Sprouts and stumps of American chestnut, Castanea dentata [Marsh.] Borkh., were mapped from data collected at three forested sites of varying size and historical background in Cuyahoga County of northeast Ohio to compare the species' present distribution with that of its historical distribution in the mentioned areas. Sprouts were absent from one site despite a dense population of remnant chest...

In the debate about tree species suited to cope with ongoing global changes, Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) is frequently discussed as a potentially future-proof for Central Europe. This mainly due its current southern distribution range, which climatically corresponds what expected Europe in near future. Present forests are, however, result of historic long-term intensive management, h...

1 Chicken and water chestnuts A case-based planner devises new plans by retrieving and adapting old ones from memory (see, e. Ideally, the plan it retrieves from memory should be one that requires the least adaptation to t the current circumstances. Finding this plan in a cost-eeective way is thus a key issue in case-based reasoning (see, e. The approach that is generally taken to this problem ...

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2008: 34(2) Background Itching following contact with latex condoms is a familiar problem in contraceptive services, and popular textbooks still maintain that it is frequently an excuse for avoiding condoms, or that spermicide is to blame.1 If a patient experiences symptoms on contact with other latex items as well as condoms then it would be reasonable to s...

American Journal of BotanyVolume 108, Issue 9 p. 1577-1579 NEWS & VIEWSFree Access A quick glance at noteworthy articles for September 2021 First published: 28 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1741AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions Use check box below share...

This ethnography contributes to the field of Holocaust heritage studies by exploring paradoxical tendencies memorial proliferation and oblivion. The topic investigation is genesis multiplications so-called ‘Anne Frank Tree’, horse chestnut tree behind Secret Annex that Anne wrote about in her diary. Fungus-infected, fell 2010. Tree testifies both terrible fate European Jews shelter offered some...

I was 10 in 1968 when the film 2001: A Space Odyssey released, and despite not understanding any of famously unintelligible closing sequence (you youngsters check internet: people are still trying to explain it over 50 years later!) entirely captivated by opening images depicting our early ancestors’ struggle for existence. Our future hung a thread parched desert where forbearers were prey leop...

The history of injection practices in medicine and arboriculture is reviewed and the problems associated with these practices are discussed. Columns of occluded (compartmentalized) xylem and killed bark are typically associated with wounds caused by injection. These columns extend both up and down the trunk and may extend out into the roots. Forty percent or more of the transport system can be ...