Factors involved in the biogeography of the honey locust tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) invasion at regional scale: an integrative approach

Object-based learning is an approach that aims to foster observational skills and sensory awareness. Paradoxical plant objects that do not lend themselves to all-too-easy explanations and interpretations can be used to practice the search for ecological explanations and the formation of evolutionary hypotheses. They can be the basis of particularly fruitful and rewarding learning experiences. Gleditsia triacanthos, the honey locust, is a commonly planted ornamental tree. It exhibits striking structures of defense against – and fruit that point to a mutualism with – large animals. These structures, possibly developed in coevolution with Pleistocene faunas, invite a discussion of the complex, neither fully antagonistic nor fully mutualistic, relationships between plants and animals.

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Radiocarbon and the Archaeological Record: An Integrative Approach for Building an Absolute Chronology for the Late Bronze and Iron Ages of Israel

Radiocarbon ◽

10.2458/azu_rc.57.18554 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 207-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Elisabetta Boaretto

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Material Culture ◽

Regional Scale ◽

Integrative Approach ◽

Data Sets ◽

Archaeological Record ◽

Organic Residues ◽

Southern Levant ◽

Historical Processes ◽

The Impact

The establishment of an absolute chronology for the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the southern Levant would make it possible to use changes in material culture in order to study the impact of trade, dissemination of knowledge, and the impact of climate on historical processes. To achieve this, a detailed absolute chronology is needed for individual sites and on a regional scale with a resolution that can differentiate events within a century. To realize this challenging goal, only samples from well-established primary contexts ought to be studied. Such primary contexts (with “dating assemblages”) can be identified by combining macroscopic with microscopic observations. Chronological studies at the sites of Qubur el-Walaydah, Tel es-Safi, and in particular, Megiddo, demonstrate that high-resolution dating can be achieved, with very few outliers in the data sets. The major limitation on applying this approach is the fact that we are currently constrained to dating short-lived samples (charred seeds and olive pits) and collagen from bones. Thus, an immediate goal of radiocarbon research is to develop the ability to date other short-lived materials, such as organic material occluded in siliceous plant phytoliths, wood ash, and possibly organic residues preserved in pottery vessels.

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Effect of partially replacing fish meal with honey locust seed (Gleditsia triacanthos) on growth, feed utilisation and body composition of mirror carp,Cyprinus carpio, fingerlings

Journal of Applied Animal Research ◽

10.1080/09712119.2011.607761 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 8-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hakan Murat Buyukcapar ◽

Fulya Gunlemez ◽

Adem Kamalak

Keyword(s):

Body Composition ◽

Cyprinus Carpio ◽

Fish Meal ◽

Gleditsia Triacanthos ◽

Mirror Carp ◽

Carp Cyprinus Carpio ◽

Feed Utilisation ◽

Honey Locust

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Pigment composition and location in honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) seeds before and after desiccation

Tree Physiology ◽

10.1093/treephys/22.4.285 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 285-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

B. Schoefs

Keyword(s):

Pigment Composition ◽

Gleditsia Triacanthos ◽

Before And After ◽

Honey Locust

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Megabruchidius dorsalis (Fåhreus, 1839) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) is a new adventive species in the Kharkiv Region (Ukraine)

The Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette ◽

10.36016/khesg-2018-26-2-3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 15-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

I. P. Lezhenina ◽

Yu. V. Vasylieva

Keyword(s):

Gleditsia Triacanthos ◽

Adventive Species ◽

Honey Locust ◽

Seed Beetles

Larvae, pupae and imagoes of Megabruchidius dorsalis have been found in October 2018 as a result of examination of the beans of the honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) in the arboretum of the Dokuchaiev Kharkiv National Agrarian University. The seed beetles colonized in 52% of the beans harvested in the current year and in 81% of the beans harvested in the previous years.

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