Diversity and Benefits of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Restored Riparian Plantations by Marcela Claudia Pagano, Eduardo J. Azevedo Correa, Mónica A. Lugo, Neimar F. Duarte

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Short Rotation Wood Crops in Latin American: A Review on Status and Potential Uses as Biofuel by Róger Moya, Carolina Tenorio, Gloria Oporto

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Local Agricultural Management Filters Morphological Traits of the South American Palm Weevil (<i>Rhynchophorus palmarum</i> L.; Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ornamental Palm Plantations by Moises Ponce-Méndez, Miguel A. García-Martínez, Ricardo Serna-Lagunes, Rodrigo Lasa-Covarrubias, Ehdibaldo Presa-Parra, Joaquin Murguía-González, Carlos Llarena-Hernández

“…This is the first ecological study of the south American palm weevil that provides new insights on the current intensive management of ornamental palm plantations that far from controlling, benefits current geographic expansion, demographic outbreak, and economic impact of this pest.…”
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The South Pacific in the works of Robert Dean Frisbie by Nataša Potočnik

“… Robert Dean Frisbie (1896-1948) was one of the American writers who came to live in the South Pacific and wrote about his life among the natives. …”
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From Archetype to Stereotype: a Postmodern Re–reading of the American South by Gabriela Dumbrava

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“Slaves of the State”: Christianity and Convict Labor in the Postbellum South by Brad Stoddard

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Impact of land use and land cover changes on carbon storage in rubber dominated tropical Xishuangbanna, South West China by Chaya Sarathchandra, Yirga Alemu Abebe, Fiona Ruth Worthy, Iresha Lakmali Wijerathne, Huaixia Ma, Bi Yingfeng, Guo Jiayu, Huafang Chen, Qiaoshun Yan, Yanfei Geng, Dayani S. Weragoda, Li-Li Li, Yang Fengchun, Sriyani Wickramasinghe, Jianchu Xu

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Habitat loss and distribution of the Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata): implications for its conservation in South American temperate grasslands by Camila Deutsch, David Norberto Bilenca, Juan Pablo Zurano, Luis Fernando Marin da Fonte, Natália Dallagnol Vargas, Andreas Kindel, Renan Pittella, Marcelo Duarte Freire, Raúl Maneyro, Julián Faivovich, María Gabriela Agostini

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BOOK REVIEW: IULIA ANDREEA MILICĂ, “THE SOUTH IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION”, IAȘI, VASILIANA ‘98, 2014, 373P. by Amelia PRECUP

“… Iulia Andreea Milică has already made a name as a specialist on the culture and literature of the American South. The author’s assiduous scholarly efforts to present the complexity of this regional literary culture beyond the popular clichés have enriched the contribution of Romanian scholars to the field of American literary studies. …”
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BOOK REVIEW: IULIA ANDREEA MILICĂ, “THE SOUTH IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION”, IAȘI, VASILIANA ‘98, 2014, 373P. by Amelia PRECUP

“… Iulia Andreea Milică has already made a name as a specialist on the culture and literature of the American South. The author’s assiduous scholarly efforts to present the complexity of this regional literary culture beyond the popular clichés have enriched the contribution of Romanian scholars to the field of American literary studies. …”
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Occurrence and Abundance of an Apex Predator and a Sympatric Mesopredator in Rural Areas of the Coastal Range of Southern Chile by Fernando García-Solís, Jaime R. Rau, Edwin J. Niklitschek

“…The two mammalian carnivores, puma (<i>Puma concolor</i>) and South American grey fox (<i>Lycalopex griseus</i>) were studied, in a remote area located in the humid temperate forest of the coastal range of southern Chile. …”
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African-American Women in Reconstruction in the Shenandoah Valley by Ann Denkler

“…What is crucial to this study is how Black women in the Valley, both during and after enslavement, experienced slavery and freedom similarly and differently from other regions in the South. Thus, the dominant paradigms and mythologies of large plantations overseen by single white patriarchs do not adequately describe the entirety of slave history in America and denies African American women the agency they deserve as historical actors. …”
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PLANTATION NOSTALGIA: IMMIGRATION, LABOR, CASINO INDUSTRY, AND HISTORICAL TRAUMA IN CYNTHIA SHEARER’S THE CELESTIAL JUKEBOX by Hüseyin ALTINDİŞ

“…These studies have given insights into material conditions and exploitation of labor in southern spaces. The South has been an exception to the American experience with its exceptional history of labor, as the region has attracted many immigrants to a labor force that shaped and continues to shape the racial, social, and economic relations in the region. …”
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Response of Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities to Near-Natural Forest Management and Tree Species within Chinese Fir Plantations by Jie Lei, Hanbin Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Wenfu Guo, Aiguo Duan, Jianguo Zhang

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Imagined families: Anglo-American kinship and the formation of Southern identity, 1830-1890 by Montgomery, A

“…The subjects under consideration in this study include the role of European travel in forging Southern distinctiveness before the war, ring tournaments and the ethos of medieval chivalry they promoted, the Protestant Episcopal Church and its role in managing the sectional crisis, postbellum immigration societies and their vision of the plantation South remade in the image of British manors, and the role that state historical associations played in reunion and the entrenchment of the Lost Cause mythology as the predominant historical framework for interpreting the American Civil War.…”

“When there is no money, that is when I vomit blood”: the domino effect and the unfettered lethal exploitation of Black labor on Dominican sugar plantations by Brenda K. Wilson

“…Conclusions Ultimately, this paper contributes understandings of the plantationocene’s enduring effects in the global south by demonstrating how imperialist arrangements of capitalism are not a distant memory from the colonial past but instead are present yet hidden and obscured while relocated and reanimated overseas to countries like the Dominican Republic, where American capitalists still exploit Black bodies for profit and power.…”
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Unraveling the Differences in Landcover Patterns in High Mountains and Low Mountain Environments within the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest Biome in Chile by Benedikt Hora, Fabian Almonacid, Alvaro González-Reyes

“…The Valdivian temperate rainforest (VTR) is a biome on the South American continent with high endemism that has experienced an intensive land-cover change in recent decades due to the expansion of agriculture, plantations of introduced forests, and urban growth. …”
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“Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company:” the American Performance of Shakespeare and the White-Washing of Political Geography by John M. Meyer

“…New York City’s popular outdoor Shakespeare theater, the Delacorte, is situated just south of the site of Seneca Village, an African American community displaced for the construction of Central Park; Alabama Shakespeare Festival takes place on a former plantation; the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia makes frequent use of a hotel dedicated to a Confederate general; the University of Texas’ Shakespeare at Winedale festival is performed in a barn built with supports carved by slave labor; the Oregon Shakespeare Festival takes place within a state unique for its founding laws dedicated to white supremacy. …”
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Diseases of Eucalypts in Paraguay and First Report of <i>Teratosphaeria zuluensis</i> from South America by Ximena Silva, Jolanda Roux, Fred O. Asiegbu

“…Wingf. & Crous, that is commonly documented for the South American region. <i>Conclusions:</i> This study updates the knowledge on forest fungal pathogens in Paraguayan eucalypt plantations and is the first report of <i>T. zuluensis</i> in Paraguay and in South America.…”
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More Than Mere Metamorphoses: Animals in Charles W. Chesnutt’s Conjure Stories by Christopher E. Koy

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