• Scallops inhabit all the oceans of the world, with the largest number of species living in the Indo-Pacific region. (wikipedia.org)
  • The fulvus - angulatus lineage is composed of three clusters with species from the north Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea (the fulvus - brevicornis clade), the northwestern Pacific and the Indo-Pacific (the japonicus - sirindhoranae clade), and from the southern Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean (the crozettensis - angulatus clade). (mapress.com)
  • Understanding and predicting widespread tree mortality events in the future is vital as they affect ecosystem goods and services provided by forests and woodlands, including carbon storage needed to help offset warming. (frontiersin.org)
  • With such a short planning horizon, managing trees and forests posed a challenge, as the slow-growing nature of the trees and crops made long-term sustainability planning difficult. (un-redd.org)
  • The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years' experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges. (cifor.org)
  • CIFOR is a CGIAR Research Center, and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). (cifor.org)
  • CIFOR is a CGIAR Research Center, and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).The Global Landscapes Forum is led by CIFOR, in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. (cifor.org)
  • [1] Species in the Hydnangiaceae form ectomycorrhizal relationships with various species of trees in both coniferous and deciduous forests. (eol.org)
  • Forests aren't only trees, however. (ostatic.com)
  • Similarly, biomass is one of the major energy sources in Ethiopia, which triggers a huge loss of indigenous trees and natural forests (Guta, 2012). (researchsquare.com)
  • Old and dying trees reduce economic efficiencies within managed forests, so for decades we have sought to remove them. (hindawi.com)
  • Aug. 24, 2021 There's been an age-old question going back to Darwin's time about the relationships among the world's five living rhinoceros species. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To be using the world's most majestic trees to make something of so little value seemed really painful to me, and I think it's been painful for a lot of people. (abc.net.au)
  • Is it true that the world's oldest tree was found in the Dalarna province of Sweden? (orionmagazine.org)
  • Replacement of certain lichen species important for wildlife food and habitat by weedy, nitrogen-loving species (Fenn et al. (nps.gov)
  • Many epiphytic lichen species have narrow environmental niches and are extremely sensitive to changes in air pollution. (nps.gov)
  • N deposition exceeded the 3.1 kg-N ha -1 yr -1 critical load to protect N-sensitive lichen species richness in 100% of the forested area. (nps.gov)
  • S deposition was below the 2.7 kg-S ha -1 yr -1 critical load to protect S-sensitive lichen species richness in every part of the forested area. (nps.gov)
  • Additional modeling was done on 459 lichen species to test the combined effects of air pollution and climate gradients (Geiser et al. (nps.gov)
  • One of the most commercially important genera of trees is Pinus , and the most studied species globally for drought-induced tree mortality is piñon pine, Pinus edulis . (frontiersin.org)
  • 2017. A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality. (fordham.edu)
  • Symbiotic nitrogen- (N) fixing trees can influence multiple biogeochemical cycles by fixing atmospheric N, which drives net primary productivity and soil carbon (C) and N accumulation, as well as by mobilizing soil phosphorus (P) and other nutrients to support growth and metabolism. (usgs.gov)
  • Here, we present two bottom‐up approaches to quantify tree‐based symbiotic BNF based on forest inventory data across the coterminous United States and SE Alaska. (usgs.gov)
  • Hydnangiaceae species are ectomycorrhizal , forming symbiotic relationships with various plant species, and have an important role in forest ecosystems . (eol.org)
  • Ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM) form symbiotic relationships with trees by connecting to the roots, procuring soil nutrients in exchange for carbohydrates, and are an important contributor to plant growth. (lu.se)
  • Assessing the relation between geodiversity and species richness in mountain heaths and tundra landscapes. (uib.no)
  • 2019) used a U.S. Forest Service national survey to develop critical loads of nitrogen (N) and critical loads of sulfur (S) to prevent more than a 20% decline in four lichen community metrics: total species richness, pollution sensitive species richness, forage lichen abundance, and cyanolichen abundance. (nps.gov)
  • These data have been extensively used to investigate how species are changing their phenology over time and in response to annual variation in temperature (Lee et al. (researchgate.net)
