Search
Search Results
-
Frequency of Occurrence and Level of Dominance of Alien and Native Species in Synanthropic Plant Communities of Southern Russia
AbstractIn spite of stable interest of biologists in the problem of biological invasions, the role of alien dominants in the formation of vegetation...
-
Genetic and genomic diversity in the sorghum gene bank collection of Uganda
BackgroundThe Plant Genetic Resources Centre at the Uganda National Gene Bank houses has over 3000 genetically diverse landraces and wild relatives...
-
Analysis of population structure and genetic diversity in a Southern African soybean collection based on single nucleotide polymorphism markers
Soybean is an emerging strategic crop for nutrition, food security, and livestock feed in Africa, but improvement of its productivity is hampered by...
-
Community seed banks: Instruments for food security or unsustainable endeavour? A case study of Mkombezi Community Seed Bank in Malawi
Community Seed Banks (CSBs) have been established in many develo** countries to improve small-scale farmers’ access to crop genetic resources and...
-
Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Invasions in Southern South America
Biological invasions are an ecological, economic, and human health problem on a global scale. In the case of plant invasions, one of the least...
-
Southern extension of raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) range in Vietnam with comments on its conservation status in the country
Although the raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides has a wide global distribution, little is known about its population in Vietnam. The species is...
-
Rickettsial infection in ticks from a natural area of Atlantic Forest biome in southern Brazil
From June 2013 to January 2014, blood sera samples and ticks were collected from domestic dogs and wild small mammals, and ticks from the vegetation...
-
Nutrition of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Bol’shekhekhtsirskii Nature Reserve and Its Environs (Southern Part of the Amur River Region)
AbstractThe diet of the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes L. 1758) was studied in the years 1990–1993, 1996–2000, and 2005–2013 in Bol’shekhekhtsirskii State...
-
Comparative whole-genome and proteomics analyses of the next seed bank and the original master seed bank of MucoRice-CTB 51A line, a rice-based oral cholera vaccine
BackgroundWe have previously developed a rice-based oral vaccine against cholera diarrhea, MucoRice-CTB. Using Agrobacterium -mediated...
-
Metagenomic analysis reveals taxonomic and functional diversity of microbial communities on the deteriorated wall paintings of Qinling Tomb in the Southern Tang Dynasty, China
The microbial colonization on ancient murals attracts more and more attention since the threaten by microorganisms was first reported in Lascaux,...
-
Isolation, identification, and molecular characterization of potential keratinolytic fungus sp. from Southern Assam: relevance to poultry wastes and its biological management
Feather waste is a highly prevalent form of keratinous waste that is generated by the poultry industry. The global daily production of feather waste...
-
Microhabitat associated macrofauna of lotic and lentic systems in the Agbede wetlands, southern Nigeria
Although studies on the macrofauna of lotic and lentic environments are common, investigations on microhabitat associated macrofauna of lotic and...
-
Morphological and molecular characterization of two populations ex situ regenerated from a germplasm bank accession of the wild potato Solanum chacoense Bitter
Crop wild relatives are conserved in germplasm banks as original accessions or their ex situ regenerated progenies. The commonly used sexual...
-
Notes on reproduction in the deep-sea cup coral Balanophyllia malouinensis (Squires 1961) from the Southern Ocean
Deep-sea scleractinian cup corals are prominent members of Southern Ocean megabenthic communities, though little is known about their life history....
-
Changes in the Distribution of Broadleaf Tree Species in the Central Part of the Southern Urals since the 1970s
Abstract —Changes in the distribution of broadleaf tree species— Tilia cordata Mill., Quercus robur L., Acer platanoides L., and Ulmus glabra Huds.—in...
-
Relictithismia kimotsukiensis, a new genus and species of Thismiaceae from southern Japan with discussions on its phylogenetic relationship
The family Thismiaceae, known as “fairy lanterns” for their urn- or bell-shaped flowers with basally fused tepals, consists of non-photosynthetic...
-
Characterizing diversity based on phenotypes and molecular marker analyses of purple yam (Dioscorea alata L.) germplasm in southern China
Purple yam ( Dioscorea alata L.), which is widely distributed in southern China, is characterized by great purple to red flesh or skin, as well as...
-
Locally protected forests: status, character and challenges a case study of Inhambane Province, southern Mozambique
Mozambique has undocumented forest patches that are cultural landscapes and locally protected as heritage sites. Using the case of Inhambane...
-
Systematic review of Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Errantia: Nereididae) from southern Africa, including a preliminary molecular phylogeny of the genus
Previous identifications and characterisations of southern African polychaete species are brief and many are based on northern hemisphere taxa....
-
Evidence for different bottom-up mechanisms in wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and bank vole (Myodes glareolus) population fluctuations in Southern Norway
Animals that feed on forest tree seeds, such as Apodemus mice, increase in number after a mast year. At high latitudes, there is a similar delayed...
