Bush encroachment is a form of land degradation prominent worldwide, but particularly present in semi-arid areas. In this study, we mapped the spatial distribution of the two encroacher species, Acacia mellifera and Acacia reficiens, in Central Namibia, based on their different phenological behavior. We used constrained principal curves to extract a one dimensional gradient of phenological chan...

Shifts in the timing of life history events have become an important source of information about how organisms are responding to climate change. Phenological data have generally been treated as purely temporal, with scant attention to the inherent spatial aspects of such data. However, phenological data are tied to a specific location, and considerations of sampling design, both over space and ...

Recent climate warming has shifted the timing of spring and autumn vegetation phenological events in the temperate and boreal forest ecosystems of Europe. In many areas spring phenological events start earlier and autumn events switch between earlier and later onset. Consequently, the length of growing season in mid and high latitudes of European forest is extended. However, the lagged effects ...

For the enhancement of cultural control, the agricultural practices such as intercropping can profoundly affect the insect pest populations. Studies were undertaken to examine the effects of intercropping wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) with canola (Brassica napus L.) on the incidence of aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) population and related crop yield. Study observed ...

Phenology is a key trait of plants all species, as it determines their season and duration growth reproduction, well ability to capture variable resources. Understanding the phenology Elaeagnus multiflora Thunb. rare but promising fruit medicinal plant Ukraine, namely codification stages seasonal development, according international BBCH scale, important for evaluation breeding material develop...

Endophytic fungi comprise a group of microorganisms great diversity, which can be modulated by biotic and abiotic factors. The present study aims to understand how environmental factors, blooming cultivars change the diversity endophytic fungal communities in sorghum leaves two forest areas Brazil. Our results showed that Sorghum bicolor has rich diverse community distributed Ascomycota, Basidi...