Sentences with phrase «tropical plant groups»

«The other reason is the lack of expertise in many tropical plant groups.

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In many cases, they examined clusters of closely related organisms, such as tiger beetles or a group of tropical plants called spiral gingers that belong to one genus.
On June 30, following on work published in the scientific journal Nature by STRI post-doctoral fellow, Scott Mangan, a group of 50 researchers from 12 countries published a paper in Science (lead author, Joe LaManna, Washington University in St. Louis) showing that close plant relatives make bad neighbors and that the negative interactions between relatives are stronger in the tropics, which may explain why tropical forests are so rich in species diversity: Because plants do not do well next to their relatives, there is more space for non-relatives to fill.
However, the working group's research interest lies in different regions: «We are particularly interested in the tropical and subtropical plant genus Crotalaria, at home primarily in Africa,» says Ober's associate Dr Elisabeth Kaltenegger.
It's important to understand that your body requires saturated fats from animal and vegetable sources (such as meat, dairy, certain oils, and tropical plants like coconut) for optimal functioning, and if you neglect this important food group in favor of sugar, grains and other starchy carbs, your health and weight are almost guaranteed to suffer.
Tropical Power Energy Group (Tropical Power) is today opening Africa's first grid - connect Anaerobic Digester (AD) plant, part of the Gorge Farm Energy Park.
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