Morus nigra, usually referred to as the black mulberry tree, morus rubra, also known as the red mulberry tree and morus alba, or the white mulberry tree. It has a rounded crown, short trunk, and dense canopy with spreading branches. The cape gannet is a large seabird of the gannet family, ranging from southern namibia to the east coast of south africa. Trends in numbers of cape gannets morus capensis, 19561957. The fruit of morus nigra is said to be much tastier than that of m. Gannet is derived from old english ganot strong or masculine, ultimately from the same old germanic root as gander. The cape gannet morus capensis is one of three gannet species worldwide, the others being the north atlantic gannet. Flight patterns and movements of breeding cape gannets morus capensis article pdf available in african journal of marine science 271 june 2005 with 61 reads. Its leaves are alternate, simple, broadly ovate, polymorhic, and have 3 main veins running from the rounded or notched base. The cape gannet morus capensis is one of several seabird species endemic to the. Sep 19, 20 human utilization of the mulberrysilkworm interaction started at least 5,000 years ago and greatly influenced world history through the silk road. Compared to white mulberry morus alba, which was introduced from asia into north america for an incipient silkworm industry, the red mulberry morus rubra is a more shadetolerant forest tree that is not often encountered in urban and suburban areas. Longdistance dispersal of a cape gannet morus capensis.
Draft genome sequence of the mulberry tree morus notabilis. Pdf first record of the cape gannet morus capensis for peru and. Morus species are cultivated in many temperate and tropical countries. Morus australis, also called korean mulberry and chinese mulberry citation needed, is a flowering plant species in the genus morus found in east and southeast asia. Media in category morus capensis the following 46 files are in this category, out of 46 total.
The plant list includes a further 37 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus morus. A junkfood hypothesis for gannets feeding on fishery waste. Morus nigra fruit extract is an extract of the fruit of the mulberry, morus nigra functions. Diseases leaf spot, bacterial blight, powdery mildew, and cankers may infect this tree. Energy expenditure and food consumption by breeding cape. Morus alba is a small to medium sized shrub or tree which may grow to about 15 m. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Morus australis plant specimen in the kunming botanical garden, kunming, yunnan, china. Cape gannet morus capensis videos, photos and sound. Pdf cape gannets morus capensis are predatory seabirds in the coastal.
We challenge this concept via a detailed study of foraging cape gannets morus capensis and of their feeding environment in the benguela upwelling zone. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names. Andallu b1, suryakantham v, lakshmi srikanthi b, reddy gk. Jul 04, 2014 and there are about 1617 species of mulberry, the following three being the reference point for the species. It has three parameter sets, including morus 640128, morus 1280128, morus 1280256.
It is native to rich woods, bottomlands and wood margins from massachusetts, southern ontario and minnesota south to florida and texas. Department of statistical sciences, avian demography unit, faculty of science, university of cape town. To test this hypothesis, we studied the foraging behaviour of cape gannets morus capensis breeding off the coast of south africa using high. Onymacris bicoor and onymacris unguicularis, cape gannets morus capensis and cape cormorants p haacrocorax capensis by amanda t. Morus alba fruitless cultivars white mulberry page 3 fruitless cultivars include. However, there is little detailed information on this brief behaviour. Along a stream in a floodplain woodlands at springfield, illinois. Impact of predation by cape fur seals arctocephalus. Morus species, blackberry, black mulberry, persian mulberry. Morus 640 with a 128bit key, and morus 1280 with 128bit or 256bit keys. Morus rubra, commonly known as red mulberry, is a medium sized, upright spreading to rounded, deciduous tree that typically grows to 3550 less frequently to 80 tall. In january and december 2002, we monitored the biomechanics of plunge diving in 25 free.
The cape gannet morus capensis is endemic to southern africa, where the species typically displays high levels of nestsite fidelity to its breeding colonies. Cape gannet morus capensis birdlife species factsheet. Dwarf mulberry dwarf everbearing morus nigra easytogrow, this abundant producer of sweet mediumsized fruit has performed exceptionally well in pots yielding several crops per year even during the first season. Morus 1280128, and morus 1280256 are recommended in this speci cation. Morus is derived from ancient greek moros, foolish, due to the lack of fear shown by breeding gannets and boobies, allowing them to be easily killed. Pdf distribution, population size and conservation of. Our data provide the first detailed description of this highly. The cape gannet morus capensis originally sula capensis, is a large seabird of the gannet. The species is monoecious individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant. Cape gannet morus capensis check out the full taxonomy and distribution of cape gannet on hbw alive. The mulberry genusmoruscomprises about 12 species of deciduous trees and shrubs native to temperate and subtropical regions of asia, europe, and north america rehder 1956. Bird lamberts bay, malgas and bird algoa bay, south africa, and mercury, ichaboe and possession, namibia.
Loveillo is coriaria sinica maximowicz coriariaceae and m. Application of jara just another redlist assessment, a bayesian statespace tool used for iucn red list assessments to updated information on the areas occupied by cape. The status and conservation of the cape gannet morus capensis. Distribution, population size and conservation of the cape gannet morus capensis article pdf available in south african journal of marine science 11 june 1983 with 111 reads. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The plants database includes the following 4 species of morus. Protective effects of morus alba leaves extract on ocular. Morus capensis morus bassanus sula variegata sula nebouxii sula sula morus capensis cape gannet. The international union for conservation of natures iucn red list is the global standard for quantifying extinction risk but assessing population reduction criterion a of wide. Cape gannets morus capensis breed at six colonies in namibia and south africa. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Morus species is a deciduous tree growing to 10 m 32ft 10in at a medium rate. Lombard thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the department of zoology, university of cape town. Pdf on jan 1, 2002, ignacio garciagodos and others published first. The cape gannet morus capensis originally sula capensis, is a large seabird of the gannet family, sulidae they are easily identified by their large size, black and white plumage and distinctive yellow crown and hindneck. Although the current population size is suggested to be at least 340,000, these birds are listed as vulnerable on the iucn red list. Morus capensis lichtenstein, 1823 original combination. The pale blue bill is pointed with fine serrations near the tip. Worldwide fisheries generate large volumes of fishery waste and it is often assumed that this additional food is beneficial to populations of marine toppredators.
Hbw alive contains information on descriptive notes, voice, habitat, food and feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation plus a list of bibliographical references for this species account. The leaves are used as food for silkworms and the fruit for human consumption. Outside the breeding season, adults may disperse up to c. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. Onymacris bicoor morus capensis haacrocorax capensis. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. The internal state size of morus is either 640 bits or 1280 bits. Published february 14 energy expenditure and food consumption by breeding cape gannets morus capensis.
Historically, it bred on four more islands crawford et al. Breeding production of cape gannets morus capensis at malgas island, 200203. At mkambati nature reserve, in june 2014, we recorded a dead cape gannet that had been ringed as a juvenile at lamberts bay, 1 500 km away, in 1991. The cape gannet morus capensis is one of several seabird species endemic to the benguela upwelling ecosystem bus but whose population has recently decreased, leading to an unfavourable iucn red list assessment.
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