The spatial distribution of disturbances in Andean tropical forests and protected areas has commonly been calculated using bi or tri-temporal analysis because of persistent cloud cover and complex topography. Long-term trends of vegetative decline (browning) or improvement (greening) have thus not been evaluated despite their importance for assessing conservation strategy implementation in regi...

This paper describes the results of a survey on farmers’ perceptions of the effect of woody natural vegetation on wind erosion. Sixty farmers were interviewed in three villages in northern Burkina Faso. The farmers mentioned that the presence of woody vegetation between the crops could benefit yield, but feared competition between the natural vegetation and the crop. Vegetation in a field was c...

Manali Biswas1, Sumit Sahoo2,3, Smarajit Maiti2, Sudipta Roy3* 1Department of Molecular biology and Biotechnology, Sripat Singh College, Murshidabad, 742123 2Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Therapeutics Laboratory, Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Rangamati, Midnapore, 721101 3PG Department of Biotechnology, Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Rangamati, Mi...

BOOK ONE 1. Since feeling and voluntary motion are peculiar to animals, whilst growth and nutrition are common to plants as well, we may look on the former as effects of the soul and the latter as effects of the nature. And if there be anyone who allows a share in soul to plants as well, and separates the two kinds of soul, naming the kind in question vegetative, and the other sensory, this per...

Letters Best interests in persistent vegetative state SIR While I agree with several points raised in your recent editorial' on my paper, Applying best interests to persistent vegetative state-a principled distortion?,2 I must respond to a number of other issues which you raise. I agree unreservedly with your caveat that both doctors and judges must act within the law. My paper, however, sought...

An 18-year-old girl suffered a severe head injury in a traffic accident. As a result, she was vegetative for about 21/2 years. She then showed signs of a gradually returning responsiveness. Six years after the accident, she is now able to comprehend and communicate, shows considerable interest in her surroundings and is able to establish interpersonal relationships. Moreover, the improvement is...

A three-year project, financed by EU, European Regional Developmental Fund, will be carried out in 2011-14 as a collaborative effort with Finnish Forest Research Institute as a main performer, and Eastern Finland University and a commercial company Taimityllilä Oy as partners. Three new researchers are engaged by the project. The aim of the project is to deepen knowhow and develop technology fo...

In situ propagation of Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd. a threatened endemic tree of Agasthiamalai Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, India has been done.