Chemical cues released from injured prey are thought to indicate the proximity of a predator or predation event, and therefore, an area of elevated predation risk. Prey often avoid chemical cues released from injured heterospeciŽcs, but there is little evidence to determine whether this is due to homologous cues among phylogeneticallyrelated species, or avoidance of injured syntopic species tha...

We investigated changes in species richness, community biomass, and productivity during secondary forest succession in Ziwuling area of the Loess Plateau of China. Species richness(number of taxa) increased as the succession proceeds, and peaked at the climax forest community, but the richness growth gradually slowed down as the succession advanced. Community biomass rapidly increased from the ...

The hierarchical system of forest ecosystem models based on the theory of individual-based (structured) models of populations and communities is briefly described. New self-thinning models are integrated with tree stand models within a hierarchical system of models, aimed at assessing (quasi-) stable states of a forest ecosystem under given environment and management. Within the structural mode...

Second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy is a powerful tool for studying submicron architecture of muscles tissues. Using this technique, we show that the canonical single frequency sarcomeric SHG intensity pattern (SHG-IP) of premetamorphic xenopus tadpole tail muscles is converted to double frequency (2f) sarcomeric SHG-IP in metamorphic climax stages due to massive physiological muscle pr...

1: This study investigated 15 coexisting dominant species in a humid subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in southwest China, consisting of long-lived pioneers and climax species occurring in natural and disturbed regimes. The authors hypothesized that there would be non-tradeoff scaling relationships between sprouting and seed size among species, with the aim of uncovering the ecological ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of axon transection on the development and differentiation of spinal motoneurons in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpole. The 3 ventral roots (VRs) that innervate the hindlimb were transected, and the animals were killed 6-7 weeks later (reinnervation took place within 3 weeks). At early stages of development, axotomy resulted in an increa...

There is little doubt in my mind that Dr Morris’s chief contribution to New Testament theology has been his work on the doctrine of the atonement. His treatment of various aspects of the subject in several journals, including the Expository Times, Journal of Theological Studies and New Testament Studies, reached its climax in what for me is still his single most important work, The Apostolic Pr...

In national conservation plans, it is necessary to comparatively assess species pools of different regions and monitor their changes over time. Two specific problems arise: i) species diversity must be standardized per area, because regions differ in size, and ii) the diversity measure should take into account how common or rare the species are on the regional scale. We used the rarefaction met...

Solar and wind power are called to play a main role in the transition toward decarbonized electricity systems. However, their integration energy mix is highly compromised due intermittency of production caused by weather climate variability. To face challenge, here we present research about actionable strategies for solar photovoltaic facilities deployment that exploit complementarity order min...