Spatial data mining denotes the extraction of patterns from both spatial and aspatial data, possibly stored in a spatial database. An important application of spatial data mining methods is the extraction of knowledge from a Geographic Information System. INGENS (Inductive Geographic Information System) is a prototype GIS which integrates data mining tools to assist users in their task of topog...

Tulips are bulbous geophytes with high ornamental value. Species of Tulipa L. distributed along western China to Eastern Europe. Central Asia including Uzbekistan is considered as the hotspot center tulips where over 80 and 34 taxa described. The current work presents morphology species from fresh materials, regional distribution assessment area (AOO) extent (EOO) occurrence ancestor cultivated...

Certain Ficus spp. are dependent on wasps for pollination. The invading wasps usually shed their wings on entering a fig through the ostiole; and during attempted or successful egg deposi t ion, transfer pollen to the female flowers and then die. A gall forms around each egg, and within the gall develops a male or a female wasp. Male wasps are the first to emerge from galls, and they then ferti...

Gondwanamyces and its Custingophora anamorphs were first described from Protea infructescences in South Africa. Subsequently these unusual fungi were also found on Cecropia in Central America. During an investigation into the decline and death of native Euphorbia trees in South Africa, several fungal isolates resembling the anamorph state of Gondwanamyces were obtained from diseased tissues. In...

From April 1997 through April 1998, 128 raccoons (Procyon lotor (Linnaeus)) collected from 7 sites representing 4 physiographic areas in South Carolina were examined for gastrointestinal helminth parasites. Four species of nematodes (Gnathostoma procyonis (Chandler), Physaloptera rara Hall and Wigdor, Arthrocephahis lotoris (Schwartz), and Molineus barhatus Chandler) and 2 species of acanthocep...

Eight genera and 21 species of the tribe Anisoscelini (Coreidae, Coreinae) are recorded in Argentina: Anisoscelis foliaceus (Fabricius); Coribergia declivicollis (Berg); Dalmatomammurius vandoesburgi (Brailovsky); Holymenia hystrio (Fabricius); Leptoglossus chilensis (Spinola); L. cinctus (Herrich-Schaeffer); L. concolor Walker; L. crassicornis (Dallas); L. dentatus Berg; L. fasciatus (Westwood...

The Pacific seahorse ( Hippocampus ingens) is an important cultural and economic resource for coastal communities in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. However, conservation this species threatened by overfishing, habitat loss, lack awareness about its ecological importance. In study, we examine local knowledge use residents Sinaloa. Through ethnographic interviews participant observation, document ...