BACKGROUND AND AIMS The collection of field data on plant traits is time consuming and this makes it difficult to examine changing patterns of traits along large-scale climate gradients. The present study tests whether trait information derived from regional floras can be used in conjunction with pre-existing quadrat data on species presence to derive meaningful relationships between specific m...

The relationship between morphometrics and phylogenetic analysis has long been controversial. Here we propose an approach that is based on mapping morphometric traits onto phylogenies derived from other data and thus avoids the pitfalls encountered by previous studies. This method treats shape as a single, multidimensional character. We propose a test for the presence of a phylogenetic signal i...

This paper reports for the first time occurrence of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) transvaalensis (Nesbitt) in India. Morphometric measurements Indian specimens collected on an unidentified plant Ramanagara district Karnataka are provided along with a redescription species, and comparison from Japan, Africa, Argentina La Réunion Island to show similarities variations morphological traits taxonomic i...

Background: The spatial genetic structuring of natural populations is mostly studied using neutral markers. Recently, morphometric methods have also been used to to study genetic divergence through adaptive processes. These methods provide better insights into the conservation needs of focal populations. However, all morphometric methods assume that samples obtained in different localities repr...

The effects of drought simulated via osmotic stress induced by polyethylene glycol (PEG) in the growing medium were examined on two Wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) clones (6A and 8A) based thirteen morphometric, physiological, biochemical traits. shoot tips exposed to PEG concentrations (20 50 g L-1) designed for micropropagation with axillary buds. results showed that all morphological physiolog...

The information on principal component analysis (PCA) of kail sheep was generated using 16 different morphomteriacal traits. A total 368 Kail individuals were selected from ecological zone Azad Jammu Kahmir during the summer 2020. coefficient correlation between these traits found highly correlate with other morphometric this breed. PC extract two components and explaning variance 67 % 60% resp...