scholarly journals The origin of recently established red fox populations in the United States: translocations or natural range expansions?

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Statham ◽  
Benjamin N. Sacks ◽  
Keith B. Aubry ◽  
John D. Perrine ◽  
Samantha M. Wisely
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Red Fox ◽  
The United States ◽  
Natural Range

scholarly journals Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of Grapevine vein clearing virus from Wild Vitis rupestris

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Beach ◽  
Michael Kovens ◽  
LeAnn Hubbert ◽  
Shae Honesty ◽  
Qiang Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Grape Cultivar ◽  
Vitis Rupestris ◽  
Vein Clearing ◽  
Berry Quality ◽  
Young Leaves ◽  
Natural Range

Grapevine vein clearing virus (GVCV), a new member of the genus Badnavirus in the family Caulimoviridae, is associated with a vein clearing and vine decline disease that severely affects grape production and berry quality in commercial vineyards in the Midwest region of the United States. In this paper, the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of GVCV-VRU1 and GVCV-VRU2, two isolates from wild Vitis rupestris grapevines in their native habitat, are described. The GVCV-VRU1 genome is 7,755 bp long while the GVCV-VRU2 genome consists of 7,725 bp, both of which are different from the genome of the GVCV-CHA isolate (7,753 bp), which was originally discovered in the grape cultivar ‘Chardonel’. The nucleotide sequence identity among GVCV-VRU1, GVCV-VRU2, and GVCV-CHA ranges from 91.6 to 93.4%, and open reading frame (ORF) II is the most divergent ORF with only 83.3 to 88.5% identity. Sequence analysis of the ORF II indicated that GVCV isolates genetically similar to GVCV-VRU1 and GVCV-VRU2 also are present in commercial vineyards. Symptoms of GVCV-VRU1- or GVCV-VRU2-infected wild V. rupestris grapevine appeared initially as translucent vein clearing on young leaves and progressed to vein necrosis on mature leaves. Inoculation of GVCV-VRU1 or GVCV-VRU2 by grafting onto grape cultivar Chardonel resulted in mild mottle and leaf distortion. The natural range of wild V. rupestris grapevines overlaps with commercial vineyards in the Midwestern United States. Therefore, the discovery of GVCV isolates in wild V. rupestris grapevines has important implications for epidemics and management of the GVCV-associated disease.

Regional variation in wood specific gravity of planted loblolly pine in the United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 698-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Jordan ◽  
Alexander Clark ◽  
Laurence R. Schimleck ◽  
Daniel B. Hall ◽  
Richard F. Daniels
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Wood Quality ◽  
The United States ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Quality Trait ◽  
The South ◽  
Juvenile Period ◽  
Natural Range

Loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.) is the most important plantation species in the southeastern United States and specific gravity (SG) is its most important wood quality trait. Analysis of annual ring SG of breast height (1.37 m) increment cores from 3957 trees representing 147 plantations across the species natural range showed that ring SG increases with increasing age and varies significantly among physiographic regions. The South Atlantic and Gulf regions had the highest ring SGs, while the Hilly and Piedmont regions had the lowest. Based on ring SG, the juvenile period averages 4.3 years, followed by 8.6 years of transition wood, with mature wood produced by year 13. Whole-core mean SG was significantly higher in the South Atlantic (0.486) compared with the other regions (mean = 0.455), which were not statistically different from each other. Trees from the South Atlantic have significantly higher whole-core SG because they contain significantly more latewood (40.1%) compared with trees growing in other regions (33.8%). Maps indicate that stands in the South Atlantic and Gulf regions have the highest SG at a given age. Stands growing on the northern and western fringe of the natural range of loblolly pine have the lowest whole-core SG.

scholarly journals Red Fox in the United States

Nature ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 177 (4519) ◽  
pp. 1073-1073
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Red Fox ◽  
The United States

An Annotated List of the Animal Parasites of Foxes

Parasitology ◽  
1921 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Riley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Red Fox ◽  
The United States ◽  
Canadian Province ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
The Common ◽  
New Industry

