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Denk, Thomas, Guido W. Grimm, and Anne-Katrin Röseler. "When field botany meets history: taxonomy ofPlatanus mexicanain Mexico." Willdenowia 42, no. 1 (June 21, 2012): 99–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.42.42113.

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Weber, Reinhard, and Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz. "Perfil actual y perspectivas de la paleo botánica en México." Botanical Sciences, no. 55 (April 25, 2017): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.17129/botsci.1458.

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As n interdisciplinar science, paleobotany-deals with geology and botany. The number of outcrops with fossil plants, in a wide sense, in Mexico surpasses significantly the number -insufficient - of paleobotanist in the country. Following a stratigraphic sequence seven Mexican fossil floras are characterized underlying their research and problematic status. These floras correspond to those of the Matzitzi (Permian) and Santa Clara (Late Triassic) Formations, the Consuelo (Middle Jurassic) Group, the Cerro del Pueblo and Olmos (Late Cretaceous) Formations, and the Ahuehuetes locality and El Cien Formation (Tertiary). Paleobotany has no substitute for the complete understanding of plants, their evolutionary history and extinctions. It gives information about diversity, distribution and interactions that override results obtained on extrapolations based on observations of extant plants and ecosystems. Mexico has a great potential and peculiar geographic location to contribute important paleobotanical information essential for the large synthesis of plant history at a world-wide level.
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Shemluck, Melvin J., Eduardo Estrada, Robert Nicholson, and Susan W. Brobst. "A preliminary study of the taxane chemistry and natural history of the Mexican yew, Taxus globosa Schltdl." Botanical Sciences, no. 72 (June 1, 2017): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.17129/botsci.1672.

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This paper represents a preliminary study of the botany, natural history and taxane chemistry of the Mexican yew, Taxus globosa Schltdl. Taxonomic history, morphological comparison to other North American species and ecological habitat are discussed. Chemical study involved leaf and twig material from forty-nine plants from three localities in Mexico. Levels of taxol, cephalomannine and baccatin III were determined by HPLC analysis. Intrapopulational variation was found to be very high while mean taxane levels for each of the three populations were very similar. The average percentage of taxol in leaves of T. globosa is higher than in all other species of Taxus (0.0121% dry wt.).
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Shamsid-Deen, Maya L., and Jayson M. Porter. "Black Placemaking under Environmental Stressors." Environment and Society 13, no. 1 (September 1, 2022): 121–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ares.2022.130108.

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Dry farming, or techniques of cultivating crops in regions with domineering dry seasons, was central to Black agricultural life across the Black diaspora, but especially in the Black Pacific. Ecologically, the Black diaspora transformed semi-arid ecosystems in both the Atlantic and Pacific. However, there is a dearth of Black narratives that draw on the ecological and botanical relationships held with the land. Through a collaborative botanical and historical approach that blends historical ecology and botany, we evaluate how Black placemaking occurred despite arid climatic stressors and as a result of ecological and cultural knowledge systems. Highlighting Black agricultural life in Costa Chica, Mexico and Blackdom, New Mexico, we argue that people and plants made cimarronaje (or collective and situated Black placemaking) possible in the Western coasts and deserts of Mexico and New Mexico through botanical knowledge systems of retaining water and cultivating a life in water-scarce environments.
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Fróes da Fonseca, Maria Rachel. "La Ciencia Recreativa and the popularisation of science in Mexico in the 19th century." Journal of Science Communication 16, no. 03 (July 20, 2017): A07. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.16030207.

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In the last decades of the 19th century education played a major role in Mexican society, when efforts were being made to restructure it based on the objective teaching of sciences, which was regarded as the driving force behind the change needed in various sectors such as industry and public health. In this context, the so-called science disseminators aimed to communicate their knowledge to the general public, mainly to the working classes and the children. Journalism grew and reached a wide range of themes and audiences. They believed in the idea of a science for all and that sciences were an instrument to know the new nations and educate the population. It is worth mentioning La ciencia recreativa, a publication dedicated to children and working classes. Between 1871 and 1879 it was edited by the topographical engineer and surveyor José Joaquín Arriaga (1831–1896), who aimed to generalise the scientific knowledge of cosmography, mineralogy, meteorology, physics, botany, zoology, descriptive geography and industrial agriculture.
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Bork, Kennard. "New Frontiers: The Evolution of William G. Tight From Geomorphologist to University President." Earth Sciences History 22, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 10–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.17704/eshi.22.1.c5145lgmm6634055.

