Hoya New 7 (3) - Hoya indaysarahae

New species Hoya indaysarahae from Mindanao Island Philippines
Hoya New 7 (3)

Genome Biology and Evolution - 4 (2), 2012

Contents:

Research Articles

        Shelley D. Copley, Joseph Rokicki, Pernilla Turner, Hajnalka Daligault, Matt Nolan, and Miriam Land
    The Whole Genome Sequence of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L-1: Insights into the Evolution of the Pentachlorophenol Degradation Pathway
   
        Cheng Sun, Donald B. Shepard, Rebecca A. Chong, José López Arriaza, Kathryn Hall, Todd A. Castoe, Cédric Feschotte, David D. Pollock, and Rachel Lockridge Mueller
    LTR Retrotransposons Contribute to Genomic Gigantism in Plethodontid Salamanders
   
        M. Ollivier, T. Gabaldón,J. Poulain, F. Gavory, N. Leterme, J.-P. Gauthier, F. Legeai, D. Tagu, J. C. Simon, and C. Rispe
    Comparison of Gene Repertoires and Patterns of Evolutionary Rates in Eight Aphid Species That Differ by Reproductive Mode
  
        Estienne C. Swart, Mariusz Nowacki, Justine Shum, Heather Stiles, Brian P. Higgins, Thomas G. Doak, Klaas Schotanus, Vincent J. Magrini, Patrick Minx, Elaine R. Mardis, and Laura F. Landweber
    The Oxytricha trifallax Mitochondrial Genome
  
        George H. Perry, Darryl Reeves, Páll Melsted, Aakrosh Ratan, Webb Miller, Katelyn Michelini, Edward E. Louis, Jr, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Christopher E. Mason, and Yoav Gilad
    A Genome Sequence Resource for the Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), a Nocturnal Lemur from Madagascar
  
        Małgorzata Wojtkowska, Marcin Jąkalski, Joanna R. Pieńkowska, Olgierd Stobienia, Andonis Karachitos, Teresa M. Przytycka, January Weiner (3), Hanna Kmita, and Wojciech Makałowski
    Phylogenetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Outer Membrane ß-Barrel Channels
  
        Andrew T. Beckenbach
    Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Nematocera (Lower Diptera): Evidence of Rearrangement following a Complete Genome Duplication in a Winter Crane Fly
   
        Thomas E. Keller, S. David Mis, Kevin E. Jia, and Claus O. Wilke
    Reduced mRNA Secondary-Structure Stability Near the Start Codon Indicates Functional Genes in Prokaryotes
   
Letters

        Courtney C. Babbitt, Jenny Tung, Gregory A. Wray and Susan C. Alberts
    Changes in Gene Expression Associated with Reproductive Maturation in Wild Female Baboons
   
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Gardenwise Singapore Botanic Gardens - 38, 2012

Contents:

Articles

20th World Orchid Conference in Singapore
The precocious flowering of Arundina ‘Singapore Botanic
Gardens’, the world’s only Arundina hybrid
Resolving a century-old mystery: the parentage of Vanda
Miss Joaquim, Singapore’s national flower
Corybas orchids, elusive and enigmatic botanical gems 14 Joe Arditti’s collection of orchid literature comes toSingapore; A renowned orchidologist’s research collection of papers is now with the Singapore Botanic Gardens
Night encounters with bioluminescent mushrooms
Heritage of the Tan Phu forest
Rudraksha: the bead tree of India and related species

Regular Features:
Message from the Director
Launch of the Healing Garden
Rare books exhibition by the Makino Botanical Garden
Trees of the World
Forests, People, Environment Exhibition
Once upon a lunch...land planarians
Matchmaking palms-double coconuts find love across the seas
New and Exciting
New in the library shop
Ginger and its Allies
Kaempferia candida: Curcuma in brilliant disguise
From Taxonomy Corner
Typical
What’s Blooming
Healing floras that enhance beauty and health
Staff Publications
Publications by garden staff in 2011
From Education Outreach
Outreach to educators
Beyond the Gardens
15th Flora of Thailand Meeting
2nd Red Listing Workshop on Threatened Plants from
Indochina
Key Visitors to the Garden
July-December 2011
From the Archives
Back cover Reichenbachia: orchids illustrated and described


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Biotropica - 44 (1), 2012

Contents:


    Removal Effects on Nectar Production in Bat-pollinated Flowers of the Brazilian Cerrado (pages 1–5)

    Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec and Paulo E. Oliveira

   
    Lust for Salt in the Western Amazon (pages 6–9)

    Robert Dudley, Michael Kaspari and Stephen P. Yanoviak

   
    Disturbance Type and Plant Successional Communities in Bahamian Dry Forests (pages 10–18)

    Claire C. Larkin, Charles Kwit, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Eileen H. Helmer, M. Henry H. Stevens, Montara T. K. Roberts and David N. Ewert

   
    The Quest for a Suitable Host: Size Distributions of Host Trees and Secondary Hemiepiphytes Search Strategy (pages 19–26)

    María P. Balcázar-Vargas, María C. Penuela-Mora, Tinde R. van Andel and Pieter A. Zuidema

   
    Fire and Host Abundance as Determinants of the Distribution of Three Congener and Sympatric Mistletoes in an Amazonian Savanna (pages 27–34)

    Rodrigo F. Fadini and Albertina P. Lima

  
    Tropical Understory Piper Shrubs Maintain High Levels of Genotypic Diversity Despite Frequent Asexual Recruitment (pages 35–43)

    Eloisa Lasso, James W. Dalling and Eldredge Bermingham

  
    Subsampling Herbarium Collections to Assess Geographic Diversity Gradients: A Case Study with Endemic Orchidaceae and Rubiaceae in Cameroon (pages 44–52)

    Vincent Droissart, Olivier J. Hardy, Bonaventure Sonké, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas and Tariq Stévart

 
    Insect Herbivory and Leaf Disease in Natural and Human Disturbed Habitats: Lessons from Early-Successional Heliconia Herbs (pages 53–62)

    Bráulio A. Santos and Julieta Benítez-Malvido

  
    Short-term Effects of Single Species Browsing Release by Different-sized Herbivores on Sand Forest Vegetation Community, South Africa (pages 63–72)

    Georgette Lagendijk, Bruce R. Page and Rob Slotow

   
    Optimizing Diversity Assessment Protocols for High Canopy Ants in Tropical Rain Forest (pages 73–81)

    Kalsum M. Yusah, Tom M. Fayle, Grant Harris and William A. Foster

  
    Upslope Range Shifts of Andean Dung Beetles in Response to Deforestation: Compounding and Confounding Effects of Microclimatic Change (pages 82–89)

    Trond H. Larsen

  
    The Evolution of Group Stability and Roost Lifespan: Perspectives from Tent-Roosting Bats (pages 90–97)

    Maria Sagot and Richard D. Stevens

  
    Monitoring a Puma (Puma concolor) Population in a Fragmented Landscape in Southeast Brazil (pages 98–104)

    Renata A. Miotto, Marcelo Cervini, Rodrigo A. Begotti and Pedro M. Galetti Jr.

 
    Differences in Diet Between Spider Monkey Groups Living in Forest Fragments and Continuous Forest in Mexico (pages 105–113)

    Óscar M. Chaves, Kathryn E. Stoner and Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez

   
    Narrow Fungal Mycorrhizal Diversity in a Population of the Orchid Coppensia doniana (pages 114–122)

    Rafael B. Valadares, Marlon C. Pereira, Joel T. Otero and Elke J. Cardoso

   
    Patterns and Trends of Forest Loss in the Colombian Guyana (pages 123–132)

    Nelly Rodríguez, Dolors Armenteras, Roberto Molowny-Horas and Javier Retana

   
    Remembering Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Klara Victoria Kalko (1962–2011) (pages 133–134)

    K. Eduard Linsenmair

   
    Thanks to Editors and ad hoc Reviewers 2010–2011 (pages 135–138)

  

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Australasian Plant Disease Notes - 6, 2011

Contents:


First report of Alternaria alternata causing discoloration on Amaranthus seeds in Argentina

María Cristina Noelting, Marina Noemí Sisterna, Gladys Lori, María Cristina Sandoval and María del Cármen Molina, et al.

    
Cladosporium oxysporum on Prunus nepalensis in India

P. Baiswar, S. Chandra, T. K. Bag, R. K. Patel and S. V. Ngachan, et al.

 
Gossypium robinsonii, an Australian wild cotton species is an asymptomatic host of the cotton leaf curl disease pathogen complex

M. T. Azhar, I. Amin, Z. I. Anjum and S. Mansoor

  
First report of a newly detected potyvirus, Commelina mild mosaic virus, infecting Commelina spp. in Australia

Linda Zheng, Mark Gibbs, Adrian Gibbs and Brendan Rodoni

  
First report of Panicum mosaic virus in buffalo grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) from Australia

John E. Thomas and Visnja Steele

   
First report of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose on Blepharocalyx salicifolius in Argentina

Silvina Larran, José Vera Bahima and Gustavo Dal Bello

  
Detection of Cucumber mosaic virus on Clematis paniculata in lowland forest in New Zealand

Paul Leslie Guy

  
Elucidation of the taxonomy and pathological status of Pyricularia associated with banana blast in Australia

Mike F. Male, Yu Pei Tan, Lynton L. Vawdrey and Roger G. Shivas

   
First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ associated with Citrus decumana (Beejapuraka) in South India

Charith Raj Adkar-Purushothama, P. K. Maheshwar and G. R. Janardhana

 
A bacterial disease of hellebore caused by Pseudomonas viridiflava in New Zealand

Robert K. Taylor, Megan K. Romberg and Brett J. R. Alexander

  
First report of Groundnut Bud Necrosis Virus infecting Taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Y. Sivaprasad, B. V. Bhaskara Reddy, C. V. M. Naresh Kumar, K. Raja Reddy and D. V. R. Sai Gopal

  
First report of Alternaria sp. causing blight on Incarvillea emodi

V. Shanmugam, D. Dhyani and D. Ananthapadmanaban

  
First record of powdery mildew of castor- oil plant (Ricinus communis) caused by the anamorphic stage of Leveillula taurica in Iran

M. R. Mirzaee, S. A. Khodaparast, M. Mohseni, S. H. R. Ramazani and M. Soltani-Najafabadi

  
First report of Nectria haematococca causing root rot disease of physic nut (Jatropha curcas) in China

Yue-kai Wu, Guo-teng Ou and Jin-yong Yu

   
Meloidogyne paranaensis attacking coffee trees in Espirito Santo State, Brazil

A. F. Barros, R. D. L. Oliveira, L. Zambolim, A. O. Ferreira and R. R. Coutinho

 
First record of Pyricularia grisea causing leaf blight of Costus spiralis in Brazil

Eduardo A. Santana, Eduardo Guatimosim, Cicero A. G. Fuga, Chirlei Glienke and Robert Weingart Barreto


Powdery mildews observed on Onobrychis spp. in Turkey

Arzu Çelik, Aziz Karakaya, Süleyman Avci, Cengiz Sancak and Sebahattin Özcan

   
First report of Strawberry necrotic shock virus infecting strawberry (Fragaria vesca) from Australia

Murray Sharman, Fiona Constable, Ruvinda Perera and John E. Thomas

   
First report of Neofusicoccum parvum causing canker and die-back of Eucalyptus in Spain

Eugenia Iturritxa, Bernard Slippers, Nebai Mesanza and Michael J. Wingfield

   
First record of Colletotrichum sansevieriae on Sansevieria sp. (mother-in-law’s tongue) in Australia

R. Aldaoud, S. DeAlwis, S. Salib, J. H. Cunnington and S. Doughty

   
New races of Bremia lactucae on lettuce in Australia

D. S. Trimboli and Jacqueline Nieuwenhuis

   
Alternaria alternata causes pre-harvest discolouration in Backhousia myrtifolia leaf

Sarana Sommano, Daryl C. Joyce, Son Quang Dinh and Bruce D’Arcy

  
First report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae causing kiwifruit bacterial canker in New Zealand

Kerry R. Everett, Robert K. Taylor, Megan K. Romberg, Jonathan Rees-George and Robert A. Fullerton, et al.

