Paraná Pine, Araucaria angustifolia: An Ancient-Looking Conifer for Modern Landscapes by Gary W. Knox

“…The primitive appearance of this evergreen tree results from its resemblance to and relationship with an ancient group of Araucaria-related conifers that dominated forests more than 145 million years ago. This tree once covered vast areas in southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. …”
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Analyzing the Application of Machine Learning in Anemia Prediction by Li Yuxi

“…This paper examines decision trees, random forests, support x'ector machines, and neural networks. emphasizing their efficacy in identifying patterns and risk factors associated with anemia. …”
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Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Rajinder Mann, Jiri Hulcr, Jorge E. Peña, Lukasz Stelinski

“…Usually we consider ambrosia beetles beneficial because they accelerate the decay of dead trees, which is important for nutrient cycling in healthy forests. However, the redbay ambrosia beetle and its fungal symbiont transmit the causal pathogen of laurel wilt disease among plants in the Laurel family (Lauraceae). …”
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Othering Nature in Arundhati Roy’s 'The God of Small Things': A Postcolonial Ecocritical Study by Ghulam Yasin

“…The research finds out that the humans’ desires for economic development are materialized through putting aside the traditional ways of agriculture, building dams, clearing forests, and adopting modern ways of living which destroy the balance of their ecosystem. …”
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The mutation atlas of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera): a mutation database resource for natural knockouts by Jose Francisco Diesel, Gary Molano, Sergey V. Nuzhdin

“…It forms dense underwater forests, providing crucial habitat and serving as a foundation species for diverse marine ecosystems. …”
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Causes and Effects of Land Degradation in Karangazi Sector, Nyagatare District Rwanda. by Fred, Mujyambere

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Mangrove plants using deoxyribonucleic acid barcodes for enhancing biodiversity and conservation by M. Basyuni, R. Syahbana, A.B. Rangkuti, N.A. Pradisty, A. Susilowati, L.A.M. Siregar, S.S. Al Mustaniroh, A.A. Aznawi, A. Mubaraq, E.R. Ardli, S.H. Larekeng, V. Leopardas, Y. Isowa, T. Kajita

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mangrove forests in North Sumatra and Aceh are concentrated on the east coast of Sumatra Island. …”
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Retourner en forêt quinze ans après sa thèse : quelle place nouvelle pour le paysage dans la gestion forestière depuis le début des années 2000 ? by Véronique Fourault-Cauët

“…References to landscape management, which were prevalent in the 1980s and 1990s, are becoming rarer, whereas landscape ecology, which is used in scientific research on forests, is hardly ever referred to in the more operational documents. …”
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Projections of future distribution for the Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba) indicate increased extinction risk for an Amazonian flagship species by Kauê Felippe de Moraes, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Gabriela Ribeiro Gonçalves, Larissa Hasnah Queiroz dos Santos, Marcos Pérsio Dantas Santos

“…Over the last few decades, tropical forests have suffered significant changes due to land use and vegetation suppression caused by activities such as monocultures, cattle ranching and mining, which have favored the process of fragmentation and deforestation. …”
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Diversity of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Eucalyptus in Africa and Madagascar by Marc Ducousso, Robin Duponnois, Daniel Thoen, Yves Prin

“…In order to find ecologically well-adapted eucalypts, foresters have tested different species of various origins and the number of tested Eucalyptus species now exceeds 150 in Africa. …”
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From fairy rings to fairy chemicals: The story from nature phenomenon to commercial application by Shaolong Liu, Chanjuan Ye, Jie Guo, Da‐gang Chen, Juan Liu, Xin‐qiao Zhou, Bin Jia, Yixiong Zheng, Jing Wu, Hirokazu Kawagishi, Ke Chen, Chuan‐guang Liu

“…Abstract Fairy rings are naturally occurring phenomena that are circular or curved clusters of mushrooms that appear in meadows, forests, and other places. In recent decades, significant progress has been made in deciphering fairy chemicals (FCs) involved in the intricate crosstalk between mushrooms and plants. …”
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Greening for meaning: Sense of place in green citizen initiatives in the Netherlands by Mellany N.C. van Bommel, Marthe L. Derkzen, Lenneke Vaandrager

“…Green citizen initiatives (e.g. food forests or community gardens) have the potential to reconnect people with nature and provide a source of meaning in life. …”
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Using Genome-Wide SNP Discovery and Genotyping to Reveal the Main Source of Population Differentiation in Nothofagus dombeyi (Mirb.) Oerst. in Chile by Rodrigo Hasbún, Jorge González, Carolina Iturra, Glenda Fuentes, Diego Alarcón, Eduardo Ruiz

“…(Nothofagaceae) is an endemic tree species occurring both in Chile and in Argentina temperate forests. Postglacial history has been studied with chloroplast DNA and evolutionary forces shaping genetic variation patterns have been analysed with isozymes but fine-scale genetic diversity studies are needed. …”
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Calophyllum brasiliense Modulates the Immune Response and Promotes Leishmania amazonensis Intracellular Death by L. Domeneghetti, I. G. Demarchi, J. Z. Caitano, R. B. Pedroso, T. G. V. Silveira, M. V. C. Lonardoni

“…Calophyllum brasiliense is a plant from the Brazilian rain forests and has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of various diseases, including leishmaniasis. …”
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A Statistical Image Feature-Based Deep Belief Network for Fire Detection by Dali Sheng, Jinlian Deng, Wei Zhang, Jie Cai, Weisheng Zhao, Jiawei Xiang

“…Detecting fires is of significance to guarantee the security of buildings and forests. However, it is difficult to fast and accurately detect fire stages in complex environment because of the large variations of the fire features of color, texture, and shapes for flame and smoke images. …”
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A Deep Learning Approach for Mental Fatigue State Assessment by Jiaxing Fan, Lin Dong, Gang Sun, Zhize Zhou

“…In comparison to traditional methods, such as Support Vector Machines (SVMs) and Random Forests (RFs), as well as other deep learning methods, including Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), the proposed approach demonstrates significantly improved experimental outcomes. …”
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Trigona corvina: An Ecological Study Based on Unusual Nest Structure and Pollen Analysis by David W. Roubik, J. Enrique Moreno Patiño

“…A 20-year-old nest (1980–2000) from a lowland Panama forested habitat was sawed in half longitudinally, and a 95 cm transect was systematically sampled each 5 cm. …”
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Five New Species of Pezizales from Northeastern China by Zhengqing Chen, Tolgor Bau

“…As a result of recent research conducted on the distribution of species in sandy areas and some National Forests Parks, five new species belonging to three genera were identified. …”
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Neolithic pastoralism and plant community interactions at high altitudes of the Pyrenees, southern Europe by Irene Julián-Posada, Graciela Gil-Romera, Sandra Garcés-Pastor, Peter D. Heintzman, Daniel Gómez, Federico Fillat, Ana Moreno, Javier Lara-Recuero, Pere Bover, Lourdes Montes, Alejandro Sierra, Blas Valero-Garcés, Inger G. Alsos, Penélope González-Sampériz

“…A notable plant community shift arose at 6000 years before present, with deciduous forests transitioning into diverse open grasslands. …”
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Worker Protection Standard: Additional Requirements for Agricultural Employers of Workers by Frederick M. Fishel

“…This regulation is primarily intended to reduce the risks of illness or injury to workers and handlers resulting from occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on agricultural establishments (i.e., farms, forests, nurseries and enclosed space production facilities, such as greenhouses). …”
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