Shifts of functional traits are important because phenotypic responses of species to environmental changes caused by natural and anthropogenic disturbances are fundamental in determining the risk of population extinction. This study tested the effect of forest thinning on the body shape and male genital size of an endemic ground beetle species Carabus masuzoi (Imura and Satô 1989) (Coleoptera,...

Field observations indicate that the distribution of certain forest tree species is modified by periodic flooding of the soil. There appear to be distinct differences between species with respect to the amount of flooding which they will tolerate. Overcup oak, for example, often occurs on areas which are flooded for considerable periods of time during the year, but northern red oak usually occu...

The Greek grammarian and lexicographer, Hesychius of Alexandria (5th–6th c. CE) included a Pamphylian gloss: βουρικυπάρισσος ἡ ἄμπελος. Περγαῖοι in his dictionary rare dialectal words. Based on microphilological lexical analysis, I suggest that the text should be read as follows: βουρί˙κυπάρισσος ἢ (“bourí: cypress or grapevine. Citizens Perge”). gloss question represents two different borrowin...

Rice kernel dimensions affect the performance of various post-harvest processes. This study assessed variability trends in kernel dimensional distributions of Bengal (medium-grain), Cypress, and Drew (long-grains) rice varieties. Rice was harvested at various stages of maturity from Stuttgart and Keiser, Arkansas during the autumns of 1998, 1999, and 2000. Brown rice kernel dimensions decreased...