Mourning Doves in Florida by William M. Giuliano, James F. Selph, Kurt Hodges, Nick Wiley

“…Includes sections on distribution and status, biology, habitat, management, and hunting. Includes references. …”
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Effect of climate change on potential distribution of Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soó in the twenty-first century across the north-western Himalayas by Dad Javaid M., Rashid Irfan

“…Although HPH shrinkage for D. hatagirea appears mild, but as it exhibits high habitat specificity and grows inherently slow, this insignificant shrinkage may enhance its risk of local extinction. …”
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Watershed: a more efficient sampling unit for mountain camera traps by Jun-Jie Li, Yi-Hao Fang, Ji-Cong Zhan, Xue-Jun Yang, Can-Bin Huang, Yan-Peng Li, Kun Tan, Zhi-Pang Huang, Liang-Wei Cui, Wen Xiao

“…A watershed, incorporating diverse habitats from high to low elevations and from rivers to ridges, aligns with complex mountains. …”
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Coupling effect of landscape patterns on the spatial and temporal distribution of ecosystem services: a case study in Harbin City, Northeast China by Yuxin Qi, Peixin Shen, Shu Ren, Tianyi Chen, Yuandong Hu

“…Water yield continued to increase, habitat quality slightly improved, soil conservation and carbon storage initially decreased and then increased, and water purification and food supply first increased and then decreased. …”
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Managing Oaks to Produce Food for Wildlife by Holly K. Ober, Patrick J. Minogue

“…Minogue, describes the reasons homeowners should consider planting oaks, how to select the right oak species for a given site, and how to improve wildlife habitat in established stands. Includes sources of additional information. …”
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Ten Tips for Increasing Wildlife Biodiversity in Your Pine Plantations by Holly K. Ober, Stanton Rosenthal, William Sheftall

“…Ober, Stanton Rosenthal, and William Sheftall, discusses strategies forest landowners may adopt to provide habitat that will attract a diversity of wildlife species to their land. …”
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Adonidia merrillii: Christmas Palm by Timothy K. Broschat

“…This revised 2-page fact sheet covers the Christmas palms biology, distribution and habitat, susceptibility to disease, and general care. …”
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Nematode Management for Golf Courses in Florida by William T. Crow

“…Nematode problems are more common and more severe in Florida than in most other states because our climate and soils provide a perfect habitat for many of the most destructive nematode species. …”
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Wildlife and Hunting As Alternative Farm Enterprises by William M. Giuliano, Kristin C. Thomas

“…The key to maintaining healthy wildlife populations necessary in such alternative enterprises is providing quality habitat through proper management (Figure 1). This document is WEC 197 and one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida. …”
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Australian Cockroach Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae) by Shiyao Jiang, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…This 4-page fact sheet covers the Australian cockroach’s distribution and habitat, biology, medical risks to humans, and management as a pest. …”
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Invasive Species of Florida's Coastal Waters: The Asian Green Mussel (Perna viridis) by Maia McGuire, John Stevely

“…SGEF-175, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Maia McGuire and John Stevely, describes this non-native marine animal that has been found in numerous locations in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina —  distribution, biology, habitat, impacts, and what people can do. Published by the Florida Sea Grant Program, August 2009. …”
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Dead Wood: Key to Enhancing Wildlife Diversity in Forests by Holly K. Ober, Patrick J. Minogue

“…Minogue, explains how snags, logs, and brush piles provide important resources for wildlife, how these habitat elements can be created, and how much dead wood to provide. …”
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Biology and Control of Indian Jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana): A Weed to Watch in Florida Pastures and Natural Areas by Brent Sellers

“…SS-AGR-307, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Brent Sellers, describes this large shrub native to southern Asia and eastern Africa, and which is reported in Miami-Dade, Lee, and Glades counties — it’s identification, habitat and ecology, spread, and control. Includes references. …”
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Biodiversity by Center for Natural Resources

“…There are three levels of biodiversity: habitat or ecosystem diversity, genetic diversity, and species diversity. …”
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A Wireworm Conoderus rudis (Brown) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae) by Dakshina R. Seal

“…Unlike foliage feeders, they are very difficult to detect due to their soil-dwelling habitat. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Dakshina R. …”
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Horned passalus, Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae) by Christopher S. Bibbs, Amanda C. Hodges, Rebecca W. Baldwin

“…Includes synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle and biology, feeding habitat, sounds, and selected references. Written by Christopher S. …”
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Intercropping, Crop Diversity and Pest Management by Hugh A. Smith, Oscar E. Liburd

“…In addition, non-crop plants such as weeds, cover crops, and habitat plantings can be combined in space and time to influence numbers of pest and beneficial arthropods on the main crop. …”
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Cheese (or Ham) Skipper, Piophila casei (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Piophilidae) by Caitlin A. Lewis, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…It describes these detritivorous flies who are commonly the cause of enteric myiasis in humans and are also useful in determining the “time since death” in forensic investigations — synonymy, distribution and habitat, description, life cycle, medical importance, economic importance, and management. …”
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First record of Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves, Charadriidae), Northern Lapwing, in Malaysia at the southernmost occurrence of the species’ range by Mohd Ros Effendi, Mohammad Saiful Mansor

“…Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves, Charadriidae), Northern Lapwing, is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN due to declines in the availability of its habitat since 1980. The species is a widespread Palearctic breeder and an uncommon migrant to Southeast Asia, where it winters in Thailand and Vietnam. …”
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Melaleuca quinquenervia, Melaleuca by Michael G. Andreu, Melissa H. Friedman, Mary McKenzie, Heather V. Quintana

“…Quintana, describes this non-native, invasive tree found in Louisiana and south of central Florida, where it invades a variety of habitat types ranging from wet swamps to dry uplands — scientific and common names, description, allergen, and applications. …”
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