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Diversity and floristic uniqueness of non-arboreal restingas of the Northern Coast of Bahia, Brazil [PDF]

Acta Botânica Brasílica
The Northern Coast of Bahia state (NCB) encompasses the northernmost stretch of the state coastline and harbors restinga ecosystems of exceptional biodiversity, ecological, and cultural importance.
Gabriel Costa Guerra, Renato Silva da Silva, Nádia Roque   +2 more
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Detecting extirpation: A localized approach to a global problem

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global biodiversity crisis stems from a cascading series of extirpations driving species toward extinction. Addressing this crisis requires methods for early detection of extinction at local scales, where communities can mobilize conservation efforts.
Andrew D. F. Simon, Antranig Basman, R. Adam Martin, Caitlin Robinson, Quentin Cronk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floristic composition and abundance in forest fragments: a case study from southern Goiás, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2015
The fragmentation of tropical forests has been identified as the main reason for their biodiversity reduction. This process is extensively occurring in the Brazilian central area, where there still are insufficient information about the remaining flora ...
Narcisa Silva Soares, Carlos André Gonçalves, Glein Monteiro Araújo, Cecília Lomônaco   +3 more
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Linking to images and AI‐based identification tools—The only way for Flora projects to survive

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Floras are comprehensive and authoritative catalogues of plants growing in an area of interest. They help people find and name plants, which is achieved by a combination of images, drawings, and text, rarely also maps. Like other catalogues (lexica, dictionaries, telephone books), Floras will not survive unless they move online and become portable ...
Susanne S. Renner
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping arboretum research: Trends, gaps, and opportunities for biodiversity conservation, society, and climate resilience

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Arboreta bridge people and nature while conserving tree biodiversity, supporting climate resilience, and advancing environmental education. This study maps over a century of available and indexed arboretum research, uncovering trends, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for collaboration.
Catarina Patoilo Teixeira, Vítor Ramalhosa Ferreira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floristic similarities of the Artinskian Siderópolis Member macroflora, Rio Bonito formation (Paraná Basin, Brazil) with Cisuralian paleofloras of India

Geologia USP. Série Científica, 2016
This contribution focuses on the relationship between the Siderópolis Member paleoflora and Indian Gondwanan paleofloras, especially with those of the Cisuralian stages, thus providing additional criteria for the correlation of Western and Eastern Gondwanan coal successions in the lower Permian interval.
Mary Elizabeth Cerruti Bernardes-de-Oliveira, Pauline Sabina Kavali, Sandra Eiko Mune, Maria Judite Garcia, Mahesh Shivanna, Roberto Iannuzzi, Karoline Gonçalves Pereira   +6 more
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

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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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Speciation with gene flow

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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
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Effects of soil, altitude, rainfall, and distance on the floristic similarity of Atlantic Forest fragments in the east-Northeast

Biotemas, 2013
Efeitos de solo, altitude, precipitação e distância sobre a similaridade florística de fragmentos de Mata Atlântica no Nordeste oriental. Este artigo apresenta os resultados de um levantamento florístico realizado em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no estado de Alagoas.
Rosa Neto, José Lima, Lopes, Ulysses Gomes Cortez, Moura, Flávia Barros Prado   +2 more
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Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source