STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN OF SPECIALIZED PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION NETWORKS IN TROPICAL FOREST EDGES


The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) as a new menace to cotton in Egypt and its chemical control

The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a polyphagous sap sucking insect with a wide geographical and host range causing severe losses in economically important crops.This study represents the first record of P.solenopsis as a new insect attacking cotton plants (Gossypium barbadense var.Giza 86) in Kafr El

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Colony-Level 3D Photogrammetry Reveals That Total Linear Extension and Initial Growth Do Not Scale With Complex Morphological Growth in the Branching Coral, Acropora cervicornis

The ability to quantify changes in the structural complexity of reefs and individual coral colonies that build them is vital to understanding, managing, and restoring the function of these ecosystems.However, traditional methods for quantifying coral growth in situ fail to accurately quantify the diversity of morphologies observed both among and wi

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