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Butterfly Pea (Clitoria Ternatea) | Feedipedia
Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) | Feedipedia Animal feed resources Feedipedia information system Home About Feedipedia Team Partners Get involved Contact us Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) Automatic translation Description Nutritional aspects Nutritional tables References Sélectionner une langue ▼ Click on the "Nutritional aspects" tab for recommendations for ruminants, pigs, poultry, rabbits, horses, fish and crustaceans Feed categories All feeds Forage plants Cereal and grass forages Legume forages Forage trees Aquatic plants Common names Other forage plants Plant products/by-products Butterfly pea, blue pea, kordofan pea, cordofan pea, Asian pigeonwings [English]; pois bleu [French]; clitoria azul, azulejo, Cereal grains and by-products papito, zapatico de la reina, zapotillo, conchita azul, campanilla, bandera, choroque, lupita, pito de parra, bejuco de conchitas Legume seeds and by-products [Spanish]; cunhã, Fula criqua [Portuguese]; kittelbloem [Dutch]; Blaue Klitorie [German]; tembang telang [Indonesian]; Bunga Oil plants and by-products telang [Malay]; Mavi Kelebek Sarmaşığı [Turkish]; Chi Đậu biếc [Vietnamese]; [Bengali]; 蝶豆 [Chinese]; Fruits and by-products [Hindi]; [Malayalam]; [Marathi]; [Tamul]; [Telugu]; Roots, tubers and by-products ดอกอญชั นั [Thai] Sugar processing by-products Plant oils and fats Species Other plant by-products Feeds of animal origin Clitoria ternatea L. [Fabaceae] Animal by-products Dairy products/by-products Synonyms Animal fats and oils Insects Clitoria albiflora Mattei; Clitoria bracteata Poir.; Clitoria mearnsii De Wild.; Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli; Clitoria zanzibarensis Other feeds Vatke Minerals Other products Feed categories Legume forages Legume seeds and by-products Forage plants Latin names Plant and animal families Related feed(s) Plant and animal species Description Resources The butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.) is a vigorous, trailing, scrambling or climbing tropical legume. -
Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Aboveground Net Primary Productivity and Sheep Production in the Magellan Region, Southernmost Chilean Patagonia
geosciences Article Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Aboveground Net Primary Productivity and Sheep Production in the Magellan Region, Southernmost Chilean Patagonia Pamela Soto-Rogel 1,* , Juan-Carlos Aravena 2, Wolfgang Jens-Henrik Meier 1, Pamela Gross 3, Claudio Pérez 4, Álvaro González-Reyes 5 and Jussi Griessinger 1 1 Institute of Geography, Friedrich–Alexander-University of Erlangen–Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; [email protected] (W.J.-H.M.); [email protected] (J.G.) 2 Centro de Investigación Gaia Antártica, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile; [email protected] 3 Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile; [email protected] 4 Private Consultant, Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile; [email protected] 5 Hémera Centro de Observación de la Tierra, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago 8580745, Chile; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 28 June 2020; Accepted: 13 August 2020; Published: 16 August 2020 Abstract: Spatio-temporal patterns of climatic variability have effects on the environmental conditions of a given land territory and consequently determine the evolution of its productive activities. One of the most direct ways to evaluate this relationship is to measure the condition of the vegetation cover and land-use information. In southernmost South America there is a limited number of long-term studies on these matters, an incomplete network of weather stations and almost no database on ecosystems productivity. In the present work, we characterized the climate variability of the Magellan Region, southernmost Chilean Patagonia, for the last 34 years, studying key variables associated with one of its main economic sectors, sheep production, and evaluating the effect of extreme weather events on ecosystem productivity and sheep production. -
Evaluation of Wood Properties from Six Native Species of Forest Plantations in Costa Rica
