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      Panama is a nation of three-and-a-half million people, located between Costa Rica to the north and Columbia to the south. Panama connects the continental land masses of... More »

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      Introduction A herbivore is an animal that obtains its energy and nutrients by feeding on plants.  Different types of herbivores eat different plant parts.  For... More »

    • Refugia Featured Article Refugia Refugia

      Refugia (singular Refugium) are geographical locations where natural environmental conditions have remained relatively constant or stable during times of great environmental... More »

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      Petrochemicals are chemical products made from the hydrocarbons present in raw natural gas and petroleum crude oil. The largest petrochemical manufacturing industries are to... More »

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      The Douglas-fir (scientific name: Pseudotsuga) is a genus of tree that includes ar least five species found in North America and... More »

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      A virus is a microscopic organism that can replicate only inside the cells of a host organism. Most viruses are so tiny they are only observable with at least a conventional... More »

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      Biomass is a term in ecology for the  mass of living organisms in a given ecosystem.  Biomass can refer to the living stock of species in a given habitat, but can... More »

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      Napa County is a rural county in northern California encompassing nearly 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares), about 0.5 % of the landmass of the state. It is located 25 miles (40... More »

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Pliocene Last Updated on 2013-06-18 at 14:31 Editor's note: The Pliocene is the period of the geologic timescale that spans the era from approximately 5.331 to 2.588 million years ago. It preceeds the Pleistocene... More »
Great Basin shrub steppe Last Updated on 2013-06-18 at 04:23 The Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion is situated in the most northerly of the four American deserts. Unlike the other three, which have almost exclusive ties to... More »
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