Sympatric occurrence of forest and savannah morphotypes of Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Osun State, Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1007/s42690-020-00192-x
Abstract: Simulium damnosum Theobald complex is a group of black flies which vector filarial worms that cause onchocerciasis in Africa. Studies were conducted to investigate the morphological composition of adult S. damnosum complex in three ecological… read more here.
Keywords: damnosum complex; simulium damnosum; savannah; black flies ... See more keywords
Comparative performance of regression tree and parametric classification of savannah woody cover on SPOT 6 NAOMI imagery
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2018.10.015
Abstract: Abstract Earth observation data potentially can provide ecosystem state indicative data for use in nature conservation. Full realisation of this potential requires robust algorithms that can extract the required ecosystem attributes from imagery. Woody cover… read more here.
Keywords: savannah; woody cover; regression tree; tree ... See more keywords
Detecting phenological changes in plant functional types over West African savannah dominated landscape
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DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1811914
Abstract: ABSTRACT Phenology is an important component in the climate system, and play a key role in controlling many feedbacks of vegetation to the climate systems. Differences in phenology of plant functional types (PFTs) due to… read more here.
Keywords: woody; functional types; savannah; plant functional ... See more keywords
Tipping points induced by palaeo-human impacts can explain presence of savannah in Malagasy and global systems where forest is expected
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2771
Abstract: Models aimed at understanding C4-savannah distribution for Australia, Africa and South America support transition to forest at high mean annual precipitation (MAP), and savannah grasslands of Madagascar have recently been reported to be similarly limited.… read more here.
Keywords: tipping points; points induced; presence; human impacts ... See more keywords
Divergent mitochondrial lineages arose within a large, panmictic population of the Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.15049
Abstract: Unusual patterns of mtDNA diversity can reveal interesting aspects of a species’ biology. However, making such inferences requires discerning among the many alternative scenarios that could underlie any given mtDNA pattern. Next‐generation sequencing methods provide… read more here.
Keywords: sparrow passerculus; divergent mitochondrial; savannah; passerculus sandwichensis ... See more keywords