BOSQUE 37(1): 71-84, 2016 DOI: 10.4067/S0717-92002016000100008 Evaluation of wood properties from six native species of forest plantations in Costa Rica Estudio de propiedades de la madera de seis especies nativas en plantaciones de Costa Rica Carolina Tenorio a, Róger Moya a*, Cynthia Salas a, Alexander Berrocal a * Corresponding author: a Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Apartado 159-7050, CIIBI-ITCR, Cartago, Costa Rica, [email protected] SUMMARY This study details information about physical, chemical and mechanical properties, drying, preservation and workability of wood from Cordia alliodora, Dipteryx panamensis, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Hieronyma alchorneoides, Samanea saman and Vochysia ferruginea trees, growing in forest plantations in Costa Rica. Variation of the general properties in relation to height showed that heartwood percentage decreases, bark percentage increases and pith percentage is not affected. Dipteryx panamensis showed both the highest values for specific gravity and the highest mechanic resistance. Both chemical properties and extractives presence were different among species. Heartwood was not possible to preserve in any of the species, though sapwood was. Penetration varied from partial irregular or vascular in the species. The highest durability was for Hieronyma alchorneoides and Vochysia ferruginea, species classified as of high durability. Finally, all species had good performance in the workability tests. The previous results indicate that these species, used for trading reforestation in Costa Rica, have acceptable characteristics to be commercialized and used in wooden products. Key words: tropical species, Central America, wood variation, commercial wood. RESUMEN El presente estudio detalla información de las propiedades físicas, químicas, mecánicas, de secado, preservación y trabajabilidad de la madera de Cordia alliodora, Dipteryx panamensis, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Hieronyma alchorneoides, Samanea saman y Vochysia ferruginea proveniente de plantaciones forestales en Costa Rica. -
Rich Zingiberales
RESEARCH ARTICLE INVITED SPECIAL ARTICLE For the Special Issue: The Tree of Death: The Role of Fossils in Resolving the Overall Pattern of Plant Phylogeny Building the monocot tree of death: Progress and challenges emerging from the macrofossil- rich Zingiberales Selena Y. Smith1,2,4,6 , William J. D. Iles1,3 , John C. Benedict1,4, and Chelsea D. Specht5 Manuscript received 1 November 2017; revision accepted 2 May PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Inclusion of fossils in phylogenetic analyses is necessary in order 2018. to construct a comprehensive “tree of death” and elucidate evolutionary history of taxa; 1 Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of however, such incorporation of fossils in phylogenetic reconstruction is dependent on the Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA availability and interpretation of extensive morphological data. Here, the Zingiberales, whose 2 Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, familial relationships have been difficult to resolve with high support, are used as a case study MI 48109, USA to illustrate the importance of including fossil taxa in systematic studies. 3 Department of Integrative Biology and the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA METHODS: Eight fossil taxa and 43 extant Zingiberales were coded for 39 morphological seed 4 Program in the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann characters, and these data were concatenated with previously published molecular sequence Arbor, MI 48109, USA data for analysis in the program MrBayes. 5 School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Section of Plant Biology and the Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA KEY RESULTS: Ensete oregonense is confirmed to be part of Musaceae, and the other 6 Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) seven fossils group with Zingiberaceae. -
Disentangling the Drivers of Reduced Long-Distance Seed Dispersal by Birds in an Experimentally Fragmented Landscape