  • Centuries-long phenology data also exist for other plant and animal species across Japan Primack et al. (researchgate.net)
  • Other things that in recent years have attracted researchers to the Nordic herbarium are among other things the possibilities to obtain from the collections unique information about the phenology of species (like flowering time), chemical contents (like environmental toxins) and parasites (like micro-fungi and bile-forming insects), and how these have changed over time and space. (lu.se)
  • Brassicaceae is a vast family of plants including 372 genera and 4,006 species contributing to condiments, biofuel, food, oil, and fulfilling fodder demands for the ecosystem 1 . (nature.com)
  • Widespread in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world, the family contains about 30 species in four genera . (eol.org)
  • Scallop (/ˈskɒləp, ˈskæləp/) is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. (wikipedia.org)
  • N, P, K, Ca and Mg) of four major forest tree species of the temperate area were compiled in order to propose simple general relationships to quantify nutrient depletion associated with biomass harvesting. (afs-journal.org)
  • Larch is the common name for any of the deciduous coniferous trees comprising the genus Larix of the pine family ( Pinaceae ), characterized by needle-like leaves and generally small cones. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Data on population structure of several coniferous and angiosperm forest trees were utilized to obtain relationship coefficients. (researchgate.net)
  • A very good and thorough overview of methods and applications to infer evolutionary relationship between recently diverged taxa. (princeton.edu)
  • This showed that the widespread mechanism of lateral gene transfer does not interfere with the traditional approach of using family trees to infer relationships. (eurekalert.org)
  • Analytical programs compare the new sequence data to the reference sequence and identify variations in the sample that allow scientists to infer an ancestral relationship, much like a family tree. (cdc.gov)
  • Tree mortality events driven by drought and warmer temperature, often amplified by pests and pathogens, are emerging as one of the predominant climate change impacts on plants. (frontiersin.org)
  • Weather events, impacts from lawn/construction equipment, and abrasion from falling trees often result in physical damage to tree limbs and boles. (msucares.com)
  • While Australia is renowned for its diverse and unique marsupials, it also has the highest mammalian extinction rate in the world, with many species suffering from the impacts of environmental degradation and introduced predators such as foxes and cats," Dr Travouillon said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • While much of our research focuses on the impacts of invasive species, climate change, and urbanization on plants, and on the interactive effects of physiology and development in regulating plant responses to the environment, student projects also addresses a variety of other topics, reflecting the various interests of the students in my lab. (fordham.edu)
  • Členové katedry ekologie se podílejí na výzkumu publikovaném v prestižních časopisech, jak mezioborových, jako je například Science nebo Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), tak i těch nejvýznamnějších v rámci oboru, jako jsou Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE), Ecology , Ecology Letters , Global Change Biology , Journal of Biogeography , American Naturalist a další. (cuni.cz)
  • Earle (2007) states that there is general agreement on the genus containing eleven species. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Here we present some hypothetical phylogenetic relationships and the evolutionary history of the harpacticoid copepod genus Tigriopus Norman, 1869 using morphological data. (mapress.com)
  • Bradford, J. (1967) The genus Tigriopus Norman (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in New Zealand with a description of a new species. (mapress.com)
  • Chullasorn, S., Dahms, H.D., and Klangsin, P. (2013) A new species of Tigriopus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Harpacticidae) from Thailand with a key to the species of the genus. (mapress.com)
  • Maccagnia is a poorly known gasteroid genus containing a single species from Italy . (eol.org)
  • Cavities in older trees provide homes for birds and flying squirrels, and the black bear favors climbing larch for escape because of the tree's rough bark and large diameter. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • As with applying wound dressings, filling cavities in trees was an accepted practice at one time. (msucares.com)
