Competition over guarding in the Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps), a cooperative breeder [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Observations on 12 groups comprised of two adult males and one adult female (some included one or two fledglings), tame, individually marked, Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps) in the rift valley in Israel revealed that the babblers compete to guard.The pattern of guarding and the way by which one sentinel replaces another reflect the dominanc

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Combined use of weather forecasting and satellite remote sensing information for fire risk, fire and fire impact monitoring

The restoration of fire-affected forest areas needs to be combined with their future protection from renewed catastrophic fires, such as those that occurred in Greece during the 2007 summer season.The present work demonstrates that the use of various sources of satellite data in conjunction with weather forecast information is capable of providing

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Overexpression of eelgrass Rare Cold Inducible 2 (RCI2) maintains chlorophyll content in Arabidopsis subjected to high salinity and dehydration

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a monocotyledonous plant found in seawater (seagrass).Eelgrass has many physiological characteristics that enable it to cope with salinity, hyperosmolarity, and hypoxia, as well as to live in marine environments.Germinating seedlings are sensitive to high levels of salinity, which inhibit germination and seedling growth

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