Ecology, 92(4), 2011, pp. 924–937 Ó 2011 by the Ecological Society of America Disentangling the drivers of reduced long-distance seed dispersal by birds in an experimentally fragmented landscape 1,5 1,2 2 2 3 MARI´A URIARTE, MARINA ANCIA˜ ES, MARIANA T. B. DA SILVA, PAULO RUBIM, ERIK JOHNSON, 4 AND EMILIO M. BRUNA 1Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New York, New York 10027 USA 2Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazoˆnia and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Manaus, AM 69011-970 Brazil 3School of Renewable Resources, Louisiana State University, 227 RNR Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-6202 USA 4Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-0430 USA Abstract. Seed dispersal is a crucial component of plant population dynamics. Human landscape modifications, such as habitat destruction and fragmentation, can alter the abundance of fruiting plants and animal dispersers, foraging rates, vector movement, and the composition of the disperser community, all of which can singly or in concert affect seed dispersal. Here, we quantify and tease apart the effects of landscape configuration, namely, fragmentation of primary forest and the composition of the surrounding forest matrix, on individual components of seed dispersal of Heliconia acuminata, an Amazonian understory herb. First we identified the effects of landscape configuration on the abundance of fruiting plants and six bird disperser species. Although highly variable in space and time, densities of fruiting plants were similar in continuous forest and fragments. -
Soil Properties Improvement and Use of Adaptive Plants for Land Rehabilitation of Post Tin Mining Closure in Bangka Island, Indonesia
BIODIVERSITAS ISSN: 1412-033X Volume 21, Number 2, February 2020 E-ISSN: 2085-4722 Pages: 505-511 DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d210211 Soil properties improvement and use of adaptive plants for land rehabilitation of post tin mining closure in Bangka Island, Indonesia PRATIWI1,♥, BUDI HADI NARENDRA1, BUDI MULYANTO2 1Forest Research and Development Center, Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Jl. Gunung Batu no. 5 Bogor 16118, West Java, Indonesia. Tel./fax.: +62-251-8633234, email: [email protected] 2Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Jl. Meranti, Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, West Java, Indonesia Manuscript received: 26 November 2019. Revision accepted: 13 January 2020. Abstract. Pratiwi, Narendra BH, Mulyanto B. 2020. Soil properties improvement and use of adaptive plants for land rehabilitation of post tin mining closure in Bangka Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 505-511. Indonesia is still facing several environmental problems due to improper mining activities, such as tin mining activities in Bangka island. The area of post tin mining closure in this island has left tailing area over unstructured overburden. This condition causes infertile land, which is indicated by low physical, chemical, and biological soil properties for supporting plant growth. Therefore, amelioration material is needed to increase soil fertility in rehabilitating this area. The purposes of the study are to improve soil properties and the use of adaptive plants for land rehabilitation of post tin mining closure. The observation was carried out on plots with ameliorant materials treatment, and no treatment as a control plot. Adaptive plants used are trembesi (Samanea saman), sengon buto (Enterolobium cyclocarpum), and ampupu (Eucalyptus urophylla); while ameliorant materials were mixture of overburden materials, NPK fertilizer, lime (dolomite), topsoil material, and compost, with proportion 49%, 1%, 10%, 20%, 20% of media weight respectively. -
Macadamia Tetraphylla L.)
MACADAMIA (Macadamia tetraphylla L.) Marisol Reyes M. 5 Arturo Lavín A. 5.1. Clasificación botánica El género Macadamia pertenece a la familia Proteaceae, el que incluye al menos cinco especies en Australia y diez a escala mundial. Debido a que su semilla es comestible, Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche y Macadamia tetraphylla L., junto a algunos híbridos entre ambas, son las especies de esta familia que actualmente tienen importancia económica. Ambas son nativas de Australia (Nagao and Hirae, 1992). En Chile esta familia está representada por árboles de gran valor maderero como lo son, entre otras, Gevuina avellana Mol. (Avellano chileno, de fruta similar a macadamia), Embothrium coccineum Forst. (“Notro” y “Ciruelillo), Lomatia ferruginea (Cav.) R. Br., (“Fuinque”, ”Huinque”), Lomatia hirsuta (Lam.) Diels, (“Radal”) y Orites myrtoidea (Poepp. et Endl.) Benth et Hook, (“Mirtillo, Radal de hojas chicas”) (Muñoz, 1959; Sudzuki, 1996). 5.2. Origen de la especie Las macadamias originarias de Australia (entre los 25° y 31° de latitud sur), corresponden a especies relativamente nuevas en cuanto a la comercialización de su fruta y son las únicas plantas nativas de Australia que han sido incorporadas al cultivo comercial por su fruto comestible (Moncur et al., 1985). 103 M. integrifolia es originaria de los bosques húmedos subtropicales del sudeste de Queensland, lo que la hace poco tolerante a las bajas temperaturas, mientras que M. tetraphylla es de origen más meridional, lo que la hace más tolerante a áreas con clima temperado (Nagao and Hirae, 1992). La macadamia fue introducida a Hawai desde Australia hacia fines de los 1.800, pero no fue comercialmente cultivada hasta los inicios de los 1.900 (Nagao and Hirae, 1992). -