 
First report of algal leaf spot associated with Cephaleuros virescens on greenhouse-grown Ficus benghalensis in Korea

Kyung-Sook Han, Mi-Jeong Park, Ji-Hyun Park and Hyeon-Dong Shin

   
Plant-hyphomycete interactions in lowland central Burma

M. M. Thaung

  
First report of the mycoparasite Verticillium epiphytum on Uromyces mucunae in India

P. Baiswar, S. Chandra, P. Chandra, K. P. Mohapatra and K. Bemkaireima, et al.

  
First report of Hemileia wrightiae on Wrightia spp. in Australia

J. R. Liberato and R. G. Shivas

  
Convolvulus arvensis, a new host for Alternaria solani causing early blight of Solanum lycopersicum in Pakistan

K. P. Akhtar, N. Sarwar, M. Y. Saleem and M. Asghar

   
First report of Phoma clematidina the cause of leaf spot-wilt disease of Clematis pubescens in Australia

H. Golzar, C. Wang and D. Willyams


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Australian Journal of Botany - 59 (8), 2011

Contents:

   
Early impacts of harvesting and burning disturbances on vegetation communities in the Warra silvicultural systems trial, Tasmania, Australia

Mark G. Neyland and S. Jean Jarman


Reproductive biology of Monttea aphylla (Scrophulariaceae)

Mariana Tadey


Patterns of plant abundances in natural systems: is there value in modelling both species abundance and distribution?

Thomas J. Duff, Tina L. Bell and Alan York


Comparative study on the effects of NaCl on selected moss and fern representatives

Milica Bogdanović, Milena Ilić, Suzana Živković, Aneta Sabovljević, Dragoljub Grubišić and Marko Sabovljević


Tasmanian coastal saltmarsh community transitions associated with climate change and relative sea level rise 1975–2009

Vishnu N. Prahalad, Jamie B. Kirkpatrick and Richard E. Mount


Patterns of polyembryony and frequency of surviving multiple embryos of the Brazilian pine Araucaria angustifolia

Sarah Zanon Agapito-Tenfen, Neusa Steiner, Miguel Pedro Guerra and Rubens Onofre Nodari


Expression of a FLOWERING LOCUS T homologue is temporally associated with annual flower bud initiation in Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus (Myrtaceae)

Rebecca C. Jones, Valérie F. G. Hecht, Brad M. Potts, René E. Vaillancourt and James L. Weller


Genetic diversity and population genetic structure in fragmented Allocasuarina verticillata (Allocasuarinaceae) – implications for restoration

Linda M. Broadhurst


Inhibition of abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure by ethylene is related to the change of hydrogen peroxide levels in guard cells in broad bean

XiGui Song, XiaoPing She and Juan Wang


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Australian Journal of Botany - 59 (7), 2011

Contents:

   
Spatial distribution of species richness and endemism of the genus Acacia in Australia

Carlos E. González-Orozco, Shawn W. Laffan and Joseph T. Miller


Detecting karrikinolide responses in seeds of the Poaceae

Rowena L. Long, Jason C. Stevens, Erin M. Griffiths, Markus Adamek, Stephen B. Powles and David J. Merritt


Traits associated with drought survival in three Australian tropical rainforest seedlings

Jillian M. Deines, Jessica J. Hellmann and Timothy J. Curran


Cycads show no stomatal-density and index response to elevated carbon dioxide and subambient oxygen

Matthew Haworth, Annmarie Fitzgerald and Jennifer C. McElwain


Restore and sequester: estimating biomass in native Australian woodland ecosystems for their carbon-funded restoration

J. H. Jonson and D. Freudenberger


The impact of harvesting native forests on vegetation and soil C stocks, and soil CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes

K. L. Page, R. C. Dalal and R. J. Raison


Individual plant species responses to phosphorus and livestock grazing

J. Dorrough, S. McIntyre and M. P. Scroggie


Cytotoxicity of essential oils from two species of Heterothalamus (Asteraceae)

Valeri Schmidt-Silva, Ângela Pawlowski, Eliane Kaltchuk dos Santos, Cláudia Alcaraz Zini and Geraldo L. G. Soares


The ecological relationships and demography of restricted ironstone endemic plant species: implications for conservation

Colin J. Yates, Neil Gibson, Neil E. Pettit, Rebecca Dillon and Russell Palmer

      
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Asia Life Sciences - 21 (2), 2012

Contents:

Hematological, biochemical and electrolyte values of the Nubian Ibex (Capra ibex nubiana Cuvier1825, Bovidae: Caprinae)    
RIYADH S. ALJUMAAH, MANSOUR F. HUSSEIN    

Effects of dry period length on milk yield and composition, blood metabolites, follicular dynamics and complete blood count in Holstein dairy cows    
AKBAR SOLEIMANI, MOHSEN DANESH MESGARAN, ALIREZA HERAVI MOUSSAVI, ABDOLMANSOOR TAHMASBI, ABOLQASEM GOLIAN    

Clinical epidemiology of assessment for willingness-to-pay values associated with gallstone disease: The experience at a teaching hospital in Taiwan    
JAU-YUAN CHEN, CHUNG-TE HSU, YI LIAO, JORN-HON LIU, NIEN-TZU CHANG, HUI-CHUAN SHIH, TAO-HSIN TUNG
   
Delimitation of Begonia L. sections Diploclinium and Baryandra (Begoniaceae) in the Philippines    
ROSARIO RIVERA RUBITE    

Response of the male bagworm moth (Metisa plana Walker, Lepidoptera: Psychidae) towards female bagworm pheromone lure in wind tunnel bioassays    
FAUZIAH ABDULLAH, MOHD SHUKRI MOHD SABRI, IBNU SINA, FATMAHJIHAN FAUZEE, SUWATI MAT ISA
   
The Give-Me-Five Project: Its impacts on rice farming in Calatrava, Romblon, Philippines    
RICHARD D. ROMANILLOS, MARIO M. MOVILLON, ERNESTO L. BUMATAY
   
Avian community parameters of a freshwater wetland ecosystem in Peninsular Malaysia    
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ RAJPAR, MOHAMED ZAKARIA    

Dance: Self-expression and total fitness    
ROWENA N. MONTE, AIVI R. BUAN
   
Conservation status and nrITS-supported classification of the Philippine endemic genus Greeniopsis Merr. (Rubiaceae)    
MILLARD M. UY, GRECEBIO JONATHAN D. ALEJANDRO
   
Evaluation of height-diameter models for three tropical plantation species in the Philippines    
ROSCINTO IAN C. LUMBRES, DALISAY E. CABRAL, MARISSA R. PARAO, YEON OK SEO, YOUNG JIN LEE
   
Degradation of N-acylhomoserine lactone by Enterobacter sp. sw39 isolated from sewage    
WAI-FONG YIN, CHENG-SIANG WONG, ZI-BIN LOW JOEL, CHOON-KOOK SAM, CHONG-LEK KOH    

Physiological response of Cd- and Pb-treated Populus alba × glandulosa seedlings amended with SCB liquid fertilizer    
SIM-HEE HAN, DU-HYUN KIM, VENECIO U. ULTRA JR., PAN-GI KIM, NELLY S. AGGANGAN    

Growth performance and phytoremediation potential of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. and Vitex parviflora Juss. in coppercontaminated soil amended with zeolite and VAM    
ADRIAN M. TULOD, ARTURO SA. CASTILLO, WILFREDO M. CARANDANG, NELSON M. PAMPOLINA    

Changes in growth, photosynthetic parameters, carbon and nitrogen uptake of Pinus densiflora S. et Z. under elevated temperature and CO2 level    
VENECIO U. ULTRA JR., SIM-HEE HAN, DU-HYUN KIM, NELLY S. AGGANGAN    

The relation of early childhood consumer experience, financial socialization and financial knowledge with perceived financial well-being    
MOHAMAD FAZLI SABRI, CHRISTINE C. COOK, MACK C. SHELLEY, TAHIRA K. HIRA, STEVEN B. GARASKY, PATRICIA M. SWANSON
   
Quantitative landscape management targets for biodiversity conservation: Method development with an example from the Philippines    
KARL L. VILLEGAS, RUTH GRACE R. AMBAL, CHARLOTTE BOYD, THOMAS M. BROOKS, OLIVER COROZA, NAAMAL DE SILVA, MELIZAR DUYA, RODEL D. LASCO, GOETZ SCHROTH, GRACE B. VILLAMOR    

Understorey bird species diversity along elevational gradients on the northeastern slope of Mt. Makiling, Luzon, Philippines    
DARLENE C. PAGADUAN, LETICIA E. AFUANG    

Foliar sap NO3-N in pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.] at varying N levels and its relation with dry matter yield    
NGUYEN TANH TRIEU, DOMINGO E. ANGELES    

The spider fauna in the rice agricultural landscape of Hainan Island, China: Composition, abundance and feeding structure    
A. T. BARRION, S. S. VILLAREAL, J. L. A. CATINDIG, D. CAI, Q. H. YUAN, K. L. HEONG
   
Tmesipteris zamorae: A new species of Tmesipteris Bernh. (Psilotaceae) from the Philippines    
WILLIAM SM. GRUEZO


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Annals of Botany - 109 (2), 2012

Contents:

ContentSnapshots

Plant Cuttings
 Chaffey, Nigel

The restless plant
 Chaffey, Nigel

The plant cell wall. Methods and protocols
 Dalessandro, Giuseppe

Genetic consequences of anagenetic speciation in Acer okamotoanum (Sapindaceae) on Ullung Island, Korea
 Takayama, Koji; Sun, Byung-Yun; Stuessy, Tod F.

Somatic mutations contribute to genotypic diversity in sterile and fertile populations of the threatened shrub, Grevillea rhizomatosa (Proteaceae)
 Gross, C. L.; Nelson, Penelope A.; Haddadchi, Azadeh; Fatemi, Mohammad

Environmental control of reproductive phenology and the effect of pollen supplementation on resource allocation in the cleistogamous weed, Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae)
 Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A.; Parra-Tabla, Victor; Ollerton, Jeff; Cervera, J. Carlos

Progenitor-derivative speciation in Pozoa (Apiaceae, Azorelloideae) of the southern Andes
 López, Patricio; Tremetsberger, Karin; Kohl, Gudrun; Stuessy, Tod

Epicormic ontogeny in Quercus petraea constrains the highly plausible control of epicormic sprouting by water and carbohydrates
 Morisset, J. B.; Mothe, F.; Bock, J.; Bréda, N.; Colin, F.

Generalist passerine pollination of a winter-flowering fruit tree in central China
 Fang, Qiang; Chen, Ying-Zhuo; Huang, Shuang-Quan

Evolution and taxonomic split of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon
 Catalán, Pilar; Müller, Jochen; Hasterok, Robert; Jenkins, Glyn; Mur, Luis A. J.; Langdon, Tim; Betekhtin, Alexander; Siwinska, Dorota; Pimentel, Manuel; López-Alvarez, Diana

A role for PHANTASTICA in medio-lateral regulation of adaxial domain development in tomato and tobacco leaves
 Zoulias, Nicholas; Koenig, Daniel; Hamidi, Ashley; McCormick, Sheila; Kim, Minsung

A mathematical model of mucilage expansion in myxospermous seeds of Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd's purse)
 Deng, Wenni; Jeng, Dong-Sheng; Toorop, Peter E.; Squire, Geoffrey R.; Iannetta, Pietro P. M.

Patterns of genetic variability and habitat occupancy in Crepis triasii (Asteraceae) at different spatial scales: insights on evolutionary processes leading to diversification in continental islands
 Mayol, Maria; Palau, Carles; Rosselló, Josep A.; González-Martínez, Santiago C.; Molins, Arántzazu; Riba, Miquel

Comparative studies of thermotolerance: different modes of heat acclimation between tolerant and intolerant aquatic plants of the genus Potamogeton
 Amano, Momoe; Iida, Satoko; Kosuge, Keiko

Hybrid proline-rich proteins: novel players in plant cell elongation?
 Dvořáková, Lenka; Srba, Miroslav; Opatrny, Zdenek; Fischer, Lukas

Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?
 Birouste, Marine; Kazakou, Elena; Blanchard, Alain; Roumet, Catherine

Unrestricted quality of seeds in European broad-leaved tree species growing at the cold boundary of their distribution
 Kollas, C.; Vitasse, Y.; Randin, C. F.; Hoch, G.; Körner, C.

