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Elemental Profiles in Cycas micronesica Stems

Plants, 2018
Essential nutrients and metals have been quantified in stems of many tree species to understand the role of stems as storage and source organs. Little is known about stored stem resources of cycad tree species. Cycas micronesica tissue was collected from
Thomas E. Marler
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Isolation of an AGAMOUS homolog from Zamia muricata [PDF]

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2020
AGAMOUS (AG) is a class C MADS-box gene that plays an important role in the development of reproductive organs in angiosperms and gymnosperms. Here, an AGAMOUS homolog was isolated from male and female Zamia muricata.
Pattamon Sangin, Shosei Kubota, Akira Kanno   +2 more
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Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Miltotranes Zimmerman, 1994 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae), the Bowenia-Pollinating Cycad Weevils in Australia, with Description of a New Species and Implications for the Systematics of Bowenia

Insects, 2022
The Australian endemic weevils of the genus Miltotranes Zimmerman, 1994 (Curculionidae: Molytinae: Tranes group), comprising two species, M. prosternalis (Lea, 1929) and M. subopacus (Lea, 1929), are highly host-specific and the only known pollinators of
Yun Hsiao, Rolf G. Oberprieler
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Early evolutionary history of the seed

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman, Alan R. T. Spencer, Jason Hilton   +2 more
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Fresh and Dry Weight Relations Are Predictors of Cycas micronesica Seed Age

Horticulturae, 2020
Cycas micronesica is a foundation species in several Micronesian islands and its seeds have been a historical source of starch for the island residents.
Thomas E. Marler, Christopher A. Shaw
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‘I like to dance with the flowers!’: Exploring the possibilities for biodiverse futures in an urban forest school

Children &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
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Safeguarding China’s threatened cycads: Strategies to combat alarming habitat degradation and anthropogenic collection pressure [PDF]

Nature Conservation
Cycads (Cycas L.) are ancient plants of immense ecological and evolutionary significance, yet they now face escalating threats to their survival. Around 20 cycad species remain in China, beset with highly restricted distributions and small, fragmented ...
Chunping Xie, C. Y. Jim
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Informing spatial conservation prioritization with species’ traits

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract New Guinea, the most botanically diverse island on the planet, is the location for one of the boldest conservation initiatives. The Manokwari Declaration aims to achieve 70% conservation designation for the Bird's Head Peninsula. This is 40% higher than the 2022 Global Biodiversity Framework target.
Liam A. Trethowan, Laura Jennings, Haerul Arifin, Renata Borosova, Gemma L. C. Bramley, Marie Briggs, Osanna Chu, Ruth P. Clark, Sally Dawson, Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams, Yance de Freitas, James Hartup, Edward G. E. Heatubun, Cecilia Lee‐Grant, Laurensia V. Mapandin, Jonni Marwa, Alison Moore, Agustinus Murdjoko, Carmen Puglisi, André Schuiteman, Dave J. I. Seaman, Nurhaidah Sinaga, Matthew J. Struebig, Anna Trias Blasi, Timothy Utteridge, Maria Voigt, Jimmy F. Wanma, Charlie D. Heatubun   +27 more
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Differences in characteristics between naturalized threatened plants and other threatened plants

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Many non‐native plant species introduced by humans have become naturalized. At the same time many species are threatened in their native range. However, the number of plant species threatened in their native range that are naturalized elsewhere remains unknown.
Weihan Zhao, Trevor S. Fristoe, Amy J. S. Davis, Wayne Dawson, Franz Essl, Holger Kreft, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Patrick Weigelt, Marten Winter, Mark van Kleunen   +10 more
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Evaluating the empirical basis for threat attribution in the IUCN Red List

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the impacts of different threats on species is key to successful conservation interventions and policies. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assesses threats to species, and the organization's Red List of Threatened Species is a key conservation tool.
Ena Humphries, Isaac M. Smith, Mark Ziebell, Charlotte M. Probst, Neil Carter, Brian C. Weeks   +5 more
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