LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN AN EVERGREEN MEDITERRANEAN OAK RESPOND DIFFERENTIALLY TO PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS

Life-history traits in an evergreen Mediterranean oak respond differentially to previous experimental environments

Living organisms respond both to current and previous environments, which can have important consequences on population dynamics.However, there is little experimental evidence based on long-term field studies of the effects of previous environments on the performance of individuals.We tested the hypothesis that trees that establish under different

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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WINTER SOFT WHEAT RESISTANCE TO BROWN RUST

Wheat brown rust called the fungus PucciniatriticinaRob.exDesm.f.sp.triticiErikss.etHenn.is the main disease of the varieties of winter soft wheat (TriticumaestivumL.), grown in the Polos south of Russia.The purpose of the study was to give the characteristics of the resistance to brown rust of 12 varieties of winter soft wheat during the period of

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A Numerical Analysis of the Air Distribution System for the Ventilation of the Crew Quarters on board of the International Space Station

Quality of life on the International Space Station (ISS) has become more and more important, since the time spent by astronauts outside the terrestrial atmosphere has increased in the last years.The actual concept for the Crew Quarters (CQ) have demonstrated the possibility of a personal space for sleep and free time activities in which the noise l

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