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...

Non-consumptive effects (NCEs) of predators are part of the complex interactions among insect natural enemies and prey. NCEs have been shown to significantly affect prey foraging and feeding. Leafhopper's (Auchenorrhyncha) lengthy phloem feeding bouts may play a role in pathogen transmission in vector species and also exposes them to predation risk. However, NCEs on leafhoppers have been scarce...

BACKGROUND In immunocompromised patients, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection can lead to severe, life-threatening diseases, such as pneumonitis, hepatitis, gastrointestinal tract disease, and retinitis. We previously reported that a 70% ethanol extract of Elaeocarpus sylvestris leaves (ESE) inhibits human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) replication in vitro. In the present study, we determined the s...

Một nghiên cứu để khảo sát và đánh giá tổng quan về hệ thực vật đất ngập nước tự nhiên ở vùng Đồng Tháp Mười. Kết quả ghi nhận được Mười có 291 loài, 214 chi, 80 họ của 02 ngành mạch là Polypodiophyta (Dương xỉ) Magnoliophyta (Ngọc lan). Trong đó, 212 loài công dụng chia làm 05 nhóm chính: thuốc (T) với 131 phẩm (TP) 42 cảnh (C) 15 lấy gỗ (G) 12 gia (GD) loài. Hơn nữa, 03 cần bảo vệ dựa vào Sác...

Except for transpired water, the intracellular water stored in leaves accounts only 1–3% of absorbed by roots. Understanding transport and use, as well related photosynthetic response, helps with determining plant status improving revegetation efficiency fragile karst habitats. In this study, we conducted experiments on 8 year old naturally growing plants Coriaria nepalensis Wall., Broussonetia...