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The Progressive Spread of the Vascular Wilt Like Pathogen of Calophyllum Detected in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020
Pathogens are threatening crops worldwide, but little attention has been given to the threat to tree species in undisturbed rainforest. This communication reports the first case of a tree die off caused by a “wilt” in Madagascar. In 2016 while monitoring
Patricia Chapple Wright, Patricia Chapple Wright, Beatriz Otero Jimenez, Beatriz Otero Jimenez, Paul Rakotonirina, Dina H. Andriananoely, Alexandra Shea, Baovola Ratalata, Jean Claude Razafimahaimodison   +8 more
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Comparative studies of the proximate composition, and anti-nutritional factors of Garcinia kola

Journal of Food and Bioprocess Engineering, 2022
The study was undertaken to determine the comparative studies on the proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors of Garcinia kola. The proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors were performed on the seed kernel, fruit pulp, and the fruit ...
Olufunmilayo Oyenike Oyewale, Olubukola Adebowale Akangbe, Gabriel Tolulope Akinwale, Olakunle Danladi Oladipupo   +3 more
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Climate Change Affects Reproductive Phenology in Lianas of Australia’s Wet Tropics

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
Lianas are increasing in abundance in many tropical forests. This increase can alter forest structure and decrease both carbon storage and tree diversity via antagonistic relationships between lianas and their host trees.
Nara O. Vogado, Jayden E. Engert, Tore L. Linde, Mason J. Campbell, William F. Laurance, Michael J. Liddell   +5 more
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Stasis and Stillness

Press Start, 2020
This paper represents an initiatory investigation into moments of inaction in games. Two types of inaction are defined and discussed: stasis, which is inaction brought on by or through a game’s mechanics, and stillness, which is brought on by or through ...
Rainforest Scully-Blaker
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The treatment of land use, land use change and forestry in the post-2012 climate agreement: a perspective from non-Annex I Parties

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2010
Given the greater vulnerability of developing countries to climate change, their paramount interest is to establish effective mitigation policies including the land use and forestry sectors as part of the post-2012 Climate Agreement.
Federici S, Galluzzi G
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The ‘cultured rainforests’ of Borneo [PDF]

Quaternary International, 2017
Borneo has a 50,000-year record of Homo sapiens' interactions with rainforest on the coastal lowlands assembled especially by the interdisciplinary investigation of the archaeology and palaeoecology of the Niah Caves on the coastal plain of Sarawak (Barker et al., 2007; Barker, 2013). More recent work by many of the same team in the interior of Borneo,
Barker, Graeme, Hunt, Chris, Barton, Huw, Gosden, Chris, Jones, Sam, Lloyd-Smith, Lindsay, Farr, Lucy, Nyirí, Borbala, O'Donnell, Shawn   +8 more
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Two new ant species of the genus Leptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hainan, China, with a key to the known Chinese species [PDF]

ZooKeys
Two new species of ponerine ants from Hainan Province, China, Leptogenys hainanensis sp. nov. and L. zhoui sp. nov., are delineated and depicted based on the worker caste. Leptogenys hainanensis sp. nov. belongs to the L.
Chao Chen, Zhilin Chen, Zhenghui Xu, Qishan Fu, Liwen Fu   +4 more
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Perceptions of Local Inhabitants towards Land Management Systems Used in the Rainforest Area of Ecuador: An Evaluation Based on Visual Rating of the Main Land Use Types

Diversity, 2021
Land management policy and practice affects a wide segment of stakeholders, including the general population of a given area. This study evaluates the perceptions of local inhabitants towards the land management systems used in the rainforest area of ...
Alex Vinicio Gavilanes Montoya, Danny Daniel Castillo Vizuete, Stelian Alexandru Borz   +2 more
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A Review of Disturbances to the Ecosystems of the Mexican Caribbean, Their Causes and Consequences

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
In a relatively short timescale (less than 50 years), urbanization has caused many anthropogenic disturbances that have affected ecosystem health and, directly or indirectly, quality of life for the local human population.
Izchel Gómez, Rodolfo Silva, Debora Lithgow, Janner Rodríguez, Anastazia Teresa Banaszak, Brigitta van Tussenbroek   +5 more
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Rainforest Mathematics

Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2014
Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, Vol. 5 No.
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