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Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

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Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brazil seed transfer zones: Supporting seed sourcing for climate‐resilient ecosystem restoration

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Brazil has tens of millions of hectares of degraded land that must be restored to meet national and global biodiversity and climate goals. Sowing genetically diverse native seeds is key to restoring degraded lands to climate‐resilient landscapes, but we still lack guidance on how to effectively match seed sources to restoration sites across broad ...
Mateus Silva   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governance and infrastructure as pillars of performance: A socio‐ecological analysis of Ethiopian botanical gardens

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While botanical gardens are often perceived merely as recreational spaces for a weekend walk, in the Global South, they are true lifelines for nature and for the people who depend on it. Our research in Ethiopia explored what actually keeps these gardens running long‐term.
Getahun Hassen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond forests: Harnessing conservation gardening for open biomes in Brazil

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Urban gardening offers an innovative conservation strategy by integrating native ornamental species into urban landscapes. We evaluated the ornamental potential of the Brazilian flora by comparing the representation of species from forests versus open biomes (focusing on campo rupestre grasslands) and introduced and validated the Index of Ornamental ...
Flávia Santos Faria   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactive effects of microplastics and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on grassland communities

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Grassland plant communities contribute significantly to global biodiversity but face numerous man‐made pressures which may interfere with their ecological functions. One such pressure receiving increasing scientific, political, and public attention is microplastic pollution.
Benedikt Speißer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing grassland degradation based on abrupt changes in living status of vegetation in a subalpine meadow. [PDF]

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Zhang Y   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Soil health assessment using buried cotton underpants with the help of 1000 citizen scientists

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Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil‐related issues is limited. To highlight soil as a key resource and fascinating study system, we initiated a citizen science project together with 1000 participants investigating soil health across Switzerland using buried cotton underpants.
S. Franz Bender   +258 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food plant diversity in a rapidly changing world

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Diversity in food plants is essential to human and planetary health. On farms, in diets, and in many other areas of food systems, this diversity has undergone enormous change globally, including significant decline. We describe major trends in how food plant diversity has been changing, note the responses from conservation communities, highlight gaps ...
Colin K. Khoury   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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