The annual diet of possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) during both a beech (Nothofagus) mast fruiting year and a non-mast year in the simple beech forests of the North Branch of the Hurunui Catchment, eastern South Island, New Zealand, was determined by sorting the contents of 270 possum stomachs, collected between December 1999 and December 2001. Beech flowers and seeds contributed 46.1% to annual...

Doubtlessly, wood identification is critically important for a number of sectors, including government organizations, the wooden-based industry, museums, law enforcement, and scientists working in fields botany, ecology, forestry, technology. Unfortunately, most species listed as “the least-known species” lack essential knowledge or even their anatomical feature basic properties to promote usag...

Abstract The use of soilless culture in the cultivation ornamental plants is becoming widespread, especially production cut flowers. aim this review to present a brief summary both standard and new findings obtained from using techniques plant cultivation, based on detailed literature review. In researches reached for review, Calendula officinalis L., Matthiola incana Pelargonium zonale Petunia...

Matthiola longipetala subsp. livida is an annual herb in Brassicaceae that has received little attention despite the family’s high reputation for health benefits, particularly cancer prevention. In this study, UPLC-HRMS-MS analysis was used mapping chemical constituents of different plant parts (i.e., flowers, leaves, and roots). Also, spectral similarity networks via Global Natural Products So...