A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname
Rapid Assessment Program A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname Editors: Leeanne E. Alonso and Trond H. Larsen 67 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL - SURINAME CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME THE SURINAME FOREST SERVICE (LBB) NATURE CONSERVATION DIVISION (NB) FOUNDATION FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION CONTROL (SBB) SURINAME CONSERVATION FOUNDATION THE HARBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION Rapid Assessment Program A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed RAP (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname Bulletin of Biological Assessment 67 Editors: Leeanne E. Alonso and Trond H. Larsen CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL - SURINAME CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME THE SURINAME FOREST SERVICE (LBB) NATURE CONSERVATION DIVISION (NB) FOUNDATION FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION CONTROL (SBB) SURINAME CONSERVATION FOUNDATION THE HARBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION The RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment is published by: Conservation International 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington, VA USA 22202 Tel : +1 703-341-2400 www.conservation.org Cover photos: The RAP team surveyed the Grensgebergte Mountains and Upper Palumeu Watershed, as well as the Middle Palumeu River and Kasikasima Mountains visible here. Freshwater resources originating here are vital for all of Suriname. (T. Larsen) Glass frogs (Hyalinobatrachium cf. taylori) lay their -
Effect of Method of Preservation on the Chemical Composition of Enterolobium Cyclocarpum Leaves *1Ekanem, N
Nig. J. Anim. Prod. 2020, 47(1):246 - 256 Nigerian Journal of Animal Production © Nigerian Society for Animal Production Effect of method of preservation on the chemical composition of Enterolobium cyclocarpum leaves *1Ekanem, N. J., 2Okah, U. 2Ahamefule, F. O., 1Ifut, O. J., 2Ikwunze, K., 1Udoh, E. F., 1Edet, H. A. and 1Orok, A. M. 1Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. 2Department of Animal Production and Livestock Management, College of Animal Science and Production, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. *Corresponding author: [email protected]; 08038701314. Abstract Enterolobium cyclocarpum leaves are less acceptable by ruminants due to their high contents of anti-nutritional factors. The effect of preserving Enterolobium cyclocarpum leaves as hay and silage or silage: hay combinations on the proximate, fibre fractions, anti- nutritional factors, minerals and vitamins compositions were investigated in this study. Six experimental treatments consisting of 100% fresh Enterolobium cyclocarpum leaves, 100% ensiled Enterolobium cyclocarpum leaves, 100% sun dried Enterolobium cyclocarpum leaves, 75% silage: 25% hay, 50% silage: 50% hay and 25% silage: 75% hay were formulated. Each treatment was replicated 3 times and analyzed for chemical composition. The crude protein content ranged from 14.70 – 22.05%, which significantly differed (p<0.05) across treatments with the highest value in the fresh leaves. The values for neutral detergent fibre ranged from 56.64 – 57.92 %, acid detergent fibre from 37.14 – 39.87 % and acid detergent lignin from 13.30 – 14.96 %, they all differed significantly (p<0.05) across treatments with highest values in the 100% ensiled treatment. -
9. a 10 Year Trial with South American Trees and Shrubs with Special