  • Many bird and mammal species rely on cavities in trees to rear their young or roost. (hindawi.com)
  • Most cavities in trees begin with fungi. (hindawi.com)
  • Of the 67 vertebrate species commonly using cavities in the PNW, 20 (30%) are designated "at risk" or "potentially at risk. (hindawi.com)
  • Two broad groups of cavity users are distinguished: primary excavators, such as woodpeckers, that excavate their own cavities and secondary cavity users, such as bufflehead ducks ( Bucephala albeola ), tree swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor ), and northern flying squirrels ( Glaucomys sabrinus ), that use holes excavated by primary cavity excavators. (hindawi.com)
  • Secondary users include species that seek a particular, often uncommon, form of natural cavity, such as brown creepers ( Certhia americana ), Vaux's swifts (Chaetura vauxi), and several bats plus opportunistic species that use cavities 50% or more of the time in some areas but not everywhere, such as black bears (Ursus americanus), porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), and some bat and rodent species. (hindawi.com)
  • Our collections are mainly used in taxonomic research to clarify species boundaries, relationships and which name should be used. (lu.se)
  • Unlike most conifers, larches are deciduous trees, losing all of their foliage for part of the year. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • In a climax community where all species are sharing relatively similar and stable habitat, there are differences in leaf traits between deciduous trees and shrubs and dominant species and companion species, especially in leaf lifespan (LLs). (bioone.org)
  • What are the differences of relationships among leaf traits between deciduous trees and shrubs? (bioone.org)
  • Average LLs of shrubs was slightly longer ( P = 0.05) than that of deciduous trees. (bioone.org)
  • The difference between trees and shrubs in relationships among leaf traits suggests that deciduous trees and shrubs may take different strategies to adapt to the environment. (bioone.org)
  • The Nordic collections are used today primarily to clarify which species have been present at a certain place at a certain time, for example, to be able to study how changes in the environment and climate have affected the flora over the past 200 years and to document newly immigrated potentially invasive species. (lu.se)
  • Phylogenetic relationships inferred from an alignment of small nuclear ribosomal subunit rRNA gene sequences using maximum likelihood. (ajtmh.org)
  • Phylogenetic relationships inferred from an alignment of ITS2 region sequences using maximum likelihood (ML). Sequences of Angiostrongylus species obtained from GenBank are indicated with the accession no. and the country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code). (ajtmh.org)
  • Phylogenetic relationships inferred from an alignment of COI gene sequences using maximum likelihood (ML). Sequences of Angiostrongylus species obtained from GenBank are indicated with the accession no. and the country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code). (ajtmh.org)
  • By fully embracing this genomic heterogeneity, Species Tree Inference illustrates how to address questions beyond the goal of estimating phylogenetic relationships of organisms, enabling students and researchers to pursue their own research in statistically sophisticated ways while charting new directions of scientific discovery. (princeton.edu)
  • Scale dependence of species-area relationships is widespread but generally weak in Palaearctic grasslands. (uib.no)
  • The increasingly widespread availability of genomic data is transforming how biologists estimate evolutionary relationships among organisms and broadening the range of questions that researchers can test in a phylogenetic framework. (princeton.edu)
  • Cocklebur is a widespread plant that produces a poison that is especially toxic to the liver, but Carolina parakeets were the only species known to eat this plant or its seeds without suffering any ill effects. (forbes.com)
  • Forestry has reduced amounts of such trees to the extent that many cavity-using vertebrates are now designated "at risk. (hindawi.com)
  • Consequently, recent efforts have focused on improving predictions of tree mortality. (frontiersin.org)
  • Numerous metrics have been developed in association with predicting mortality thresholds or variations in mortality for this species. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this article, we compiled metrics associated with drought and warming related mortality that were developed for P. edulis or for which P. edulis was a key example species used in a calculation or prediction. (frontiersin.org)