Co-adaptation of seed dormancy and flowering time in the arable weed Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd's purse)
 Toorop, Peter E.; Campos Cuerva, Rafael; Begg, Graham S.; Locardi, Bruna; Squire, Geoff R.; Iannetta, Pietro P. M.

An extinct Eocene taxon of the daisy family (Asteraceae): evolutionary, ecological and biogeographical implications

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Gorteria - 35 (5), 2011

Contents:

J. Koopman: Carex ×ploegii hybr. nov. [= Carex otrubae Podp. × C. paniculata L.] (Cyperaceae)
 
E. Oosterveld: Lepelbladveenmos (Sphagnum platyphyllum (Braithw.) Warnst.) na 50 jaar terug in Nederland
   
B.F. van Tooren & M.C. van Westen: Het geslacht Micrasterias Ralfs (Desmidiaceae) in Nederland
   
R.J.W.M. van der Ham: Geschubde mannetjesvaren in Nederland voor het eerst op een muur gevonden
   

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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (1-7), 2012

African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (1), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Chiraz Chaffei Haouari, Afef Hajjaji Nasraoui, Donia Bouthour, Maaroufi Dghimi Houda, Chiraz Ben Daieb, Jamel Mnai and Houda Gouia

Response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) to cadmium toxicity: Growth, element uptake, chlorophyll content and photosynthesis rate

     
Adenike A. O. Ogunshe, Zibi M. Johnny and Amala O. Arinze

Effects of food spices on Gram-negative food indicator bacteria from some Nigerian ethnic fermented plant food condiments

     
Ipou Ipou J., Koffi K. A. D., Ouattara D and N’Guessan K. E.

Vegetation and flora dynamic of the fallow of the national centre of  floristic (NCF) of Cocody-Abidjan University (Ivory Coast)


Nasrullah Khan

A community analysis of Quercus baloot Griff, forest District Dir, Upper Pakistan

     
Lwandiso Dyubeni and Lisa V. Buwa

Foliar micromorphology of Salvia greggii A. Gray (Lamiaceae)

     
Salah Balla M. Ahmed and Abubakri F. Ahmed

Genotype × season interaction and characters association of some Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes under rain-fed conditions of Sudan

      
T. I. Borokini and A. E. Ayodele

Pollen morphology of Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze in Nigeria

      

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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (2), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Tamal Chakraborty, Amal Kumar Mondal and Sanjukta Mondal Parui

Studies on the prospects and some problems of sand dune vegetation at the fragile coastal zones of West Bengal and Orissa, in Eastern India

      
Aluko Olubunmi A., Chikoye D. and Smith Muftau A. K.

Effect of soybean (Glycine max) leaf extracts on germination and early growth of speargrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Reauschel

     
Mahmut Dogan

Investigation of the effect of salt stress on the antioxidant enzyme activities on the young and old leaves of Salsola (Stenoptera) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

    
M. Sharrifmoghaddasi

Study on florets harvest effects on grain and oil yields and their components in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

     
Yoseph Beyene, Stephen Mugo, Tadele Tefera, James Gethi, John Gakunga, Samuel Ajanga, Haron Karaya, Ruth Musila, Wilson Muasya, Regina Tende and Stephen Njoka

Yield stability of stem borer resistant maize hybrids evaluated in regional trials in east Africa

       
Olawuyi O. J., Ezekiel-Adewoyin D. T., Odebode, A. C., Aina. D. A. and Esenbamen. G. E.

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal (Glomus clarum) and organomineral fertilizer on growth and yield performance of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

      
Mohamad Pirigharnaei Samad Zare,Reza Heidary, Jalil Khara and Reza EmamaliSabzi

Determination and comparing of the essential oil components in wild and cultivated populations of Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen

      
Xavier Mhike, Patrick Okori, Cosmos Magorokosho and Thokozile Ndlela

Validation of the use of secondary traits and selection indices for drought tolerance in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)

       
Aikpokpodion P. O. and Edet O. U.

Karyotype characterization of Platostoma africanum P. Beauv. in Southeastern Nigeria

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (3), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Muhammad S. A., Malik Z. H., Malik N. Z. and Sadia M. A

The position of Pinus roxburghii in the forests of Kotli hills, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

    
Gidey Yirga, Mekonen Teferi, Gebrerufael Gidey and Samuel Zerabruk

An ethnoveterinary survey of medicinal plants used to treat livestock diseases in Seharti-Samre district, northern Ethiopia

      
Ncube Lindani and Calistus Bvenura

Effects of the integrated use of effective micro-organisms, compost and mineral fertilizer on greenhouse-grown tomato

       
Maria Goss

A study of the initial establishment of multi - purpose moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam) at various plant densities, their effect on biomass accumulation and leaf yield when grown as vegetable

     
J. Karanja, S. Nguluu and M. Gatheru

Farm yard manure reduces the virulence of Alectra vogelii (Benth) on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)


M. K. Abdurakhimov

Growing ecologically clean potato seed material


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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (4), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Fatemeh Ahmadloo, Masoud Tabari, Hamed Yousefzadeh, Yahya Kooch and Ahmad Rahmani

Effects of soil nutritional status on seedling nursery performance of Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica var arizonica Greene) and Medite cypress (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizantalis (Mill.) Gord)

       
David Akpoebi Akpuluma and Charles Chukwumah Opara

Determination of the characteristics of plant exudates from selected tropical trees and unripe fruits

      
P. E. Norman, P. Tongoona and P. E. Shanahan

Diversity in chromosome number and raphide morphology of yam (Dioscorea spp.) genotypes from Sierra Leone

      
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (5), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles

 
Alamu L. O., Ojo A. O. and Ogunesan B. A.

Effect of oil types as pollutants on physiognomic characteristics of Gmelina arborea in the tropical rainforest zone of Nigeria

       
D. Oppong-Sekyere, R. Akromah, E. Y. Nyamah, E. Brenya and S. Yeboah

Evaluation of some okra (Abelmoschus spp L.) germplasm in Ghana

   
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (6), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles

 
Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sushma Koul, Arun Kumar , M. K. Kaul, A. S. Soodan and S. N. Raina

Assessment and characterization of genetic diversity in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers

      
Dereje Ademe, Derbew Belew and Getachew Tabor

Influence of bulb topping and intra row spacing on yield and quality of some shallot (Allium Cepa Var. Aggregatum) varieties at Aneded woreda, western Amhara


Fatemeh Zarinkamar, Maryam Ghannadnia and Raheem Haddad

Limonene synthase gene expression under different concentrations of manganese in Cuminum cyminum L.

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (7), 2012



Contents:

Review

 
Farhood Golmohammadi and Mohammad Karim Motamed

A viewpoint toward farm management and importance of barberry in sustainable rural livelihood in desert regions in east of Iran

      
Research Articles

 
Abdulrahim Aljamal, Abdallah Ibrahim, Mohammad A. Al-Fararjeh and Taha Alqadi

Effects of rosemary on lipid profile in diabetic rats

       
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (19-22), 2011

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (19), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Abdul Wahab, Gul Majid Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq, Nauman Rahim Khan, Abid Hussain, Alam Zeb, Asim-ur- Rehman and Kifayat Ullah Shah

        Pre-formulation investigation and in vitro evaluation of directly compressed ibuprofen-ethocel oral controlled release matrix tablets: A kinetic approach

       
Mohammad Talebi, Maryam Mashayekhi, Soodeh Rajabi, Mohammadreza Rahmani, Ali Roohbakhsh and Ali Shamsizadeh

        Effect of chronic morphine treatment on tactile learning in rat

       
LIMA Gláucia Manoella de Souza, SOUZA Larissa Isabela Oliveira, ROSATO Yoko Bomura and ARAÚJO Janete Magali

        Detection of bacteriocins in Zymomonas mobilis and RAPD fingerprinting of the producer strains

       
M. Rajendran, M. Mahalakshmi, R. Ramya and D. Devapiriam

        A semi-empirical study of flavone compounds with antioxidant efficiency

       
Luana Kamila A. Braga, Aruan Kawally C. de Macedo, Ariathanna A. Cunha, Joao Marcos F. L. Silva, Francisco A. V. Santos, Celestina E. S. Souza, Henrique D. M. Coutinho, Thiago S. Almeida, José G. M. Costa and  Edinardo F. F. Matias

        Potentiation of in vitro antibiotic activity by Ocimum gratissimum L.

     
Iqbal Hussain, Naeem Khan, Riaz Ullah, Shanzeb, Shabir Ahmed, Farhat Ali Khan and Sultan Yaz

        Phytochemical, physiochemical and anti-fungal activity of Eclipta alba

       
Hossein Rostami, Ali Aliyev, Valida Madatova and Ali Arasteh

        Effects of physical activity on some of hemostatic parameters changes in epiphysectomized rats
       

O. A. Ayoola, R. A. Baiyewu, J. N. Ekunola, B. A. Olajire, J. A. Egunjobi, E. O. Ayeni and O. O. Ayodele

        Phytoconstituent screening and antimicrobial principles of leaf extracts of two variants of Morus alba (S30 and S54)

       
Rahbani Mohammad, Mohajeri Daryoush, Rezaie Ali, Doustar Yousef and Nazeri Mehrdad

        Attenuation of oxidative stress of hepatic tissue by ethanolic extract of saffron (dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L.) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats   

       
Saeed Al-Zahrani, Saleh Kandeal, Mohamed Mohany and Gamal Badr

        Effects of vitamin E and thymoquinone on physiological and histological characteristics of heat-stressed male mice 

      

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (20), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
L. P. Nkomo, E. Green and R. N Ndip

        Preliminary phytochemical screening and in vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of extracts of the leaves of Lippia javanica

        
Huaiping Shi, Yamei He, Qingwang Li, Tao Feng, Guoxia Geng and Jian Li

        Effect of Bidens bipircadta L. on mouse uterine cervix cancer

     
Xi-Qian Xing, Bei Han, Xu-Wei Wu, Yi Xiao and Shang-Jie Wu

        Efficacy and safety of prostacyclins therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A meta-analysis

      
N. Ebrahim and R. A. Uebel

        Direct inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme by an extract of Harpagophytum procumbens, harpagoside and harpagide

      
Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab, Maryati Md Dasor, Sahidan Senafi, Asma Alhusna Abang Abdullah, Abdul Aziz Jemain, Nurfathiha Abu Kasim, Zulham Yamamoto and Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin

        Crevicular tartrate resistant acid phosphatase activity and rate of tooth movement under different continuous force applications

       
Aschalew Nardos, Eyasu Makonnen and Asfaw Debella

        Effects of crude extracts and fractions of Moringa stenopetala (Baker f)  Cufodontis leaves in normoglycemic and alloxan-induced diabetic mice

       
Zahid Zaheer, Aniruddha P. Paithankar, Sagar D. Deshpande and Subur Khan

        Optimization of extraction process and phytochemical investigations of Spathodea campanulata flowers
        

Liu ji, Zhou xiao and Jiang jie

        A validated HPLC method for the determination of levobupivacaine in plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic studies in Chinese people

       
Sajid Bashir, Tahir Aqeel, Muhammad Usman, Shahiq uz Zaman, Asadullah Madni, Haji M. Shoaib Khan, Abubakar Munir and Arshad Mahmood

        Comparative assessment of drug interactions in pediatrics at private and public sector hospitals of Sargodha and Faisalabad   

      
Cuiyan Tang, Mingjun Bi, Hongmei Yu, Wei Chen and Jinxiu Wang

        Zerumbone protects HEK 293 cells from irradiation-induced DNA damage via activating Keap1/Nrf2/ARE pathway

        
Flávio Luís Beltrame, Carla Cristine Kanunfre, Bruno Rainho, Elaine Kiatkoski, Francine Mioduski, Marcelo Henrique Kravicz and Luís Antônio Esmerino

        Evaluation of biochemical and microbiological effects of Cordyline dracaenoides Kunth (Uvarana) barks

