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New Insights on Above Ground Biomass and Forest Attributes In
Forest Ecology and Management 399 (2017) 235–246 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Forest Ecology and Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/foreco New insights on above ground biomass and forest attributes in tropical montane forests ⇑ Aida Cuni-Sanchez a, , Marion Pfeifer b, Rob Marchant c, Kim Calders d,e, Cathrine L. Sørensen a, Patrícia V. Pompeu f, Simon L. Lewis d,g, Neil D. Burgess a,h a Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark b School of Biology, Newcastle University, Ridley Building 2, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK c York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5NG, UK d Department of Geography, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK e Earth Observation, Climate and Optical Group, National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK f Department of Forestry, Federal University of Lavras, PO Box 3037, Lavras, Brazil g School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK h United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Center, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, UK article info abstract Article history: Despite the potential of tropical montane forests to store and sequester substantial amounts of carbon, Received 5 November 2016 little is known about the above ground biomass (AGB) and the factors affecting it in these ecosystems, Received in revised form 15 May 2017 especially in Africa. We investigated the height-diameter allometry, AGB, and related differences in Accepted 16 May 2017 AGB to taxonomic and structural forest attributes in three distinct forest types (dry, mixed species and elfin) in three mountains of northern Kenya. -
Olea Europaea L. a Botanical Contribution to Culture
American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 2 (4): 382-387, 2007 ISSN 1818-6769 © IDOSI Publications, 2007 Olea europaea L. A Botanical Contribution to Culture Sophia Rhizopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Biology, Section of Botany, Panepistimioupoli, Athens 157 84, Greece Abstract: One of the oldest known cultivated plant species is Olea europaea L., the olive tree. The wild olive tree is an evergreen, long-lived species, wide-spread as a native plant in the Mediterranean province. This sacred tree of the goddess Athena is intimately linked with the civilizations which developed around the shores of the Mediterranean and makes a starting point for mythological and symbolic forms, as well as for tradition, cultivation, diet, health and culture. In modern times, the olive has spread widely over the world. Key words: Olea • etymology • origin • cultivation • culture INTRODUCTION Table 1: Classification of Olea ewopaea Superdivi&on Speimatophyta-seed plants Olea europaea L. (Fig. 1 & Table 1) belongs to a Division Magnohophyta-flowenng plants genus of about 20-25 species in the family Oleaceae [1-3] Class Magn olio psi da- dicotyledons and it is one of the earliest cultivated plants. The olive Subclass Astendae- tree is an evergreen, slow-growing species, tolerant to Order Scrophulanale- drought stress and extremely long-lived, with a life Family Oleaceae- olive family expectancy of about 500 years. It is indicative that Genus Olea- olive Species Olea europaea L. -olive Theophrastus, 24 centuries ago, wrote: 'Perhaps we may say that the longest-lived tree is that which in all ways, is able to persist, as does the olive by its trunk, by its power of developing sidegrowth and by the fact its roots are so hard to destroy' [4, book IV. -
Trees and Plants for Bees and Beekeepers in the Upper Mara Basin
Trees and plants for bees and beekeepers in the Upper Mara Basin Guide to useful melliferous trees and crops for beekeepers December 2017 Contents Who is this guide for? .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction to the MaMaSe Project .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Market driven forest conservation initiatives in the Upper Mara basin ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Water, apiculture, forests, trees and livelihoods ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Types of bees ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 How this -
Comparative Wood Anatomy of Afromontane and Bushveld Species from Swaziland, Southern Africa
IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 11 (4), 1990: 319-336 COMPARATIVE WOOD ANATOMY OF AFROMONTANE AND BUSHVELD SPECIES FROM SWAZILAND, SOUTHERN AFRICA by J. A. B. Prior 1 and P. E. Gasson 2 1 Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London SW7 2BB, U.K. and 2Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K. Summary The habit, specific gravity and wood anat of the archaeological research, uses all the omy of 43 Afromontane and 50 Bushveld well preserved, qualitative anatomical charac species from Swaziland are compared, using ters apparent in the charred modem samples qualitative features from SEM photographs in an anatomical comparison between the of charred samples. Woods with solitary ves two selected assemblages of trees and shrubs sels, scalariform perforation plates and fibres growing in areas of contrasting floristic com with distinctly bordered pits are more com position. Some of the woods are described in mon in the Afromontane species, whereas Kromhout (1975), others are of little com homocellular rays and prismatic crystals of mercial importance and have not previously calcium oxalate are more common in woods been investigated. Few ecological trends in from the Bushveld. wood anatomical features have previously Key words: Swaziland, Afromontane, Bush been published for southern Africa. veld, archaeological charcoal, SEM, eco The site of Sibebe Hill in northwest Swazi logical anatomy. land (26° 15' S, 31° 10' E) (Price Williams 1981), lies at an altitude of 1400 m, amidst a Introduction dramatic series of granite domes in the Afro Swaziland, one of the smallest African montane forest belt (White 1978). -
Towards Resolving Lamiales Relationships
Schäferhoff et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010, 10:352 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/352 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Towards resolving Lamiales relationships: insights from rapidly evolving chloroplast sequences Bastian Schäferhoff1*, Andreas Fleischmann2, Eberhard Fischer3, Dirk C Albach4, Thomas Borsch5, Günther Heubl2, Kai F Müller1 Abstract Background: In the large angiosperm order Lamiales, a diverse array of highly specialized life strategies such as carnivory, parasitism, epiphytism, and desiccation tolerance occur, and some lineages possess drastically accelerated DNA substitutional rates or miniaturized genomes. However, understanding the evolution of these phenomena in the order, and clarifying borders of and relationships among lamialean families, has been hindered by largely unresolved trees in the past. Results: Our analysis of the rapidly evolving trnK/matK, trnL-F and rps16 chloroplast regions enabled us to infer more precise phylogenetic hypotheses for the Lamiales. Relationships among the nine first-branching families in the Lamiales tree are now resolved with very strong support. Subsequent to Plocospermataceae, a clade consisting of Carlemanniaceae plus Oleaceae branches, followed by Tetrachondraceae and a newly inferred clade composed of Gesneriaceae plus Calceolariaceae, which is also supported by morphological characters. Plantaginaceae (incl. Gratioleae) and Scrophulariaceae are well separated in the backbone grade; Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae appear in distant clades, while the recently described Linderniaceae are confirmed to be monophyletic and in an isolated position. Conclusions: Confidence about deep nodes of the Lamiales tree is an important step towards understanding the evolutionary diversification of a major clade of flowering plants. The degree of resolution obtained here now provides a first opportunity to discuss the evolution of morphological and biochemical traits in Lamiales. -
Structural Diversity and Contrasted Evolution of Cytoplasmic Genomes in Flowering Plants :A Phylogenomic Approach in Oleaceae Celine Van De Paer
Structural diversity and contrasted evolution of cytoplasmic genomes in flowering plants :a phylogenomic approach in Oleaceae Celine van de Paer To cite this version: Celine van de Paer. Structural diversity and contrasted evolution of cytoplasmic genomes in flowering plants : a phylogenomic approach in Oleaceae. Vegetal Biology. Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2017. English. NNT : 2017TOU30228. tel-02325872 HAL Id: tel-02325872 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-02325872 Submitted on 22 Oct 2019 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. REMERCIEMENTS Remerciements Mes premiers remerciements s'adressent à mon directeur de thèse GUILLAUME BESNARD. Tout d'abord, merci Guillaume de m'avoir proposé ce sujet de thèse sur la famille des Oleaceae. Merci pour ton enthousiasme et ta passion pour la recherche qui m'ont véritablement portée pendant ces trois années. C'était un vrai plaisir de travailler à tes côtés. Moi qui étais focalisée sur les systèmes de reproduction chez les plantes, tu m'as ouvert à un nouveau domaine de la recherche tout aussi intéressant qui est l'évolution moléculaire (même si je suis loin de maîtriser tous les concepts...). Tu as toujours été bienveillant et à l'écoute, je t'en remercie. -
Olea Europaea) Disentangles Ancient Allo- and Autopolyploidizations in Lamiales