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William George Tight (1865-1910) contributed to our knowledge of U.S. Midwestern drainage patterns and the impact of glaciation on fluvial systems, including the Teays River (Pleistocene; now buried under glacial sediment in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois). In 1901 he accepted the Presidency of the University of New Mexico (UNM). Subsequently, most of his attention was devoted to academic administration, although he managed some investigation of the geology and botany of the New Mexico Territory. He had many successes but ran afoul of political situations that led to his dismissal by the UNM Board of Regents in 1909. Although elements of Tight's geomorphic work in Ohio were published and his administrative endeavors in New Mexico were well covered by campus newspapers, serious gaps in our knowledge of William Tight exist because a campus fire in 1910 destroyed most of his papers and correspondence. Thus, a full account of his life exemplifies the biographer's task, literal in this case, of sifting through ashes. Just as the geologic column contains breaks, the history of science frequently has its lacunae. Tight's life as a researcher and administrator is partially visible, thanks to his publications and existing, albeit limited, archival resources. His biography helps us understand the early evolution of glacial geomorphology in the Midwest and the development of a major public university in the Southwest.
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Wesche-Ebeling, Pedro, Ratikanta Maiti, Graciela García-Díaz, Diana I. González, and Fernando Sosa-Alvarado. "Contributions to the botany and nutritional value of some wild amaranthus species (Amaranthaceae) of Nuevo leon, Mexico." Economic Botany 49, no. 4 (October 1995): 423–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02863094.

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Reyes-Chilpa, Ricardo, Silvia Laura Guzmán-Gutiérrez, María Campos-Lara, Ezra Bejar, Helia Reyna Osuna-Fernández, and Griselda Hernández-Pasteur. "On the first book of medicinal plants written in the American Continent:The LibellusMedicinalibus Indorum Herbisfrom Mexico, 1552. A review." Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas 20, no. 1 (2021): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.37360/blacpma.21.20.1.1.

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The "Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis" (Little Book of Indian Medicinal Plants) was composed by the indigenous sages Martín De la Cruz and Juan Badiano, 31 years after the Aztec Empire fall. The former was the author, and the latter translated the manuscript from the Nahuatllanguage to Latin. It contains numerous recipes for treating human diseases and 185 colored drawings of the prescribed plants. In 1939 it was first published as "An Aztec Herbarium". However, it also contains XVI century European diseases and medical practices. We present an updated review of this beautiful codex, its history, conception, creators, and botany; as well as, the chemistry and pharmacology of fiveplants therein cited. The Libellusis a window in the time that allows the scientific research of ancient ethnopharmacological knowledge in Mesoamerica and document its persistence, disappearance, or transformation. However, this requires overcoming linguistic defies, but also derived from its historical, anthropological, cultural, botanical, and medical context.
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Delprete, Piero G. "Timothy J. Motley (4 June 1965–28 March 2013) and his passion for Ethnobotany and Pacific Islands flora." Phytotaxa 206, no. 1 (May 1, 2015): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.206.1.3.

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Timothy Jay Motley was born June 4th, 1965, to Roy and Joan (née Schaeffer) Motley, in Paxton, Illinois, USA. He grew up on a farm in east-central Illinois, and attended Armstrong-Ellis Grade School. He entered Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where he completed a Bachelor of Science in 1987 and a Master of Science in Botany in 1989, having written a dissertation on Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus). In 1996 he earned a Ph.D. in Botany at the University of Hawaii, Manoa; his dissertation on evolutionary and reproductive biology of Labordia (Loganiaceae). While in Hawaii, he developed a particular interest for the Pacific islands flora and for ethnobotany, two passions that he pursued for the rest of his life. Shortly after finishing his doctorate, he worked at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) as Post-Doctoral Research Associate (1997−1998), Assistant Curator (1998−2004), Acting Chair (1999−2000; 2001−2002), and Project Head of Conservation Genetics in Island Systems (1998−2006) in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies. While working for NYBG, he travelled widely in regions where his projects would take him, mostly in the South Pacific, and visited the Kingdom of Tonga, Rapa Iti, Bora Bora, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Pohnpei, Fiji, Mauritius, Reunion, Vanuatu, Philippines, Jamaica, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Hawaii, and Tahiti. In 2006, he was hired as the J. Robert Stiffler Distinguished Professor of Botany and Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, and as the Director of Science at the Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, Virginia. During this period, he continued his expeditions to study and collect plants in the South Pacific and beyond, including Ecuador, the Galapagos Archipelago, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Mexico, the Louisiade Archipelago, and yearly field trips to underexplored regions of China. Sadly, after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, he passed away on March 28, 2013, at age 47, at the peak of his career, leaving his wife, young son, and numerous colleagues and friends. His numerous ongoing projects, which are currently being continued by his graduate students and colleagues around the world, assure that his scientific legacy, his loving character, and his integrity will never be forgotten.
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Quiroz-González, Beatriz, Rosario García-Mateos, J. Joel E. Corrales-García, and María Teresa Colinas-León. "Pitaya (Stenocereus spp.): an under-utilized fruit." Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development 20 (August 14, 2018): 82–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.v20i.30.

