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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Mesquite"”.
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Neltumius arizonensis (Schaeffer) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) as a biological control agent of mesquite (Prosopis spp., Mimosaceae) in South Africa
… the late nineteenth century, six North American mesquite taxa (Prosopis spp., Mimosaceae) were introduced into South Africa. They were to provide shade for livestock, and their pods were valued as a source of fodder. All Prosopis species in south Africa were recognized, as weeds in 1983. In 1987 …
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A comparative study of honey mesquite woodlands in southern Nevada and their use by phainopeplas and other avian species
A study of four honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana) woodlands located at Moapa, Stewart Valley, Pahrump, and Stump Spring in southern Nevada was conducted to (1) describe the current condition of mesquite woodlands, (2) compare avian community indices among the four sites, and (3) …
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First-year growth and survival of habitat revegetation trials on the lower Colorado River, Mexico
… the first-year growth and survival of irrigated mesquite seedlings (Prosopis glandulosa and P. pubescens) and rooted cuttings of cottonwood and willow (Populus fremontii and Salix goodingii). Mean first-year growth of seedlings planted from 2.8-L pots was comparable between fall-planted honey …
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First-year growth and survival of habitat revegetation trials on the lower Colorado River, Mexico
… the first-year growth and survival of irrigated mesquite seedlings (Prosopis glandulosa and P. pubescens) and rooted cuttings of cottonwood and willow (Populus fremontii and Salix goodingii). Mean first-year growth of seedlings planted from 2.8-L pots was comparable between fall-planted honey …
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Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids
… of bruchid beetles for biologicval control of mesquite, Prosopsis species, in South Africa is deemed to have failed because the beetles are supposed to be unable to compete with livestock which utilise the seed pods of mesquite extensively as forage. These assumptions have been made without any …
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An experimental and modeling synthesis to determine seasonality of hydraulic redistribution in semi-arid region with multispecies
… species where Posopis velutina Woot. (velvet mesquite) and understory co-exist and share resources. The study site is one of Ameriflux sites: Santa Rita Mesquite savanna, AZ, with a distinct dry season that indicates occurrence of HR. The model is modified to better represent Santa Rita …
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Avaliação da germinação e crescimento inicial de oleaginosas cultivadas com a aplicação de produtos foliares de algaroba
… by the establishment of exotic plants. The mesquite (Prosopis juliflora (SW) DC.) is an invasive plant that causes changes in the composition of the Caatinga (Brazilian stepic savanna). The objective was to measure the changes caused by the addition of mesquite leaf residues on the …
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Evaluation and breeding of Hilaria belangeri for turfgrass use.
Curly mesquite (Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash) is a palatable, nutritious range grass in the southwestern United states. A research project was initiated in 1988 on plant material collected within Arizona to determine the value of this species as a turfgrass, if sufficient genetic variation …
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Seasonal Diets and Foraging Selectivity of White-tailed Deer in the Rolling Plains Ecological Region of Texas
… (18% ), and supplemental/crop foods (4%). Honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus ), sand shin oak (Quercus havardii), prickly pear cactus ( Opuntia spp.), and plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides) made up large portions of deer diets. Results of rumen and …
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Efeitos de resíduos foliares de Prosopis juliflora na germinação e crescimento inicial de espécies cultivadas.
… example of biological invasion is the case of mesquite (Prosopis juliflora SW), which was introduced in the Brazilian Northeast in the 40's due to exhibit remarkable resistance to dry regions. It is believed that the invasive capacity of P. juliflora should be, partly, from the allelopathic …
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"""La escuela es para estudiar"": Representations of Chicana schooling experiences in young adult literature"
… a Girl in Pieces (Quintero, 2014), Under the Mesquite (Garcia McCall, 2013), What Can(t) Wait (Pérez, 2011), and The Tequila Worm (Canales, 2005). Two themes emerged: (1) academicas and high achieving, and (2) escritoras y artistas: meaning-making in school. The findings have important …
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Demographics and ecology of an isolated population of the desert pocket mouse, Chaetodipus penicillatus sobrinus, in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
… and distance to the nearest food resource (mesquite and acacia) significantly contributed to microhabitat selection within this study population.
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Plant Associations of the Edwards, Walnut, and Glen Rose Formations in Hays County, Texas
… of little bluestem, cedar sedge, curly mesquite, and dropseeds. The Walnut clay was dominated by Texas oak and Ashe juniper and a poorly developed understory composed mainly of cedar sedge, dichanthelium, and woody plant seedlings. The Glen Rose limestone was dominated by Ashe juniper …
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Eficiência alelopática de algumas espécies vegetais sobre o amendoim e plantas daninhas
… The applications of aqueous extracts of mesquite had significant allelopathic effect on species I. hirsuta and S. latifolia and its germination ceased from 75% concentration. With increasing concentration of the aqueous extract, was greater allelopathic effect among the variables, and the …
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Tornado Scars: The Long-term Imprints of Disaster on the Texas Urban Landscape
… Vernon, Paris, Reno, Blossom, Balch Springs, Mesquite, Garland, Fritch, Jarrell, and De Kalb in Texas. In addition to collecting and compiling new data, documenting and photographing appropriate evidence, and tabulating the frequency of tornado scars and elements at study sites, a typology was …
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"a good rain and a baby calf are always welcome"
… interruptions of various shades of green from mesquite trees, live oaks, cedars, cacti, and lichens. The topography constantly changes. Boulder-sized shards of granite seem to just explode out of escarpments. In other places, horizontal bands of granite cantilever from the tops of hills, …
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Using GPS to Quantify Three Dimensional Storage and Aquifer Deformation in the Virgin River Valley, NV
… is significant. A field based investigation in Mesquite, NV, was undertaken from May to July, 2003, for the purpose of evaluating the significance of horizontal strain during an aquifer test. The hydraulic heads in the aquifer were monitored within a meter of the municipal pumping well used for …
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Evolution of Male Gametes in Liverworts
… hornwort, and two tracheophytes as outgroups. Mesquite was used to perform an ancestral state reconstruction using maximum likelihood with Mk1and AsymmMk parameter models. Haplomitriopsida taxa (Haplomitrium and Treubia) shared several characters including more than one plastid, more than two …