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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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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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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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Vascular flora evolution in the Soqotra Archipelago (Indian Ocean).
Domina, G.; Bazan, G.; Raimondo, F. M.; Edizioni Danaus, Palermo, Italy, Biodiversity Journal, 2012, 3, 4, pp 331-336, 28 ref. The main floristic and vegetational features of the Soqotra Archipelago are outlined. The theories of vicariance and dispersal are commented with the ...
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Effects of flooding on photosynthesis and root respiration in saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima), an invasive riparian shrub.
Polacik, K. A.; Maricle, B. R.; Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2013, 89, pp 19-27, 43 ref. The introduced shrub Tamarix ramosissima invades riparian zones, but loses competitiveness under flooding. Metabolic effects of flooding could be impo...
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Evidence does not support a role for gallic acid in Phragmites australis invasion success.
Weidenhamer, J. D.; Li, M.; Allman, J.; Bergosh, R. G.; Posner, M.; Springer, New York, USA, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2013, 39, 2, pp 323-332, 43 ref. Gallic acid has been reported to be responsible for the invasive success of nonnative genotypes of Phragmites australis in North America. We have been...
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Preliminary study of the distribution and accumulation of GSH/Cys metabolites of hepatotoxic microcystins-RR in common carp from a lake with protracted cyanobacterial bloom (Lake Taihu, China).
Wu LaiYan; Wang Qing; Tao Min; Chen Jun; Ma ZhiMei; Xie Ping; Springer, New York, USA, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2013, 90, 3, pp 382-386, 15 ref. Tissue distributions and seasonal dynamics of glutathione and cysteine S-conjugates of microcystin-RR in feral fish from Lake Taihu were studied. High...
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Invasive plant species and ground beetles and ants as potential of the biological control: a case of the Bojčin forest nature monument (Vojvodina province, Serbia).
Petrovic´, J.; Stavretovic´, N.; C´určic´, S.; Jelic´, I.; Mijovic´, B.; Hrvatsko Šumarsko Društvo (Croatian Forestry Society), Zagreb, Croatia, Šumarski List, 2013, 137, 1/2, pp 61-69, 50 ref. The main aim of the conducted research was to determine the presence of invasive plant species in the protected natural area of the Bojčin Forest Natu...
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Management of non-native annual plants to support recovery of an endangered perennial forb, Ambrosia pumila.
Hasselquist, E. M.; Hasselquist, N. J.; Rogers, D. L.; Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA, Restoration Ecology, 2013, 21, 2, pp 224-231 Invasive non-native plants pose a ubiquitous threat to native plant communities and have been blamed for the decline of many endangered species. Endan...
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