Submissions tagged with mortality
(2 documents)
Resin duct density and size predicts mortality in ponderosa pine trees of Northern Arizona
In the presence of herbivores, plants must allocate a portion of their accumulated carbon towards defense to survive. For example, trees susceptible to bark beetle attack are primarily reliant on…
Received 08 September 2009 21:25 UTC; Posted 09 September 2009
Posted to: Ecology
Cognitive epidemiology of ethnic health and the CHRM2 vagal vigour hypothesis
Ethnic populations representing areas throughout California were compared regarding cognitive ability, socioeconomic position, and mortality. Cognition and socioeconomic position were inversely cor…
Received 08 February 2009 01:47 UTC; Posted 18 February 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Immunology, Neuroscience