A Carolinian mecca
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Backus Woods is a well-preserved forest area in Ontario whose dry woods and wetlands provide visitors with refreshing sights. It occupies 490 hectares of woods and is managed by the Long Point Region Conservation Authority. The place is a haven for exotic and rare plants and animals.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 1993
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Seal of approval
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Trees that undergo massive injuries tend to manifest a physiological response, which enables them to create seals and boundaries to the affected part to prevent the injury from spreading. They compartmentalize the decay using phenols and other compounds with antimicrobial properties.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 1998
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The blob
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There are almost 8,000 species of bryozoans living in the earth's saltwater environments. Most taxonomists regard bryozoans as sufficiently unique to justify their own phylum, but bryozoans share the lophophore with the phylum Brachiopoda.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2000
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