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Earthworms, Their Species, and Biological Features
Earthworms, a diverse group within the annelid class Oligochaeta, exhibit a rich tapestry of species and biological features that have fascinated...
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Management Approaches for Biological Control of Invasive Species
Invasive species significantly impact ecosystems, causing damage to plant species and billions of dollars in loss annually, hence requiring the...
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Cyathea Species
Cyatheaceae family consists of most of the tree fern diversity with 600 species of tree ferns approximately. It includes three genera, namely,...
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Cyathea Species
Cyatheaceae family consists of most of the tree fern diversity with 600 species of tree ferns approximately. It includes three genera, namely,...
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Phytochemical and Biological Characteristics of Apiaceae Species from Turkey
Turkey has a rich biodiversity having about 12.000 taxa. Species of the family Apiaceae are distributed in most parts of the world with 466 genera...
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Under Biological Invasion: Impacts of Litter Decomposition Mediated by Invasive Plant Species on Soil Nutrients and Functional Growth Traits of both Invasive and Native Plant Species
AbstractAn invasive plant, Solidago canadensis is quickly encroaching across Eastern China and has become a crucial concern in the alteration of...
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Altered biological control species interactions despite phenological synchrony along an urban–rural temperature gradient
Biological control programs provide simplified systems in which to investigate the influence of temperature on trophic interactions. We investigated...
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Seasonal Effects of Native and Non-Native Woody Species on Soil Chemical and Biological Properties in Semi-Arid Forests, Western Iran
Few studies in arid and semi-arid regions have focused on the effects of natural and afforested woody species on the dynamics of soil physicochemical...
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A critical review on Pulicaria species occurring in Qatar: traditional uses, phytochemistry and biological activities
In Qatar, three main species of Pulicaria (from Asteraceae) such as Pulicaria undulata (L.) C.A.Mey, Pulicaria gnaphalodes (Vent.) Boiss. and Pulicaria...
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Biological control of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) using egg parasitoids, Trichogramma species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae): a review
BackgroundFall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an invasive pest that can cause serious crop loss to...
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Reactive Oxygen Species Prospects in Plant Metabolism
This edited book focuses on ROS synthesis, potential applications, toxicity, and preservations. It explores the recently proposed hormonal response...
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Chicory stimulates companion legume species to fix more biological nitrogen
PurposeChicory ( Cichorium intybus ) scavenges more soil mineral nitrogen (N) than perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne ). A glasshouse study was...
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Chemistry, Biological Activities, and Uses of Latex from Selected Species of Apocynaceae
Latex is a complex phytochemical that is mainly involved in the plant defense system. Several species belonging to the Apocynaceae family produce...
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Biological Invasions Into Different Ranges
Introduce new species, by accident or on purpose, naturally or artificially, despite microbes, plants, or animals, into areas outside their...
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A New Species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Braconidae, Rogadinae) with Potential for Biological Control of Spodoptera spp. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), and Notes on the Definition of the gastritor, circumscriptus, and Related Species-Groups
A new species of Aleiodes Wesmael in the gastritor Thunberg species-group is described and illustrated. The new species, Aleiodes ceres Shimbori sp.n. ...
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Human activities and species biological traits drive the long-term persistence of old trees in human-dominated landscapes
Old trees have many ecological and socio-cultural values. However, knowledge of the factors influencing their long-term persistence in...
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Species Methods
This chapter is essentially a follow-on from the previous chapter, but with an additional level of complexity. One can simply add an additional...
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Prioritizing weeds for biological control development in the western USA: adaptation of the Biological Control Target Selection system
Nonnative invasive plants (weeds) negatively impact native biodiversity, ecosystem services, agriculture, and the economic interests and health of...
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Quantitatively defining species boundaries with more efficiency and more biological realism
We introduce a widely applicable species delimitation method based on the multispecies coalescent model that is more efficient and more biologically...
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Biological Networks
In several areas of biology, networks are frequently employed to conveniently describe interactions between relevant biological components....