Sentences with phrase «for lichen»

The thickness of the ice on frozen rivers is much reduced, and trees are starting to grow on the tundra, affecting the ability of reindeer to dig in the snow for lichen in winter.

In the trouble for Lichen he suggested «This is not the age of reason, this is the age of flummery, and the day of the devious approach.

A call for lichen was posted to encourage public participation.

All who submitted samples received a work of art in exchange for the lichen.

Anthea Hamilton, who lives and works in London, was shortlisted for her Lichen!

Anthea Hamilton, who lives and works in London, is shortlisted for her Lichen!

I realize it is a different condition, but is there any nutritional therapy for lichen sclerosus?

The rock protects the lichen from cold and absorbs water, providing enough for the lichen's needs, said McKay.

Within the dominant oak - hickory woodlands, one finds a diversity of habitats, from rocky glades inhabited by roadrunners and cacti to wetlands with highly mineralized groundwater — all welcoming spots for lichens to settle in myriad colors and forms.

Not exact matches

One way to see if air has lots of oxygen in it is to look for signs of lichen growing on tree limbs.

Inland dwellers took advantage of caribou feeding on tundra mosses, lichens, and plants too tough for humans to stomach (though predigested vegetation in the animals» paunches became dinner as well).

Their hollows and crevices provide shelter for myriad animals and their trunks and branches can become gardens, festooned with ferns, orchids, bromeliads and other epiphytes, coated with mosses and lichens and draped with vines.

«Climate change in Alaska means we're going to see more fires and while that's good for moose, it's really bad for caribou,» said Hundertmark, «because it's going to burn lichen beds that can take at least 50 years to recover and reduce viable caribou habitat.»

Whereas the chiefly single - celled prokaryotes barely figure in the CBD, fungi at least get a mention in the updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, which is part of the convention: «Parties may choose on a national basis to include other taxa, including algae, lichens and fungi.»

For nearly 150 years, lichens have been the model organisms of symbiosis.

But once the researchers began looking for traces of similar yeasts in other lichens, they found related lineages in 52 genera of lichens worldwide and molecular evidence that indicates a long, shared evolutionary history between the symbiotic partners.

Lichens, for example, are found within some Antarctic rocks, just beneath the surface where sunlight can still reach them.

A study of 22 different types of lichens revealed 10 included fungi that had lost a gene for energy production, making them completely dependent on their algal partner.

We have been measuring vegetation for 20 years, so we can also use that to say, «Wow, we are losing grasses,» for instance — which we are — and say, «Okay, parks, you know, you are losing grasses, and you're losing grasses in areas that have never been grazed and are not visited by people, and you're losing that lichen, Collema, in an area that has never been grazed and has never been visited by people.

For example, the pesticide lindane, used in agriculture as well as to treat head lice, did not accumulate in fish but did build up in Canadian wolves that had fed on caribou, which in turn had been eating lichen.

The fungal partner in many lichen jettison a gene that's critical for energy production — making them completely dependent on their algal associates.

It takes another 20 years for a community rich with lichens and mosses to establish.

For some 140 years, scientists have understood lichens to be a symbiosis between a fungus, which provides a physical structure and supplies moisture, and a photosynthesizing alga or cyanobacterium, which produces nutrients.

Other varieties of lichen provide more than 90 percent of the winter and spring diet for northern flying squirrels in parts of Oregon and Idaho.

The local diversity and unique geologic history (covered by neither glaciers nor oceans for the past 225 million years, the Ozarks provided refuge for migrating species during the Ice Age) explain the richness of the lichens here: some 600 named species, along with 30 recently discovered ones awaiting their official designation.

So you tend to lose the sedges and the mosses and the lichens,» explained study co-author Ed Rastetter, a senior scientist at the MBL Ecosystems Center and principal investigator for the National Science Foundation's Arctic Long - Term Ecological Research site at Toolik Lake, Alaska, where part of the research was conducted.

Because fungi take the more dominant role and cultivate photosynthesizing algae for food, in return providing them a shady, moist, vitamin - rich environment, scientists have classified lichens based on their fungi species.