      
Soodabe Gharibe, Shahrara Afshar and Leila Vafayi

        Synthesis and characterization of porous hollow silica nanoparticles using ZnSe core as template for drug delivery application

       
Haroon Khan, Shafiq Ahmad Tariq, Murad Ali Khan, Inayat-Ur-Rehman, Rukhsana Ghaffar and Saifullah

        Cholinesterase and lipoxygenase inhibition of whole plant Withania somnifera

       
David López Jiménez, Antonio J. Monroy Antón and Gema Sáez Rodríguez

        Self-regulation and education on interactive advertising of pharmaceuticals for human use

        
Che Nor Zarida C. S., Fauziah O., Arifah A. K., Azfar Rizal A., Nazri M. Y., Ahmad Hafiz Z., Rusnah M., Mohd Azam Khan G. K. and Hasni Idayu S.7

        In vitro elution and dissolution of tobramycin and gentamicin from calcium phosphate

       
Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad, Ghulam Murtaza1, Sami Siraj, Shujaat Ali Khan, Saira Azhar, Muhammad Sikander Hussain, Tariq Ismail, Muhammad Shahzad Hussain and Izhar Hussain

        Enlisting the scientifically unnoticed medicinal plants of Pakistan as a source of novel therapeutic agents showing anti-venom activity

      
Akhtar Rasul, Naveed Akhtar, Barkat Ali Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Shahiq uz Zaman, Atif Ali, Haji M. Shoaib Khan and Rashida Parveen

        Assessment of anti erythmic and skin whitening effects of milk thistle extract

       
Tadeu J. S. Peixoto Sobrinho, Valérium T. N. A. Castro, Antonio M. Saraiva, Diego M. Almeida, Elvis A. Tavares and Elba L. C. Amorim

        Phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of four Cnidoscolus species (Euphorbiaceae) used as ethnopharmacologicals in Caatinga, Brazil

       
Li Tong, Yu Shaoyi, Zhang Ge and Huang Weizhe

        Effect of Astragalus mongholicus injection liquid on the immunity function in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) after undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

       
Naveed Muhammad and Muhammad Saeed

        Biological screening of Viola betonicifolia Smith whole plant

      
Aiyalu Rajasekaran and Muthusamy Periasamy

        Protective effect of ethanolic root extract of Plumbago indica L. on paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in rats

        
Naphatsorn Kumar, Somsak Tharatha and Chaiyavat Chaiyasut

        Development and validation of simple isocratic high performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV) method for determination of safflower yellow in Carthamus tinctorius (L.)-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC)

       
Muhammad Hanif, M. Harris Shoaib, Rabia Ismail Yousuf, Ahmad Khan, Sohail Anwer, Akhter Rasul, Shahnila Sattar and Hafiz Muhammad Arshad

        Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for nimesulide tablets dosage form prepared for in vivo in vitro correlation (IVIVC) studies

       

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (21), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Zhi-Tong Zuo, Yong Ji, Bao-Hua Chen, Xu Wang and Chun-Hua Ling

        The correlation between pulmonary arterial pressure and brain natriuretic  peptide in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

       
Chen-Xiaoxi

        BS and BS-contained rat serum’s anticancer activities


M. Govindappa, N. Bharath, H. B. Shruthi, T. S. Sadananda and P. Sharanappa

        Antimicrobial, antioxidant and in vitro anti-inflammatory activity and phytochemical screening of Crotalaria pallida Aiton

      
Serdar Sargin, Bekir Yavuz Uçar, Serdar Necmioglu, Mehmet Bulut and Mehmet Gem

        Clinical and radiological results of posterior instrumentation without fusion for thoracolumbar fractures

        
Lei YANG, Xiao-Yun LI, Ying-Li ZHEN, Yan LU, Nong CAO and Chen ChAI

        The cardiovascular inhibition functions evoked by salusin ß within the caudal ventrolateral medulla are mediated by muscarinic receptors mechanism

       
Mohammad Reza Farahpour, Human Taghikhani, Mostafa Habibi and Mohammad Amin Zandieh

        Wound healing activity of flaxseed Linum usitatissimum L. in rats

       
Pinto N. S, Pereira M. O, Carmo F. S, Diniz C. L, Medeiros A. C, Santos-Filho S. D and Bernardo-Filho M

        Protective effect of an aqueous extract of 3 Ballerina against the action of the stannous chloride in Escherichia coli BW9091

       
Heydari Nasrabadi, M, Tajabadi Ebrahimi, M, Dehghan Banadaki, Sh, Torabi Kajousangi, M and Zahedi, F

        Study of cutaneous wound healing in rats treated with Lactobacillus plantarum on days 1, 3, 7, 14 and 21
       

Harrison Wanyika, Erastus Gatebe, Paul Kioni, Zhiyong Tang and Yan Gao

        Synthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous silica nanoparticles with tunable physical properties by varying molar composition of reagents  

      
Ni Zheng, Zhaoyu Wang, Feng Chen and Jingming Lin

        Evaluation to the antioxidant activity of total flavonoids extract from Syzygium jambos seeds and optimization by response surface  methodology 


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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (22), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

  
Gholamreza Dehghan Noudeh, Fariba Sharififar, Payam Khazaeli, Ehsan Mohajeri and Javad Jahanbakhsh

        Formulation of herbal conditioner shampoo by using extract of fenugreek seeds and evaluation of its physicochemical parameters

       
Danyang Dou, Wanjun Tao, Lingling Li, Tingjian Jia, Wings TY Loo, Mary NB Cheung, Louis WC Chow, Yiding Dou and Ziyuan Luo

        Immuno-stabilizing effect of thymosin-alpha-1 on post-modified radical mastectomy (MRM) of breast cancer patients

       
Alireza Seidavi

        Investigation on intera-specific biodiversity of 6 local silkworm germplasm based on aspartate amino transferase, alanin amino transferase, alkaline phosphatase, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and iron

       
Jingtao Wu, Guiwen Yang, Wujun Wen, Fumiao Zhang, Jinduo Yuan and Liguo An

        Cholesterol metabolism regulation and antioxidant effect of platycodin D on hyperlipidemic emulsion-reduced rats

      
Yan-Bin Wu, Li-Jun Zheng, Jun Yi, Jian-Guo Wu, Chun-Jiang Tan, Ti-Qiang Chen, Jin-Zhong Wu and Ka-Hing Wong

        A comparative study on antioxidant activity of ten different parts of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

       
Xiao-hong Tan, Han Dong, Fu-cui Ma and Dai-cheng Liu

        Deer skin glue improves erectile function in rats

      
Lei Pang, Xin Lian, Yanhui Li, Ling Nan and Haichun Ma

        Efficacy and safety of parecoxib sodium after renal transplantation

      
O. O. Okoh and A. J. Afolayan

        The effects of hydrodistillation and solvent free microwave extraction methods on the chemical composition and toxicity of essential oils from the leaves of Mentha longifolia L. subsp. capensis.
       

Atta Ur Rehman

        Adoption of WHO standard operating procedures for blood screening in hospitals of Islamabad, Pakistan  

     
Zayd K. Omer, Yuehui Wang, Jieyu Liu, Yu Liu and Bin Liu

        Protection of diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy by resveratrol and its effects on glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK-3beta) and by the protein kinase  (AKT2) activities 

       
O. S. Olorunnisola, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan

        Antioxidant properties and cytotoxicity evaluation of methanolic extract of dried and fresh rhizomes of Tulbaghia violacea 

       
Duygu Tozcu Altin, Çigdem Özer, Ediz Yeşilkaya, Aydan Babül, Aysun Bideci and Peyami Cinaz

        Effect of the plant growth regulator (4-Chlorophenoxy acetic acid) into the oxidative stress parameters in rat liver 

       
Gamal Badr

        CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) via its cognate receptor (CXCR4) controls the chemotaxis of multiple myeloma cell line (U266) via PI3K/AKT, PLCß3, RhoA, NF?B and ERK1/2 

      
Yazar Hayrullah, Balci Mehmet, Basarali Kemal Mustafa, Gocmen Ayse Yesim and Buyukbas Sadik

        The effects of dialysers on some blood biochemical parameters in hemodialysis patients 

       
Guang Chen, Meishan Jin, Shan Lin, Peisong Wang, Jia Liu, Chenyao Li, Liyan Xu and Wei Zhang

        Increased expression cysteine-rich61 (Cyr61) in patients with thyroid carcinomas 

      
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Lethaia - 45 (1-2), 2012

Lethaia - 45 (1), 2012



Contents:

Corals and other reef builders

    
    Corals and other reef-builders (page 1)

    ALAN W. OWEN, PETER DOYLE, DAVID A.T. HARPER and BROOKS B. BRITT

   
    Self-organization and emergent individuality of favositid corals adapted to live on soft substrates (pages 2–13)

    ADOLF SEILACHER and ROGER D.K. THOMAS

   
    The oldest bryozoan reefs: a unique Early Ordovician skeletal framework construction (pages 14–23)

    NATSUKO ADACHI, YOICH EZAKI and JIANBO LIU

 
    Lucky rugose corals on crinoid stems: unusual examples of subepidermal epizoans from the Devonian of Morocco (pages 24–33)

    BŁAŻEJ BERKOWSKI and CHRISTIAN KLUG

 
    Early Cretaceous record of microboring organisms in skeletons of growing corals (pages 34–45)

    BOGUSŁAW KOŁODZIEJ, STJEPKO GOLUBIC, IOAN I. BUCUR, GUDRUN RADTKE and ALINE TRIBOLLET

   
    Post-tectonic limitations on Early Devonian (Emsian) reef development in the Gobi-Altai region, Mongolia (pages 46–61)

    ADAM F. A. PELLEGRINI, CONSTANCE M. SOJA and CHULUUN MINJIN

   
    Constraints on the formation of colonies of the extant azooxanthellate scleractinian coral Dendrophyllia arbuscula (pages 62–70)

    ASUKA SENTOKU and YOICHI EZAKI

    
Articles

  
    Plant fossil record and survival analyses (pages 71–82)

    BORJA CASCALES-MINANA and CHRISTOPHER J. CLEAL

   
    The lobes and lobopods of Opabinia regalis from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale (pages 83–95)

    GRAHAM E. BUDD and ALLISON C. DALEY

   
    Was the European cave bear an occasional scavenger? (pages 96–108)

    RAQUEL RABAL-GARCÉS, GLORIA CUENCA-BESCÓS, JOSÉ IGNACIO CANUDO and TRINIDAD DE TORRES

  
    Middle–Late Permian tetrapods from the Rio do Rasto Formation, Southern Brazil: a biostratigraphic reassessment (pages 109–120)

    SÉRGIO DIAS-DA-SILVA

   
    An exceptional storm accumulation of nautilids in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina (pages 121–138)

    MARCELA CICHOWOLSKI, PABLO J. PAZOS, MAISA A. TUNIK and MARÍA B. AGUIRRE-URRETA

    
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Lethaia - 45 (2), 2012



Contents:


Lethaia Review


    Does mutual sexual selection explain the evolution of head crests in pterosaurs and dinosaurs? (pages 139–156)

    DAVID W.E. HONE, DARREN NAISH and INNES C. CUTHILL

  
Articles


    The bite force of the largest fossil rodent (Hystricognathi, Caviomorpha, Dinomyidae) (pages 157–163)

    R. ERNESTO BLANCO, ANDRÉS RINDERKNECHT and GUSTAVO LECUONA

  
    Dynamic palaeoredox and exceptional preservation in the Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah (pages 164–177)

    DANIEL E. GARSON, ROBERT R. GAINES, MARY L. DROSER, W. DAVID LIDDELL and AARON SAPPENFIELD

   
    Morphology and environment in the Jurassic Nucleatidae (Brachiopoda) from Western Tethys (pages 178–190)

    JORGE COLÁS and FERNANDO GARCÍA JORAL

   
    Microstructure and mineralogy of the outer calcareous layer in the lower jaws of Cretaceous Tetragonitoidea and Desmoceratoidea (Ammonoidea) (pages 191–199)

    KAZUSHIGE TANABE, NEIL H. LANDMAN and ISABELLE KRUTA

   
    Rib and vertebral micro-anatomical characteristics of hydropelvic mosasauroids (pages 200–209)

