Seventeen predation attempts on four Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in an heterogenous agricultural Mediterranean area of central Italy were recorded during breeding seasons 2020-21. Camera traps identified 7 different predators’ species, mainly Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus and Black rat Rattus rattus. Uropygial secretions hissing calls from chicks incubating female inside the cavity alw...

hazelnuts are usually propagated by suckers or layering. however, other methods of propagation have been tested with variable results. grafting is a method that has a few advantages such as fast multiplication rate, earlier fruiting and reducing sucker removal cost on specific rootstocks. unfortunately, grafting is difficult due to slow formation of callus in hazelnuts. here, we report the hypo...

Amblypygi (whip spiders) are terrestrial chelicerates inhabiting the subtropics and tropics. In morphological and rRNA-based phylogenetic analyses, Amblypygi cluster with Uropygi (whip scorpions) and Araneae (spiders) to form the taxon Tetrapulmonata, but there is controversy regarding the interrelationship of these three taxa. Mitochondrial genomes provide an additional large data set of phylo...

The Eyes of a Whip-poor-will I imagine the light all around me and I feel the energy My heart beats, my blood flows The mystery is no longer a mystery to me I feel the energized hand reaching out to me, it is filled with abundance It engulfs me and nurtures my being It empowers me with the wisdom to understand order The trees breathe out and I breathe in They are my brethren making me understan...

The bullwhip effect is the magnification of demand fluctuations, not the magnification of demand. Whenever demand increases and decreases, the bull whip effect are evident in a supply chain. When the supply chain is large, the issue becomes more complex. Also Bullwhip effect is caused from distortions in information along the supply chain Some of the bull whip effects are excess inventories, pr...

considering the importance of grafted seedlings for the development of pecan orchards in subtropical regions of iran, and in order to achieve a scientifically practical method of producing grafted pecan seedlings, this project was carried out in safiabad agricultural research center of dezful during 2011-12. the project investigated three grafting methods including hot cable, hypocotyl and late...