It was the official letter of acceptance for a paper he had submitted 2 months earlier to the Journal of Natural Pharmaceuticals, describing the anticancer properties of a chemical that Cobange had extracted from a lichen.

The paper took this form: Molecule X from lichen species Y inhibits the growth of cancer cell Z. To substitute for those variables, I created a database of molecules, lichens, and cancer cell lines and wrote a computer program to generate hundreds of unique papers.

When my sons climb to prospect for higher views, half their footholds are ledges of lichen or simple fungus.

This obligate arrangement - in which one partner relinquishes its own mitochondrial power supply to likely become reliant on its partner for cellular energy - suggests a genetic division of labor that makes the resulting lichen more efficient, Tripp said, thereby perhaps conferring an ecological advantage.

A pair of look - alike lichens may have outed a creature that escaped detection by biologists for centuries

For example, researchers who work in the areas of moss and lichen research have found that the former tolerate acidic pH values and nutrient deficiencies, while the latter accept UV - light and drought.

Exploiting habitats that are often or mostly out of water required new symbiotic relationships to contain and move water, including the fusion of some fungi and algae to create lichen in communities with bacteria that survive extreme desiccation on land while breaking down rock into soil, and the association of mycorrhizae fungi and the root tissue of new vascular plants — culminating in trees that pump water high into the air — to exchange mineral nutrients (e.g., phosphorus) and usable «fixed» nitrogen from the atmosphere for photosynthetic products.

Foreign researchers honored as the 31st KIA laureates include: Prof. Eric Vivier (France) for his research on harnessing innate immunity against cancer; Prof. Jianfang Wang (Hong Kong, China) for his research on Colloidal Plasmonic Metal Nanocrystals; Prof. Majed Chergui (Switzerland) for his research on unravelling the fundamentals of solar; Prof. Katharina Gaus (Australia) for her research on Single molecule imaging of T cell receptor signaling; and Prof. Dr. Burkhard Büdel (Germany) for his research on Role of lichens and cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts.

I love that they contain a plant - based source of D3 that comes from lichen instead of the typical sheep's wool — this was a big win for me!

Tried everything for various ailments, like chronic constipation, lichen sclerosis (this is absolute torment) hot flashes & feelings of dread (thought was hormone related, chronic bronchitis, allergies, chronic cough.

But on East Main, in the false dawn, the air was heavy with the smell of night - blooming flowers and lichen on damp stone and the fecund odor of Bayou Teche, and even though a gold service star may have hung in a window of a grand mansion, indicating the death of a serviceman in the family, the year could have been mistaken for 1861 rather than 1942.

Translating Veterinary Medicine to Human Medicine While there is no cure for oral lichen planus to date, there is hope — in the form of a novel treatment for a similar disease that affects cats.

Named for the aboriginal campfires spotted by early explorers, the area is also ablaze with fiery orange lichen - covered boulders.

The new window in the forest canopy admits all - nourishing sunlight for surrounding trees, and the fallen log opens new homes for wildlife (including lichen, insects, and more), expanding the forest food chain and bolstering biodiversity.

Santa Cruz's Painted Cave, so named because of the colorful lichens that flourish on its steep rock face, is a popular destination for kayakers eager to explore its stunning beauty.

During the survey for Santa Rosa Island, Kerry Knudsen, a researcher and lichen curator at UCR, discovered a new species of lichen and named it after President Barack Obama.

It is believed that various men lived here for a time and worked harvesting a species of lichen, Rocella tinctoria, which was used as a dye.

You were nominated for the exhibition Lichen!

Hamilton spoke to Studio International at the opening of the exhibition, explaining her methods, her affection for kimonos, and how this opportunity has fed into her practice as a whole, including influencing her installation Lichen!

American artist Tad Mike works outdoors, using lichen, grass, flowers and stones as some of his tools for painti...

Titled Project for a Door (After Gaetano Pesce), the 18 - foot - tall butt shaped doorway was originally exhibited in the artist's first solo show in the U.S., Lichen!

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American artist Tad Mike works outdoors, using lichen, grass, flowers and stones as some of his tools for painting and drawing.