We tested for effects of tree species richness, tree phylogenetic and functional diversity, and species and phylogenetic composition on species and phylogenetic diversity of both host and parasitoid ...

They find that multiple measures of tree diversity influence the hosts, parasitoids, and their interactions. In addition, host-parasitoid interactions show a phylogenetic signal. Strength The authors ...

Kishore Asthana Explaining spiritual advancement, in Thus Spake Zarathustra, Nietzsche says, “Three metamorphoses of the spirit I designate to you: how the spirit becomes a camel, the camel a ...

Two current lab research foci include (1) an NSF-funded project exploring the ecological, physiological, and genetic basis of desiccation tolerance in Syntrichia, a diverse clade of dryland mosses; ...

Periphyton Response to Additions of Glucose and Hydrogen Peroxide as Control Measures of Harmful Algal Blooms. Journal of ...

Parniske reviews the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), in which fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota grow along the surface of a plant root, penetrate the root and form tree-like structures named ...