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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"botanic garden"”.
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Botanic garden visitors’ preference analysis - A case study of Chicago botanic garden
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Botanic Garden User Outcomes: A Means-End Investigation
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Botanic Garden User Outcomes: A Means-End Investigation</p> <p>Christopher Lee Wassenberg</p> <p>This study explored the outcomes that <em>Leaning Pine</em> Arboretum users experience from visiting the botanic garden. Understanding visitor motivations and benefits has been a …
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An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species
One of the major functions of a Botanic Garden should be that of research. When a research laboratory was established at Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden in 1984, it-was decided to start investigating chemical parameters of our indigenous plants, since this is a field that has not received …
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British botanic gardens and the biodiversity crisis, c.1960 – c.2000
… governance, and outreach of four British botanic gardens: the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The project takes its start date from when Kew began to engage with the …
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Assessing the Role of 'Green Hay' in the Creation of Hay Meadows at the National Botanic Garden of Wales and the Implications for the Management of Amenity Land for Biodiversity.
… Waun Las National Nature Reserve at the National Botanic Garden of Wales to restore this important habitat. Meadow species can also be found growing along roadside verges and within parks and public spaces. The improved management for biodiversity of this land by local authorities and other …
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When nature speaks : evoking connectedness with nature in children through role-play in outdoor programming
… taking part in a field trip at the Devonian Botanic Garden; a department of the University of Alberta located in Edmonton, Alberta. Classes participated in one of two programs, which differed in pedagogical strategies: one used a delivery method of direct instruction and the other guided …
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"The fidelity of a mirror" : the late 18th and early 19th century landscape at Middleton Hall.
… at Middleton Hall, now the site of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Very little documentary evidence remains of Sir William Paxton’s improvements to the estate and there are no plans or letters confirming the involvement of various individuals. …
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Designing a resource guide for horticultural therapy programs at botanical gardens and arboreta
Outreach programs in horticultural therapy at botanical gardens and arboreta are valuable resources to the community and to ongoing HT programs in nursing homes, special education classes, hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and other institutions and agencies. These outreach programs furnish …
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Elandspoort 357-JR
… of the argument. The site is classified as a botanic garden. The programme of botany is informed by the site history; residential (1880-1914), botanic gardens (1914-1975), nursery (1915-1950), greenhouse (1918-1975) and entomology/plant pathology division (1914-2007). A further investigation …
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Effects of plant viral pathogens on plant-pollinator relationships
… B. terrestris and in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden using CMV-infected plants exposed to naturally occurring bees. Under Garden conditions, I found that common carder bees (B. pascuorum) were the main bean flower pollinators, while B. terrestris and honey bees acted as nectar thieves. …
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ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY IN VALMALENCO (SONDRIO, ITALY): STUDY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE PLANT AND CULTURAL BIODIVERSITY
… enhancement through the proposal of an ethnobotanical investigation. In an era in which the awareness about the impact of global warming on mountain biodiversity is growing, the preservation of the traditional know-how related to the plant uses can represent an alternative strategy for the …
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Mechanisms controlling cell shape patterning in petals
… the living collections at Cambridge University Botanic Garden to examine whether structural patterns (changes in cell shapes) across the petal epidermis are common among angiosperm families. Bumblebee experiments were also conducted to test whether pollinators can distinguish between a …
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Gardens of the mind: an exploration of the integral role of gardens in the lives of contemporary Australians by probing the construction of a public garden space and exploring visually an idiosyncratic artistic experience of the Flecker Botanic Gardens
The research explores the construction of the garden in contemporary Australia through a visual art practice. The written thesis was conceived as a reflection upon the meaning of the Garden; and the exhibition as an individual interpretation of one particular public, tropical garden, that of the …
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Investigating factors that influence microalgae production platforms for diterpenoids in laboratory and outdoor conditions
… in the outdoor facility located in the Botanic Garden at the University of Cambridge. Strains were inoculated in 10 l hanging bags, and the impact of environmental conditions during Summer and Autumn, the walled versus cell wall deficient phenotype, and the ability of a repressible …
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Metabarcoding pollen to identify allergenic species of grasses (Poaceae) and ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) across six monitored sites in South Africa
… while the second was adapted from the National Botanic Garden of Wales Plant Illumina pipeline developed by Ford and Jones (2021). Results and Discussion The DNA extraction protocol was optimised by altering the bead beating method using the samples from weeks with high grass pollen …
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Metabarcoding pollen to identify allergenic species of grasses (Poaceae) and ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) across six monitored sites in South Africa
… while the second was adapted from the National Botanic Garden of Wales Plant Illumina pipeline developed by Ford and Jones (2021). Results and Discussion The DNA extraction protocol was optimised by altering the bead beating method using the samples from weeks with high grass pollen …
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Mannlíf Grasagarðsins í Reykjavík. Notkun og viðhorf gesta
Grasagarðurinn í Reykjavík gegnir því tvíþætta hlutverki að vera grænt svæði í borgarumhverfi okkar og einnig plöntusafn undir berum himni. Garðurinn er opinn allan ársins hring. Markmið verkefnisins er að kanna viðhorf og notkun gesta hans. Til þess voru settar fram spurningar með gæðamatsflokkun …
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Water, mineral nutrient and hormone flows and exchanges in the hemiparasitic association between root hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor and the host Hordeum vulgare
… parasitising on various grasses in the field (botanic garden), showed normal diurnal stomatal behaviour. The abnormal behaviour of Rhinanthus stomata was not due to anatomical reasons as closure could be induced by applying high external ABA concentrations. Remarkable differences have been …