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/163063; this version posted July 13, 2017. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-ND 4.0 International license. Page 1 of 36 Phylogenomics of the olive tree (Olea europaea) disentangles ancient allo- and autopolyploidizations in Lamiales. Irene Julca1,2,3,*, Marina Marcet-Houben1,2,*, Pablo Vargas4, and Toni Gabaldón1,2,5,# 1) Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain 2) Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). 08003 Barcelona, Spain. 3) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). 08193 Barcelona, Spain. 10 4) Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid (CSIC-RJB). 28014 Madrid, Spain. 5) ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain. *Both authors contributed equally # Author for correspondence: [email protected] 15 Abstract Background Polyploidization is one of the major evolutionary processes that shape eukaryotic genomes, being particularly common in plants. Polyploids can arise through direct genome doubling within a species (autopolyploidization) or through the merging of genomes from distinct 20 species after hybridization (allopolyploidization). The relative contribution of either mechanism in plant evolution is debated. Here we used phylogenomics to dissect the tempo and mode of duplications in the genome of the olive tree (Olea europaea), one of the first domesticated Mediterranean fruit trees. Results bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/163063; this version posted July 13, 2017. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. -
Insects Associated with Fruits of the Oleaceae (Asteridae, Lamiales) in Kenya, with Special Reference to the Tephritidae (Diptera)
D. Elmo Hardy Memorial Volume. Contributions to the Systematics and 135 Evolution of Diptera. Edited by N.L. Evenhuis & K.Y. Kaneshiro. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 12: 135–164 (2004). Insects associated with fruits of the Oleaceae (Asteridae, Lamiales) in Kenya, with special reference to the Tephritidae (Diptera) ROBERT S. COPELAND Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 USA, and International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya; email: [email protected] IAN M. WHITE Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK; e-mail: [email protected] MILLICENT OKUMU, PERIS MACHERA International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya. ROBERT A. WHARTON Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 USA; e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Collections of fruits from indigenous species of Oleaceae were made in Kenya between 1999 and 2003. Members of the four Kenyan genera were sampled in coastal and highland forest habitats, and at altitudes from sea level to 2979 m. Schrebera alata, whose fruit is a woody capsule, produced Lepidoptera only, as did the fleshy fruits of Jasminum species. Tephritid fruit flies were reared only from fruits of the oleaceous subtribe Oleinae, including Olea and Chionanthus. Four tephritid species were reared from Olea. The olive fly, Bactrocera oleae, was found exclusively in fruits of O. europaea ssp. cuspidata, a close relative of the commercial olive, Olea europaea ssp. europaea. Olive fly was reared from 90% (n = 21) of samples of this species, on both sides of the Rift Valley and at elevations to 2801 m. -
Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation
Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems MT MABU, MOZAMBIQUE: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION November 2012 Jonathan Timberlake, Julian Bayliss, Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire, Colin Congdon, Bill Branch, Steve Collins, Michael Curran, Robert J. Dowsett, Lincoln Fishpool, Jorge Francisco, Tim Harris, Mirjam Kopp & Camila de Sousa ABRI african butterfly research in Forestry Research Institute of Malawi Biodiversity of Mt Mabu, Mozambique, page 2 Front cover: Main camp in lower forest area on Mt Mabu (JB). Frontispiece: View over Mabu forest to north (TT, top); Hermenegildo Matimele plant collecting (TT, middle L); view of Mt Mabu from abandoned tea estate (JT, middle R); butterflies (Lachnoptera ayresii) mating (JB, bottom L); Atheris mabuensis (JB, bottom R). Photo credits: JB – Julian Bayliss CS ‒ Camila de Sousa JT – Jonathan Timberlake TT – Tom Timberlake TH – Tim Harris Suggested citation: Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, W.R., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R.J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. 94 pp. Biodiversity of Mt Mabu, Mozambique, page 3 LIST OF CONTENTS List of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 3 List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. -
The Spread of Olives (Olea Sp.) on Wagga Wagga Campus III
