Abstract We introduce and provide a new data-set of species-specific ecological indicator values (alternative ‘Ellenberg values’ for climatic variables, light, moisture, soil reaction/pH, salinity, nitrogen phosphorus plus response to management disturbance), physiological reproductive traits (including symbionts, phenology, pollinators, nectar production, seed properties), indices relevance co...

The effect of anthropic alterations such as drain discharge on a fish community was studied in the Ribeirão Claro River, municipality of Rio Claro, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Samples were made monthly in three different points along the river (headwaters, mid course, and confluence) between December, 2003 and March, 2004, which is the reproductive period for the majority of the sp...

: Melasma is a common dermatosis, presenting as ill-defined light to dark brown pigmentation of photo-exposed areas, most commonly the face. Its exact prevalence unknown, but it commoner in intermediate skin phototypes and women reproductive age. treatment monitoring have significance due its chronic recalcitrant history psychosocial impact. Various indices tools like melasma area severity Inde...

The study was executed with a specific objective to assess baseline data on libido indices (reaction time, libido index and time lapsed between two ejaculates) and serum testosterone concentration of Cholistani AI bulls (n=06) being reared at SPU, Karaniwala, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Furthermore, influence was noticed on these parameters of stress free and stressful seasons. Four seasons of 2 mont...

In this study, a methodological approach based on the model of differential equations system to determine impact functions public administration regional development in context digital transformation is proposed. As involves changes management models systems at different levels order improve their efficiency, also applies development. Based approach, social, reproductive and mobilizing state we...

Abstract The relationship between phenology and environmental factors is critical to understanding population dynamics in gradients. We evaluated phenological variations Croton heliotropiifolius Kunth sites with contrasting water resource availability caatinga, cerrado/caatinga transition, cerrado the Chapada Diamantina, Brazil. phenophases of 81 individuals (n = 27 individuals/area) were recor...

Effect of oral administration (25 and 100 mg/kg body wt/day, for 20 and 90 days) of fruit powder of Piper nigrum L. on the male reproductive organs of mice, Parkes strain, was investigated. Various reproductive end points such as organs weight, histopathology, sperm parameters, sialic acid and fructose contents, and fertility indices were assessed. Histologically, testes in treated mice, except...

To maximize reproductive success, many animal species have evolved functional sex change. Theory predicts that transitions between sexes should occur when the fitness payoff of the current sex is exceeded by the fitness payoff of the opposite sex. We examined phenotypic differences between the sexes in a sex-changing vertebrate, the mangrove rivulus fish (Kryptolebias marmoratus), to elucidate ...

Morphometric changes in body condition, liver, sonic muscle and gonadal development associated with the annual reproductive cycle and behaviour of the intertidal-nesting male plainfin midshipman Porichthys notatus were investigated. Body condition of type I males rapidly increased during the pre-nesting (PN) period, peaked at the beginning of the summer nesting cycle and then gradually declined...

Fire and grazing can interact to affect the structure and composition of vegetation communities in a manner that may differ from the effects of fire or grazing that occurs in isolation of the other. In order to better understand the effects of a fire-grazing interaction at the level of an individual plant species, we studied the response of a perennial tallgrass prairie forb, Arnoglossum planta...