Phytochemical screening and phytotoxic activity of Pinus ponderosa (Dougl.) Lawson by Mouna Souihi, Marwa Khammassi, Habiba Kouki, Ismail Amri, Mohsen Hanana, Lamia Hamrouni, Yassine Mabrouk

“…These preliminary findings suggest that essential oils from forest trees, particularly Pinus ponderosa, could serve as an eco-friendly alternative to chemical herbicides. …”
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First two mitochondrial genomes for the order Filobasidiales reveal novel gene rearrangements and intron dynamics of Tremellomycetes by Qiang Li, Zhijie Bao, Ke Tang, Huiyu Feng, Wenying Tu, Lijiao Li, Yunlei Han, Mei Cao, Changsong Zhao

“…Phylogenetic analyses based on Bayesian inference and the maximum likelihood methods using a combined mitochondrial gene set generated identical and well-supported phylogenetic trees, wherein Filobasidium species had close relationships with Trichosporonales species. …”
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Analysis of the Complete Genomes of Enterovirus 71 Subtypes in China by Lei Wang, Yuzhu Dai, Jun Cheng, Changgui Sun, Yu Chen, Dawei Cui

“…Here, the complete genomes of EV-A71 from China between 1998 and 2019 were downloaded from GenBank. The phylogenetic trees were developed by MEGA7.0 software, and the complete genetic epidemiological characteristics and amino acid mutations of EV-A71 from China were also analysed. …”
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Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi‐Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions of Kenya by Agnes Omire, Nancy L. M. Budambula, Johnstone Neondo, Robert Gituru, Cecilia Mweu

“…Morphotype 5 had the tallest trees with the biggest fruits and included palms from Eastern and Coastal regions making it the best morphotype for fruit traits. …”
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Utilization of Sanitized Human Excreta and Wood Ash for Establishing Multipurpose <i>Ficus Thonningii</i> Blume in a Degraded Tantalum Technosol by D. Neina

“… The inclusion of native trees in mine land reclamation has been promoted over the years yet that of highvalue multipurpose species for people’s livelihoods has been overlooked. …”
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Bithyniid snails (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) infected with Xiphidiocercariae in Thailand include a new record of Bithynia siamensis siamensis as the intermediate host of Plagiorchis... by Abdulhakam Dumidae, Jiranun Ardpairin, Supawan Pansri, Chanatinat Homkaew, Mayura Nichitcharoen, Aunchalee Thanwisai, Apichat Vitta

“…BLASTn searches in GenBank and phylogenetic trees based on xiphidiocercariae were used to classify the samples into four different families spanning two superfamilies of digenean trematodes. …”
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A novel aggregated coefficient ranking based feature selection strategy for enhancing the diagnosis of breast cancer classification using machine learning by E. Sreehari, L. D. Dhinesh Babu

“…Later, we employed models such as decision trees, support vector machines, k-nearest neighbors, random forests, stochastic gradient descent, and Gaussian naive bayes to determine the type of cancer. …”
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Machine learning-assisted prediction of durability behavior in pultruded fiber-reinforced polymeric (PFRP) composites by Ammar A. Alshannaq, Mohammad F. Tamimi, Muath I. Abu Qamar

“…The results reveal that Decision Trees, Artificial Neural Networks, and Random Forests are the best models to predict behavior of pultruded composites under environmental exposure, which achieved R2 values of 0.9647, 0.9537, and 0.8970, respectively for the case of flexural strength. …”
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Conservation biological control in forest: A case study with the pine processionary moth by Nattan Plat, Lucas Moreews, Laura Schillé, Jean-Baptiste Rivoal, Hervé Jactel

“…In forest ecosystems, the damage caused to trees by insect pests is increasing as a result of global change. …”
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Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai (1939-2020): Philosopher, Polymath, Humanist by Sanya Osha

“…If rough, uneven and perhaps sometimes imprecise on the surface, it was an imprecision that seemed deliberate, forged in the hardened crucible of character formation, with the range and sturdiness of mountain rocks or the blasted rigor of gnarled ancient trees. That is what I had read in Irele’s wince and gestures in relation to the unique work of Professor Olabiyi Yai. …”
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Component composition of flavonoid pigments and flower color in Prunus mira and hybrid cultivars of ornamental peach by L. D. Komar-Tyomnaya, G. P. Zaitsev

“…Ornamental peaches are flowering trees with petals ranging in color from white and pale pink to purplered. …”
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Monitoring and Assessing the Changes in the Coverage and Decline of Oak Forests in Lorestan Province using Satellite Images and BFAST Model by hengameh shiravand, Shahriar Khaledi, Saeed Behzadi, Hojjat Allah sanjabi