    ALEXANDRA HOUSSAYE and NATHALIE BARDET

  
    Biological controls upon the physical taphonomy of exceptionally preserved salamanders from the Miocene of Rubielos de Mora, northeast Spain (pages 210–226)

    MARIA E. MCNAMARA, PATRICK J. ORR, TOM MANZOCCHI, LUIS ALCALÁ, PERE ANADÓN and ENRIQUE PENALVER

   
    Re-evaluation of the conodont Iapetognathus and implications for the base of the Ordovician System GSSP (pages 227–237)

    FREDRIK TERFELT, GABRIELLA BAGNOLI and SVEND STOUGE

    
    Late Jurassic footprints reveal walking kinematics of theropod dinosaurs (pages 238–252)

    MARCO AVANZINI, LAURA PINUELA and JOSÉ CARLOS GARCÍA-RAMOS

   
    Preliminary assessment of the use of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in conodonts (pages 253–258)

    ALBERTO PÉREZ-HUERTA, MAGGIE CUSACK and CARLOS A. MÉNDEZ

   
    Miocene methane-derived carbonates from southwestern Washington, USA and a model for silicification at seeps (pages 259–273)

    RONY R. KUECHLER, DANIEL BIRGEL, STEFFEN KIEL, ANDRÉ FREIWALD, JAMES L. GOEDERT, VOLKER THIEL and JÖRN PECKMANN

   
    Traces of predation/parasitism recorded in Eocene brachiopods from the Castle Hayne Limestone, North Carolina, USA (pages 274–289)

    MAJKEN K. SCHIMMEL, MICHAŁ KOWALEWSKI and BRIAN P. COFFEY

   
    Ethological analysis of the trace fossil Zoophycos: hints from the Arctic Ocean (pages 290–298)

    LUDVIG LÖWEMARK

   

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (81), 2011

Contents:

2nd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE’11), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17th to 19th May 2011
Special Issue

 
Introduction


Review

 
Abdul Haseeb Ansari and Parveen Jamal

LMOs/GMOs, the environment and the people: A critical exposition


Abass O. Alade, Ahmad T. Jameel, Suleyman A. Muyibi, Mohamed I. Abdul Karim and Md. Zahangir Alam

Application of semifluidized bed bioreactor as novel bioreactor system for the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME)


Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Akmal Hadi Ma’Radzi, Noor Akmal Mohamad Saleh, Syazni Zainul Kamal and Noorulnajwa Diyana Yaacob

Production of effective microorganism using halal-based sources: A review


Research Articles

 
Azura Amid, Nurul Najwa Johan, Parveen Jamal and Wan Norzaidani Wan Mohd Zain

Observation of antioxidant activity of leaves, callus and suspension culture of Justicia gendarusa


Noor Mohammad, Md. Zahangir Alam, Nassereldeen A. Kabashi and Opatokun Suraj Adebayo

Development of compatible fungal mixed culture for composting process of oil palm industrial waste


Wan Dalila Wan Chik, Azura Amid and Parveen Jamal

Predicting group of metabolites available in partially purified tomato leaves extract showing anticancer activity by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)


Azura Amid, Sulawati Semail and Pareen Jamal

Tomato leaves methanol extract possesses anti-inflammatory activity via inhibition of lipopolysacharide (LPS)-induced prostaglandin (PGE2)


Erlina Abdullah, Raha Ahmad Raus and Parveen Jamal

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of flowering plants and optimization of process conditions for the extraction of antibacterial compounds from Spathiphyllum cannifolium leaves


Zaki Zainudin

Visual plumes coastal dispersion modeling in south-west Sabah


Harmin Sulistiyaning Titah, Siti Rozaimah Sheikh Abdullah, Nurina Anuar, Mushrifah Idris, Hassan Basri and Muhammad Mukhlisin

Isolation and screening of arsenic resistant rhizobacteria of Ludwigia octovalvis


Aliyu Salihu, Md. Zahangir Alam, M. Ismail AbdulKarim and Hamzah, M. Salleh

Evaluation of nutritional components by Plackett-Burman design for Penicillium citrinum lipase production using palm oil mill effluent


Naznin Sultana and Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir

Study of in vitro degradation of biodegradable polymer based thin films and tissue engineering scaffolds


Vasila Packeer Mohamed, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Hashim, Azura Amid, Maizirwan Mel, Abdul Razak Kamarulzaman, Muhammad Adil Ab Wahab and Salfarina Ezrina Mohmad Saberi

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells expressed native insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) gene towards efficient mammalian cell culture host system


Nur Hidayah Zainan, Md. Zahangir Alam and Ma’an Fahmi Al-Khatib

Production of sugar by hydrolysis of empty fruit bunches using palm oil mill effluent (POME) based cellulases: Optimization study


Shah S. Rashid, Md. Zahangir Alam, M. I. A. Karim and M. H. Salleh

Development of pretreatment of empty fruit bunches for enhanced enzymatic saccharification


Al-Shwyeh Hussah Abdullah, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed Mirghani and Parveen Jamal

Antibacterial activity of Malaysian mango kernel


Ahmed Idris Adewale, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed Mirghani, Suleyman Aremu Muyibi, Jamal Ibrahim Daoud and Mikail Maryam Abimbola

Disinfection studies of Nahar (Mesua ferrea) seed kernel oil using pour plate method


Mohammed S. Jami, Mustapha Mujeli and Nassereldeen A. Kabbashi

Simulation of ammoniacal nitrogen effluent using feedforward multilayer neural networks


Ma’an Fahmi Alkhatib, Md. Zahangir Alam, Suleyman A. Muyibi and Iman A. F Husain

An isolated bacterial consortium for crude oil biodegradation


Nassereldeen A. Kabbashi, Mohammed Elwathig and Ili Nadirah Bt Jamil

Application of activated carbon from empty fruit bunch (EFB) for mercury [Hg(II)] removal from aqueous solution
 

Dayana Amira, R., Roshanida, A. R., Rosli, M. I., Siti Fatimah Zahrah, M. F., Mohd Anuar, J. and Nazrul Adha, C. M.

Bioconversion of empty fruit bunches (EFB) and palm oil mill effluent (POME) into compost using Trichoderma virens


Nassereldeen A. Kabbashi, Mohammed Saedi, Munif A. Jazzar and Nur Adibah Azman

Integrated scheduled waste management system in Kuala Lumpur using expert system


Parveen Jamal, Anumsima Ahmad Barkat and Azura Amid

Response surface optimization of the process conditions for anti-diabetic compounds from Cucumis sativus


Parveen Jamal, Ismail Abdul Karim, Erlina Abdullah, Raha Ahmad Raus and Yumi Zuhanis Hashim

Phytochemical screening for antibacterial activity of potential Malaysian medicinal plants


Opatokun Suraj Adebayo, Nassereldeen. A. Kabbashi, Md. Zahangir Alam, Aliyu Salihu, Alade Abass and Tijani Iyabo Dasola Ruqayyah

Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains


Nur Hanis Mohamad Hanapi, Md. Zahangir Alam and Mohamed Ismail Abdul Karim

Optimization of process parameters for the production of citric acid using sewage sludge as major fermentation media


Ma’an Alkhatib, Rasha Mohammed Abd, Md. Zahangir Alam and Hamzah Mohd. Saleh

Enzymatic hydrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch using immobilized cellulase enzyme


Mohd Azmir Arifin, Maizirwan Mel, Siti Hajar Salim, Mohamed Ismail Abdul Karim and Sharifah Syed Hassan

Optimization of Newcastle disease virus production in T-flask


Maizirwan Mel, Mohd Azmir Arifin, Mohd Hider Kamarudin, Mohamed Ismail Abdul Karim and Faridah Yusof

Simple process capability analysis and quality validation of monoclonal antibody production in bench-top bioreactor


Bala, M., Salleh, H. M., Amid, A., Mel, M. and Jami, M. S.

Recovery of recombinant bromelain from Escherichia coli BL21-AI


Azlin S. Azmi, Cheng G. Ngoh and Maizirwan Mel

Prediction of significant factors in the production of ethanol by ragi tapai co-culture using Taguchi methodology


Farah Ahmad, Ahmad Tariq Jameel, Mohd Hider Kamarudin and Maizirwan Mel

Study of growth kinetic and modeling of ethanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisae


Irwandi Jaswir, Hammed Ademola Monsur and Hamzah Mohd. Salleh

Nano-structural analysis of fish collagen extracts for new process development


Irwandi Jaswir, Dedi Noviendri, Hamzah Mohd. Salleh, Muhammad Taher and Kazuo Miyashita

Isolation of fucoxanthin and fatty acids analysis of Padina australis and cytotoxic effect of fucoxanthin on human lung cancer (H1299) cell lines


Noorbatcha, I. A., Hamzah, F., Salleh, H. M. and Idid, S. Z.

Prediction of anticancer activity of aliphatic nitrosoureas using quantum chemical quantitative structure activity relation (QSAR) methods


Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Zahangir Alam, Nik Amirul Nik Mohd and Shah Samiur Rashid

Adsorption of heavy metal from landfill leachate by wasted biosolids


Raha Ahmad Raus, Tan Wen Siang, Abdul Manaf Ali and Khatijah Yusoff

An intermediate region in C-terminal of phosphoprotein is required for binding to nucleocapsid of Newcastle disease virus


Mohammed A. AlSaadi, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Suleyman Aremu Muyibi, Md. Zahangir Alam, Iis Sopyan, Muataz Ali Atieh and Yehya M. Ahmed

Synthesis of various carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) on powdered activated carbon


Mohammed S. Jami, Masashi Iwata, Suleyman A. Muyibi, Mohd Ismail Abd. Karim, Ma’an Fahmi R. Al-Khatib and Mujeli Mustapha

Enhanced electroforced sedimentation of various solid-liquid systems


Daruliza Kernain, Rahmah Noordin and Ming Thong Ong

Cloning of pCDNA3-IgG4 and pQE-2-IgG4 human hinge region cDNA for intrasplenic and intraperitoneal immunization

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (50), 2011

Contents:

Review


Xuyong Zhao and Jun Xi

The vaccines for Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1: A review


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Morteza Kamrani, Bahram Baghban Kohnehrouz and Ashraf Gholizadeh

Cisgenic inhibition of the potato cold induced phosphorylase L gene expression and decrease in sugar contents


M. Farhadian, A. Hashemi, K. Mardani, R. Darvishzadeh and M. Ranjbari

Allelic polymorphism of 'Makoei' sheep myostatin gene identified by polymerase chain reaction and single strand conformation polymorphism


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


M. D. Hossain, M. M. Hanafi, H. Jol and A. H. Hazandy

Growth, yield and fiber morphology of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) grown on sandy bris soil as influenced by different levels of carbon


Po-Hung Wu, Ding-Ding Huang and Doris C. N. Chang

Mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances Phalaenopsis orchid’s growth and resistance to Erwinia chrysanthemi


S. Amiri and S. K. Kazemitabar

Enhancement of callus induction and regeneration efficiency from embryo cultures of Datura stramonium by adjusting carbon sources and concentrations


Ogunsumi, Lucia Omobolanle

Attitude of farmers towards improved agricultural technologies in south-west Nigeria


Shouping Zhao, Xuzhu Ye and Jici Zheng

Lead-induced changes in plant morphology, cell ultrastructure, growth and yields of tomato


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Babaei Semiromi, F., Hassani, A.H., Torabian, A., Karbassi, A.R. and Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, F.

