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The role of urban trees in reducing land surface temperatures in European cities. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2021
Schwaab J, Meier R, Mussetti G, Seneviratne S, Bürgi C, Davin EL.   +5 more
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The evolution of tree nursery offerings in Los Angeles County over the last 110 years [PDF]

, 2013
Interest in urban vegetation has increased dramatically. Urban trees are an important aspect of the urban environment but there is little known about the potential sources of those trees, change in tree species diversity over time and the factors leading
Gillespie, TW, Jenerette, GD, Pataki, DE, Pincetl, S, Prabhu, SS   +4 more
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Effects of water content on sugar metabolism of Malus × robusta seed cryopreservation

Guangxi Zhiwu, 2023
Water content is a key factor influencing the seed cryopreservation, but its effecting mechanism is not fully understood. In order to explore the effect and way of water content on the viability of seed cryopreservation on viability, Malus × robusta ...
Ying PENG, Mengting ZHU, Qian QIAO, Xing LI, Yue ZHANG, Xiaofei PI, Yan LIU   +6 more
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LAI based trees selection for mid latitude urban developments: A microclimatic study in Cairo, Egypt [PDF]

, 2010
To study the leaf area index, LAI, based thermal performance in distinguishing trees for Cairo's urban developments, ENVI-met plants database was used as platform for a foliage modeling parameter, the leaf area density, LAD.
Aiad, Akbari, Ali-Toudert, Ali-Toudert, Ali-Toudert, Arnfield, Arnold, ASHRAE, ASHRAE, Bentley, Bruse, Bruse, Bruse, Dimoudi, Eliasson, Fahmy, Fahmy, Gidlof-Gunnarsson, Heliopolis and Company, Jacobs, Jonckheere, Kotzen, Kurn, Lalic, Lam, Law, Mahmoud Yahiya, McPherson, Meir, Mohamad Fahmy, Monteith, Montes, Nikolopoulou, Oke, Oke, Oke, Oke, Pearlmutter, Pierce, Sailor, Shashua-Bar, Stadt, Stephen Sharples, Taha, Thorsson, Trowbridge, USDA   +46 more
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A highly efficient regeneration, genetic transformation system and induction of targeted mutations using CRISPR/Cas9 in Lycium ruthenicum

Plant Methods, 2021
Background CRISPR/Cas9 is a rapidly developing genome editing technology in various biological systems due to its efficiency, portability, simplicity and versatility. This editing technology has been successfully applied in in several important plants of
Wang Wang, Jiangmiao Liu, Hai Wang, Tong Li, Huien Zhao   +4 more
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Wind risk assessment in urban environments: the case of falling trees during windstorm events in Lisbon [PDF]

, 2009
Trees bring many benefits to the urban environment. However, they may also cause hazards to human population, being the major causes of injuries and infrastructural damage during strong wind events.
Andrade, José, Fragoso, Marcelo, Lopes, António, Oliveira, Sandra, Pedro, P   +4 more
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Guided by the light: Roost choice and behaviour of urban Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) [PDF]

, 2016
1. The formation of large communal roosts is a conspicuous phenomenon associated with a wide range of bird species successfully exploiting urban environments.
Daoud-Opit, Savannah, Jones, Darryl N.
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Genome-wide characterization of PEBP family genes in nine Rosaceae tree species and their expression analysis in P. mume

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Background Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding proteins (PEBPs) constitute a common gene family found among animals, plants and microbes. Plant PEBP proteins play an important role in regulating flowering time, plant architecture as well as seed dormancy ...
Man Zhang, Ping Li, Xiaolan Yan, Jia Wang, Tangren Cheng, Qixiang Zhang   +5 more
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Genome-wide identification and characterization analysis of RWP-RK family genes reveal their role in flowering time of Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium

BMC Plant Biology, 2023
Background RWP-RKs are plant specific transcription factors, which are widely distributed in plants in the form of polygenic families and play key role in nitrogen absorption and utilization, and are crucial to plant growth and development.
Qiuling Zhang, Junzhuo Li, Xiaohui Wen, Chengyan Deng, Xiuzhen Yang, Silan Dai   +5 more
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The effect of temperature, soil nitrogen and gastropods on _Thuja plicata_ growth and reproduction [PDF]

, 2010
Humans are changing the environment. For example, nitrogen deposition, rising temperatures, and non-native species are influencing plant communities. These changes have and will continue to affect trees, thus, understanding the response of species to ...
Ailene Ettinger, Anna O', Jannke HilleRisLambers   +2 more
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