Coexisting with chaparral

California Chaparral Manzanitas Freezing and Chaparral Patterns Chaparral and Fire Chaparral Bulbs and Fire the Cost of Living with Chaparral Post-fire Recovery of Chaparral in San Diego

Pituicytoma Coexisting With Corticotroph Hyperplasia

Pituicytoma is a rare, low-grade glial neoplasm that arises in the neurohypophysis or infundibulum and usually presents as pituitary gland enlargement. They are often misdiagnosed as pituitary adenomas. Causes have varied for high serum adrenocorticotropic hormone level reported in a few patients with pituicytoma.We report a rare case of pituicytoma accompanied by corticotroph hyperplasia-a cha...

Prescribed Mosaic Burning in California Chaparral

In fire-prone ecosystems, knowledge of previous fire history and long-term fire regimes is essential to the establishment of ecologically sound fire management. In the Californian chaparral, fire regimes are determined by the rate of fuel accumulation and previous fire history. The evolution of patch mosaics created by fire is a non-random and self-organizing process because the occurrence of f...

Integrative Xylem Analysis of Chaparral Shrubs

The chaparral shrub community is dominated by evergreen sclerophyllous shrubs and primarily occurs in southern California (Fig. 7.1a) (Parker et al. in press). The chaparral has probably been more studied in an ecophysiological context than any other natural vegetation type in the world. The species that dominate this vegetation type have proven to be excellent model organisms for a range of ph...

Toxic amebic colitis coexisting with intestinal tuberculosis.

A patient with a fulminant amebic colitis coexisting with intestinal tuberculosis had a sudden onset of crampy abdominal pain, mucoid diarrhea, anorexia, fever and vomiting with signs of positive peritoneal irritation. Fulminant amebic colitis occurring together with intestinal tuberculosis is an uncommon event and may present an interesting patho-etiological relationship. The diagnosis was pro...