Particulate organic matter (POM) is a fraction of total organic matter operationally defined as that which does not pass through a filter pore size that typically ranges in size from 0.053 to 2 millimeters. (Cambardella, C. A.; Elliott, E. T. (1991). "Particulate soil organic-matter changes across a grassland cultivation sequence". Soil Science Society of America Journal. 56 (3): 777–783. doi:10.2136/sssaj1992.03615995005600030017x)
Cross-sectional area of trees measured at breast height (4.5 feet from ground level), or of grasses and shrubs measured 1 inch from ground level used to determine phytomass. Basal area is usually expressed as square units per unit area. (NALT)
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This principle has been applied to various forest sampling problems but most notably to estimating basal area per unit area by angle counting, where inclusion of a tree in the count depends on the basal area of the tree and its proximity to the sampling point, ie small trees are not included if they are some distance from the sampling point, while larger trees will be included at even greater distances.Faculty of Science, http://sres.anu.edu.au/associated/ mensuration/BrackandWood1998/S_BA.HTM
Homotoma ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) belongs to the Homotomidae family. Homotoma ficus is commonly called the fig psyllid, due to its preference for the fig tree (Ficus carica L.). It is univoltine, flies from May to October, and overwinters in the egg stage on its host plant. (Translated from Grimaud Sylvain. 2025. Première mention de Homotoma ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Homoptera, Homotomidae) dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne
et nouvelles mentions de l’espèce dans le Sud-Ouest de la France. Carnets natures, 2025, volume 12 : 1-6. https://carnetsnatures.fr/volume12/homotomaficus_grimaud.pdf)
A systematic review is defined as a research technique that attempts to collect all empirical evidence in a particular field, to assess it critically and to obtain conclusions that summarise the research. (Fernández-Alemán, José & Señor, Inmaculada & Lozoya, Pedro & Toval, Ambrosio. (2013). Security and privacy in electronic health records: A systematic literature review. Journal of biomedical informatics. 46. 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.12.003.)
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalothorax)
A parcel (or plot) of land is an area of land with a particular ownership, land use, or other characteristic. A parcel is frequently used as the basis for a cadastre or land registration system. (Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure, FAO 2003)
Genes whose expression is easily detectable and therefore used to study promoter activity at many positions in a target genome. In recombinant DNA technology, these genes may be attached to a promoter region of interest. (https://agclass.nal.usda.gov/mtwdk.exe?k=default&l=60&w=42615&n=1&s=5&t=2)
Infections produced by reoviruses, general or unspecified. Reoviruses are linear double-stranded RNA viruses with broad host ranges. (MeSH. 2024. Reoviridae Infections. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012088 and DeBiasi RL, Tyler KL. Orthoreoviruses and Orbiviruses. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 2015:1848–1850.e1. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4557-4801-3.00150-8. Epub 2014 Oct 31. PMCID: PMC7152383.)
The nations of the world which are regarded as having a relatively low level of economic and industrial development, and are typically located to the south of more industrialized nations. (FAOTERM, 2023)
Intraguild predation is the killing and sometimes eating of a potential competitor of a different species. This interaction represents a combination of predation and competition, because both species rely on the same prey resources and also benefit from preying upon one another. Intraguild predation is common in nature and can be asymmetrical, in which one species feeds upon the other, or symmetrical, in which both species prey upon each other. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraguild_predation)
A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by inhalation of dust and by tissue reaction to their presence. These inorganic, organic, particulate, or vaporized matters usually are inhaled by workers in their occupational environment, leading to the various forms (ASBESTOSIS; BYSSINOSIS; and others). Similar air pollution can also have deleterious effects on the general population. (MeSH. 2025. Pneumoconiosis. https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D011009)
