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From:School Library Journal (Vol. 55, Issue 7)OAKS, J. Adams. Why I Fight. 228p. CIP. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. 2009. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-1177-7. LC 2007046433. Gr 9 Up--Wyatt Reaves opens his soul to an unnamed stranger on a bus taking him...
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From:The Midwest Quarterly (Vol. 62, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedFaint rustling in the March wind. And sun, passing through brown leaves clinging to small branches, dark veins tracing the dry skeletons drawn deep inside the silhouettes of the small trees. You will miss their etched...
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From:Journal of Southern History (Vol. 73, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe Architectural Legacy of Alfred Giles: Selected Restorations. By Mary Carolyn Hollers George. Foreword by F. Lawrence Oaks. Photographs by W. Eugene George. (San Antonio: Trinity University Press, c. 2006. Pp. xx,...
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From:Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science (Vol. 106, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSand savannas in which Quercus velutina Lam. (black oak) dominated were common in the major sand deposits of Illinois. Most, however, are now dry sand forests that have been extensively degraded by fire suppression and...
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From:The Carolina Quarterly (Vol. 66, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSoon the oaks will be clad only in fog and the susurrus of birds. The leaves will be kicked to the fence line; a fatigued branch reaching for another will tremor. You, having never been that naked or nonchalant, follow...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 45, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedMexican temperate forests, at the southernmost end of the distribution range of this ecosystem, are the world's centre of diversity of pine and oak, with 55 and 161 species, respectively. Such forests are threatened by...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 42, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSecondary forest succession after abandonment of traditional agricultural and silvicultural lands is occurring in many parts of the world. Quercus crispula Blume-Quercus serrata Murray fuelwood stands have so far been...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedCommunity response to external drivers such climate and disturbance can lead to fluctuations in community composition, or to directional change. Temporal dynamics can be influenced by a combination of drivers operating...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedPhylogenetic analysis by maximum likelihood (PAML) has become the standard approach to study positive selection at the molecular level, but other methods may provide complementary ways to identify amino acid...
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From:Nature (Vol. 558, Issue 7711) Peer-ReviewedIconic tree may owe its long life to gene duplication. Iconic tree may owe its long life to gene duplication. Author Affiliations: The long lifespan of the pedunculate oak, also known as the English oak, may...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 53, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedInside a biosafety research laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland, ARS scientists have closely monitored the reactions of saplings of several common oak species, including white oak, Northern red oak, chestnut oak,...
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From:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 169, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedOak (Quercus spp.) savannas are among the most imperiled ecosystems in the United States. Consequently, associated vegetation and avian communities are also in decline. Furthermore, restoration of savanna communities...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 42, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOak dominance is declining in the central hardwoods region, as canopy oaks are being replaced by shade-tolerant trees that are abundant in the understory of mature stands. Although prescribed fire can reduce understory...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 50, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedShade-tolerant mesophytic tree species tend to dominate the understories of present-day oak-hickory and mixed-hardwood forests in the eastern United States. We quantified the sapling density associations with abiotic...
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From:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 172, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedResprouting is advantageous for plants in pyrogenic ecosystems because it allows for quick re-acquisition of space after fire. Resprouting species build multiple stems during their lifetime and have an established root...
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From:Architecture (Vol. 84, Issue 3)Civic Arts Plaza, City of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, California Bambi meets Godzilla" is how Antoine Predock describes the site of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, a virgin meadow beside the Ventura Freeway less...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedPrevious phylogenetic studies in oaks (Quercus, Fagaceae) have failed to resolve the backbone topology of the genus with strong support. Here, we utilize next-generation sequencing of restriction-site associated DNA...
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From:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 141, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedFire and soil moisture gradients are thought to influence oak community structure in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodlands. To explore these influences, we measured oak density and species composition within a...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 41, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedNorthern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) seedling growth has been extensively studied. White oak (Quercus alba L.) and chestnut oak (Quercus prinus L.), however, are far less investigated despite their importance among...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIn this study, an individual tree crown ratio (CR) model was developed with a data set from a total of 3134 Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) trees within 112 sample plots allocated in Wangqing Forest Bureau of...