Plants have the capacity to fix CO2 through photosynthesis. To reveal photosynthetic processes of Quercus acutissima Carruth. and variabilis Bl., their net rates were quantified during early peak growing seasons. evaluate forest efficiencies, light response curves Q. fitted by rectangular hyperbola model (RHM), non-rectangular (NHM), modified (Ye model). The results revealed following: (1) All ...

Changes in land use and forest planting have led to substantial changes soil fertility leaf litter input. The effects of mixed on the decomposition rate contrasting nutrient conditions are poorly understood. To elucidate composition decomposition, we conducted a field litterbag-decomposition experiment with single (Pinus massoniana Lamb. or Quercus variabilis Bl.) (P. Q. variabilis) treatments ...

The genus Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 is revised. Pseudosparianthis variabilis F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900, Pseudosparianthis cubana Banks, 1909 and Thelcticopis pestai (Reimoser, 1939) are transferred to the genus; and P. cubana is considered a senior synonym of the type species, Decaphora trabiformis Franganillo, 1931. In addition, the female of T. pestai and the male of P. variabilis are de...

Ixodid ticks were collected from feral swine in eight Texas ecoregions from 2008-2011. Sixty-two percent of 806 feral swine were infested with one or more of the following species: Amblyomma americanum, A. cajennense, A. maculatum, Dermacentor albipictus, D. halli, D. variabilis, and Ixodes scapularis. Juvenile and adult feral swine of both sexes were found to serve as host to ixodid ticks. Lon...

Sulfurifustis variabilis and Sulfuricaulis limicola are autotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria belonging to the family Acidiferrobacteraceae in the order Acidiferrobacterales. The type strains of these species, strain skN76(T) and strain HA5(T), were isolated from lakes in Japan. Here we describe the complete genome sequences of Sulfurifustis variabilis skN76(T) and Sulfuricaulis limicola HA5(T)...