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Splendid Isolation Revisited: The Entente Cordiale Model
Previous pages were the necessary introduction to understand the topics that are included in present chapter. Here the main pillars of a new model...
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Elevational pattern and temperature sensitivity of spring leaf phenology of three co-occurring tree species in a subtropical mountain forest
Key message Spring leaf phenology delayed with increasing elevation, and the onset of bud development showed less response to elevation. Bud...
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Austral Temperate Zone: Either Neglected or Misunderstood
Southern Hemisphere is home to a variety of temperate forests; most are evergreen, and only a small fraction is deciduous. Most of these forests are...
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Long-term ecology and conservation of the Kungur forest-steppe (pre-Urals, Russia): case study Spasskaya Gora
The Kungur forest-steppe is the northernmost outpost of European forest-steppe, located in the western pre-Urals within the boreal climatic zone. The...
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Genetic characterization of tertiary relict endemic Phoenix theophrasti populations in Turkey and phylogenetic relations of the species with other palm species revealed by SSR markers
Phoenix theophrasti is one of the few tree species tertiary relict endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, and it is one of the two palm species native...
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Preliminary Estimation of the Influence of Cydalima perspectalis Invasion on the Species Composition and Structure of Earthworm Population (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae) in the Range of Buxus sempervirens (Western Caucasus)
AbstractThe earthworm fauna and population structure in Colchic ecosystems of the southern slope in the Western Caucasus were studied. First, in May...
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Collembola communities and soil conditions in forest plantations established in an intensively managed agricultural area
The challenges of a changing climate have directed greater attention to afforestation, but the effects of afforestation on soil fertility and soil...
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Southern Hot Tropical Biomes
The wet Tropics, home to the zonobiome E1, under the strong influence of the high tropical high temperatures and the Intertropical Convergence Zone...
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The influence of climate and population density on Buxus hyrcana potential distribution and habitat connectivity
Changes in environmental factors, human impact, and interactions between them accelerate the extinction of woody species. Therefore, conservation...
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Habitats hold an evolutionary signal of past climatic refugia
Climatic refugia have often been associated with hotspots of richness and endemism, and identified on the basis of molecular or paleobotanical...
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Plant Diversity and General Vegetation of Georgia
This review article presents information on the diversity of vegetation cover of Georgia and its ecological aspects. The article includes data on the...
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The rhizosphere Microbiome of Malus sieversii (Ldb.) Roem. in the geographic and environmental gradients of China's **njiang
Malus sieversii (Ldb.) Roem. is the original species of modern cultivated apple and a key national essential conservation plant in China. In recent...
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Natural Populations of the Rare Medicinal Species Alangium platanifolium (Alangiacеае) in Russia
AbstractData on the status of two natural populations of the rare, endemic medicinal species Alangium platanifolium known from the Russian...
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The Ecosystem and Biotic Diversity of the Southeastern Altai-Tuva Desert-Steppe Orobiome
AbstractBased on the biome concept in biogeography and the ecological-geographical approach to the analysis of biodiversity, a regional assessment of...
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Microsatellites reveal high levels of genetic admixture in the natural populations of Laurus azorica, Lauraceae
Laurus (Lauraceae) species are currently restricted to isolated refugia in the southern Black Sea, Mediterranean Basin, southern Morocco, and...
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Nature Conservation in Times of Climate Change
In principle, the climate change suggested by the human-climate hypothesis is also a problem for nature conservation, as it is likely to have an...
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Avian Diversity in Humid Tropical and Subtropical South American Forests, with a Discussion About Their Related Climatic and Geological Underpinnings
The tropical and subtropical regions of South America occupy ca. 14,250,000 km2, of which 8,000,000 km2 are covered by humid forests. Among these,...
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Cercidiphyllum japonicum
The tertiary relict Cercidiphyllum japonicum is an important canopy tree species of riparian forests in Japan, despite typically occurring at low...
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A taxonomic synopsis of unifoliolate continental African Vepris (Rutaceae)
Descriptions and illustrations are presented for three new species to science, Vepris udzungwa Cheek , V. lukei Cheek (both Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania),...
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Origin and Evolution of Peninsular India, Western Ghats, and its Diverse Life Forms
Western ghats is a chain of precipitous mountain range lying parallel to the western coast of India for a length of 1600 km and is a biodiversity...