In the present article,the author posits that the perception that animals apparently display a strategy of avoiding detection by means of camouflage—i.e.,by disguising themselves in the natural colours of their envir...
Mung bean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek.) is a warm-season, C3 pulse crop of the legume family that has been widely cultivated in Asian countries. As the demand for mung bean continues to increase in the United...
This study was conducted under the auspices of the Pakistan and German Collaborative Project(No.1-308/ILPU/HEC/2009)"Biochemical,Eco-Physiological,Anato-mical,and Morphological Stress Responses of Cash-Crop Halophytes"funded by the Higher Education Comission,Pakistan.Zainul Abideen would like to thank the Institute of Plant Ecology,Justus-Liebig University and the Institute of Botany,Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Germany for the use of their facilities.
Soil water and nutrient status are both of major importance for plant appearance and growth performance.The objective of this study was to understand the effect of biochar(1.5%)and a biochar-compost mixture(1.5%biocha...
Background:Variable retention(aggregated and dispersed retention)harvesting proposed for Nothofagus pumilio was designed for timber purposes and biodiversity conservation.Harvesting by opening canopy generates differe...
Bio-loggers are miniaturized autonomous devices that record quantitative data on the state of free-ranging ani-mals(e.g.behavior,position and physiology)and their natural environment.This is especially relevant for sp...
The genus Physalis belongs to the family Solanaceae,Physalis peruviana L.being the most cultivated species.As a newly explored crop in Brazil,little is known about its germination ecology and emergence under local con...
BS and DBM were supported by NSF Macrosystems(Grant EF-1241848);FRM was supported by PAPIIT UNAM 210116;YQ was supported by China’s Biodiversity Observation Network(Sino-BON).
Determining the susceptibility of species to changing thermal niches is a major goal for biologists.In this paper we develop an eco-physiological model of extinction risk under climate change premised on behavioral th...
supported the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No.2007BAD46B03)
The combined stress of drought, high temperature and excessive light characterizes the desert area. In order to survive the desert habitat, desert shrubs have evolved a number of special eco-physiological mechanisms t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30872000 and 41071203);partially supported by the Project of Knowledge Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZXZ-YW-33);Sichuan Foundation of Excellent Young Scientists (No. 2010JQ0026)
A soil temperature control system was designed for sapling study in alpine region and tested in summer, 2009. The system consisted of a power switch, voltage regulator, microcomputer timer, safety relays, temperature ...
Selecting plants adapted to the climatic and soil conditions of specific locations is essential for environmental protection and economic sustainability of agricultural and pastoral systems. This is particularly true ...