Among the Mediterranean countries, Turkey has the richest freshwater fish fauna. Turkey is located in the intersection of different zoogeographic regions and Anatolia is highly rich in terms of biodiversity. Freshwater fish fauna of Turkey consists of more than 350 species and about one-third of...
Author(s)
Ekmekçİ, F. G.; Kırankaya, Ș. G.; Yoğurtçuoğlu, B.; Gençoğlu, L.; Erbay, F. K.
Publisher
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Ankara, Turkey
Citation
Proceedings, 4th ESENIAS Workshop: International Workshop on IAS in Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Areas in ESENIAS Region, Çanakkale, Turkey, 16-17 December 2013, 2014, pp 37
This paper describes the innovation process surrounding the development of strategies for sustainable management of Prosopis spp. in Baringo County of Kenya over a 10-year period. The findings are from an assessment made under the JOint Learning in Innovation Systems in African Agriculture...
Author(s)
Chengole, J. M.; Welimo, M.; Belmin, R.; Ng'ang'a, T.; Kamau, G.
Publisher
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Montpellier, France
Citation
Innovation in smallholder farming in Africa: recent advances and recommendations. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa (AISA), Nairobi, Kenya, 29-31 May 2013, 2014, pp 75-78
Information about the geographic distribution of agricultural pests is the basis for all pest-related agricultural and environmental protection policies. However, often the pest's records are incomplete and uncertain. Even with limitations, the pest records are needed for any country to organize a...
Author(s)
Lopes-da-Silva, M.; Sanches, M. M.; Stancioli, A. R.; Alves, G.; Sugayama, R.
Publisher
Scientific Research Publishing, Irvine, USA
Citation
Agricultural Sciences, 2014, 5, 7, pp 634-646
Biological invasion is defined as the process of introduction and adaptation of non-native species into natural ecosystems which become invasive and cause ecological changes. Species with high invasive capacity, such as Pinus elliottii, tend to inhibit ecological succession. In 1962 the Forestry...
Author(s)
Bechara, F. C.; Reis, A.; Trentin, B. E.
Publisher
Fundação de Pesquisas Florestais do Paraná (FUPEF), Curitiba, Brazil
Citation
Floresta, 2014, 44, 1, pp 63-72
Phytoplankton study has become more significant in the Caspian Sea due to the occurrence of ecological events such as algal blooms and the introduction of the invader species(Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi). A seasonal study was conducted to investigate the features of phytoplankton community one...
Author(s)
Saravi, H. N.; Makhlough, A.; Eslami, F.; Leroy, S. A. G.
Publisher
Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Tehran , Iran
Citation
Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 2014, 13, 1, pp 145-167
Forests are the earth's largest, most productive ecosystems, playing one of the biggest roles in the development of human societies. Covering about 21% of the geographical area of India, they have been essential in mankind's well-being not only as a large part of the economy, but also by providing...
Publisher
Agri Bio Research Publishers, Hisar, India
Citation
Annals of Agri Bio Research, 2013, 18, 1, pp 55-61
Author(s)
Peters, M.; Sforza, R.; Novak, S. J.
Publisher
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 317
Author(s)
Tarin, D.; Pepper, A. E.; Goolsby, J.; Moran, P.; Arquieta, A. C.; Kirk, A.; Manhart, J. R.
Publisher
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 311
Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) is an invasive alien species whose mode of introduction is uncertain, although it was first recorded in Ethiopia in 1968. Since then it has been colonizing disturbed sites very aggressively, impacting pastures, croplands and forests by outcompeting...
Author(s)
Lisanework Nigatu; Sharma, J. J.
Publisher
African Crop Science Society, Entebbe, Uganda
Citation
11th African Crop Science Proceedings, Sowing innovations for sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa. Entebbe, Uganda, 14-17 October, 2013, 2013, pp 377-381
Two biotypes of Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & Robinson (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) are invading sub-Saharan Africa. One (the Asian/West African biotype) is spreading from tropical West Africa and the other (the southern African biotype) from south-eastern Africa. The area invaded by the former is...
Author(s)
Zachariades, C.; Rensburg, S. J. van; Witt, A. B. R.
Publisher
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Citation
Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Biological Control and Management of Chromolaena odorata and Other Eupatorieae, 1-2 November 2010, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013, pp 20-27