Few people have any conception of the rapid growth and the importance of the new industry of raising black and silver foxes for their fur. According to Dearborn, 1917, the first profitable fox ranch was established in the Canadian Province of Prince Edward Island in 1894. This ranch, the forerunner of a remarkable industry, was stocked with two pairs of silver foxes, a rare and beautiful colour phase of the common red fox found in nearly all of the United States and Canada.

scholarly journals Porsild spruce in Canada

2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (01) ◽  
pp. 24-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney Arthur Savidge
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Picea Glauca ◽  
Full Range ◽  
White Spruce ◽  
The United States ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Natural Range ◽  
Northwestern North America

The natural range of Porsild spruce (Picea glauca var. porsildii Raup), a white spruce variety distinguished by its smooth bark and resin blisters, has long been considered to be restricted to northwestern North America, but here it is noted that the same phenotype exists in wild stands in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. No record of Porsild spruce trees yet exists in the region between Alberta and western Ontario, or anywhere in the United States other than Alaska. The forestry community is requested to document any encounters with Porsild spruce in unmanaged stands, in order that its full range can be established. History and potential scientific importance of Porsild spruce are given consideration.

Correlative microscopy in distrubuted (client/server) computing environments: tools for catalyzing the rapid dissemination of information about the cell biology of the human prostate

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 682-683
Author(s):  
A. Hakam ◽  
J.T. Gau ◽  
M.L. Grove ◽  
B.A. Evans ◽  
M. Shuman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Tissue Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prostate Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Correlative Microscopy ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Transplant Organ

Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of men in the United States and is the third leading cause of death in men. Despite attempts at early detection, there will be 244,000 new cases and 44,000 deaths from the disease in the United States in 1995. Therapeutic progress against this disease is hindered by an incomplete understanding of prostate epithelial cell biology, the availability of human tissues for in vitro experimentation, slow dissemination of information between prostate cancer research teams and the increasing pressure to “ stretch” research dollars at the same time staff reductions are occurring.To meet these challenges, we have used the correlative microscopy (CM) and client/server (C/S) computing to increase productivity while decreasing costs. Critical elements of our program are as follows:1) Establishing the Western Pennsylvania Genitourinary (GU) Tissue Bank which includes >100 prostates from patients with prostate adenocarcinoma as well as >20 normal prostates from transplant organ donors.

Digital image acquisition, processing, and analysis in a polymer microscopy laboratory

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Vinod K. Berry ◽  
Xiao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Image Transmission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quantitative Image Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Image

In recent years it became apparent that we needed to improve productivity and efficiency in the Microscopy Laboratories in GE Plastics. It was realized that digital image acquisition, archiving, processing, analysis, and transmission over a network would be the best way to achieve this goal. Also, the capabilities of quantitative image analysis, image transmission etc. available with this approach would help us to increase our efficiency. Although the advantages of digital image acquisition, processing, archiving, etc. have been described and are being practiced in many SEM, laboratories, they have not been generally applied in microscopy laboratories (TEM, Optical, SEM and others) and impact on increased productivity has not been yet exploited as well.In order to attain our objective we have acquired a SEMICAPS imaging workstation for each of the GE Plastic sites in the United States. We have integrated the workstation with the microscopes and their peripherals as shown in Figure 1.

Silence of the Land: On the Historical Irrelevance of Territory to Congressional Districting and Political Representation in the United States

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rehfeld
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Government ◽  
Congressional District ◽  
Congressional Districts ◽  
Communities Of Interest

Every ten years, the United States “constructs” itself politically. On a decennial basis, U.S. Congressional districts are quite literally drawn, physically constructing political representation in the House of Representatives on the basis of where one lives. Why does the United States do it this way? What justifies domicile as the sole criteria of constituency construction? These are the questions raised in this article. Contrary to many contemporary understandings of representation at the founding, I argue that there were no principled reasons for using domicile as the method of organizing for political representation. Even in 1787, the Congressional district was expected to be far too large to map onto existing communities of interest. Instead, territory should be understood as forming a habit of mind for the founders, even while it was necessary to achieve other democratic aims of representative government.

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