Bird species assemblages in isolated Neotropical highland mountains have been moulded by the drastic climatic changes that occurred in late Pleistocene. Palynological evidence indicates that after the Pleistocene the ...

Bent rachises in palms with symptoms of “crown disease” had fibres with thinner and less lignified cell walls than normal cells. Also, vascular bundles were less numerous, thinner, and had fewer fibres than healthy tissue. ...