  • Expected future mortality events will provide an opportunity to observationally and experimentally test and compare these metrics related to tree mortality for P. edulis via near-term ecological forecasting. (frontiersin.org)
  • Improving predictions of tree mortality for this species and others will be increasingly important as an aid to move toward anticipatory management. (frontiersin.org)
  • Ochman's team compared the bacterial species by analyzing their genomic sequence data. (eurekalert.org)
  • From the point of view of forest hydrology, tree and shrub bark is one of the basic containers which intercept rainwater. (sisef.it)
  • iii) The comparison of the traits between dominant and companion species in arbor layer and shrub layer showed that there was no significant difference in LLs, LCC and LNC, except SLA in arbor layer. (bioone.org)
  • Tree of life diagrams are graphic representations of phylogeny-the evolutionary history and relationships of lineages-and as such these graphics have the potential to convey key evolutionary ideas and principles to a variety of audiences. (springer.com)
  • A forest ecosystem is defined as an area dominated by trees and other woody plants. (ostatic.com)
  • The forest ecosystem which is being experimented, has 1700 trees which are the producers, 800 deer (primary consumers), 200 bears (secondary consumers) and 20,000 mushrooms ( other producers). (ostatic.com)
  • This experiment explores the affect trees which are one type of producer in the ecosystem have on mushrooms the second type of vegetation on the ecosystem. (ostatic.com)
  • The purpose of this lab is to find the effect of a wildfire in a forest ecosystem (83% of the trees in the forest were destroyed) has on the population of other vegetation such as the mushrooms and also the effect on secondary consumers the bears. (ostatic.com)
  • If 83% of the trees were destroyed in a forest ecosystem then the population of secondary consumers will decrease and the population of other vegetation will increase. (ostatic.com)
  • But DNA sequences are most commonly used in generating trees today. (thetech.org)
  • Any DNA, RNA, or protein sequences can be used to draw a phylogenetic tree. (thetech.org)
  • To construct a tree, we'll compare the DNA sequences of different species. (thetech.org)
  • But as species evolve and diverge, they will accumulate changes in the DNA sequences. (thetech.org)
  • Sequences of Angiostrongylus species obtained from GenBank are indicated with the accession no. and the country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code). (ajtmh.org)
  • Climate scientists use clues from ice cores, layered sediment deposits in lakes and seas, the structure of coral reefs, as well as tree ring sequences to learn about paleoclimates. (plt.org)
  • Beside of the trees, other data like alignments of the sequences, statistics on nucleotide changes, domain and ontology data are also available. (lu.se)
  • Using total aerial biomass (TAB) or stem biomass including bark (SBB) as references against the corresponding nutrient amount showed: i) that correlation coefficients were higher in the latter case, ii) that nutrient amount per unit of biomass was lower for SBB than for TAB, and iii) that these relations were species-dependent. (afs-journal.org)
  • When a wound penetrates the bark and damages the cambium (a thin layer of vascular tissue responsible for water and nutrient movement within a tree), it also exposes the interior of the tree to damaging organisms such as fungi and bacteria. (msucares.com)
  • Hygroscopicity of the bark of selected forest tree species. (sisef.it)
  • As the outer layer of trees and shrubs, bark is exposed to the direct action of atmospheric conditions and reacts to changes in relative air humidity. (sisef.it)
  • Significant differences were observed among the different species considered as a consequence of the variation in physical properties of their bark. (sisef.it)
  • Actual hygroscopicity of bark (expressed in balance units), i.e. , the maximum water amount that can be absorbed from saturated air by the outer bark layer, showed a significant relationship with bark physical properties. (sisef.it)
  • Depending on tree species, actual hygroscopicity may constitute from 10 to 30% of the maximum water storage capacity of bark. (sisef.it)
  • Tree bark differs from wood in terms of its anatomical structure, properties and chemical composition ( [20] ). (sisef.it)
  • The bark of tree stems and branches is highly differentiated, consisting of meristems, conductive and nonconductive phloem and cortex ( [18] ). (sisef.it)
  • Individual tree species differ from one another in terms of bark thickness and texture. (sisef.it)
  • The morphological differentiation of bark also occurs within a single species ( [15] ). (sisef.it)
  • As a result of tree stem thickening, cracks appear in bark and become deeper with tree age, and the direction of cracks determines the appearance of bark ( [22] ). (sisef.it)
