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Genetic diversity and phylogeography of wild-sown and cultivated coconuts (Cocos nucifera L.) [PDF]

, 2011
The coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is a pantropical strand plant, colonizing sandy insular beaches in the humid tropics. Cocos is a monotypic genus in the Cocoseae tribe (18/ca. 200 spp.) within the Arecaceae family.
Baudouin, Luc, Crisp, Michael, Gunn, Bee F., Olsen, Kenneth M.   +3 more
core  

Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the anticancer activity of Poria cocos extract mediated gold nanoparticles in the treatment of pancreatic cancer

Materials Research Express, 2021
Poria cocos , a fungus used extensively in the Chinese herbal medicine, has been known for myriad of pharmacological applications. There is a growing body of evidence on developing medications for antitumor therapies.
Miao Nie, Peijun Sun
doaj   +1 more source

CRISP-EQ: Costa Rican Seismogenic potential outlined by IODP drilling and the 2002 Osa earthquake sequence [PDF]

, 2011
Interplate earthquakes in subduction zones are generated in the seismogenic zone, i.e. the segment of the plate boundary where unstable slip occurs.
Arroyo, Ivonne Gabriela, Behrmann, Jan, Flüh, Ernst R., Grevemeyer, Ingo, Ranero, César R., von Huene, Roland   +5 more
core  

Neogene paleoceanography of the eastern equatorial Pacific based on the radiolarian record of IODP drill sites off Costa Rica [PDF]

, 2017
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 344 drilled cores following a transect across the convergent margin off Costa Rica. Two of the five sites (U1381 and U1414) are the subject of the present study.
Baumgartner, Peter O., Baxter, Alan T., Boltovskoy, Demetrio, Sandoval, María I.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Speciation with gene flow

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is threatened by human activities, with extinction debt accumulating rapidly. Many of these activities change the connectivity of populations, fragmenting existing population systems or bringing previously isolated populations or species into contact.
Zhiqin Long, Xu Zhang, Yue Yu, Gregory L. Owens, Diana J. Rennison, Clarisse Palma‐Silva, Daniel Ortiz‐Barrientos, Loren H. Rieseberg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity of Hypericum brasiliense extract and its fractions on Staphylococcus of canine origin

Scientific Reports
The growing resistance to antimicrobials, partly due to the ability to form biofilms, poses a challenge for developing new antimicrobial agents. This study assessed the antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of Hypericum brasiliense extract, Japonicin ...
Yasmim de M. Assumpção, Lialyz S. P. Andre, Izabel M. Teixeira, Carolina O. da Fonseca, Francisco P. Machado, Tainara A. N. Ribeiro, Renata F. A. Pereira, Daniela Sachs, Leandro M. Rocha, Bruno Penna   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of a New Coco Issuance on the Price Performance of Outstanding Cocos

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
Contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) are new hybrid capital instruments that have a loss absorbing capacity which is enforced either automatically via the breaching of a particular CET1 level or via a regulatory trigger. The price performance of outstanding CoCos, after a new CoCo issue is announced by the same issuer, is investigated in this paper via
Jan De Spiegeleer, Stephan Höcht, Ine Marquet, Wim Schoutens   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

A practical, adaptive compliance management framework for improving marine protected area effectiveness

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Noncompliance regularly undermines the effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide. The reasons for and drivers of noncompliance depend on the context (e.g., insufficient funding, capacity, neocolonialism, historical conflict), but the prevalent solution offered to curtail noncompliance tends to be more or better enforcement.
B. Bergseth, C. Moltzen, A. Arias, J. Aumend, M. Guilbeaux, R. Oyanedel, R. Parsons, C. Pukini, A. Quintana, C. Wilcox, J. C. Day   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contingent Convertible Bonds as an Alternative to Strengthen Banks' Ability in Financing a Real Economy

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2015
The main goal of this paper is to analyse whether Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCos) are equally safe for banks and for the real economy because of their, sometimes, uneasy to understand features.
Jolanta Zombirt
doaj   +1 more source