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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"live oaks"”.
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Habitat use by wintering passerines in fire-managed forests along the U.S. Gulf Coast
… I studied the winter bird community at Naval Live Oaks in Gulf Islands National Seashore with two primary objectives: (1) to describe the distribution, abundance, and diversity of the non-breeding winter bird community among the available habitats, and (2) to describe the distribution, …
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Reciprocal Transplant and Machine Learning Study of Oak Mistletoe on Three Host Oak Species in Santa Margarita, California
… blue oak but cannot be found growing on coast live oak despite its abundance and ability to parasitize coast live oak in other areas. It seems as though this species of mistletoe is specializing on certain host oak trees, but the mechanisms of this specialization are unknown. In order to …
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Effects of Prior Defoliation on the Timing of Life Cycle Events and Susceptibility to Natural Enemies of a Host Specific Gall-Former
In short lived phytophagous insects specialized to exploit specific plant tissues, phenological synchronization between plant and insect life cycle events is crucial and likely under selection. Here I report on past (1995-2001) and recent (2006-2007) patterns of emergence phenology and survivorship …
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Evaluation of Groundwater Sodium and Sodium Uptake in Taxodium and its Hybrids on Galveston Island, Texas
… striking the Gulf Coast, claiming hundreds of lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. The hurricane left behind elevated sea salt concentrations in the soil and groundwater, preventing the unaided return of live oaks and other species to the island. To determine effective ways to …
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Community Structure of Parasitoids Attacking Leaf Galls of Belonocnema treatae on Quercus fusiformis
The research presented herein addresses the structure of the parasitoid community centered on the asexual generation of the host-specific phytophage, Belonocnema treatae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) which induces leaf galls on Quercus fusiformis. Four specific objectives are examined: 1) determining …
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Composition of the woody plant understory of plateau live oak (Quercus virginiana var fusiformis) clusters in a central Texas savanna
Plateau live oak is thought to act as a nurse plant to other woody species on the Edwards Plateau of central Texas; however, little is known of the nature, extent and duration of this facilitation. In this study, a comprehensive assessment of the composition and abundance of understory woody plants …
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"a good rain and a baby calf are always welcome"
… so mundanely? So crucial a factor in our lives must be uplifted to some form more poetic than the noisy A/C unit under the kitchen window. In the Hill Country of Central Texas lies the village of Willow City, 1-1/2 hours southwest of the capital, Austin. A sinuous road, known as the Willow …