9. A 10 year trial with SouthAmerican trees and shrubswith specialregard to the Ir,lothofaglzsspp. I0 6ra royndir vid suduramerikonskumtroum og runnum vid serligumatliti at Nothofagw-slogum SarenOdum Abstract The potential of the ligneous flora of cool temperate South America in arboriculture in the Faroe Isles is elucidated through experimental planting of a broad variety of speciescollected on expeditions to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego 1975 andl9T9.Particular good results have been obtained with the southernmost origins of Nothofagus antarctica, N. betuloides, and N. pumilio, of which a total of 6.500 plants were directly transplanted from Tierra del Fuego to the Faroe Isles in 1979. Soren Odum, Royal Vet.& Agric. IJniv., Arboretum, DK-2970 Horsholm, Denmark. Introduction As a student of botany at the University of CopenhagenI got the opportunity to get a job for the summer 1960as a member of the team mapping the flora of the Faroe Isles (Kjeld Hansen 1966). State geologist of the Faroe Isles and the Danish Geological Survey, J6annesRasmussen, provided working facilities for the team at the museum, and also my co-student,J6hannes J6hansen participated in the field. This stay and work founded my still growing interest in the Faroese nature and culture, and the initial connections between the Arboretum in Horsholm and Tbrshavn developed from this early contact with J6annesRasmussen and J6hannes J6hansen. On our way back to Copenhagen in 1960 onboard "Tjaldur", we called on Lerwick, Shetland, where I saw Hebe and Olearia in some gardens. This made it obvious to me, that if the Faroe Isles for historical reasonshad been more or less British rather than Nordic, the gardensof T6rshavn would, no doubt, have been speckledwith genera from the southern Hemisphere and with other speciesand cultivars nowadays common in Scottish nurseries and gardens. -
The Flower Chain the Early Discovery of Australian Plants
The Flower Chain The early discovery of Australian plants Hamilton and Brandon, Jill Douglas Hamilton Duchess of University of Sydney Library Sydney, Australia 2002 http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit © University of Sydney Library. The texts and images are not to be used for commercial purposes without permission Source Text: Prepared with the author's permission from the print edition published by Kangaroo Press Sydney 1998 All quotation marks are retained as data. First Published: 1990 580.994 1 Australian Etext Collections at botany prose nonfiction 1940- women writers The flower chain the early discovery of Australian plants Sydney Kangaroo Press 1998 Preface Viewing Australia through the early European discovery, naming and appreciation of its flora, gives a fresh perspective on the first white people who went to the continent. There have been books on the battle to transform the wilderness into an agriculturally ordered land, on the convicts, on the goldrush, on the discovery of the wealth of the continent, on most aspects of settlement, but this is the first to link the story of the discovery of the continent with the slow awareness of its unique trees, shrubs and flowers of Australia. The Flower Chain Chapter 1 The Flower Chain Begins Convict chains are associated with early British settlement of Australia, but there were also lighter chains in those grim days. Chains of flowers and seeds to be grown and classified stretched across the oceans from Botany Bay to Europe, looping back again with plants and seeds of the old world that were to Europeanise the landscape and transform it forever. -
Amazon Plant List
Amazon Plant List The Plant list below is contributed by Dr.Christopher Dick, PhD who has worked in Amazonia for many years. Note that it is a working list and neither exhaustive nor complete. English Common Portuguese Common Plant Family Name Botanical Name Name Name Annonaceae Guatteria Envira-bobô recurvisepala Unonopsis guatterioides Myristicaceae Virola calophylla Wild nutmeg Ucuuba Iryanthera uleii Dead-bark Osteophloeum Ucuuba-amarela platyspermum Lauraceae Mezilaurus itauba Itaúba Persea americana Avocado Abacate Aniba canella Casca preciosa Aniba roseadora Pau rosa Ocotea rubra Louro-gamela Peperomia Piperaceae Ant-garden macrostachya Nymphaeaceae Victoria amazonica Amazon-lily Victoria-regia Menispermaceae Ulmaceae Trema micrantha Trema, Periquitinho Moraceae Clarisia racemosa Guariúba Naucleopsis Miratinga, Pau pica caloneura Brosimim Amapá parinarioides Cecropia Cecropiaceae Purple cecropia Imbaúba roxa purpurascens Cecropia sciadophylla Cecropia Imbaúba-torém Caruru-bravo, Bredo- Phytolaccaceae Phytolacca rivinoides Pokeweed roxo Epiphyllum Cactaceae Cactus phyllanthus Polygonaceae Coccoloba spp. Water-grape? Symeria paniculata Carauaçuzeiro Tetracera Dilleniaceae Water-vine Cipó d'agua willdenowiana Pinzona coriaceae Fire-vine Cipó-de-fôgo Caryocaraceae Caryocar villosum Piquiá Caryocar glabrum Piquiarana Margraviaceae Marcgravia Quiinaceae Clusiaceae Vismia cayennensis Lacre-branco Vismia guianensis Lacre-vermelho Symphonia Ananí used for cerol? globulifera Elaeocarpaceae Sterculiaceae Sterculia frondosa Tacacá Waltheria