Water quality index development using fuzzy logic: A case study of the Karoon River of Iran


Raúl Tapia-Tussell, Daisy Pérez-Brito, Rafael Rojas-Herrera, Alberto Cortes-Velazquez, Gerardo Rivera-Munoz and Sara Solis-Pereira

New laccase-producing fungi isolates with biotechnological potential in dye decolorization


Lotmani Brahim and Mesnoua Mohamed

Effects of copper stress on antioxidative enzymes, chlorophyll and protein content in Atriplex halimus


Shaukat Ali Abro, Xiaohong Tian, Xudong Wang, Faqi Wu and Jumoke Esther Kuyide

Decomposition characteristics of maize (Zea mays. L.) straw with different carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratios under various moisture regimes


A. Hadeel, A. B. M. S. Hossain, Khayyat Latifa, Haitham ALNaqeb, Jama Abear and AlHewiti Norah

Bioethanol fuel production from rambutan fruit biomass as reducing agent of global warming and greenhouse gases


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Ferdinandi Patrick, Godliving Mtui, Anthony Manoni Mshandete and Amelia Kivaisi

Optimization of laccase and manganese peroxidase production in submerged culture of Pleurotus sajor-caju


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Shi-hao Zhao, Xiao-hui Liang, Dong-liang Hua, Tong-suo Ma and Hong-bing Zhang

High-yield cellulase production in solid-state fermentation by Trichoderma reesei SEMCC-3.217 using water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)


Sunčica Kocić-Tanackov, Gordana Dimić, Jelena Lević, Ilija Tanackov and Danijela Tuco

Antifungal activities of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) extract on Fusarium species


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Hosein Abtahi, Mohammad Reza Sadeghi, Mohammad Shabani, Haleh Edalatkhah, Reza Hadavi, Mohammad Mehdi Akhondi and Saeed Talebi

Causes of bimodal melting curve:Asymmetric guanine-cytosine (GC) distribution causing two peaks in melting curve and affecting their shapes


Yong-Guo Jin, Wen-Wen Fu, and Mei-Hu Ma

Preparation and structure characterization of soluble bone collagen peptide chelating calcium


Pengwei Zhao, Ruixia Bai, Lanling Chen, Wenbing Hu, Shiyong Wen, Yan mi, Jianrong Liang, Guifang Cao, Haijun Li, Yingfeng Yang, Chenguang Du, Liping Jiang and Limin Yang

Prokaryotic expression of antimicrobial ovine ß-defensin-1 in Escherichia coli


Diya’uddeen Basheer Hasan, A. R. Abdul Aziz and Wan Mohd Ashri Wan Daud

Application of response surface methodology in process parameters optimization for phenol mineralization using Fenton’s peroxidation


Ji Tian, Hongxiang Shen, Jie Zhang, Tingting Song and Yuncong Yao

Characteristics of chalcone isomerase promoter in crabapple leaves (M.cv. ‘royalty’) and transient expression assay modified in onion epidermal cell


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Salawu, O. T. and Odaibo, A. B.

The molluscicidal effects of Hyptis suaveolens on different stages of Bulinus globosus in the laboratory


Akinboro Akeem, Kamaruzaman Bin Mohamed, Mohd Zaini Asmawi and Othman Ahmad Sofiman

Mutagenic and antimutagenic potentials of fruit juices of five medicinal plants in Allium cepa L.: Possible influence of DPPH free radical scavengers



Eyong U. Eyong, Item J. Atangwho, Esien David-Oku, Margaret A. Agiang and Patrick E. Ebong

Haematological and immunological effects of co-administration of extract of Vernonia amygdalina and Azadirachta indica on normal and diabetic rats


Jian-Min Zhang, Hai-Yan Shen, Cheng-Gang Xu, Li-Li Guo, Bin Zhang, Jing-Yi Li, Ji-Dang Chen, Hui-Ying Fan and Ming Liao

Development and application of a loop-mediated isothermal ampli?cation method for rapid detection of Haemophilus parasuis


FISHERY SCIENCE


Mehmet Zulfu Coban and Dursun Sen

Examination of liver and muscle glycogen and blood glucose levels of Capoeta umbla (Heckel, 1843) living in Hazar Lake and Keban Dam Lake (Elazig, Turkey)


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Hongli Xia, Zui Tan, Jianguo Qiao and Chuan Liang

Recovery of DNA from agarose gel by trap method


Shimin Wang, Xiaolu Li, Lili Yang, Hongzhi Wu, Sixiang Zheng, Xiyan Zhang and Lemin Zhang

Microspore culture of Zantedeschia aethiopica: The role of monosaccharides in sporophytic development



ANIMAL SCIENCE


Marko R. Cincović, Branislava Belić, Bojan Toholj, Aleksandar Potkonjak, Milenko Stevančević, Branislav Lako and Ivan Radović

Metabolic acclimation to heat stress in farm housed Holstein cows with different body condition scores


M. Khalili, A.D. Foroozandeh and M. Toghyani

Lactation performance and serum biochemistry of dairy cows fed supplemental chromium in the transition period


Madoroba, Evelyn, Gelaw, Awoke, Hlokwe, Tiny and Mnisi, Mkhevu

Prevalence of Campylobacter foetus and Trichomonas foetus among cattle from Southern Africa


Ugwu, S. O. C., Ogbu, C. C. and Ikechiuno, I. K.

Reproductive characterization of three species of Giant African land snails (GALs) in captivity


Ahmad Ziarlarimi, Mehrdad Irani, Shahabodin Gharahveysi and Zahra Rahmani

Investigation of antibacterial effects of garlic (Allium sativum), mint (Menthe spp.) and onion (Allium cepa) herbal extracts on Escherichia coli isolated from broiler chickens


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (49), 2011

Contents:


Research Articles

 
PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
H. Shi, J.Y.Zheng, H.B.Shao, H.X.Wang and F.Q. Chen

A simple method for estimating the convection-dispersion equation parameters of solute transport in agricultural ecosystem


Parinya Khajudparn and Piyada Tantasawat

Relationships and variability of agronomic and physiological characters in mungbean


Sishuai Mao, M. Robiul Islam, Yuegao Hu, Xin Qian, Fei Chen and Xuzhang Xue

Antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation in corn (Zea mays L.) following soil application of superabsorbent polymer at different fertilizer regimes


M. Simsek and N. Comlekcioglu

Effects of different irrigation regimes and nitrogen levels on yield and quality of melon (Cucumis melo L.)


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Zhuang Wen, Duan Jizhou, Chu Liye and Shao Hongbo

Isolation of a nitrate-reducing bacteria strain from oil field brine and the inhibition of sulfate-reducing bacteria


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Keju Jing, Xiaobin Hao and Yinghua Lu

Effect of propionate on the production of natamycin with Streptomyces gilvosporeus XM-172


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Latifou Lagnika, Eugenie Anago, Menonve Atindehou, Brice Adjahoutonon, Karim Dramane and Ambaliou Sanni

Antimicrobial activity of Crataeva religiosa Forst against bacteria isolated from Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Li Hang, Wang Jun, Guan Yanfeng, Yang Wenjun Aiying1Suo Aiying, Chu Meihua, Wang Chenyu, Jiang Jing, Zhai Shengping and Mao Qishan

Synergistic effects of ginsenoside Rg3 and cyclophosphamine on tumor growth and angiogenesis in lung cancer


Ling Zhang, Ting-Jun Hu and Chun-Ni Lu

Immunomodulatory and antioxidant activity of a Siraitia grosvenorii polysaccharide in mice


Mohammad Esmaeel Ebrahimi Chaharom, Amir Ahmad Ajami, Soodabeh Kimyai and Ahmad Abbasi

Effect of chlorhexidine on the shear bond strength of self-etch adhesives to dentin


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Shahzad Akbar Khan, Nisar Ujjan, Gulzar Ahmed, Muhammad Ismail Rind, Sarfaraz Ali Fazlani, Shahid Faraz, Shoaib Ahmed and Muhammad Asif

Effect of low protein diet supplemented with or without amino acids on the production of broiler


Javad Nasr, Akbar Yaghobfar, Yahya EbrahimNezhad and Kambiz NazerAdl

Effects of amino acids and metabolizable energy on egg characteristics and broiler breeder performance


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African Journal of Ecology - 49 (4), 2011

Contents:

    Original articles


        Ficus sp. and Musanga leo-errerae: coexistent keystone fruits for chimpanzees in Kalinzu forest (pages 389–396)

        Grace Kagoro-Rugunda and Frederick I. B. Kayanja

      
        Assessment of woody species encroachment in the grasslands of Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (pages 397–409)

        Hasan Yusuf, Anna C. Treydte, Sebsebe Demissew and Zerihun Woldu

       
        The role of farm structure on bird assemblages around a Kenyan tropical rainforest (pages 410–417)

        Nickson Erick Otieno, Nathan Gichuki, Nina Farwig and Samuel Kiboi

        
        Small mammal community structure in West Africa: a meta-analysis using null models (pages 418–430)

        Giovanni Amori and Luca Luiselli

       
        Beehive fences as effective deterrents for crop-raiding elephants: field trials in northern Kenya (pages 431–439)

        Lucy E. King, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and Fritz Vollrath

        
        Ecological adaptation of the shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) along climatic gradient in Bénin, West Africa (pages 440–449)

        Romain Glele Kakai, T. Jean Didier Akpona, Achille E. Assogbadjo, Orou Gandé Gaoué, Sebastian Chakeredza, P. Césaire Gnangle, Guy Apollinaire Mensah and Brice Sinsin

        
        Long-term monitoring of large rainforest mammals in the Biosphere Reserve of Tai National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (pages 450–458)

        Bernd Hoppe-Dominik, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Gerhard Radl and Frauke Fischer

       
        Depth and temporal distribution of vagile fauna associated with Posidonia oceanica meadows in Cap Zebib, north-eastern Tunisian coastline (pages 459–470)

        Walid Belgacem, Habib Langar and Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine

       
        Influence of environmental conditions on sex allocation in the black rhinoceros population of Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa (pages 471–480)

        Robert B. Weladji and Karine Laflamme-Mayer

       
        Understanding sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) habitats through diet analysis in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland, Uganda (pages 481–489)

        Joseph Ndawula, Mnason Tweheyo, David M. Tumusiime and Gerald Eilu

        
        Patterns of plant functional traits in the biogeography of West African grasses (Poaceae) (pages 490–500)

        Marco Schmidt, Adjima Thiombiano, Alexander Zizka, Konstantin König, Ulrike Brunken and Georg Zizka

       
        Factors governing flower visitation patterns and quality of pollination services delivered by social and solitary bee species to coffee in central Uganda (pages 501–509)

        Théodore Munyuli

       
    Notes and records


        Vegetation composition of natural gaps in Moribane forest (Mozambique) (pages 510–514)

        José Monteiro, Stefaan Dondeyne, Bart Wursten, James Bannerman, Henrik Meilby and Almeida Sitoe

       
    Book review


        Biodiversity in South Africa (pages 515–516)

        K.-R. Grace

        
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Adansonia - 33 (2), 2011

Contents:

Jean-Noël LABAT (1959-2011)
Thierry DEROIN,Porter P. LOWRY II

Une nouvelle espece de Microtatorchis (Orchidaceae, Vandeae, Aeridinae) en Nouvelle-Calédonie, et clé d'identification des Aeridinae aphylles du Territoire
Marc PIGNAL,Jérôme MUNZINGER

Typification and check-list of Ensete Horan. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes
Henry VÄRE,Markku HÄKKINEN

A new native family and new endemic species for the flora of New Caledonia: Patersonia neocaledonica sp. nov. (Iridaceae, Patersonioideae), from the Mount Humboldt massif
 Peter GOLDBLATT,John C. MANNING,Jérôme MUNZINGER,Porter P. LOWRY II

Cassipourea atanganae sp. nov., a new species of Rhizophoraceae from Lower Guinea
 David KENFACK

Novitates Gabonenses 76. Un nouveau Maesobotrya (Euphorbiaceae) des Monts de Cristal (Gabon et Guinée Équatoriale)
 Olivier LACHENAUD,Frans J. BRETELER

A review of Madagascan Uapaca (Euphorbiaceae s.l.)
 Gordon MCPHERSON

Novitates Gabonenses 78. Deux especes nouvelles du Gabon dans les Bridelieae (Phyllanthaceae, autrefois Euphorbiaceae) avec clés des especes gabonaises des genres Bridelia et Cleistanthus
 Frans J. BRETELER

Humbertioturraea labatii Lescot & Callm. (Meliaceae), une nouvelle espece endémique de Madagascar
 Martin W. CALLMANDER,Michele LESCOT,Greg WAHLERT

