Seed masting and production of empty seeds have often been considered independently as different strategies to reduce seed predation by animals.Here, we integrate both phenomena within the whole assemblage of seed predators (both pre and post-dispersal) and in two contrasting microsites (open vs.sheltered) to improve our understanding of the factor
Reframing the margins: marginalised sculpture on Gothic cathedrals
Architectural sculpture on Gothic cathedrals has been labelled "marginal" by scholarship in the tradition of Michael Camille and Nurith Kenaan-Kedar.A Scandinavian parallel to such sculptures is found in the octagon of Trondheim cathedral.This article offers a critique of the terminology of marginal imagery and its scholarship and examines how the
Drug-eluting balloon angioplasty for bifurcated chronic total coronary occlusion
To the Editor, This is the case of a 67-year-old woman admitted due to a 6-month history of exertional angina.Stress echocardiography showed severe anterior wall ischemia.The patient was referred for coronary angiography that revealed the presence of a chronic total coronary occlusion of the proximal left Bath anterior descending coronary artery (L
Selecting Tropical and Subtropical Tree Species for Wind Resistance
FOR-120, a 13-page full color fact sheet by Mary L.Duryea and Eliana Kampf, is part of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program series.It presents the research and methodology that lead to BAKING CUPS LARGE lists of relative wind resistance for tropical and subtropical tree species.Includes recommendations for selecting and establishing tropical