The Garden Dormouse ( Eliomys quercinus) , is the rarest species of Gliridae family in Central Europe. So far, information on occurrence this Poland based mainly historical data literature. presence additionally confused by Forest Dryomys nitedula) similar appearance. range both overlap Poland, and they have often been distinguished incorrectly. aim research was to critically analyse known loca...

This is a reconstruction of the career of the Most Reverend Dom Frei Cipriano de São José and the historical garden he built for his palace in Mariana, Minas Gerais, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The grounds, which, like most of their counterparts in Minas Gerais, contained an orchard and kitchen garden, underwent a major reform to fit the mold of the classical European...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS A recent method used to test for local adaptation is a common garden experiment where analyses are calibrated to the environmental conditions of the garden. In this study the calibrated common garden approach is used to test for patterns of adaptation to climate in accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. METHODS Seedlings from 21 accessions of A. thaliana were planted outdoors...

OBJECTIVE To determine changes in ability to identify specific vegetables and fruits, and attitudes towards vegetables and fruit, associated with the introduction of a school-based food garden. DESIGN A 12-month intervention trial using a historical control (control n 132, intervention n 120), class-based, self-administered questionnaires requiring one-word answers and 3-point Likert scale re...

structural and spatial representation of various gardens of different era in iran based on archeological and historical literatures and documents is one of the major fields in surveying iranian gardens. these surveys can assist us to gain a better perspective and understanding of pattern and structure of iranian gardens. utilizing a story from masnavi haft-paykar, this current article attempts ...