A revision of the Dombeya rigida complex (Malvaceae)
Wendy L. APPLEQUIST

Une nouvelle espece de Foetidia (Lecythidaceae, sous-famille Foetidioideae) en danger critique d'extinction récemment découverte a Mayotte, archipel des Comores
 Jean-Noël LABAT†,Ehoarn BIDAULT,Guillaume VISCARDI

Nomenclatural notes on Malagasy Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae)
 George E. SCHATZ,Porter P. LOWRY II

Nomenclatural changes and taxonomic notes in the tribe Morindeae (Rubiaceae)
 Sylvain G. RAZAFIMANDIMBISON,Birgitta BREMER

Four new species in the endemic genus Rhodocolea Baill. (Bignoniaceae) from Madagascar
 Martin W. CALLMANDER,Peter B. PHILLIPSON

Typification and synonymy of Santolina ageratifolia Barnades ex Asso (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), an endemic species of the Iberian Peninsula
 Aixa O. RIVERO-GUERRA

Analyse d’ouvrage / Book review

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Der Echinocereenfreund - 24 (3), 2011

Contents:

Informationen aus der Arbeitsgruppe
MARTIN HABERKORN

Besuch in Chloride, Arizona
HENK P. RUINAARD

Vorgestellt: Echinocereus chaletii
WERNER RISCHER

Echinocereus Hybriden im Otero Co., New Mexico
WILFRIED BAUES

Einladung zur 24. Herbsttagung 2011 in Grasberg

Impressum

Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (2-4), 2011

Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (2), 2011


Contents:

Filogenia de hongos roya (Uredinales) en la zona andina colombiana mediante el uso de secuencias del ADN ribosomal 28S
Zuluaga, Catalina; Buriticá, Pablo; Marín, Mauricio

Macrophytes in the upper Paraná river floodplain: checklist and comparison with other large South American wetlands
Alves Ferreira, Fernando; Mormul, Roger Paulo; Thomaz, Sidinei Magela; Pott, Arnildo; Pott, Vali Joana

Ultraestructura de la epidermis foliar de Zeugites (Poaceae: Panicoideae)
Soriano, Ana María; Terrazas, Teresa; Dávila, Patricia

Phenotypic plasticity of Vaccinium meridionale (Ericaceae) in wild populations of mountain forests in Colombia
Ligarreto, Gustavo A; Patino, Maria del Pilar; Magnitskiy, Stanislav V

Composición química de los aceites esenciales de las hojas de Helicteres guazumifolia (Sterculiaceae), Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae), Scoparia dulcis (Arecaceae) y Solanum subinerme (Solanaceae), recolectadas en Sucre, Venezuela
Ordaz, Gabriel; D’Armas, Haydelba; Yánez, Dayanis; Moreno, Shailili

Effect of sucrose and methyl jasmonate on biomass and anthocyanin production in cell suspension culture of Melastoma malabathricum (Melastomaceae)
Suan See, Koay; Bhatt, Arvind; Lai Keng, Chan

Genetic molecular analysis of Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) hybrids using SRAP markers
Kumar Mishra, Manoj; Suresh, Narayana; Bhat, Asha M.; Suryaprakash, Nayani; Satheesh Kumar, Saya; Kumar, Anil; Jayarama

Biología pesquera de la langosta Panulirus gracilis en Playa Lagarto, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Naranjo Madrigal, Helven

Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Penas Blancas, Costa Rica
Guevara Mora, Meyer

La pesquería de tiburones oceánicos-costeros en los litorales de Colima, Jalisco y Michoacán
Cruz, Angélica; Soriano, Sandra R.; Santana, Heriberto; Ramírez, Cecilia E.; Valdez, Juan J.

Reproductive biology of common snook Centropomus undecimalis (Perciformes: Centropomidae) in two tropical habitats
Perera-García, Martha A.; Mendoza-Carranza, Manuel; Contreras-Sánchez, Wilfrido M.; Huerta-Ortíz, Maricela; Pérez-Sánchez, Eunice

Caracterización cariotípica en mitosis y meiosis del robalo blanco Centropomus undecimalis (Pisces: Centropomidae)
Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin; Indy, Jeane R.; Ahumada-Hernández, Rosa I.; Barragán-Cupido, Helen; Ávalos-Lázaro, Antonieta A.; Páramo-Delgadillo, Salomón

Ictiofauna de los humedales del río San Pedro, Balancán, Tabasco, México
Castillo-Domínguez, Alfonso; Barba Macías, Everardo; Navarrete, Alberto de Jesús; Rodiles-Hernández, Rocío; Jiménez Badillo, María de Lourdes

Morfología de las especies de Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae), grupo heterorhabdus, en Colombia
García-Alzate, Carlos A.; Ruiz-C, Raquel I.; Román-Valencia, César; González, Melissa I.; Lopera, Diana X.

Diet, reproduction and population structure of the introduced Amazonian fish Cichla piquiti (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the Cachoeira Dourada reservoir (Paranaíba River, central Brazil)
Ferraz Luiz, Tatiane; Roquetti Velludo, Marcela; Carvalho Peret, Alberto; Rodrigues Filho, Jorge Luiz; Moldenhauer Peret, André

Estructura y la ultraestructura del ovario de Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
Viedma, Rubí; Franco, Jonathan; Bedia, Carlos; Guedea Fernández, Guadalupe; Barrera Villa Zevallos, Héctor; Barrera Escorcia, Héctor

Bacterial infection of mudfish Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) fingerlings in tropical nursery ponds
Ikpi, Gabriel; Offem, Benedict

Edad y crecimiento del híbrido de tilapia Oreochromis niloticus x Oreochromis aureus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) en la represa “Zimapán” Hidalgo, México
Gómez-Ponce, M. A.; Granados-Flores, K.; Padilla, C.; López-Hernández, M.; Núnez-Nogueira, G.

Patrones de crecimiento postnatal en ocho especies de garzas (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae)
Denis Ávila, Dennis

Sex determination in Turdus amaurochalinus (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): morphometrical analysis supported by CHD gene
de Andrade Silva, Katyucha Von Kossel; Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele; Alves, Maria Alice S.

Caracterización molecular de poblaciones venezolanas de Sigmodon hirsutus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Lessmann, Janeth; Arrivillaga, Jazzmín; Aguilera, Marisol

Interpretación fitosociológica de la vegetación de las lomas del desierto peruano
Galán de Mera, Antonio; Linares Perea, Eliana; Campos de la Cruz, José; Vicente Orellana, José Alfredo

Identificación de las prioridades de conservación de la biodiversidad marina y costera en Costa Rica
Alvarado, Juan José; Herrera, Bernal; Corrales, Lenin; Asch, Jenny; Paaby, Pía

Distribución y densidad de dos especies de holoturoideos en la isla de Cubagua, Venezuela
Tagliafico, Alejandro; Rangel, María Salomé; Rago, Néstor

Influencia de las macrófitas sobre la estructura poblacional de rotíferos y microscrustáceos en un plano de inundación tropical
Villabona-González, Silvia Lucía; Aguirre R, Néstor Jaime; Estrada P, Ana Lucía

Monitoreo de la ictiofauna usando grupos taxonómicos superiores en el Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo, México
Saldívar-Lucio, Romeo; Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor

Population parameters of the Pacific flagfin mojarra Eucinostomus currani (Perciformes: Gerreidae) captured by shrimp trawling fishery in the Gulf of California
López-Martínez, Juana; Rodríguez-Romero, Jesús; Hernández-Saavedra, Norma Y; Herrera-Valdivia, Eloisa

Air pollution in a tropical city: the relationship between wind direction and lichen bio-indicators in San José, Costa Rica
Neurohr Bustamante, Erich; Monge-Nájera, Julián; González Lutz, María Isabel

Abundancia relativa y uso de microhábitat de la rana Geobatrachus walkeri (Anura: Strabomantidae) en dos hábitats en Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Martínez Banos, Vera; Pacheco Florez, Vanesa; Ramírez-Pinilla, Martha P

Phenology, seed dispersal and difficulties in natural recruitment of the canopy tree Pachira quinata (Malvaceae)
Castellanos, Maria Clara; Stevenson, Pablo R.

Diversidad alfa y beta de la comunidad de reptiles en el complejo cenagoso de Zapatosa, Colombia
Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián

Traffic noise affects forest bird species in a protected tropical forest
Arévalo, J. Edgardo; Newhard, Kimberly



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Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (3), 2011


Contents:

Which statistics should tropical biologists learn?
Loaiza Velásquez, Natalia; González Lutz, María Isabel; Monge-Nájera, Julián

Viruses, definitions and reality
Herrero-Uribe, Libia

Sobre terminología errónea en publicaciones entomológicas
Hilje, Luko

Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis soil isolates from Cuba, with insecticidal activity against mosquitoes
González, Aileen; Díaz, Raúl; Díaz, Manuel; Borrero, Yainais; Bruzón, Rosa Y; Carreras, Bertha; Gato, René

Caracterización fenotípica y genotípica de doce rizobios aislados de diversas regiones geográficas de Venezuela
Marquina, María Eugenia; González, Néstor Enrique; Castro, Yulimar

Diversidad de helechos y licófitas de la Reserva Natural Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Giudice, Gabriela E; Ramos Giacosa, Juan Pablo; Luján Luna, María; Yanez, Agustina; de la Sota, Elías R

Anatomía foliar comparada y relaciones filogenéticas de 11 especies de Laeliinae con énfasis en Brassavola (Orchidaceae)
Noguera-Savelli, Eliana; Jáuregui, Damelis

Germination and soil seed bank traits of Podocarpus angustifolius (Podocarpaceae): an endemic tree species from Cuban rain forests
Ferrandis, Pablo; Bonilla, Marta; Osorio, Licet del Carmen

Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation
Bueno, Andrea; Baruch, Zdravko

In vitro rescue of interspecific embryos from Elaeis guineensis x E. oleifera (Arecaceae)
da Silva Angelo, Paula Cristina; Cardoso Moraes, LarissaAlexandra; Lopes, Ricardo; Reis Sousa, Nelcimar; Vieira da Cunha, Raimundo Nonato; Caetano Quisen, Regina

Antioxidant and antitopoisomerase activities in plant extracts of some Colombian flora from La Marcada Natural Regional Park
Nino, Jaime; Correa, YanedMilena; Cardona, GermánDavid; Mosquera, Oscar Marino

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda) in the endangered fish Profundulus hildebrandi (Cyprinodontiformes), Mexico
Velázquez-Velázquez, Ernesto; González-Solís, David; Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo

Lepidochitona bullocki, una nueva especie de quitón (Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) del Caribe colombiano
García-Ríos, Cedar I.

