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Results and biological interpretation of shifted multiplicative model clustering of durum wheat cultivars and test site.
Crop Science; 1/1/1997; Abdalla, Osman S. Crossa, Jose Cornelius, Paul L.; 6093 words
; ... top plant, Selection A (Table 1). The Finfoot Cluster, G5, was composed of only two ... but clustered instead with G6 (Fig. 1). Finfoot-5 descended from the same F2 plant, Selection 5Y, as Finfoot-7. However, Finfoot-5 and Finfoot-7 originated ...
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Best of L.M. Boyd
Daily Breeze; 5/15/2002; 232 words
; ... is held securely even when he's flying. Seen in Brazil and Central America mostly. He's otherwise known as the male American Finfoot. * How many times have you seen the Statue of Liberty on television during the last year? Quite a many, nodoubt. All right ...
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The dam over the River Kwai. (environmental policy in Thailand)
The Economist (US); 4/2/1988; 293 words
; ... campaigning Prince Charles. Thai politicians, always ready to hop on a bandwagon, have discovered there are votes in soil erosion and conservation, not to mention the green peafowl, the red-headed vulture, the masked finfoot and the fishing cat.
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Will it be allowed to be a botanical garden?
New Straits Times; 4/20/2004; Sarah Sabaratnam; 1211 words
; ... dominating the hilly terrain, and 227 species of birds including the elusive Black Hornbill and the globally threatened Masked Finfoot calling it home. Eight species of mammals and 25 species of reptiles have also been recently recorded as its habitants. Located ...
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Flower power; In the lowveld.(Travel)
The Saturday Star (South Africa); 10/21/2006; 416 words
; ... provides sightings of the twitcher's dream: the elusive African Finfoot. It's best to purchase a copy of the wonderfully informative ... the exotic loerie, half-collared kingfisher and the cherished finfoot), you are also likely to see a host of colourful butterflies ...
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Tasik Bera `going from bad to worse'
New Straits Times; 8/4/2007; Hamidah Atan; 559 words
; ... and earth-removal activities. "Certain endangered species such as the jelawat fish, crocodiles, red jungle fowls and masked finfoot were reported to be less frequently or no longer sighted." Chong added that eco-tourism in the area could be further developed ...
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Let the forest be
New Straits Times; 2/7/2005; Sarah Sabaratnam; 1011 words
; ... Tengku Ahmad Ridhaudin from Section 9 RA. "All the brochures and maps showed that my housing area would be next to this forest reserve ... including the Black Hornbill and the globally threatened Masked Finfoot. Eight species of mammals and 25 species of reptiles have their ...
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Mining leads to Mpumalanga catastrophe; Acid water seeping from old mines has killed everything in downstream reserves and threatens to turn highveld into desert.(News)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 7/22/2007; 1222 words
; ... The fish are dead and so are the frogs, clams, mussels and the rest. The water birds are gone, including the rare African finfoot and the night heron we had there. It has become a sterile place overnight. He says the fish deaths were first noticed about ...
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bird's eye views; Learn what makes birds TICK.(Travel)
The Saturday Star (South Africa); 6/24/2006; 766 words
; ... foot as the sun rises is a wonderful experience, especially on the morning of day three when it included an elusive African finfoot paddling quietly along on the reed-lined Klaserie River. After returning to the lodge for breakfast, the lectures commence ...
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The Cat of the Day; LIGHTNING flashed across the African sky and the thunder rumbled closer, a storm was coming and a big one. With miles of dirt road between us and the exit gate for Mkuzie National Park, South Africa, we decided an early finish to our day's birdwatching was called for.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 12/21/2002; 821 words
; ... fynbos scrub; dancing blue cranes the most graceful of birds; Finfoot-- a cross between a grebe and a sun bittern which is a most ... encounter with a leopard as well as visiting Table Mountain; News: Birdline - 09068-700 249; report sightings: 0151-336 6188 or ...
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