Volume 3, Number 2, May 2013 (Special Issue on )

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A study of using grey system theory and artificial neural network on the climbing ability of Buergeria robusta frog

Yuan-Hsiou Chang, Tsai-Fu Chuang

Abstract | References PDF (625KB), PP. 83-93, Pub. Date: May 7, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32010, Downloads: 183 Google Scholar

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Seasonal comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a flooded coastal freshwater marsh

Sung-Ryong Kang, Sammy L. King

Abstract | References PDF (194KB), PP. 94-101, Pub. Date: May 7, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32011, Downloads: 229 Google Scholar

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Trace metals in Posidonia oceanica in a coastal area of the Ionian Sea (Calabria, Italy)

Radiana Cozza, Adele Iaquinta, Davide Cozza, Luisa Ruffolo

Abstract | References PDF (510KB), PP. 102-108, Pub. Date: May 7, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32012, Downloads: 150 Google Scholar

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Predicting nesting habitat of Northern Goshawks in mixed aspen-lodgepole pine forests in a high-elevation shrub-steppe dominated landscape

Robert A. Miller, Jay D. Carlisle, Marc J. Bechard, Dena Santini

Abstract | References PDF (985KB), PP. 109-115, Pub. Date: May 7, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32013, Downloads: 161 Google Scholar

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Seasonal nekton assemblages in a flooded coastal freshwater marsh, Southwest Louisiana, USA

Sung-Ryong Kang, Sammy L. King

Abstract | References PDF (341KB), PP. 116-121, Pub. Date: May 7, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32014, Downloads: 224 Google Scholar

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Estimating plant crown transpiration and water use efficiency by vegetative reflectance indices associated with chlorophyll fluorescence

Hidenori Furuuchi, Michael W. Jenkins, Randy S. Senock, James L. J. Houpis, James C. Pushnik

Abstract | References PDF (756KB), PP. 122-132, Pub. Date: May 13, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32015, Downloads: 128 Google Scholar

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What elk, wolves and caterpillars have in common—The perfect forager theorem

Piotr Weclaw, Robert J. Hudson

Abstract | References PDF (637KB), PP. 133-144, Pub. Date: May 13, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32016, Downloads: 128 Google Scholar

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Modification of soil properties by Prosopis L. in the Kalahari Desert, South-Western Botswana

Samuel Mosweu, Christopher Munyati, Tibangayuka Kabanda

Abstract | References PDF (373KB), PP. 145-150, Pub. Date: May 13, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32017, Downloads: 83 Google Scholar

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Seasonal patterns of light availability and light use of broadleaf evergreens in a deciduous forest understory: Potential mechanisms for expansion

Sheri A. Shiflett, Julie C. Zinnert, Donald R. Young

Abstract | References PDF (612KB), PP. 151-160, Pub. Date: May 13, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32018, Downloads: 129 Google Scholar

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Parental care in the freshwater crab Sylviocarcinus pictus (Milne-Edwards, 1853)

Bruno S. Sant’Anna, Erico L. H. Takahashi, Gustavo Yomar Hattori

Abstract | References PDF (426KB), PP. 161-163, Pub. Date: May 13, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32019, Downloads: 116 Google Scholar

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Effects of temperature and resource abundance on small- and large-bodied cladocerans: Community stability and species replacement

Irina Yu. Feniova, Anna L. Palash, Vladimir I. Razlutskij, Andrew R. Dzialowski

Abstract | References PDF (2430KB), PP. 164-171, Pub. Date: May 15, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32020, Downloads: 155 Google Scholar

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Seabirds in the Bay of Bengal large marine ecosystem: Current knowledge and research objectives

Ravichandra Mondreti, Priya Davidar, Clara Péron, David Grémillet

Abstract | References PDF (466KB), PP. 172-184, Pub. Date: May 15, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32021, Downloads: 82 Google Scholar

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Costs of glucosinolates in Brassica rapa: Are they context dependent?

Kirk A. Stowe, Cris G. Hochwender, Krista Fleck, Nichole Duvall, Debra Lewkiewicz, Steve Trimble, Shanon Peters

Abstract | References PDF (216KB), PP. 185-195, Pub. Date: May 16, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32022, Downloads: 91 Google Scholar

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A theoretical framework for investigating ecological problems associated with biodiversity conservation in national parks: A case of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda

Moses Muhumuza, Martie Sanders, Kevin Balkwill

Abstract | References PDF (339KB), PP. 196-204, Pub. Date: May 16, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32023, Downloads: 134 Google Scholar

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Vegetation communities in estuarine tidal flats in the different river and basin environments of the four major rivers of Ise Bay (Suzuka, Tanaka, Kushida), Mie Prefecture, Japan

Korehisa Kaneko, Seiich Nohara

Abstract | References PDF (1726KB), PP. 205-213, Pub. Date: May 16, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2013.32024, Downloads: 112 Google Scholar