INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT OF URBAN FORESTS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ETROPOLE  AND PRAVETS, BULGARIA

Integrated approach for health status assessment of urban forests in the municipalities of Etropole  and Pravets, Bulgaria

In 2020, the health status of urban forests in Etropole and Pravets municipalities was monitored based on remote sensing data and field assessment.The study provides information for early detection and identification of pests and pathogens causing damage in different forest types.Three forest stands were assessed: Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) plan

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A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae)

A new species of the cricket genus Proanaxipha Vickery & Poinar (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae) from Early Miocene Dominican amber is described and illustrated.Proanaxipha madgesuttonae sp.n.is distinguished from congeners by: (1) head capsule bearing a Neck Cream distinctive posteriorly bilobed colour spot on the vertex; (2) presence o

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A spring forward for hominin evolution in East Africa.

Groundwater is essential to modern human survival during drought periods.There is also growing geological evidence of springs associated with stone tools and hominin fossils in the East African Rift System (EARS) during a Cooker critical period for hominin evolution (from 1.8 Ma).However it is not known how vulnerable these springs may have been to

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