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Problems and issues in gardens today.
Benfield, R.; CABI, Wallingford, UK, Garden tourism, 2013, pp 192-217, many ref. This chapter focuses on a number of external problems and issues that gardens must confront today, because they have the potential to affect deeply th...
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Corynespora cassiicola f. sp. schinii, a potential biocontrol agent for the weed Schinus terebinthifolius in the United States.
Macedo, D. M. de; Pereira, O. L.; Wheeler, G. S.; Barreto, R. W.; American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), St. Paul, USA, Plant Disease, 2013, 97, 4, pp 496-500, 37 ref. Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae), Brazilian peppertree (BP), is a major environmental weed in many tropical and subtropical areas of the globe...
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Comparison of survival and growth of Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) and Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D.) plantations in South coast of Caspian Sea.
Tavankar, F.; Victor Quest Publications, London, UK, International Journal of Agronomy and Plant Production, 2013, 4, 5, pp 1078-1083, 21 ref. In this research growth and survival rate of two 36 years old plantations with exotic coniferous species (Pinus taeda and Cryptomeria japonica) were s...
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Interactions between the predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo and the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae and consequences for the suppression of their shared prey/host Mononychellus tanajoa.
Agboton, B. V.; Hanna, R.; Onzo, A.; Vidal, S.; Tiedemann, A. von; Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2013, 60, 2, pp 205-217, 43 ref. The predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo and the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae, both introduced from Brazil for control of the cassava gr...
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Phylogenetic analysis of Deladenus nematodes parasitizing northeastern North American Sirex species.
Morris, E. E.; Kepler, R. M.; Long, S. J.; Williams, D. W.; Hajek, A. E.; Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2013, 113, 2, pp 177-183 The parasitic nematode Deladenus siricidicola is a biological control agent of the invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio. Since the discovery of S. noctil...
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Dybowski's sika deer (Cervus nippon hortulorum): genetic divergence between natural primorian and introduced Czech populations.
Krojerová-Prokešová, J.; Barančeková, M.; Voloshina, I.; Myslenkov, A.; Lamka, J.; Koubek, P.; Oxford University Press, Cary, USA, Journal of Heredity, 2013, 104, 3, pp 312-326, many ref. Dybowski's sika deer (Cervus nippon hortulorum) originally inhabited the majority of the Primorsky Krai in Far Eastern Russia, north-eastern China, an...
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Herbivore exclusion drives the evolution of plant competitiveness via increased allelopathy.
Uesugi, A.; Kessler, A.; Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, New Phytologist, 2013, 198, 3, pp 916-924, 49 ref. The 'Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability (EICA)' hypothesis predicts the evolution of plant invasiveness in introduced ranges when plants escap...
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Genetic diversity in natural and introduced island populations of koalas in Queensland.
Lee, K. E.; Seddon, J. M.; Johnston, S.; FitzGibbon, S. I.; Carrick, F.; Melzer, A.; Bercovitch, F.; Ellis, W.; CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia, Australian Journal of Zoology, 2012, 60, 5, pp 303-310, many ref. Island populations of animals are expected to show reduced genetic variation and increased incidence of inbreeding because of founder effects and the ...
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Use and valuation of native and introduced medicinal plant species in Campo Hermoso and Zetaquira, Boyacá, Colombia.
Cadena-González, A. L.; Sørensen, M.; Theilade, I.; BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2013, 9, 23, pp (11 April 2013), 50 ref. Background: Medicinal plant species contribute significantly to folk medicine in Colombia. However, few local studies have investigated whether specie...
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Environmental variability promotes plant invasion.
Parepa, M.; Fischer, M.; Bossdorf, O.; Nature Publishing Group, London, UK, Nature Communications, 2013, 4, 3, pp 1604 Global environmental change not only entails changes in mean environmental conditions but also in their variability. Changes in climate variability ar...
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