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Pinecone fishes are small and unusual marine fish of the family Monocentridae. The family contains just four species in two genera , one of which is monotypic . Their distribution is limited to tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific .
A 30-year-old commercial pine tree grown in good conditions in Arkansas will be about 0.3 m (1 ft) in diameter and about 20 m (66 ft) high. After 50 years, the same tree will be about 0.5 m (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in diameter and 25 m (82 ft) high, and its wood will be worth about seven times as much as the 30-year-old tree. This however depends on ...
Bristlecone pines grow in isolated groves just below the tree line, between 5,600 and 11,200 ft (1,700 and 3,400 m) elevation on dolomitic soils. [5] The trees grow in soils that are shallow lithosols, usually derived from dolomite and sometimes limestone, and occasionally sandstone or quartzite soils.
Its old age is a result of harsh weather and a lack of nutrients, which slow down the decaying process. [5] The tree's name refers to the biblical patriarch Methuselah, who is said to have reached 969 years of age before his death, thus becoming synonymous with longevity or old age in many European languages including English. [6] [7]
The outstanding characteristic of this tree is the large, spiny cones which are 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in) long (occasionally as much as twenty inches (51 centimeters) length has been observed), [7] 23 centimeters (nine inches) in width, [8] and weigh 2–5 kg (4.4–11.0 lb) when fresh. Each segment, or "scale", of the cone is tipped with a ...
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[6]: 8 After the Civil War in 1865, the agriculture boom started. Many pioneers had received word about the cash crop cotton, soon land purchase and the clearing of land increased significantly. [6]: 10–11 With this sudden shift in land use, the additions of large plantations were established in the ecosystem, as well. In result of this boom ...
In a binary alphabet made of ,, if a (,) repetition code is used, then each input bit is mapped to the code word as a string of -replicated input bits. Generally = +, an odd number. The repetition codes can detect up to [/] transmission errors. Decoding errors occur when more than these transmission errors occur.