The objectives of this paper are to assess in laboratory conditions the flammability of undisturbed litter sampled beneath plants of seven species that are among those most frequently planted in hedges in Provence (southeastern France). Results were the variability in flammability recorded during burning experiments performed on undisturbed litter samples were partly explained by the proportion...

We evaluated selective feeding in hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata by comparing ingested prey species with their availability at 2 sites in the SW Dominican Republic. Hawksbills fed on 6 benthic species: 5 demosponges (Chondrilla nucula, Geodia neptuni, Myriastra kalitetilla, Spirastrella coccinea, and Tethya crypta) and 1 corallimorpharian (Ricordea florida). Hawksbills showed positive...

The 3,000 oil/gas structures currently deployed in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) provide hard substratum for marine organisms in a region where such has been rare since the Holocene. The major exception to this are the Flower Garden Banks (FGB). Corals are known to have colonized oil/gas platforms around the FGB, facilitating biogeographic expansion. We ask the question, what are the patter...

Abstract Understanding the drivers of invasive species spread is key to designing optimal management programmes for controlling them. Population models, parameterized from demographic and dispersal data, are useful simulating invasion when long-term observations lacking, which particularly important invasions occurring rapidly. We aimed understand how Pyracantha angustifolia (an ornamental shru...

An ayurvedic oil preparation containing flowers of ixora coccinea and cortus sativum was subjected to an animal experimentation to find out how far it is efficient in preventing the development of Dalton's lymphoma as solid tumour. The oil was applied after injecting the cells and we found it could retard the development of tumour and arrest further development of already formed tumour.

Phanera mekongensis , a new species from Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary, NortheasternThailand, is described and illustrated. The morphological description of the provided discussed in comparison with closely related species. molecular data nuclear chloroplast markers show that taxon robustly positioned well-supported clade includes type genus, P. coccinea .