The genetic variability of honey bee populations of three subspecies selectively reared in Poland (A. m. carnica and A. m. caucasica) and Bulgaria (A. m. macedonica-type rodopica) was studied using isoenzyme analysis of six enzyme systems (MDH-1, ME, EST-3, ALP, PGM and HK) corresponding to 6 loci. All loci were found to be polymorphic in the studied populations. Three alleles were detected at ...

Muğla İli Ula İlçesi Merkez ve bağlı mahallelerinde 2016-2018 yılları arasında yaptığımız etnobotanik alan çalışmamızda farklı yaş sosyal kategorilerden kişilerle görüşülmüştür. Çalışma alanımız olan Ula’da 53 familyaya ait 123 bitki türü kaydedilmiştir. Bu bitkilerden 70 tanesi yörede doğal yayılışa sahip olup,45 de halk tarafından yetiştirilmektedir.10 ise hiçbir şekilde yetiştirilmemektedir....

The millipede Typhloglomeriscaucasica Golovatch, hitherto considered as a troglobite confined to several caves near Sochi, western Caucasus, Russia, is recorded epigeically in the same region, and is therefore a troglophile.

1. The distinction between semelparity and iteroparity is one of the most fundamental in life-history biology. Despite an abundance of theory proposed to explain the evolution of this dichotomy, few quantitative empirical tests exist. 2. We report here on life-history variation in the perennial herb Arabis fecunda (Brassicaceae), in which differences in the frequency of iteroparity and terminal...

Two new species, Lasiopa aksarayiensis sp. n. and Lasiopa aktasii sp. n. are described from the Central Anatolian stepe in Turkey. All diagnostic characters are illustrated and possible relationships of both taxa are briefly discussed. The first record of Lasiopa pseudovillosa (Rozkošný, 1983) from Turkey is presented and additional Turkish localities of Lasiopa caucasica (Pleske, 1901) are rec...

In this study, we measured the composition and free radical scavenging activity of several species of nuts, namely, Torreya grandis, Carya cathayensis,and Myrica rubra. The nut kernels of the aforementioned species are rich in fatty acids, particularly in unsaturated fatty acids, and have 51% oil content. T. grandis and C. cathayensis are mostly produced in ZheJiang province. The trace elements...

Abstract • Key message Invasive tree species alter taxonomic diversity and functioning of forest shrub layers: Prunus serotina increases layer biomass two to three times but decreases its biodiversity, Robinia pseudoacacia slightly has no effect on while Quercus rubra both biodiversity the layer. Context Although impact invasive trees understory is known, very little data exist about their infl...