Geographical variation in the genetic diversity and composition of the endangered Queen Conch Strombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) from Yucatán, México
Pérez-Enriquez, Ricardo; Garcia-Rodriguez, Francisco Javier; Mendoza-Carrion, Gabriela; Padilla, Claudia

Diversidad genética de dos poblaciones del caracol Strombus gigas (Gastropoda: Strombidae) en Yucatán, México, con microsatélite
Zamora-Bustillos, Roberto; Rodríguez-Canul, Rossanna; García de León, Francisco J; Tello Cetina, Jorge

Molluscan assemblage from a tropical intertidal estuarine sand-mud flat, Gulf of Nicoya, Pacific, Costa Rica (1984-1987)
Vargas-Zamora, José A; Sibaja-Cordero, Jeffrey A

Influence of Diadema antillarum populations (Echinodermata: Diadematidae) on algal community structure in Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
Blanco, Félix Martín; Clero Alonso, Lídice; González Sansón, Gaspar; Pina Amargós, Fabián

Distribución y taxonomía de Pyrgophorus platyrachis (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae), en el Sistema de Maracaibo, Venezuela
Nava, Mario; Severeyn, Héctor; Machado, Nakary

Intraspecific non-sexual interactions of Grammostola schulzei (Araneae: Theraphosidae) under laboratory conditions
Ferretti, Nelson E; Pérez-Miles, Fernando

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Martín García Island, Argentina
Ronderos, María M; Marino, Pablo I.; Díaz, Florentina; Estévez, Ana L

Trophic levels of fish species of commercial importance in the Colombian Caribbean
García, Camilo B; Contreras, Cristian Camilo

Sistemática del pez Petenia splendida (Perciformes: Cichlidae) en el lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala
Méndez, Anaitté; García, María-Elena; Lozano, Lourdes

Variación espacial y temporal en la composición de la dieta de peces invertívoros en un río neotropical, Venezuela
Ortaz, Mario; Martín, Ricardo; López-Ordaz, Adriana

Condition factor and diet of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus and Chrysichthys auratus (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Aiba Reservoir, Iwo, Nigeria
Atobatele, Oluwatosin Ebenezer; Ugwumba, Alex Obih

Digestive tract morphology of the Neotropical piscivorous fish Cichla kelberi(Perciformes: Cichlidae) introduced into an oligotrophic Brazilian reservoir
Gonzalez Neves dos Santos, Alejandra Filippo; Neves dos Santos, Luciano; Gerson Araújo, Francisco

External parasites of raptors (Falconiformes and Strigiformes): identification in an ex situ population from Mexico
de Oliveira, JaquelineB; Santos, Tiziano; Vaughan, Christopher; Santiago, Heber

Health of an ex situ population of raptors (Falconiformes and Strigiformes) in Mexico: diagnosis of internal parasites
Anonym

Population density of Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in the Cananéia region, Southeastern Brazil
Havukainen, Liisa; de Araujo Monteiro Filho, Emygdio Leite; de Fatima Filla, Gislaine

Hábitos alimentarios del Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) en el Parque Nacional Natural Puracé, Colombia
Hernández-Guzmán, Andrés; Payán, Esteban; Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio

Prevalence of Colacium vesiculosum (Colaciales: Euglenophyceae) on planktonic crustaceans in a subtropical shallow lake of Argentina
Zalocar, Yolanda; Frutos, Santa Margarita; Casco, Sylvina Lorena; Forastier, Marina Elizabet; Vallejos, Silvina Vanesa

Relación entre suelos y estructura del bosque en la Amazonía colombiana
Calle-Rendón, Bayron R; Moreno, Flavio; Cárdenas-López, Dairon

Restauración ecológica de bosques tropicales en Costa Rica: efecto de varios modelos en la producción, acumulación y descomposición de hojarasca
Celentano, Danielle; Zahawi, Rakan A; Finegan, Bryan; Casanoves, Fernando; Ostertag, Rebecca; Cole, Rebecca J; Holl, Karen D

Recuperación de la biomasa mediante la sucesión secundaria, Cordillera Central de los Andes, Colombia
del Valle, Jorge Ignacio; Restrepo, Héctor Iván; Londono, Mónica María

Sincronía reproductiva interpoblacional de Agave cocui (Agavaceae) en Venezuela
Figueredo, Carmen J; Villegas, José Luis; Nassar, Jafet M

Structure of mixed ombrophyllous forests with Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae) under external stress in Southern Brazil
Vibrans, Alexander C; Sevegnani, Lúcia; Uhlmann, Alexandre; Schorn, Lauri A; Sobral, Marcos G; de Gasper, André L; Lingner, Débora V; Brogni, Eduardo; Klemz, Guilherme; Godoy, Marcela B; Verdi, Marcio

Paleoclima de La Guajira, Colombia; según los anillos de crecimiento de Capparis odoratissima (Capparidaceae)
Ramírez, Jorge Andrés; del Valle, Jorge Ignacio

The role of the host-specific grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as consumer of native Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) floating meadows
Franceschini, María Celeste; De Wysiecki, María Laura; Poi de Neiff, Alicia; Galassi, María Eugenia; Solange Martínez, Fedra

Insect herbivores associated with Baccharis dracunculifolia (Asteraceae): responses of gall-forming and free-feeding insects to latitudinal variation
Fagundes, Marcílio; Wilson Fernandes, G

Indicadores ecológicos de hábitat y biodiversidad en un paisaje neotropical: perspectiva multitaxonómica
González-Valdivia, Noel; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Pozo, Carmen; Gordon Ferguson, Bruce; Rangel-Ruiz, Luis José; Arriaga-Weiss, Stefan Louis; Ponce-Mendoza, Alejandro; Kampichler, Christian


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Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (4), 2011


Contents:

Local technicians in long-term research projects: evaluation of 25 years experience in an active tropical research station
Hurtado, Johanna; Clark, David B

Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I; Carrera-Parra, Luis F; de León-González, J. Angel

The Bobbit worm dilemma: a case for DNA (Reply to Salazar-Vallejo et al. 2011. Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59-4: 1463-1474)
Schulze, Anja

Caracterización molecular y resistencia antimicrobiana de aislamientos de Clostridium perfringens de diferentes orígenes en Costa Rica
Gamboa-Coronado, María del Mar; Mau-Inchaustegui, Silvia; Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn

Government conservation policies on Mexican coastal areas: is "top-down" management working?
Nava, Héctor; Ramírez-Herrera, M. Teresa

Pastas de Rhodomonas salina (Cryptophyta) como alimento para Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera)
Guevara, Miguel; Bastardo, Leandro; Cortez, Roraysi; Arredondo-Vega, Bertha; Romero, Lolymar; Gómez, Patricia

Variación estacional de la composición proximal del mejillón Tagelus peruvianus (Bivalvia: Solecurtidae) del Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Fonseca Rodríguez, Cristian; Marín-Vindas, Carolina; Chavarría-Solera, Fabián; Cruz, Rafael A; Toledo Agüero, Pedro

Crecimiento del cangrejo Callinectes danae (Decapoda: Portunidae) de la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Castillo, Jesylén; Eslava, Nora; González, Leo Walter

Grupos funcionales alimentarios de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en el río Gaira, Colombia
Rodríguez-Barrios, Javier; Ospina-Tórres, Rodulfo; Turizo-Correa, Rodrigo

Oligoneuria macabaiba sp. nov. (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Brazil
Gonçalves, Ines C; Da-Silva, Elidiomar R; Nessimian, Jorge L

Diversity and distribution of Odonata (Insecta) larvae along an altitudinal gradient in Coalcomán mountains, Michoacán, Mexico
Gómez-Anaya, José Antonio; Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Bruce Campbell, William

Desarrollo post-embrionario, fecundidad y consumo de alimento de Dichroplus exilis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) bajo condiciones controladas
Bardi, Christian; Mariottini, Yanina; De Wysiecki, Maria L; Lange, Carlos E

Diversity of galling insects in Styrax pohlii (Styracaceae): edge effect and use as bioindicators
Santos de Araújo, Walter; Rebouças Juliao, Genimar; Araújo Ribeiro, Bárbara; Portes Abraham Silva, Isadora; Baptista dos Santos, Benedito

Size, age and composition: characteristics of plant taxa as diversity predictors of gall-midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
Araújo, Walter S

Abundancia y distribución de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) y dispersión del dengue en Guasave Sinaloa, México
García, Cipriano; García, Lourdes; Espinosa-Carreón T, Leticia; Ley P, César

Five new species of the genus Sphelodon (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Brazil with a key to the Neotropical species
Herrera, Andrés; Penteado-Dias, Angélica

Ground-foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rainfall effect on pitfall trapping in a deciduous thorn woodland (Caatinga), Northeastern Brazil
Nunes, Francyregis A; Martins Segundo, Glauco B; Vasconcelos, Yuri B; Azevedo, Raul; Quinet, Yves

Efecto de las aranas (Arachnida: Araneae) como depredadoras de insectos plaga en cultivos de alfalfa (Medicago sativa) (Fabaceae) en Argentina
Armendano, Andrea; González, Alda

A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
S. de Lucena, Carlos Alberto

Seasonal diet composition of Fundulus lima (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae) in two oasis systems of Baja California Sur, Mexico
Acosta Zamorano, Dinora; Ruiz Campos, Gorgonio; Andreu Soler, Asunción; Reyes Valdez, Claudia Alejandra

Larval development of Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Pisces: Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions
Molina Arias, Alex

Changes in the fish community of the Kpong Headpond, lower Volta River, Ghana after 25 years of impoundment
Quarcoopome, Theodore; Amevenku, Francis; Ofori-Danson, Patrick

Prey selection by two benthic fish species in a Mato Grosso stream, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ferreira Rezende, Carla; Mazzoni, Rosana; Pellegrini Caramaschi, Érica; Rodrigues, Daniela; Moraes, Maíra

Age, growth and mortality of Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in the Mid-Cross River-Floodplain ecosystem, Nigeria
Idumah Okogwu, Okechukwu

Reproducción de Joturus pichardi y Agonostomus monticola(Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) en ríos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Eslava Eljaiek, Pedro; Díaz Vesga, Roy

Composición química del huevo de Tortuga Golfina Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) y su potencial como recurso alimenticio
Castro-González, María Isabel; Pérez-Gil Romo, Fernando

Temporal and spatial resource use by female three-toed sloths and their young in an agricultural landscape in Costa Rica
Ramirez, Oscar; Vaughan, Christopher; Herrera, Geovanny; Guries, Raymond

Murciélagos (Chiroptera: Mammalia) del Parque Nacional Yurubí, Venezuela: listado taxonómico y estudio comunitario
Delgado-Jaramillo, Mariana; Machado, Marjorie; J. García, Franger; Ochoa, José

Estructura genética de un grupo de capibaras, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Rodentia: Hydrocheridae) en los Llanos orientales colombianos
Maldonado-Chaparro, Adriana; Bernal-Parra, Luz Mery; Forero-Acosta, Gustavo; Ruiz-Garcia, Manuel

A new hypothesis for the importance of seed dispersal in time
Guzmán, Adriana; Stevenson, Pablo R.

La comunidad orquideológica en la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario, Cuba
García-González, Alfredo; Pérez Márquez, Rolando

Estudio del crecimiento de Prioria copaifera (Caesalpinaceae) mediante técnicas dendrocronológicas
Giraldo Jiménez, Jorge Andrés; del Valle Arango, Jorge Ignacio

Morfología de esporas y sinangios en especies neotropicales del helecho Marattia (Marattiaceae)
Lavalle, María del Carmen; Mengascini, Adriana; Rodríguez, Mónica

Ontogenia de los estróbilos, desarrollo de los esporangios y esporogénesis de Equisetum giganteum (Equisetaceae) en los Andes de Colombia
Rincón Barón, Edgar Javier; Forero Ballesteros, Helkin Giovani; Gélvez Landazábal, Leidy Viviana; Torres, Gerardo Andrés; Rolleri, Cristina Hilda

Uso tradicional de plantas medicinales con acción diurética en el Municipio de Quemado de Güines, Cuba
Pérez Machín, Maykel; Sueiro, Mario L.; de la Cruz, Ania; Boffill, María A.; Morón, Francisco; Méndez, Orestes R.; Cárdenas, Jaqueline

Nutrient fluxes in litterfall of a secondary successional alluvial rain forest in Southern Brazil
Bergamini Scheer, Maurício; Gatti, Gustavo; Wisniewski, Celina

Ciclos biogeoquímicos en bosques naturales y plantaciones de coníferas en ecosistemas de alta montana de Colombia
León, Juan Diego; González, María Isabel; Gallardo, Juan Fernando

Can rice field channels contribute to biodiversity conservation in Southern Brazilian wetlands?
Maltchik, Leonardo; Rolon, Ana Silvia; Stenert, Cristina; Machado, Ibere Farina; Rocha, Odete

Seed germination and seedling growth of two Pseudobombax species (Malvaceae) with contrasting habitats from Brazilian Cerrado
Mendes-Rodrigues, Clesnan; Oliveira, Paulo Eugenio; Ranal, Marli Aparecida

Floristic composition and similarity of 15 hectares in Central Amazon, Brazil
Emidio da Silva, Kátia; Martins, Sebastiao Venancio; Alvares Soares Ribeiro, Carlos Antonio; Terra Santos, Nerilson; de Azevedo, Celso Paulo; de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionizia; do Amaral, Ieda Leao

Reproduction, pollination and seed predation of Senna multijuga (Fabaceae) in two protected areas in the Brazilian Atlantic forest
Wolowski, Marina; Freitas, Leandro

Errata
Paternal behavior and testosterone plasma levels in the Volcano Mouse Neotomodon alstoni (Rodentia: Muridae)
J, Luis; Ramírez, L; Carmona, A; Ortiz, G; Delgado, J; Cárdenas, R



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