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Anatomical traits, silica content and herbivory damage in leaves of invasive tree Ligustrum lucidum developed in novel and native ranges
(Elsevier Gmbh, 2019-09)
Ligustrum lucidum is an invasive tree in many regions, but scarce work analyzes its anatomical or eco-functional traits and its relation with herbivores, an important issue to be addressed by invaders in new areas. On the ...
Plant oil-based waterborne polyurethanes: A brief review
(Tech Science Press, 2020-03)
The increasing pressure from consumers and policy makers to reduce the use of synthetic polymers, whose production contributes to the depletion of non-renewable resources and are usually non-biodegradable, has prompted the ...
Optical and magnetic properties of Fe nanoparticles fabricated by femtosecond laser ablation in organic and inorganic solvents
(Wiley VCH Verlag, 2017-05)
Magnetic nanoparticles have attracted much interest due totheir broad applications in biomedicine and pollutant remediation.In this work, the optical, magnetic, and structural characteristicsof colloids produced by ultrashort ...
Order Plecoptera
(Elsevier Academic Press Inc, 2018)
Plecoptera is a small neopteran order that probablyemerged in the Upper Carboniferous (Grimaldi & Engel,2005; Bethoux et al., 2011). The order is distributed acrossall continents except Antarctica and has about 4,000species ...
Kidney damage induced by sub-chronic fine particulate matter exposure
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018-12)
According to the WHO, about 3 million people die each year due to ambient air pollution. Most of the in vivo studies on the PM 2.5 effects have been done on respiratory and cardiovascular tissues. However, little is known ...
Diet of tadpoles of Physalaemus biligonigerus (Leiuperidae) from agricultural ponds in the central region of Argentina. Acta Herpetologica
(Firenze Univ Press, 2013-12)
The intensification of agriculture has led an important loss of natural habitats, with significant consequences for biodiversity. In this sense, the studies on anuran amphibian tadpoles inhabiting these environments are ...
El crecimiento urbano no planificado y su consecuencia sobre la sustentabilidad de los servicios
(Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Estudios del Hábitat, 2010-07)
Se plantea evaluar e identificar las áreas de mayor vulnerabilidad urbana consecuencia de los desequilibrios generados por el crecimiento urbano espontáneo. Para ello se abordan el sector residencial y los servicios ...
A novel lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase for soybean oil refining provides higher yields and extra nutritional value with a cleaner process
(Springer, 2020-07)
The growing demand for food and biofuels urges the vegetable oil processing industry to adopt cleaner technologies to mitigate the environmental pollution caused by chemical refining processes. Over the past decade, several ...
Conduction mechanisms in epitaxial NiO/Graphene gas sensors
(Elsevier Science SA, 2020-12)
Integrated, highly sensitive and reversible sensor devices for toxic and hazardous gases in environmental pollution monitoring can be realized with graphene-based materials. Here we show that, single layer graphene grown ...
The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts
(Wiley, 2014-12)
Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status ...