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Pitaya (Stenocereus spp.) is an exotic fruit, which has been consumed since ancient timesby pre-Hispanic cultures. Recently in Mexico, this cactus has been the target of commercialattention due to the pleasant taste of their succulent fruits with juicy and sweet pulp, and agreat variety of colors (white, yellow, purple and red fruits). This fruit has excellent sensory,nutritional, nutraceutical, agroindustrial and medicinal attributes; however, it has beenunder-utilized. The high content of betalains in this fruit allows us to consider these varietiesas a source of natural pigments to be used in the food industry. The aim of this study is toshow “the state of the art” of the properties of Stenocereus, to promote its study,dissemination, production, consumption and agroindustrial use. The present study shows adescription of its botany, distribution, cultivation, physiology, pre and postharvest aspects,nutritional and nutraceutical composition, as well as agroindustrial and medicinal uses. Theproduction of this fruit represents an opportunity for the economic development of somearid and semi-arid zones of Mexico due to the agronomic, nutraceutical and agroindustrialadvantages. Therefore, more studies are required, mainly on physiological, nutraceutical,medicinal and agroindustrial aspects, more specifically on the non-studied species ofStenocereus, and future researches should deal with development of agro-technologies toguarantee high yields and good quality products to enable growers to make a living from it.
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West, Patricia A. "Floral richness, phytogeography, and conservation on islandsin Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278789.

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Planners expect infrastructure development underway in Baja California to launch a wave of tourism. Managers will need information concerning the natural environment. This study focuses on the floral richness of the islands of Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico. Results include island plant species inventories; a phytogeographic analysis evaluating the effects of island characteristics on plant species richness; a current human impact analysis, on floral richness; an evaluation of threats to floral richness and environmental health, including a non-native plant analysis; and management recommendations for preventing depletion of the native plant species richness on these islands from increased visitation. Floral richness ranges from 2 to 74 species per island. The best predictors of floral richness are the island area and the seabird presence or breeding. I recommend a combination of careful monitoring, dissemination of educational materials, and increased enforcement of current restrictions on island use to minimize human impacts.
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De, la Barreda Bautista Betsabe. "Vegetation sensitivity to droughts (1982-2011) through remote sensing in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39822/.

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Ecosystems undergo permanent alteration and degradation as a result of the pressure exerted upon them by anthropogenic activities and natural causes. Amongst the natural causes, drought can have considerable impacts on vegetation productivity; these impacts include biomass reduction and changes in vegetation cycles, growth, and vitality. Such impacts have important implications for society, and understanding the impacts of drought in natural systems will help minimise vulnerability to it. The Yucatan Peninsula is a vulnerable area in climate change scenarios, where increased intensity and frequency of droughts is already occurring. This thesis aims to analyse how droughts impact upon vegetation on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico using both remotely sensed data (in particular the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer – AVHRR - data) and meteorological data (in situ precipitation data). Three major elements are addressed: (1) spatial and temporal precipitation variability, and the occurrence of droughts during the period 1980-2011; (2) vegetation productivity trends, focusing on the persistence and resilience of the different vegetation types present across the Yucatan Peninsula using remotely sensed data sets, specifically, the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NOAA-AVHRR) as a proxy for productivity in the period 1982 to 2011; and (3) the relationship between vegetation productivity and rainfall and the lack of it (i.e. droughts) at a more detailed temporal scale (monthly) with two vegetation indices (NDVI from AVHRR and MTCI from the MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)). The main findings indicate that precipitation in the area follows a gradient from north to south which is linked to vegetation types in the area, from deciduous forest to evergreen forest. NDVI trends in the Yucatan Peninsula are generally stable during the period 1980-2011; however, negative trends are persistent in areas where human impacts and intensive agriculture are present. Analysis of resilience also shows that deciduous forest and grasslands are much less resilient to disturbance and have a longer recovery period compared to other vegetation types. Per-pixel regression analysis between precipitation and vegetation productivity shows high explained variances between NDVI and rainfall with a time-lag of 1 and 2 months and tropical dry forest is the biome most affected by droughts. These results are valuable for decreasing the vulnerability of the Yucatan Peninsula and they could be used for increasing the understanding of the area and therefore go further in the creation of warning and management programmes.
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Vanderplank, Sula E. "The Vascular Flora of Greater San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2010. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/2.

