A total of 234 species of “host” vertebrates (excluding humans) were tested forO. tsutsugamushi, with 122 species testing positive (Additional file1: Table S6). In Table4all different forms of laboratory tests are combined. A large number of hosts were reported here as either: ‘species not...
Plant resources gathered from the wild are important sources of livelihood needs, especially for low-income populations living in remote areas, who rely on these plants for food, fuelwood, medicine and building materials. Yadong County is a valley at the
Mesquite shrubs are scatted through the grassland. Full size image Unlike in California, however, the arrival of European settlers, livestock, and associated organisms did not quickly rearrange the southwest’s native vegetation. Scholars believe that the first cattle entered the region with the exped...
Ethiopia is recognized as one of the centers of origin for the diversity of many plant species, including medicinal plants. Throughout the country, a large proportion of the population relies on these therapeutic plant species for primary healthcare. Whi
My girls want to move further down the row, but I keep us in the shade, the brute sun sure to transform the fun of berry picking into absolute drudgery. After we fill our quart and before we wander back to the tea house replete with spinning fans and cups of ice water, I take a ...
Such fires would also have favored the proliferation of shade intolerant, fire-adapted oaks at the expense of shade-tolerant conifers. This would have increased the amount of oaks on the landscape and, critically, the acorns they produce (Dey 2002; Lear and Brose 2002; Klimaszewski-Patterson ...
My girls want to move further down the row, but I keep us in the shade, the brute sun sure to transform the fun of berry picking into absolute drudgery. After we fill our quart and before we wander back to the tea house replete with spinning fans and cups of ice water, I take a ...
Similarly, shrubs had the largest live BGB, whereas HLV had the least. There were evident differences between the three communities in TB (including total dead biomass). The total live biomass were 140.05, 117.05 and 82.97 g m–2 in EDC, STC and ASC, respectively, most of which was ...
2017). This means that the potential vegetation on watersheds is broad-leaved forests dominated by the trees littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata), English oak (Quercus robur), Fraxinus excelsior, Acer platanoides, and Wych elm (Ulmus glabra); shade-tolerant shrubs and an undergrowth of shade ...
Maybe your lilac was planted alongside some other young plants and has been hogging the sunlight for years, but now the trees are starting to throw shade and the other shrubs are starting to rise up. Or maybe your neighbor put an addition on his house and it’s completely eclipsing your ...