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Flora of Ecuador 88 : Orchidaceae part 7, Lepanthes and Affiliates
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- DODSON, C.H. & LUER, C.A. 2011. Orchidaceae, part 7. Lepanthes and Affiliates. In: C. PERSSON & B. STÅHL (eds), Flora of Ecuador 88. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. ISSN 0347-8742, ISBN 978-91-85529-34-6. The Ecuadorian members of Lepanthes and Affiliates are revised. Four genera are treated, comprising altogether 322 species: Expedicula (1 sp.), Lepanthes (287 spp.), Lepanthopsis (10 spp.), and Penducella (24 spp.). Keys, descriptions and specimen citations are given for all taxa. All species are illustrated.
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Flora of Ecuador, Volume 90, Part 113A: Icacinaceae, Part 113B: Metteniusaceae
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- DUNO DE STEFANO, R. 2013. Icacinaceae. In: C. PERSSON & B. STÅHL (eds.), Flora of Ecuador 90. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 461, SE-40530 Göteborg, Sweden. ISSN 0347-8742, ISBN 978-91-85529-36-0. — The Ecuadorian members of Icacinaceae are revised. Seven genera are treated, comprising altogether 10 species: Calatola (2 spp.), Citronella (2 spp.), Dendrobangia (2 spp.), Discophora (1 sp.), Leretia (1 sp.), Pleurisanthes (1 sp.), and Poraqueiba (1 sp.). One additional genus, Casimirella, is also treated since one of its species is expected to occur in the country. Keys, descriptions and specimen citations are given for all taxa. All genera are illustrated.
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The Impact of Weather on the Behavior and Ecology of Birds
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- Weather conditions affect animals in many different ways. Variation in temperature, rainfall, wind, and other environmental variables can have an impact at a range of temporal and spatial scales and at every level from individual behavior to species distributions. The interactions between these variables may be particularly important but are often overlooked. Hence, understanding how animals respond to weather conditions is a fundamental topic in evolution, ecology, and conservation, especially in a time of major environmental change.Birds are an ideal group in which to investigate these relationships because they occur in almost every ecosystem across the globe, exploit a wide variety of food resources and often move between vastly different environments during their annual life cycle. Most recent research has focused on the impact of climate change and extreme weather events, but even small-scale variation in weather conditions may influence avian behavior, life history, physiology, and morphology. Assessing how birds respond to variation in weather, and the fitness consequences this brings, therefore plays a crucial role in a number of active research areas, including:(1) identifying the selective pressures that may have led to trait evolution;(2) predicting how birds will respond to environmental change; and(3) developing successful conservation measures for threatened species.This timely Research Topic builds on the symposium The Effects of Weather on Birds held at the 2019 European Ornithologists’ Union Congress at Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It will bring together articles from a range of disciplines to offer valuable and synthesized insights into the relationship between weather and birds. In doing so, it will link together broader themes such as adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, life history evolution, population dynamics, and migration, while also increasing our knowledge on the potential impacts of climate change.We welcome contributions on any aspect of the weather and how it affects the behavior or ecology of birds. Articles may be original research papers, comparative analyses, reviews or perspectives.
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Ion Transport in Chloroplast and Mitochondria Physiology in Green Organisms.
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- Chloroplasts and mitochondria both have a prokaryotic origin, carry essential genes on their own highly reduced genome and generate energy in the form of ATP for the plant cell. The ion composition and concentration in these bioenergetic organelles impact photosynthesis, respiration and stress responses in plants. Early electrophysiological and biochemical studies provided strong evidence for the presence of ion channels and ion transporters in chloroplast and mitochondrial membranes. However, it wasn’t until the last decade that the development of model organisms such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii along with improved genetic tools to study cell physiolgy have led to the discovery of several genes encoding for ion transport proteins in chloroplasts and mitochondria. For the first time, these discoveries have enabled detailed studies on the essential physiological function of the organellar ion flux. This Research Topic welcomed updated overviews and comprehensive investigations on already identified and novel ion transport components involved in physiology of chloroplasts and mitochondria in green organisms.
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