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The plants of San Quintín (Baja California, Mexico) were documented through intensive fieldwork and the collection of herbarium specimens to create a checklist of species. This region is home to a diverse flora with high levels of local endemism and many rare plants. The flora documented in this study was compared to historical records from the region and shows the impact of agriculture and urbanization on the plants, including several extirpated species. A study of the perennial vegetation using a 1 km grid provides species distribution data for 140 native species, which were assessed to highlight areas of significant species richness for native, rare, and endemic taxa. Several non-native plants were also mapped to provide baseline data. Areas of conservation priority for the flora of Greater San Quintín are discussed in light of these combined findings.
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Kilroy, Hayley A. "Enrichment planting of an understory palm: Effect of microenvironmental variables on seedling establishment, growth, and survival." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1209495979.

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Weisgerber, Elizabeth Kay. "Classifying and mapping diversity in a species-poor system: the mangrove meta-community of Laguna Chacahua National Park, Oaxaca, Mexico." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2011. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/622.

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ABSTRACT Classifying and Mapping Diversity in a Species-Poor System: the mangrove meta-community of Laguna Chacahua National Park, Oaxaca, Mexico by Elizabeth Kay Weisgerber Both field transects and imagery grid plots were analyzed with the goal of creating a community classification map for the mangrove forest of Parque Nacional Lagunas de Chacahua. In total, data was collected in 49 sites throughout the park, recording measures such as DBH, basal area, estimated dominance, frequency, cover and relative dominance. Field locations were marked and georeferenced with a GPS and grid plots overlaid on satellite imagery of the park were generated via a random number table. Species' attributes delineating the identifiable features for each dominant species within Chacahua were noted and used to recognize patterns in species assemblages. Fourteen distinct ‘sub-communities’ within the mangrove meta-community were recognized using this data and verified with 165 field photos. Relative dominance values were compared between field and grid data. These data revealed a similar pattern with Rhizophora mangle being most dominant under each method. Avicennia germinans was second in relative dominance, Laguncularia racemosa a close third while Conocarpus erectus was rarely found, most likely due to over-harvesting. Rapid degradation of mangrove forests is occurring on a global scale. Understanding the complex dynamics that occur within the mangrove meta-community is essential to its conservation. Vegetation maps are essential tool in monitoring changes throughout the mangrove but are rarely of sufficient detail for everyday use. Generating highly detailed vegetation maps in a cost-effective and timely manner is an important step for their conservation, particularly in developing countries. This study demonstrates methods and techniques for producing a vegetation map that portrays the level of complexity that exists within the species-poor mangrove environment. This map will be donated to the management team of Parque Nacional Lagunas de Chacahua to better aid in management.
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Cord, Anna [Verfasser], and Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Dech. "Potential of multi-temporal remote sensing data for modeling tree species distributions and species richness in Mexico / Anna Cord. Betreuer: Stefan Dech." Würzburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Würzburg, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1022790919/34.

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Vasquez, Garcia José Antonio. "Taxonomy of the genus Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) in Mexico and Central America." 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/23665034.html.

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Camara, Cabrales Luisa Del Carmen. "Seed production, seed dispersal, and seedling ecology of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) in Quintana Roo, Mexico." 2005. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3193884.

