The mam plant communities of ultramafic (serpentine) outcrops of a Mediterranean area in central Italy are described and their successional pathway discussed. Four vegetation stages are distinguished: a) an endemic garigue stage, with high percentage of exposed rocky soil belonging to Armerio-Alyssetum bertolonii; b) a garigue stage similar to the previous one but with several Mediterranean eve...

P. Parra-Rivas, D. Gomila, P. Colet, L. Gelens Applied Physics Research Group, APHY, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels Belgium. Instituto de F́ısica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 3 Laboratory of Dynamics in Biological Systems, KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Univ...

The Alyssum L. genus which is spread in the Eastern Mediterranean known by public as ‘Rabid weed’ or ‘Kevke’. Many of these species are seen a way to prevent disasters such erosion, both due drought resistance and low soil selectivity. Also ‘Tooth weed’, it has been used reduce tooth sore, bladder stones spasm. In this study, order examine antibacterial antifungal activities, extracts obtained ...

the International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach (IJITSA) a number of invited and peer-reviewed position papers that outline the focus areas of the journal. Additionally, we include in this short introduction the insights of two highly respected systems researchers and shapers of the systems approach: Professor Russell Ackoff, Anheuser-Busch Emeritus Professor of M...

This paper shows that synchrotron-based fluorescence and absorption-edge computed microtomographies (CMT) are well-suited for determining the compartmentalization and concentration of metals in hyperaccumulating plant tissues. Fluorescence CMT of intact leaf, stem, and root samples revealed that Ni concentrated in stem and leaf dermal tissues and, together with Mn, in distinct regions associate...

In the flora of Samara-Ulyanovsk Volga region, Brassicaceae family is one leading ones. It interest to study composition genera this at level territory entire as well physiographic regions included in it. helps understand whether there are local features cruciferous and what they are. Two natural zones distinguished area: forest-steppe steppe; four provinces 15 physical-geographic regions. pape...