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Morphology and anatomy of palm seedlings.
The Botanical Review
; Abstract Introduction Historical Survey Materials and Methods Results I. Coryphoideae II. Calamoideae III. Nypoideae IV. Ceroxyloideae V. Arecoideae VI. Phytelephantoideae Discussion Acknowledgments Literature Cited Appendix Introduction The palm family (Palmae or Arecaceae) is one of the largest
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A century of oil palms in Malaysia
International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM
; Indigenous people have always developed an intimate and direct relationship with the renewable natural resources found in their environment. Prior to the industrialized era, wild and cultivated plants provided food and most of the material requirement of particular groups of people. Looking back,
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The tropics in your living room
Jerusalem Post
; Batsheva Mink Jerusalem Post 12-30-1998 If the orchid is the most exotic flower then the resilient indoor palm is the most exotic evergreen. For an elegant appearance, there are few foliage plants that can compete with the many forms of palms. The decorative, elegant foliage makes palms suitable
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Fracture and flexural characterization of natural fiber-reinforced polymer concrete.
Construction and Building Materials
; Abstract Mechanical characterization of epoxy polymer concrete reinforced with natural fibers is investigated in this work to analyze the possibility of substitution by synthetic fibers. These natural fibers studied are coconut, sugar cane bagasse, and banana fibers. All of these fibers come from
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Foraging ecology of parrots in a modified landscape: seasonal trends and introduced species.(Report)
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
; Knowledge about diets is fundamental for understanding species' niches, roles in communities, and potential impacts on other species (Moegenburg and Levey 2003, French and Smith 2005, Munshi-South and Wilkinson 2006). Knowledge of diet is also needed to design effective conservation and management
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VITAMIN E CONCENTRATION IN UPLAND COTTON SEEDS.
Crop Science
; VITAMIN E is a naturally occurring antioxidant that has been implicated in decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer, improved immune functions, and in slowing the progress of some degenerative diseases in humans (Fryer, 1992; Traber and Sies, 1996; Brigelius-Flohe and
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Patterns and dynamics of urban forests in relation to land use and development history in Guangzhou City, China.
The Geographical Journal
; Trees in cities display a varied pattern that is often moulded by a city's physical fabric and its evolution through time. The town plan expressed in spatial dimension as land use, and in temporal sense as development history, furnishes a framework to evaluate the intricate association between city
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Upland bird communities on Santo, Vanuatu, southwest Pacific.
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
; The Republic of Vanuatu (12,195 [km.sup.2]; Fig. 1) consists of 12 islands >270 [km.sup.2] and nearly 100 smaller ones in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Approximately 190,000 persons inhabit 70 islands (Lal and Fortune 2000) that range from active volcanoes to limestone islands to older, geologically
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