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Parascript, Parasites and Historical Biogeography [PDF]

, 2013
Few biological interactions have deserved so much attention from biologists during the latter part of the 20th century than host-parasite interactions. Parasites seem to throw a special light on the problems of ecology and evolution. Host-parasite interactions should be considered fine-grained biological models through which major changes in ecosystems
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Range‐wide sampling reveals cryptic lineages but largely conserved mycorrhizal associations in the Japanese fairy lantern Thismia kobensis

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The jewel‐like flowers of Thismia are as rare as they are beautiful, often recorded from only a single site per species. Access to 15 populations of T. kobensis has enabled an uncommon, range‐wide assessment of morphology, genetics, and fungal partners. Our analyses showed that T.
Kenji Suetsugu, Kazuma Takizawa, Kazuki Inui, Akihiro Nishimura, Shun K. Hirota   +4 more
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Pleistocene Forest Stability Predicts Patterns of Frog Diversity in Central Africa

Ecology and Evolution
Understanding why diversity is unevenly distributed across the globe is central to ecology and evolution. Focusing on Afrobatrachian frogs of the Lower Guinean Forests of western Central Africa, we combined Pleistocene‐to‐present palaeoclimatic ...
Gregory F. M. Jongsma, Narayani Barve, Julie M. Allen, Hannah L. Owens, David C. Blackburn   +4 more
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Soil properties and road proximity likely influence plant and bacterial traits and diversity more than habitat size in small urban greenspaces

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The global decline in biodiversity can be partly ameliorated by sympathetic design of green spaces within urban environments. This includes roundabouts on road systems. This study utilised a combination of approaches to assess levels of plant and bacterial diversity in roundabouts of varying size, soil characteristics and habitat complexity.
Ethan Mitchell‐Innes, Brady Locke‐King, Michelle L. Davis, Paul Ashton, Ellen L. Fry   +4 more
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Origin and Diversification of the Genera Aratinga, Eupsittula, and Psittacara (Aves: Psittacidae)

Diversity
The arrival of psittacine in North America is well known but undefined. It is widely accepted that these birds originated in South America, and it has been suggested that different factors have promoted the biodiversity of birds in Mexico.
Gabriela Padilla-Jacobo, Tiberio Cesar Monterrubio-Rico, Horacio Cano-Camacho, María Guadalupe Zavala-Páramo   +3 more
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Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of Hydrangeeae (Hydrangeaceae) elucidate the effects of geologic and climatic dynamics on diversification. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2023
Yang X, Zhang X, Xue T, Zhang X, Yang F, Yu J, Janssens SB, Bussmann RW, Yu S.   +8 more
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Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

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Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper, Hester M. Steyn, Cláudia Baider, Benny Bytebier, Anisha Dayaram, F. B. Vincent Florens, Nivohenintsoa Rakotonirina, Domitilla Raimondo, Marc Sosef, M. Marianne le Roux   +9 more
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Phylotranscriptomics Shed Light on Intrageneric Relationships and Historical Biogeography of Ceratozamia (Cycadales). [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Habib S, Gong Y, Dong S, Lindstrom A, Stevenson DW, Wu H, Zhang S.   +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
wiley   +1 more source

Corrigendum: Out of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: origin, evolution and historical biogeography of Morchella (both Elata and Esculenta clades). [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2023
Meng Q, Xie Z, Xu H, Guo J, Tang Y, Ma T, Peng Q, Wang B, Mao Y, Yan S, Yang J, Dong D, Duan Y, Zhang F, Gao T.   +14 more
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