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The ecology of Swietenia macrophylla and three associated tree species in seasonal tropical forests in Quintana Roo, Mexico were studied to improve the design of sustainable forest management methods. Seed production of 82 Swietenia trees from 15 to >100 cm diameter at breast height (DBH) was estimated by counting fruit pericarp segments beneath the tree crowns. The number of fruits/tree increased with DBH size and was related to increasing tree crown. Trees >75 cm DBH had significantly greater fruit production than smaller trees, and had a larger median seed dispersal distance (38 m) that was skewed to the west of the trees. Fruit production varied among the six-years, but did not reach the population variability or tree synchronicity that is found in masting species. The effect of 7%, 22%, and 45% sunlight and two soil moisture types on seedlings of Swietenia, Cedrela odorata, Cordia dodecandra, and Manilkara zapota were studied in shade houses in Quintana Roo, in order to examine plasticity of physiology, morphology, and biomass allocation as a background to understanding growth and competition in forest conditions. Some expected trends occurred in all species: leaf area ratio (LAR), specific leaf area (SLA), and foliar biomass allocation all increased with decreasing light. Good soil moisture increased height, diameter and biomass, therefore greater photosynthesis rates may be explained by more water availability. However, comparisons among species did not always show trends expected to be associated with different levels of shade tolerance. Shade tolerant Manilkara had the lowest total biomass, and the highest foliar biomass allocation, but did not have the expected high SLA because of its thick evergreen leaves. Shade intolerant Cedrela had the lowest foliar allocation, but compensated with the highest SLA, foliar nitrogen content, and photosynthetic rate. Intermediate/intolerant Swietenia had the highest biomass production of all species; it had high plasticity in foliar allocation such that there was little difference in total biomass among light levels. Intermediate/intolerant Cordia had lower plasticity in foliar allocation than Swietenia , so a lower LAR and substantially less total biomass in low light. It had thicker leaves and higher foliar nitrogen-area in high light.
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"Nitrogen economy of the purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea L., in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain." Tulane University, 2005.

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This work addresses a focal question in ecological strategy theory, investigating the importance of carnivory to plant nutrient economy under differing conditions of substrate nutrient availability. Cost/benefit models predict that allocation to carnivory will increase as substrate nutrients decrease. I investigated allocation patterns of Sarracenia purpurea and relative contributions of nitrogen sources to the plant's nutrient budget, in two Gulf of Mexico coastal wet pine savannas differing in soil N availability Soil net N mineralization, measured by buried bag incubations, and inorganic N in precipitation were significantly greater at a site in Mississippi than at a similar site in Florida, as were N-fixation rates in leaf (pitcher) cavities, estimated by acetylene reduction. The potential seasonal contribution of N-fixation to the N budget of S. purpurea was estimated to equal 4--5% of the N content of mature plants. Ages of plants in this study were not known, but because S. purpurea is a long-lived perennial, cumulative contribution of associative N-fixation during a plant's lifetime could be substantial Indicative of increased allocation to prey-capture, mature pitchers at the more N limited FL site had relatively smaller keels and larger mouths, and FL plants had proportionally larger root systems, but higher tissue C:N ratios, indicative of greater N limitation relative to MS plants. Contrary to expectations, MS plants acquired a significantly greater proportion of N from prey (33--51%) than FL plants (22--37%), estimated in situ using 15N natural abundance data in a mixing model. MS pitchers, reflecting relative relief from N constraints, had larger keels and smaller mouths, indicative of an allocation shift toward light-capture. Pitcher morphology of experimentally shaded plants reflected a dramatic allocation shift toward light-capture. I suggest that changes in the light environment interact with differences in soil (and prey) nutrient availability to shape plastic responses by S. purpurea and perhaps other carnivorous plants at both the level of individual leaf morphology and whole-plant level biomass allocation patterns Results of this work indicate that S. purpurea exhibits a striking degree of plasticity facilitating its tolerance of low nutrient environments, and that carnivory supplies a substantial proportion of its nitrogen nutrition
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"A study of forest communities and woody plant distributions in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico." Tulane University, 2005.

