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Variation in pollen limitation among reproductive modules points to likely resource reallocation in the alpine plant Veratrum grandiflorum

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Pollen limitation, a decrease in seed production due to insufficient pollen receipt, may influence plant demography and the evolution of sexual systems. Its empirical estimation of pollen supplementation of some of the flowers on an individual is well known to be prone to overestimation due to potential resource reallocation among the individual's ...
Xia Jiang, Kai‐Hsiu Chen, Shengman Lyu, Ling Liu, Meixian Yu, John R. Pannell, Guoxing Cao   +6 more
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The altitudinal patterns of global human gut microbial diversity

BMC Microbiology
Background The human gut microbiota is closely associated with human health, influencing not only overall well-being but also the incidence and treatment outcomes of diseases.
Lu-Lu Peng, Fu-Liang Qi, Kun Tan, Wen Xiao   +3 more
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Yartsagunbu: transforming people's livelihoods in the Western Himalaya

, 2019
Rural communities in developing countries extract provisioning ecosystem services from the natural environment to meet their subsistence needs, generate cash income and create employment opportunities. Caterpillar fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis, known as
Kaneria, Manish, Mishra, Ashish Kumar, Kapoor, Mohnish, Dasgupta, Sabyasachi, Yadav, Pramod Kumar, Kaneria, Manendra, Saha, Subhajit, Shrestha, Uttam Babu   +7 more
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Lectotypifications and taxonomic changes in the holoparasitic Orobanchaceae

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Based on further extensive studies of specimens in various herbaria, lectotypes are designated for many taxa of holoparasitic Orobanchaceae. In particular, 47 names in the genera Boschniakia (incl. Xylanche), Cistanche, Orobanche, Phelipanche and Phelypaea are lectotypified.
Holger Uhlich, Stefan Rätzel, Óscar Sánchez Pedraja, Renata Piwowarczyk, Valerio Lazzeri, Patrice Descombes   +5 more
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Ethnobotany in the Nepal Himalaya [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2008
Indigenous knowledge has become recognized worldwide not only because of its intrinsic value but also because it has a potential instrumental value to science and conservation. In Nepal, the indigenous knowledge of useful and medicinal plants has roots in the remote past.The present study reviews the indigenous knowledge and use of plant resources of ...
Bussmann Rainer W, Kunwar Ripu M
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Digital Himalaya: Reflections on obsolescence & regeration

, 2020
Video recording of a presentation on Digital Himalaya since its launch in 2010, and how its mission has changed along with technology and sustainability.
Turin, Mark
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Tetrataenium paikadae (Apiaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species, Tetrataenium paikadae C.Rekha, Manudev & Prasanth (Apiaceae), is described from the State of Kerala, India. The new species is characterised by its hirsute to hispid stems, broadly ovate or rounded leaflets, long petioles with hirsute leaf sheaths, tomentose rays, symmetric flowers, ovate‐lanceolate involucel bracteoles, and mericarp ...
Rekha Chappan, Prasanth Malammal Kanhirampadam, Aswindas Thekke Parakkal, Manudev Kambiyelummal Madhavan   +3 more
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Interpreting Microbial Species–Area Relationships: Effects of Sequence Data Processing Algorithms and Fitting Models

Microorganisms
In the study of Species–Area Relationships (SARs) in microorganisms, outcome discrepancies primarily stem from divergent high-throughput sequencing data processing algorithms and their combinations with different fitting models.
Fu-Liang Qi, Wei Deng, Yi-Ting Cheng, Xiao-Yan Yang, Na Li, Wen Xiao   +5 more
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The melting durations of the Karakoram, eastern Himalaya, mid-Himalaya, and western Himalaya regions.

, 2015
The melting durations of the Karakoram, eastern Himalaya, mid-Himalaya, and western Himalaya regions.
Tong Zhang (103827), Jing Ming (749208), Dongqi Zhang (749213), Xiaobin Xu (749211), Zhencai Du (749209), Wen Yang (235745), Yaqiang Wang (636003), Wanqin Guo (450937), Cunde Xiao (749210), Minghu Ding (749212)   +9 more
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Alpine flora of Kashmir Himalaya: floristic assessment, life history traits and threat status

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Alpine ecosystems in the Himalaya are considered to be at a higher risk to anthropogenic global change drivers. The Kashmir Himalaya, located in the north‐western side of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, harbors a diverse alpine flora, which remains systematically little investigated.
Bilal A. Rasray, Showkeen A. Lone, Rameez Ahmad, Tajamul Islam, Hitendra Padalia, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo   +5 more
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