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For instance, the wood of Ochroma lagopus, which grows naturally in southern Mexico, is better known as balsa-wood, long a favorite with model-makers, and once considered a vital raw material for the airplane industry.

Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008

It includes Albizia carbonaria, Calophyllum brasiliense var. rekoi, Inga, Cecropia, Ficus and Lonchocarpus spp., balsa Ochroma lagopus, Luehea seemannii, Pachira aquatica and Heliconia.

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 2008

For instance, the wood of Ochroma lagopus, which grows naturally in southern Mexico, is better known as balsa-wood, long a favorite with model-makers, and once considered a vital raw material for the airplane industry.

Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008

Birds of prey such as snowy owls, short-eared owls (Asio flammeus), jaegers (skuas – Stercorarius spp.), and rough-legged buzzards (Buteo lagopus) are lemming and vole specialists that are only able to breed at peak lemming densities and which aggregate in areas with high lemming densities.

Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on structure of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term 2009

Interspecific competition and the geographical distribution of red and arctic foxes Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

Among animals, the deliberate introduction of Arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) to the Aleutian and Commander Islands in the 18th century for harvest of their pelts led to the marked reduction or extirpation of populations of marine birds, waterfowl, and other ground nesting birds.

Management and conservation of wildlife in the Arctic 2009

Interspecific competition and the geographical distribution of red and arctic foxes '' Vulpes vulpes '' and '' Alopex lagopus ''.

Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009

For example the displacement of Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) by red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and many arctic plant species that are shade intolerant.

Arctic environments north of the treeline 2009

Seasonal trends in body mass, food intake and resting metabolic rate, and induction of metabolic depression in arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) at Svalbard.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

Birds residing in the tundra throughout the year are very few and include species such as Arctic redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni), willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus), ptarmigan, raven, gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), and snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca).

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009