The moist temperate Himalayas, as one of the major ecological zone of Pakistan, deserve specific attention to the conservation of environment and the sustainable development of natural resources. During the last hundred years, the area has been subjected to major structural changes leading to a decrease of about fifty per cent of the potential forest area. The decrease in forest cover, combined...

A specific part of local history permanent exhibition the Déri Museum in Debrecen is named The Garden. Here visitors can learn about two significant gardens city and may have a look into its botanical environment. first Hungarian scientific plant identification book Sámuel Diószegi Mihály Fazekas, Herbal also displayed here. This study presents number interesting details book’s origin, authors'...

The moist temperate Himalayas, as one of the major ecological zone of Pakistan, deserve specific attention to the conservation of environment and the sustainable development of natural resources. During the last hundred years, the area has been subjected to major structural changes leading to a decrease of about fifty per cent of the potential forest area. The decrease in forest cover, combined...

The foraging and feeding behaviors were observed for the myrmicine ant Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus collected in northern Vietnam. C. was found to be a specialized predator on arthropod eggs, queen fed trophic eggs engaged oral trophallaxis with workers. Unlike nitidiusculus sp. nov. [referred as paper by Ito (2001)] Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, workers of never showed larval hemolymph feeding. b...

Changes in phenology induced by climate change occur across the globe with important implications for ecosystem functioning and services, species performance trophic interactions. Much of work on phenology, especially leaf out flowering, has been conducted woody plant species. Less is known about responses herbaceous global even though they represent a large part biodiversity worldwide. A globa...

Heptacodium miconioides, also known as ‘the seven-son flower’, is illustrated from a plant cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Originally China, it was discovered in early 20th Century, but first introduced into western horticulture 1980s plants grown Hangzhou Botanical Garden. A detailed description provided here, and ecology, cytology etymology of species are discussed. Type specime...

Data on the morphology of fruits and seeds is important in plant identification, especially for botanical gardens, which receive a significant part planting material form seeds. We studied 18 seed samples 7 feather grass species listed Red Book Nizhny Novgorod region, obtained from various gardens: Stipa capillata L. (5 samples), S. dasyphylla (Lindem.) Trautv. (2 lessingiana Trin. et Rupr. (3 ...