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Effect of early and late post emergence herbicides on weed suppression, crop injury, and biomass yield of industrial hemp in semiarid conditions

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2025.
Abstract Industrial hemp is receiving attention for its numerous benefits, particularly in the fiber industry. Weed competition is a primary concern for hemp cultivation, causing reduced yields and inferior‐quality fiber. However, little is known about herbicide application in hemp since a limited range of herbicides are available for hemp production ...
Preetaman Bajwa, Rupinder Saini, Sukhbir Singh, Jasleen Makkar, Calvin Trostle, Hardeep Singh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food habits of Rhinella proboscidea (Anura: Bufonidae) in terra firme forests of central Amazonia

Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2019
Food habits of Rhinella proboscidea (Anura: Bufonidae) in terra frme forests of central Amazonia. Anuran species are considered generalist and opportunist feeders. However, some species have dietary specializations.
Alice Cristina Rodrigues Borges, Talitha Ferreira dos Santos, Luciana Frazão, Sergio Marques-Souza, Marcelo Menin   +4 more
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Elephas antiquus (Proboscidea, Mammalia) en el Pleistoceno medio de Ciempozuelos (Madrid)

Estudios Geologicos, 1995
Se identifica como Elephas antiquus una mandíbula juvenil de elefante encontrada en Ciempozuelos (Madrid). Las correlaciones con otros yacimientos de la cuenca de Madrid que han proporcionado el mismo taxón permiten precisar que la nueva localidad ...
A. V. Mazo
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Tribute: In Memoriam, Jeheskel Hezy Shoshani [PDF]

, 2008
The elephant community has lost one of its great ambassadors, Dr. Jeheskel Hezy Shoshani, at the age of 65. A wave of condolences and testimonials from colleagues and friends around the world followed his death on May 21 ...
Dale, Robert H.I.
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Genetic variation at hair length candidate genes in elephants and the extinct woolly mammoth [PDF]

, 2009
Background Like humans, the living elephants are unusual among mammals in being sparsely covered with hair. Relative to extant elephants, the extinct woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, had a dense hair cover and extremely long hair, which likely were
Alex D Greenwood, Alfred L Roca, Gennady Boeskorov, Kristin Stewardson, Michele Tisdale, Nikolas Nikolaidis, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Shannon Hensley, Stephen Fratpietro, Yasuko Ishida   +9 more
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Order Proboscidea

, 1982
James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl (1982): Order Proboscidea. In: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl (Eds): Mammal Species of the World (1st Edition). Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections: 307, ISBN: 0-89327-235-3, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo ...
Honacki, James H., Kinman, Kenneth E., Koeppl, James W.   +2 more
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Divergent Importance and Geographic Patterns in Threats to Birds and Mammals in China

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Wildlife populations are continuing to decrease worldwide. Understanding the ranking and distribution of drivers of species declines is crucial to enable targeted actions to counteract major threats. However, few studies have assessed the relative importance and geographic distribution of threats to biodiversity in China, even for high ...
Xin Gao, Zhuoen Liu, Richard T. Corlett, Zhigang Jiang, Alice Hughes, Keping Ma, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Gang Feng   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study of the body proportions in Elephantidae and other large herbivorous mammals

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 246, Issue 1, Page 63-85, January 2025.
In this study, we examine the differences in the body proportions of Elephantidae and other large herbivorous mammals, identify similarities and unique features, and associate these features with the benefits and constraints imposed by their body plan.
Ruslan I. Belyaev, Gennady G. Boeskorov, Alexander N. Kuznetsov, Mathys Rotonda, Natalya E. Prilepskaya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elephants develop wrinkles through both form and function

Royal Society Open Science
The trunks of elephants have prominent wrinkles from their base to the very tip. But neither the obvious differences in wrinkles between elephant species nor their development have been studied before.
Andrew K. Schulz, Lena V. Kaufmann, Noemie Reveyaz, Cindy Ritter, Thomas Hildebrandt, Michael Brecht   +5 more
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Los gonfotéridos (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de Uruguay: taxonomía, estratigrafía y cronología

Estudios Geologicos, 2015
En Uruguay se han hallado numerosos aunque relativamente fragmentarios restos de Gomphotheriidae. Pertenecientes a esta familia existen materiales asignados a la Formación Camacho (Mioceno tardío), y a unidades del Pleistoceno y Holoceno temprano ...
D. Perea, M. T. Alberdi
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