THE JOHNSTONE CENTRE REPORT Nº 120 Nathan Cobb's Laboratory Conservation & Interpretation Project The spread of Olives (Olea sp.) on Wagga Wagga Campus III. Impact on heritage resources and eradication by Dirk H.R. Spennemann Albury Australia 1998 The Spread of Olives on Wagga Wagga Campus—Heritage and Eradication Options © Dirk H.R. Spennemann, 1998. All rights reserved. The contents of this study are copyright in all countries subscribing to the Berne Convention. No parts of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the author, except where permitted by law. CIP Spennemann, Dirk H.R. 1958— Nathan Cobb's Laboratory Conservation & Interpretation Project. The spread of Olives (Olea sp) on Wagga Wagga Campus.: volume III. Impact on heritage resources and eradication-by Dirk H.R. Spennemann Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University, The Johnstone Centre, 1998. 1 v., - (Report / Johnstone Centre of Parks, Recreation & Heritage, no. 120) DDC 583.87099448 1. Agriculture--Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm (NSW) 2. Olive--History--Australia--Wagga Wagga (NSW). 3. 4. I. Charles Sturt University. Johnstone Centre of Parks, Recreation & Heritage. II. Title. III. Series. 2 Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 5 OLIVES AS WEEDS...........................................................................................5 -
(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub
US 20030029078A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. N0.: US 2003/0029078 A1 Pedersen et al. (43) Pub. Date: Feb. 13, 2003 (54) METHODS AND CUTTINGS FOR MASS (30) Foreign Application Priority Data PROPAGATION OF PLANT PARASITES Jul. 9, 2001 (DK) .............................. .. PA 2001 01078 (76) Inventors: Jorgen Smidstrup Damgaard Pedersen, Stenstrup (DK); Bo I. Publication Classi?cation J orgensen, Holbaek (DK) (51) Int. Cl? ............................. .. A01C 1/00; A01G 1/00 (52) Us. 01. ......................................................... .. 47/1.1 R Correspondence Address: (57) ABSTRACT JACOBSON HOLMAN PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY The invention relates to the ?eld of plant propagation and COMPANY more speci?cally to the mass propagation of plants With 400 SEVENTH STREET, N.W. plant parasites, preferably of plants With green plant para WASHINGTON, DC 20004 (US) sites, so called herni-parasites. Accordingly there is provided a method for preparation of a plant comprising in successive order establishing at least one plant parasite on at least one (21) Appl. No.: 10/190,602 branch of a host plant, cutting at least one branch With at least one established plant parasite, and rooting the at least (22) Filed: Jul. 9, 2002 one cut branch. Patent Application Publication Feb. 13, 2003 Sheet 1 0f 5 US 2003/0029078 A1 Fig. 1 Patent Application Publication Feb. 13, 2003 Sheet 2 0f 5 US 2003/0029078 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb. 13, 2003 Sheet 3 0f 5 US 2003/0029078 A1 Fig. 3 Patent Application Publication Feb. 13, 2003 Sheet 4 0f 5 US 2003/0029078 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb. 13, 2003 Sheet 5 0f 5 US 2003/0029078 A1 US 2003/0029078 A1 Feb. -
Summary: Monitoring for Sustainable Indigenous Forest
MONITORING FOR SUSTAINABLE INDIGENOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT IN THE GARDEN ROUTE NATIONAL PARK Knysna 2014 ii CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 FOREST DYNAMICS MONITORING 2 2.1 Diepwalle Research Areas 2 2.2 Tsitsikamma strip plots 3 2.3 Permanent Sample Plots (PSPs) in nature reserves 3 2.4 National system of forest plots 3 3 FOREST DISTURBANCE AND RECOVERY 4 3.1 Gap dynamics research 5 3.2 Storms River big tree 5 3.3 Photo-monitoring of burnt forest 6 3.4 Koomansbos fire gap 7 3.5 Forest establishment 7 3.6 Forest succession on a burnt forest margin 7 4 UTILISATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS 8 4.1 Timber utilization 8 Permanent sample plots (PSPs) 9 Post-harvesting audit 11 4.2 Ferns 12 4.3 Bulbine 13 4.4 Bark 13 5 PLANT SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN 14 6 BLACKWOOD 15 6.1 Incidence of spread monitoring 15 6.2 Success of control action monitoring 16 6.3 Harkerville blackwood plot 16 iii 7 FAUNA 16 7.1 Antelope population monitoring 16 7.2 Rare mammal monitoring 16 7.3 Crowned eagle monitoring 17 7.4 The Knysna elephants 18 8 CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 19 9 SOCIAL MONITORING 19 9.1 Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment 19 9.2 Employment Equity 19 9.3 People and Conservation Park Based Education and Youth Development Programmes 20 9.4 Expanded Public Works Programmes (EPWP’s) 20 10 WASTE DISPOSAL 20 10.1 Hazardous waste 20 10.2 Household waste 21 11 CHEMICAL USAGE 21 12 COSTS, PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF FOREST MANAGEMENT 21 13 CONCLUSION 22 APPENDIX 1: HARVEST TREE SELECTION CRITERIA APPLIED IN THE INDIGENOUS FORESTS OF THE GARDEN ROUTE NATIONAL PARK 23 APPENDIX 2: TREE LIST FOR THE INDIGENOUS FORESTS OF THE GARDEN ROUTE 24 1 1 INTRODUCTION The Garden Route National Park (GRNP) consists of a mosaic of diverse terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems, landscapes, and cultural heritage.