  • Although the tree bark surface structure is relatively difficult to parametrize, methods of its measurement have been recently developed. (sisef.it)
  • According to Voigt & Zwolinski ( [47] ) the amount of water flowing down the tree stem depends more on bark properties than on meteorological conditions. (sisef.it)
  • The tree sections Jack Elliott is scanning need all the bark removed to reveal a simpler, mappable shape. (abc.net.au)
  • Scaled down, of course and maybe only parts or sections of the tree,' Mr Elliott said, chipping away at the bark on a huge blue-gum in Burnie, smoothing the surface for scanning. (abc.net.au)
  • Preparing the tree for scanning took five days of careful bark removal. (abc.net.au)
  • Two groups are recognized: species that forage by drilling, boring, or hammering into wood or soil and species that probe or glean bark, branches, and leaves to acquire prey. (hindawi.com)
  • Increasingly, the collections are also used to extract DNA and thus enable studies of species' relationships, distribution history and population genetics, or to investigate the expression, variation or change of different genes over time. (lu.se)
  • Species Tree Estimation Using ASTRAL: How Many Genes Are Enough? (crossref.org)
  • This unit examines concepts such as the Mitochondrial Eve, Africa as the point of origin of our species, the human replacement of all other hominids, and the significant impact these vents have had on the genes of modern humans. (learner.org)
  • We also identified 459 quinoa-specific genes uniquely expressed in the flower and/or meristem, with no known orthologues in other species. (springer.com)
  • The genes identified provide a resource and framework for further studies of flowering in quinoa and related species. (springer.com)
  • The researchers then computed family trees, taking into account the acquired genes, and matched the trees to an established reference tree. (eurekalert.org)
  • Ochman's team found that only 205 genes of Gamma-Proteobacteria's approximately 7,205 genes are shared by all species. (eurekalert.org)
  • Results of the analysis has been presented in the ImmTree database ( http://structure.bmc.lu.se/idbase/ImmTree ) which contains the trees and other related data for all the 893 genes. (lu.se)
  • The main object of the ImmTree database are the human immune system related genes and the corresponding philogenetic trees which describe the evolutionary past of each ortholog groups. (lu.se)
  • The genes and trees are presented in several grouping allowing useful searching features for the users. (lu.se)
  • trees with species from the same taxon group or genes with similar ontology terms etc. (lu.se)
  • A node is the most recent common ancestor of all species on those branches. (thetech.org)
  • Dead and defective branches from shade trees are a major source of fuel for plantation laborers. (winrock.org)
  • Evolutionary trees of life are branching diagrams that depict hypothesized relationships-the historical pattern of divergence and descent between taxa-as a series of branches that merge at internal branches representing common ancestry, which in turn are connected with more distant relatives. (springer.com)
  • Epiphytic macrolichens grow on tree trunks, branches, and boles. (nps.gov)
  • While further work is needed, existing learning research suggests that common elements among the diversity of museum trees such as the inclusion of anagenesis and absence of time and shared characters might represent potential barriers to visitor understanding. (springer.com)
  • Given the diversity of tree depictions, one might ask what people understand from these different graphic representations. (springer.com)
  • Some objectives of our research are to examine how forest composition regulates the effects of the HWA on species diversity and productivity, and to examine the effects of changes in productivity on resource transfer between trophic levels. (fordham.edu)
  • Huston's intermediate disturbance hypothesis suggests that local species diversity is maximized when disturbance is neither too rare nor too frequent, but how do we identify where and when, and at what scale, wildfires are too rare or too frequent? (mdpi.com)
  • The results indicate that both clearcutting and dispersed tree retention cause a significant loss of ECM diversity. (lu.se)
  • Due to their close relationship with the environment, indigenous peoples are uniquely positioned to advise on climate change adaptation measures. (lu.se)
  • Phylogenetic analysis of the flagellin gene (flaB) and four other protein-coding loci (clpX, pepX, recG, rplB) grouped the novel Borrelia species with hard tick relapsing fever borreliae Borrelia lonestari, Borrelia theileri, and Borrelia miyamotoi. (cdc.gov)