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The woody vegetation in 317 plots totaling 3.17 hectares was sampled in the forest of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico. All stems greater than 2.5 cm diameter at breast height were measured; diameter and vernacular name (Maya or Spanish), along with scientific name, if known in the field, estimated height, slope, presence of ruins, and soil type were recorded. A total of 16,113 stems were measured, representing 138 taxa in 44 families; 105 taxa were identified to species level, 24 to genus, and 5 to family. Vines were only counted as a life form, due to the difficulty of securing specimens for determination. Three uncommon taxa were not identified, described only by Maya common name. Using Maya soil classification terminology, data were used to describe major plant communities on the most important soil types, and to develop an Indicator Species Analysis. Six possible Indicator Species were analyzed by an autobinomial regression, using a Gibbs sampler based on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method, to test the statistical significance of the Indicator Values. The coefficients for three species were positive and statistically significant; the coefficients for two species were negative and statistically significant; and the coefficient for one species was not statistically significant Brosimum alicastrum (Moraceae) (n.v. ramon) was the dominant tree (measured in square decimeters per hectare) overall (all plots on all soils considered together), and was also the dominant tree on yaxhom (upland) soil, near ruins, on ruins, and on kakab, an anthropogenic soil created by many centuries of human activity on the site. Indicator species analysis showed B. alicastrum to be a strong indicator for the presence of ruins and anthropogenic soil, taking into account neighbor effects. Talisia olivaeformis and Manilkara zapota also show a significant positive association with ruins and the areas around ruins. T. olivaeformis is an important fruit tree in the Yucatan Peninsula today, and was undoubtedly so in antiquity. M. zapota yields fruit, latex, and a very hard, durable wood. The autobinomial regression technique confirmed the statistical significance of the indicator values. Haematozylum campechianum (Leguminosae) was the dominant tree on akalche soil, which is found in lowland seasonal swamps (bajos) The findings, including plant community demographics, statistical and graphic techniques, and historical and archaeological evidence, provide confirmation for the thesis that Brosimum alicastrum is a strong and reliable indicator of sites of former human habitation. These findings also support the hypothesis that B. alicastrum was managed and selected by the Lowland Maya as a staple food. The importance of B. alicastrum as a reliable food source in ancient times, especially before the introduction of Zea mays into the Maya lowlands, probably led to the intensive cultivation, management, and artificial selection of the species. The ramon on the site in modern times likely represents a population which has co-evolved in response to large-scale changes in the landscape and ecology of the forest of southern Campeche and nearby areas. Therefore, the abundance of B. alicastrum on ruin sites can be most parsimoniously explained as a kabab effect, rather than a ruin effect
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Books on the topic "Botany, mexico"

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Halbinger, Federico. Laelias of Mexico. Mexico City: Herbario AMO, 1997.

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Levin, Geoffrey Arthur. The vascular flora of Isla Socorro, Mexico. San Diego, Calif., USA: San Diego Society of Natural History, 1989.

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Herrick, James W. Iroquois medical botany. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 1995.

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H, Moir William, and Spellenberg Richard, eds. New Mexico vegetation: Past, present, and future. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1993.

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Beaman, John H. Revision of Hieracium (Asteraceae) in Mexico and Central America. Ann Arbor, MI: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 1990.

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An introduction to the orchids of Mexico. Ithaca, N.Y: Comstock Pub. Associates, 1987.

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M, Laughlin Robert, ed. The flowering of man: A Tzotzil botany of Zinacantán. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution press, 2000.

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Ivey, Robert DeWitt. Flowering plants of New Mexico. 4th ed. Albuquerque, NM: RD & V Ivey, 2003.

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1925-, Turner B. L., and Nesom Guy, eds. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae. Austin, Texas: Plant Resources Center, Department of Botany, the University of Texas, 1996.

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1947-, Vizcaíno Ernesto Franco, ed. Land of chamise and pines: Historical accounts and current status of northern Baja California's vegetation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.

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Book chapters on the topic "Botany, mexico"

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Mitra, Sisir. "Cultivars and plant improvement." In Guava: botany, production and uses, 110–47. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789247022.0006.

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Abstract The major objectives of guava breeding are aimed at improving both plant and fruit characteristics such as to develop high-yielding, high-quality dwarf cultivars with fruits of uniform shape, good size, attractive skin and pulp colour, fewer and/or soft seeds, resistant to wilt, nematodes and long storage life. Selection of superior seedlings has resulted in the development of a number of cultivars in different countries. This chapter describes the Psidium species used in breeding (Psidium cattleyanum, P. guineense, P. acutangulum, P. friedrichsthalianum, P. angulatum and P. littorale), objectives of breeding programmes, introduction and selection, inheritance pattern, interspecific hybridization, polyploidy, mutation and molecular characterization. Guava cultivars growing in different countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, USA and vietnam) are also described.
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"Botanas." In Naturally Healthy Mexican Cooking, 53–59. University of Texas Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.7560/745490-007.

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Reports on the topic "Botany, mexico"

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Botanic and hydrologic changes on rangelands of the Rio Puerco basin, New Mexico. US Geological Survey, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/wri864021.

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