In the spring of 2012, in reforested areas of Peloritani Mountains (Sicily, Italy) a severe dieback of Acacia melanoxylon R.Brown was observed.The main symptoms on both young and adults plants consisted of elongated cankers on the trunks and epicormic shoots, wilt of the canopy End Tables and dieback interested mostly aged trees.The woody tissues s
Mimicking female insects to attract male pollinators is an important strategy in sexually deceptive orchids of the genus Ophrys, and some species possess flowers with conspicuous labellum patterns.The function of the variation of the patterns remains unresolved, with suggestions that these enhance pollinator communication.We investigated the possib
Environmental DNA (eDNA) includes a set of rapidly emerging technologies that have the potential to support environmental monitoring and biodiversity conservation through novel, non-invasive, cost-effective and democratic methods and tools.Meanwhile, eDNA researchers are developing international standards for eDNA Famil-E technologies, methods and
Fanni Li,1 Yukui Shang,2 Feiyu Shi,3 Lei Zhang,3 Jun Yan,3 Qi Sun,3 Junjun She3 1Department of Talent Highland, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republi