PREMISE OF THE STUDY Population genetic analyses provide information on the population context in which evolutionary processes operate and are important for understanding the evolution of geographically variable traits. Earlier studies showed that cone structure of lodgepole pine in the Rocky Mountains diverged among populations because of geographic variation in coevolutionary interactions inv...

Vienna is one of the most beautiful and' ancient towns in Europe and is situated on the river Danube below the Alps and the Carpathian mountains with beautiful surroundings and approaches. University oj Vienna School of Medicine.?This, the first medical clinic in the world, owes its origin to the great efforts of Von Swieten who was called from Leyden University in 1754, and to other great phys...

A list of the Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) of the East Usambara Mountains is presented and 16 new species are described from East Africa. A total number of 29 Tettigoniidae species is recorded for the East Usambara Mountains. New species are described from the Shimba Hills in Kenya, coastal Tanzania from the Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, Mt Kilimanjaro, the East and West Usambara and Uluguru Mounta...

Pumas (Puma concolor; also known as mountain lions and cougars) in southern California live among a burgeoning human population of roughly 20 million people. Yet little is known of the consequences of attendant habitat loss and fragmentation, and human-caused puma mortality to puma population viability and genetic diversity. We examined genetic status of pumas in coastal mountains within the Pe...

Measuring the dispersal of wildlife through landscapes is notoriously difficult. Recently, the categorical least cost path algorithm that integrates population genetic data with species distribution models has been applied to reveal population connectivity. In this study, we use this method to identify the possible dispersal corridors of five plant species (Castanopsis tibetana, Schima superba,...

Nationally, the causes and extent of fire on lands administrated by the United States Forest Service varied significantly from 1940 to 2000, with California experiencing the largest relative annual burned areas.The south-east and California experienced the largest relative area burned by fires from human ignitions. No significant differences were detected in the relative area burned by lightnin...

La Paz is a beautiful Andean city surrounded by glaciers of the Eastern Mountain Range of the Andes. Among these, the Illimani stands out as handsome and majestic-Apu[1] is the guardian of its inhabitants and of the smaller mountains that surround it. More than two million inhabitants take shelter in this scene of urban valleys and the altiplano: La Paz and El Alto are two cities with intense h...