continental Antarctica is still poorly known. To overcome difficulties with the morphology based species delimitations in these groups, we employed molecular data (nuclear ITS and mitochondrial ...
Brunauer, Georg +4 more
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Natura 2000 habitat of Mt. Argentario promontory (southern Tuscany, Italy)
The Mt. Argentario promontory (southern Tuscany, Italy) is a protected area hosting habitats and species of European importance. The Mt. Argentario Natura 2000 habitat map (1:10,000) was compiled from photo-interpretation and field surveys, integrated ...
Daniele Viciani +5 more
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A fungal spore calendar for the atmosphere of Szczecin, Poland
A calendar of fungal spore seasons for Szczecin during 2013 was established using a 7-day volumetric Lanzoni trap. Thirty-five spore taxa were identified. The dominant spore types detected were Cladosporium (66%), Didymella (29%), Alternaria (1.67%), and
Aleksandra Bednarz, Sylwia Pawłowska
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Phytogeography of Passerina (Thymelaeaceae)
Passerina L. comprises 20 species and four subspecies of microphyllous. wind-pollinated shrubs. Once considered cosmopolitan, the genus as currently defined, is endemic to southern Africa.
C. L. Bredenkamp, A. E. van Wyk
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First occurrence of mastixioid (Cornaceae) fossil in India and its biogeographic implications [PDF]
Mastixioids in the family Cornaceae, are presently native only in limited areas of Asia, they have rich fossil fruit record in Cenozoic sediments of Europe and North America, but unfortunately none have been reported from Cenozoic sediments of India and ...
Bera, Meghma +4 more
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Distribution of Carex pallidula (Cyperaceae) in Europe
Carex pallidula is a European species which is often overlooked because it is similar in appearance to C. digitata. So far, this species has been recorded from ten European countries.
Jacob Koopman +2 more
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