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Wilting wildflowers and bummed‐out bees: Climate change threatens US state symbols

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Species designated as state symbols in the United States carry cultural importance, embody historical heritage and maintain long‐standing linkages to Indigenous traditions. However, they are threatened by climate change and even face the risk of local or global extinction.
Xuezhen Ge, Ya Zou, Heather A. Hager, Jonathan A. Newman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community perceptions and management of the fleshy‐fruited invasive alien plant Pyracantha angustifolia: Insights from South Africa's Montane grasslands

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive alien plants can provide economic or cultural benefits to local communities, influencing perceptions and potentially affecting management decisions. Understanding these perceptions is crucial to avoiding inefficiencies, misunderstandings and conflicts in the management of invasive alien species.
Lehlohonolo D. Adams, Grant. D. Martin, Sandy‐Lynn Steenhuisen, Colleen T. Downs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urinary Collagen Peptides Predict Mortality

PROTEOMICS, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organ fibrosis caused by the presence of excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) is related to mortality. Urinary peptide signatures were reported to be predictive of death in SARS‐CoV‐2 and chronic kidney disease. Such signatures were composed for 68% of collagen fragments.
Maria Frantzi, Felix Keller, Agnieszka Latosinska, Joachim Beige, Alexandre Mebazaa, Anaïs Caillard, Dewei An, Paul Perco, Joost P. Schanstra, Lorenzo Catanese, Ralph Wendt, Harald Rupprecht, Jan A. Staessen, Antonia Vlahou, Harald Mischak, Justyna Siwy   +15 more
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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
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Caracterització fenòlica i aromàtica de la garnatxa negra a la denominació d'origen Montsant. Estratègies enològiques per a la millora del color [PDF]

, 2017
L'evolució dels gustos dels consumidors i les exigències dels mercats internacionals porten a produir vins negres estructurats i amb colors vius i intensos.
Sergi de Lamo
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
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La fusta. Patrimoni cultural i biològic [PDF]

, 2012
Wood: biological and cultural heritage. Anthracology is a branch of archaeobotany that came into being at the beginning of the 20th Century for the botanical identification of prehistoric wood and carbon.
Ernestina Badal
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Animating blossom: Time‐lapse to encourage plant awareness in the YouTube era

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Time‐lapse videos can effectively capture key traits of flower blossoms, such as color, 3D structure, and temporal changes, making them valuable complements to herbarium specimens and other botanical collections. Despite the abundance of such videos on YouTube, most provide no ecological and botanical insights.
Tae Kyung Yoon
wiley   +1 more source

Flora epífita de les palmeres de la ciutat de Palma [PDF]

Els mostrejos efectuats a 33 localitats de la ciutat de Palma, per estudiar els epífits que presenten les palmeres dels gèneres Phoenix i Wasingtonia, ha permés catalogar 10 líquens (Physcia dubia es cita per primer cop a les illes Balears), 1 briòfit i ...
Fiol, Lluis A.
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Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source