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Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species [PDF]

Annals of Botany, 2009
This Tropical species volume of the Breeding plantation tree crops series, edited by S. Mohan Jain and P.M. Priyadarshan, is aimed at providing ‘comprehensive information on a package of conventional breeding, biotechnology and molecular tools to scientists, students and even policy makers and planters’.
openaire   +2 more sources

Tree Species Abundance Predictions in a Tropical Agricultural Landscape with a Supervised Classification Model and Imbalanced Data

Remote Sensing, 2016
Mapping species through classification of imaging spectroscopy data is facilitating research to understand tree species distributions at increasingly greater spatial scales.
S. Graves, G. Asner, Roberta E. Martin, C. Anderson, M. Colgan, Leila Kalantari, Stephanie A. Bohlman   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
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Local environmental controls of Atlantic Forest tree community assembly on a coastal continental island in southeastern Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2018
Tropical forests with high species diversity are commonly found in rugged montane areas. We investigated causes of local tropical forest tree community assembly on a continental island with heterogeneous terrain.
Felipe Cito Nettesheim, Mário Luís Garbin, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, Dorothy Sue Dunn de Araujo   +3 more
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Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
wiley   +1 more source

Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical communication is the oldest and most widespread form of signalling among and within organisms. Among the many compounds involved in such communication, pyrazines – nitrogen‐containing heterocyclic molecules – are especially intriguing due to their widespread occurrence across the tree of life, from bacteria and fungi to insects and ...
Zowi Oudendijk, Niklas Wahlberg, Johanna Mappes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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Variations in the temperature response of photosynthesis among nine common tree species planted in Singapore

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Tree planting is regarded as one of the most cost-effective ways to mitigate climate change impacts. As part of the global tree planting movement, the tropical city-state of Singapore initiated a project to plant one million trees in 10 years.
Li Ming Rachel Teo, Liyao Yu, Xiangzhong Luo, Xiangzhong Luo   +3 more
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Specific and generic stem biomass and volume models of tree species in a West African tropical semi-deciduous forest

Silva Fennica, 2016
The quantification of the contribution of tropical forests to global carbon stocks and climate change mitigation requires availability of data and tools such as allometric equations.
Goussanou, Cedric, Guendehou, Sabin, Assogbadjo, Achille, Kaire, Maguette, Sinsin, Brice, Cuni-Sanchez, Aida   +5 more
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