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Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity of arid zone Caprimulgiformes from two continents
... rate, when cold or inclement weather reduces the availability of aerial insects, their primary prey (e.g. Bartholomew et al., 1957; Howell and Bartholomew, 1959; Brigham, 1992, 2012; Woods et al., 2005; Lane et al., ...
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Prevalence of Coccidiosis in Free Range Domestic Chicken reared at Semi Arid Zone of Borno State, Nigeria
... Coccidiosis can be controlled by good management including good ventilation, dry and clean litter (Jordan,1995), cleaning and decontaminated of drinkers and feeders (Gross,1985) and; proper stoking density in the farm ...
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Comparative Techniques of Raising Seedlings of Acacia seyal in the Arid Zone of Borno State, North - Eastern Nigeria
... the arid zone, ...the arid zone of the Northern Nigeria, the raising of plantations depend largely on the acquisitions of skill techniques and the knowledge of forestry technology, drought ...
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ICAR Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur: Erosion Processes and Desertification in the Tha
... Thus, arid zone of India not only has diverse communities in a large variety of environmental situations, but these species also have immense variability at genetic level making it a new-found micro-hot ...
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Diversity of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated to Acacia seyal (Delile) in semi-arid zone of Senegal
... Drought and salinity constitute major environmental constraints which considerably limit plant production, especially in arid and semi-arid zone (Apse et al., 1999). Under these hostile environments, ...
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Field Trial of a Thermostable Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) Vaccine in a Semi Arid Zone of Nigeria
... tions. These outbreaks are attributed largely to such fac- tors like lack of maintenance of cold-chain and faulty administration and handling of the vaccines among oth- ers. Developing countries like Nigeria with extreme ...
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Ultrastructure of Wing Scales in Adult Mammophilic Vector Culex(Culex) quinquefasciatus (Say) in a Semi-arid Zone
... changing environmental conditions along with adult wing scale characters. At present we do not consider it as a rarely found variation. This we recorded from all sites of the selected regions. The keys of larval ...
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Local knowledge and exploitation of the avian fauna by a rural community in the semi-arid zone of northeastern Brazil
... All the informants from Macaúba indicated that a bird’s song was the characteristic that most attracted their attention, followed by the color of the plumage, in- dicating that they appreciate these attributes. Despite ...
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Crop adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid zone in Tanzania: the role of genetic resources and seed systems
... Framing crop adaptation with a livelihood approach captures the complex resource access situation faced by rural households in the semi-arid zone in Tanzania. The results presented here confirm that ...
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ASSESSMENT OF RANGE PLANTS COMPOSITION ON SEMI-ARID ZONE OF NORTH DARFUR STATE, SUDAN
... The research work was conducted at Alfashir locality for two consecutive seasons of 2012 and 2013 at three sites (Ummarahik 25km north of Alfashir, Fashar in eastern part of Alfashir about 5km and Berka 30km west of ...
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Evaluation Of Growth Performance Traits In Three Strains Of Broiler Chickens Reared In Semi Arid Zone Of Nigeria
... estimated the world poultry population as 137, 679, 000, out of this number, 115, 880, 864 representing 84% is backyard poultry, while 21, 798,079 representing 16% is exotic poultry. Poultry contributes immensely as ...
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Spatial and Temporal Variation of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Rainfall in the North East Arid Zone of Nigeria
... East Arid zone of ...East Arid Zone of ...this zone and afforestation project should be car- ried ...East arid zone of ...
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Effects of rabbits on the vegetation of an arid zone national park
... more arid areas, sand dunes, which provide good burrowing material and which abut inter-dunes or other run-on areas, provide the best habitat though rabbits also inhabit other land systems (Myers & Parker ...
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Nutritional potential of fruits from arid zone of rajasthan
... value. Arid zone vegetation omprises a wide range of edible fruit bearing and food producing species ...from arid region are reviewed in context with their ...
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A taphonomic analysis of the vertebrate material from Allen's Cave : implications for Australian arid zone archaeology
... A discussion of the implications of the taphonomic analysis on the deposit from Allen's Cave for existing archaeological arid zone theories and their predictions of a particular pattern [r] ...
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Evaluation of Neem Dust Formulations for the Control of Sorghum Stemborers in the Semi-Arid Zone of Nigeria
... Stemborers were prevalent and significantly reduce yield of sorghum in the semi-arid zone of Nigeria and the neem dust formulations were more effective than carbaryl dust in protecting the crop. NKP+Fine ...
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Linking Climatic Variability with Spatial Performance in Two Varieties of Quinoa Distributed in a Semi Arid Zone
... (30˚16'S, 70˚30'W) and Paihuano (30˚08'S, 70˚42'W) in the semi-arid Coquimbo Region of Chile, south of the hyperarid Atacama desert. It is characterized by a com- plex topography with altitude that varies from sea ...
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EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CRUDE FLAVONOIDS IN MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT ARID ZONE PLANTCLERODENDRUM PHLOMIDIS LINN
... Abbreviations B. s. = Bacillus subtilis, S. a. = Staphylococcus aureu, E.c.= Escheria coli, P. a..= Pseudomonas aeruginosa; A. n. = Aspergillus niger, A. f. = Aspergillus flavus, C. a. = Candida albicans, C. g. = Candida ...
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Evaluation of field performance of BEST aeolian sediment catcher in sandy loam soil of arid zone of Turkey
... cating a square plot of 50 × 50 m (Figure 1). Although the research site has a semi-arid climate, it has a very rich variety of plant species, with 227 plant taxa belonging to 41 genera and 177 species. The genera ...
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Biological and microbial activity in biological soil crusts from the Tabernas desert, a sub-arid zone in SE Spain.
... in arid and semi-arid environments (Bowker at ...of arid and sub-arid regions in the world (approximately 33% of the terrestrial surface of the earth: UNESCO, 1977) could act as CO 2 sinks ...
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