Reference Terms

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oak tree

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus.

Note: The above text is excerpted from the Wikipedia article "Oak tree", which has been released under the GNU Free Documentation License.

For more information, see the following related content on ScienceDaily:

1

2

Plant Competition During Climate Change

June 4, 2021 — Researchers show how extreme drought and plant invasion impact ecosystems in the Mediterranean ...

Remote Sensing Techniques Help Treat and Manage Hollow Forests

July 19, 2021 — New research shows that modelling hyperspectral- and thermal-based plant traits can help in the early detection of Phytophthora-induced symptoms in oak ...

Climate Change Leads to Invasive Insect Expansion on West Coast

Aug. 10, 2022 — Climate change has led to warming temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, leading some insect species to expand their range into more northerly oak savannas, according to new ...

New Research Links Tree Health to How Birds Respond to Climate Change

Sep. 28, 2021 — New research has revealed that shifts in the timing of egg laying by great tits in response to climate change vary markedly between breeding sites within the same woodland and that this variation is ...

Hidden Diversity: When One Wasp Species Is Actually 16 Wasp Species

Feb. 16, 2022 — Some undiscovered species are hiding right under our noses. Ormyrus labotus, a tiny parasitoid wasp known to science since 1843, has long been considered a generalist with more than 65 host species. ...

Increasing Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Teaches Old Oaks New Tricks

Oct. 4, 2021 — Mature oak trees will increase their rate of photosynthesis by up to a third in response to the raised CO2 levels expected to be the world average by about 2050, new research ...

Landscaping for Drought: We're Doing It Wrong

Jan. 11, 2023 — Despite recent, torrential rains, most of Southern California remains in a drought. Accordingly, many residents plant trees prized for drought tolerance, but a new study shows that these trees lose ...

For Trees, Carbs Are Key to Surviving Insect Defoliation, Study Finds

Aug. 13, 2021 — Research reveals that a tree's carbohydrate reserves are crucial to surviving an onslaught of hungry ...

As Global Climate Shifts, Forests' Futures May Be Caught in the Wind

May 10, 2021 — Forests' ability to adapt to the disruptions wrought by climate change may depend, in part, on the eddies and swirls of global wind currents, suggests a new study. The study compared global wind ...

Climate Warming Can Influence Fungal Communities on Oak Leaves Across the Growing Season

June 18, 2021 — Climate warming plays a larger role than plant genes in influencing the number and identity of fungal species on oak leaves, especially in autumn. This research by ecologists sheds light on how ...

Plants & Animals News

September 23, 2023

Jellyfish, With No Central Brain, Shown to Learn from Past Experience

Sep. 22, 2023 — Even without a central brain, jellyfish can learn from past experiences like humans, mice, and flies, scientists report for the first time. They trained Caribbean box jellyfish (Tripedalia cystophora) to learn to spot and dodge obstacles. The study ...

Scientists Regenerate Neurons That Restore Walking in Mice After Paralysis from Spinal Cord Injury

Sep. 21, 2023 — In a new study in mice, researchers have uncovered a crucial component for restoring functional activity after spinal cord injury. The neuroscientists have shown that re-growing specific neurons back ...

Archaeologists Discover World's Oldest Wooden Structure

Sep. 20, 2023 — Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new ...

Researchers Grow Embryonic Humanized Kidneys Inside Pigs for 28 Days

Sep. 7, 2023 — Researchers have successfully created chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells. When transferred into surrogate pig mothers, the developing humanized kidneys had normal structure and tubule formation after 28 days. This is ...

Latest Headlines

updated 12:56 pm ET

Researchers Develop First Method to Study microRNA Activity in Single Cells

Sep. 21, 2023 — Researchers have developed the first method to uncover the tasks that microRNAs perform in single cells. This is a huge improvement over existing state-of-the-art methods that require millions of ...

Nanoparticles Made from Plant Viruses Could Be Farmers' New Ally in Pest Control

Sep. 21, 2023 — Engineers have devised a new solution to control a major agricultural menace, root-damaging nematodes. Using plant viruses, the researchers created ...

Understanding the Sex Life of Coral Gives Hope of Clawing It Back from the Path to Extinction

Sep. 21, 2023 — Scientists have mapped the reproductive strategies and life cycle of an endangered coral species, the purple cauliflower soft coral Dendronephthya ...

Mussels Able to Adjust Heart Rate to Cope With Marine Heatwaves

Sep. 21, 2023 — New research shows that mussels are pretty crafty sea creatures: able to withstand marine heatwaves by adjusting their heart rate and other physiological functions, boding well for their survival in ...

Monkeys Cause a Stink in Response to Human Noise

Sep. 21, 2023 — New research has found that monkeys increase their use of scent markings to compensate for human noise pollution. The study has investigated how primates change their communication strategies in ...

Socially Vulnerable Populations Are Disproportionately Exposed to Wildfires in the Western US

Sep. 20, 2023 — People experiencing a high degree of social vulnerability are also more exposed to wildfires in Oregon and Washington as wildfire risk increases, a ...

Alarming Results from World First Study of Two Decades of Global Smoke Pollution

Sep. 20, 2023 — The world's first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over the past two decades reveals that over 2 billion ...

Sometimes Beneficial, Sometimes Damaging: The Double Role of the Enzyme Chameau

Sep. 20, 2023 — Biologists have discovered why an enzyme is important for the survival of fruit flies, even though it can shorten their lives under certain ...

Exercise and Muscle Regulation: Implications for Diabetes and Obesity

Sep. 20, 2023 — How do our muscles respond at the molecular level to exercise? Researchers have unraveled the cellular basis and signaling pathways responsible for the positive impact of physical activity on our ...

Researchers Issue Urgent Call to Save the World's Largest Flower -Rafflesia -- From Extinction

Sep. 20, 2023 — A new study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world's largest flowers, face extinction. Lack of protection at local, national, and ...