  • Philogenetic trees has been generated for all the 893 gene groups together with the available orthologs from eukaryota genomes. (lu.se)
  • includes Homo sapiens and all extinct species since it split from the common ancestor of humans and apes. (learner.org)
  • The exciting discovery of three new species of a small Australian marsupial has been tempered by the sad fact that each of the newly identified species of mulgara is likely already extinct. (sciencedaily.com)
  • However, four of the proposed species appeared to be already extinct. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Research co-author Dr Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammalogy at the Western Australian Museum, said while the discovery of more species of mulgaras may sound like good news, the fact they were likely already extinct was disconcerting. (sciencedaily.com)
  • It is likely that many more undescribed species have already become extinct before they could be known to science, highlighting the need to better understand Australian wildlife and the growing threats to our ecosystems. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Copilas-Ciocianu D. , Petrusek A. (2017): Phylogeography of a freshwater crustacean species complex reflects a long-gone archipelago. (cuni.cz)
  • The branching represents the differences in the relationship of species. (thetech.org)
  • 2018) Similarity of introduced plant species to native ones facilitates naturalization, but differences enhance invasion success. (cuni.cz)
  • Low estimates of outcrossing rates in eastern populations could be attributed to habitat characteristic, degree of disturbance, density, and distribution of flowering mature trees. (cifor.org)
  • This dataset describes foliar and soil chemistry and isotopes for six tree species in Tillamook State Forest, 2015. (usgs.gov)
  • is a medium sized tree highly valued for shade and soil improvement in tea plantations of the Asian subcontinent. (winrock.org)
  • Tree canopies decrease soil desiccation, suppress weed growth and protect plants from hail and rain storms. (winrock.org)
  • Eutrophication increases soil and water nutrients which causes some species to grow more quickly and changes community composition. (nps.gov)
  • Bacteria acquired up to 90 percent of their genetic material from distantly related bacteria species, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson. (eurekalert.org)
  • Many scientists have argued that drawing traditional family trees does not make sense for bacteria, because their genomes represent a mix of genetic material from their parental cells and from other species of bacteria. (eurekalert.org)
  • The objectives was to identify the tree species effect on nutrient loss through biomass removal. (afs-journal.org)
  • The relationships between biomass and nutrient amount can be easily used by foresters to quantify the nutrient amount exported from a site during both thinning and harvesting operations, as well as the nutrients which remain in the logging residues left on the site and which will slowly yield available elements to the new plantation or the naturally regenerated stand. (afs-journal.org)
  • ECM community composition is more closely linked to plant growth, with species adapted to nutrient turnover being the most important, however whether this extends to clearcut sites is uncertain. (lu.se)
  • This is the common ancestor of all the species in the tree! (thetech.org)
  • Evolutionarily related species have a common ancestor. (thetech.org)
  • This study aims to select tree species with better biomass and good fuel wood characteristics. (researchsquare.com)
  • Here you can perform a complex search for groups of trees with similar characteristics, eg. (lu.se)
  • The fish, according to this now-defunct page, 'were at one time considered a trout species but have been discovered by biologists to be more closely related to Pacific salmon than other trout. (cbc.ca)
  • The metrics for P. edulis have similarities with those available for other species of Pinus . (frontiersin.org)
  • These jobs help sustain forest ecosystems and ensure that forest products are produced in the most sustainable way possible also ensure that wildlife habitat is conserved, trees are replanted, and workers are treated fairly. (plt.org)
  • They are one of the very few groups of bivalves to be primarily "free-living", with many species capable of rapidly swimming short distances and even migrating some distance across the ocean floor. (wikipedia.org)
  • C. hathewayi is a newly described species that was first reported by Steer et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Favourable cavity sites are usually created by fungi, so they are more common in older, dying trees that are incompatible with intensive fiber production. (hindawi.com)
