Nitrogen-fixing plants, by altering the availability of soil N, potentially facilitate plant invasion. Here we describe how herbivore-driven mortality of a native Nfixing shrub, bush lupine (Lupinus arboreus), increases soil N and light availability, which promotes invasion by introduced grasses to the detriment of a native plant community. Soils under live and dead lupine stands contained larg...

Metallic proximal phalangeal hemiarthroplasty has been described for the surgical treatment of moderate to severe hallux rigidus. This long-term follow-up of an extended case series of 37 patients who underwent the index operation demonstrated a high rate (93%) of patient satisfaction, and significant improvement in Foot Function Index scores.

consisting of about 47 species distributed in south-eastern Asia and the Pacific, and some species are cultivated throughout the tropics. A number of Artocarpus species, including A. rigidus BLUME subsp. rigidus are found wild in the southern part of Thailand. No phytochemical investigation of this plant species has been reported to date. It should be noted that this plant species is different ...

Evaluation of Genetic Variation and Simultaneous Selection for Seed Forage Yield in Selected Genotypes Dactylis glomerata Bromus inermis