“…Decline phenomenon is one of the most important reasons for the destruction and mortality of oak trees in Zagros forests due to the wide variety and diversity of the topography of its determination through track and field operations is not readily possible. …”
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Structure and Composition of Mangrove Vegetation on Kelasa Island: Dominance of Rhizophora apiculata and Its Implications for Coastal Ecosystem Sustainability by Akhrianti Irma, Oka Arizona Mohammad, Harapan Putera Batubara Geothani

“…Density varied by growth stage, with mature trees averaging 87 individuals/ha, saplings 17 individuals/ha, and seedlings 13 individuals/ha. …”
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Diversity and abundance of butterflies in urban areas of Bankura district, Bankura, West Bengal, India by Avisek Patra, Anirban Patra, Biplab Mandal, Anupam Ghosh

“…Abstract Objective During the present study, the biodiversity profile of butterflies was assessed on the Bankura Christian College campus, a large area with a huge amount of trees, bushes, rain forest, and undisturbed areas within the urban areas of Bankura district of West Bengal, India. …”
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Comparative Microstructural Evaluation of Wood in Three Dominant Ziziphus Species of Desert Ecosystem (Cholistan), Pakistan by Muhammad Bilal, Zaheer-ud-din Khan, Sohaib Muhammad, Uzma Hanif, Khalid Hussain, Muhammad Tayyab, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Hassan Nawaz, Muhammad Jawad Tariq Khan, null Mahrukh, Aneela Rasool, Summiya Faisal, Muhammad Zahid

“…The present microstructural evaluation was carried out on the woods of three ethnobotanically important local fruit trees, namely, Ziziphus mauritiana Lam., Z. spina-christi (L.) …”
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Mia Couto and the enchantment of rain by Myrtle J. Hooper, Isabel B. Rawlins

“…Ashcroft says Couto’s vision as a writer is to ‘give back to the word its divine power … the power to enchant things, be these trees, birds, or landscapes’. Samuelson too claims that Couto’s stories ‘invoke an enlivening ecocritical method’ that draws readers into a ‘sacred web’, an ‘indivisible body, an ‘interconnected world’. …”
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Estimation of Current Water Use over the Complex Topography of the Nile Basin Headwaters: The Case of Ghba Subbasin, Ethiopia by Mehari Gebreyohannes Hiben, Admasu Gebeyehu Awoke, Abraha Adugna Ashenafi

“…From the existing irrigation schemes, about 10,254.8 ha areas are irrigated by both smallholders and different investors, growing vegetables, cereals, and fruit trees. The annual irrigation water requirements of these schemes are computed to be 151.55 Mm3. …”
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Integrating taxonomic, genetic and ecological data to explore the species richness of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) of the Culuccia Peninsula (NE Sardinia, Italy) by Matteo Annessi, Alessandra Riccieri, Marilena Marconi, Sabrina Rossi, Andrea Di Giulio

“…DNA was extracted to amplify sequences of the mitochondrial gene Cyotochrome oxydase I, which were then compared with those in BOLD using the identification tool and by constructing neighbor-joining phylogenetic trees. Seventy-six different species belonging to 29 genera and six families were collected and identified. …”
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Exploring Safe Overtaking Behavior on Two-Lane Two-Way Road Using Multiagent Driving Simulators and Traffic Simulation by Taeho Oh, Heechan Kang, Zhibin Li

“…We conduct experiments using a network connection between two multiagent driving simulators to collect a human behavior-based overtaking dataset and develop driving behavior models engaged in overtaking situations using the Extra Trees model. The behavior models are embedded in microsimulation to generate human behavior-based datasets under different conditions using a dynamic link library and component object model interfaces. …”
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Evaluation and Changes in the Comprehensive Ecological Effects of Agriculture in Urbanizing Areas: A Case Study of the Xi'an Metropolitan Zone, China by Zhongxue Zhou, Fangze Zhao, Bingjie Song

“…Key findings include: (1) The comprehensive ecological effects of agriculture decline when transitioning from grain planting to urban agriculture, as modern agricultural practices in urbanizing areas are ecologically detrimental compared with natural ecosystems. (2) The shift from grain to urban agriculture, excluding vegetables, generally enhances ecosystem services, complexity, and stability, due to changes in the natural properties of crop types (e.g., trees, vines, or herbs), plant density, biodiversity, and leaf area index. (3) The negative environmental impacts of urban agriculture primarily reduce the comprehensive ecological effects due to unsuitable agricultural practices. …”
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