it has often been stated or implied that grazing is an important factor in the land degradation process, a suggestion supported by various research projects, and this study investigated the effect of livestock grazing on stem height, crowncover, production, basal diameter, stem biomass, litter, leaf-stem index (leaf to stem weight) , root diameter and weight and seed production per individual o...

[Eric Ebel] This project was inspired by a manuscript written by John Painter and others at the CDC – that was eventually published in EID in 2013. That paper estimated the fraction of different microbial illnesses that were attributed to different food categories. For example, it provided an estimate of what fraction of Salmonella illnesses were associated with consumption of poultry, beef, po...

This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in SE Europe adjacent regions: red algae Lemanea fucina Paralemanea annulata, parasitic fungus Anthracoidea pratensis, saprotrophic fungi Cyathus olla, Massaria campestris, Xylaria sicula, stonewort Chara canescens, liverworts Gymnomitrion commutatum Porella baueri, moss Acaulon triquetrum, monocots Anacamptis laxiflora, ...

Este trabajo presenta los resultados obtenidos en dos monitoreos realizados sobre un área revegetada de matorral desértico micrófilo, al sur la provincia biótica del Desierto Chihuahuense, para evaluar situación que guardan sus especies representativas: Parthenium incanum, Larrea tridentata, Salvia ballotiflora, Acacia constricta, Lycium berlandieri, Jatropha dioica y Atriplex canescens; tipos ...

the carob moth, ectomyelois ceratoniae zeller (lep.: pyralidae) is the most important pest of pomegranate orchards in iran. this current research was carried out to study the biology of venturia canescens gravenhorst (hym.: ichneumonidae) as one of its larval parasitoids. laboratory studies were conducted on the immature developmental time, adult longevity, functional response, parasite progeny...