  • Because trees resist decay, it takes time for fungi to soften wood enough that cavity excavation by birds is possible. (hindawi.com)
  • Most scientists agree that an early hominid species evolved in Africa and spread across the Old World. (learner.org)
  • How do scientists build phylogenetic trees? (thetech.org)
  • How do scientists construct phylogenetic trees and know the degree of relatedness between living organisms by DNA? (thetech.org)
  • Tree rings help scientists learn about past climates by decoding tree ring patterns. (plt.org)
  • Cladistic analyses were performed with 21 morphological characters, including 15 ingroup and eight outgroup species. (mapress.com)
  • Those taxa marked with * in the list below are not accepted as distinct species by all authorities. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • A tree responds to wounds by compartmentalizing and forming suberized (cells take on a sealing function), lignified (strengthened) wood known as callus tissue that prevents entry of pathogens. (msucares.com)
  • While the process is not well understood, trees also create chemical boundaries around infected cells that continue to react to pathogens, thereby further confining damage. (msucares.com)
  • New pathogens can be identified by comparing their sequence to a database of all known pathogens and finding related species. (cdc.gov)
  • Assessing sampling coverage of species distribution in biodiversity databases. (uib.no)
  • For example, a high level of biodiversity contributes to the existence of a wider range of insects that can pollinate our crops and wild plants, and more species of insectivorous birds to reduce the number of insect pests. (lu.se)
  • We introduce the concept of the interspecies correlation coefficient which describes how quickly the tip species lose shared ancestral signal as we proceed from a Brownian motion (no drift) to OU processes with more and more drift. (lu.se)
  • However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters. (wikipedia.org)
  • We can use these changes in the DNA to tell how closely related two species are. (thetech.org)
  • Even as trout, the current thinking says they're more closely related to Pacific salmon than to trout species in other parts of the world. (cbc.ca)
  • Phylogenetic comparative methods commonly assume that the evolutionary relationships between the studied species are known. (lu.se)
  • The B. carinata (Ethiopian mustard, BBCC, 2n = 4X = 34) is an important species that contains 17 sets of chromosomes with a genome size of 1.087 Gb. (nature.com)
  • The B. oleracea being closest to Arabidopsis thaliana is considered an important Brassica species to study polyploidy 8 . (nature.com)
  • An understanding of how, and in what form, tree graphics are used in informal settings is an important part of supporting the development of evolutionary thinking in museum visitors. (springer.com)
  • Kubatko and Knowles have gathered many of the leading contributors to the field to offer novel perspectives on the most important aspects of species tree estimation along with exemplary case studies and incisive summaries of the literature. (princeton.edu)
  • The Curtin University-led study has identified three new species of mulgaras, which are small carnivorous marsupials related to the Tasmanian Devil and quoll and that are important to the arid and semi-arid regions they inhabit in South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Trees are probably more important to me than I've sometimes realized myself. (orionmagazine.org)
  • Some of the strategies are distributing fuel-saving stoves, encouraging agroforestry practices and planting trees. (researchsquare.com)
  • The other vegetation like mushrooms will increase because the primary and secondary consumers will consume other vegetation without trees. (ostatic.com)
  • However, there is a gap in our knowledge about how trees are used and understood outside of a formal instructional framework. (springer.com)
  • http://www.who.int/phi/news/consultation_stewardship-framework/en/ (accessed 6 April 2016). (who.int)
  • The artist immediately saw a parallel with the US's own giant Redwoods or Sequoia trees. (abc.net.au)
  • Visitors come to Yosemite National Park to enjoy scenic views of waterfalls, glaciers, valleys, meadows, and ancient sequoia trees. (nps.gov)
  • However, genetic evidence does not support this division, pointing instead to a genetic divide between Old World and New World species, with the cone and bract size being merely adaptations to climatic conditions (Gernandt and Liston 1999). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • A chloroplast DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and its relationship with cone morphology was studied in a sympatric population of lodgepole pine and jack pine. (researchgate.net)