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Petrocodon dahuaensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the limestone area of Guangxi, China [PDF]

open access: yesPhytoKeys
Petrocodon dahuaensis, a new species from a limestone area of Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to P. asterostriatus but differs in its leaf blade, cordate to subrounded, margin crenate to serrate; bracts ...
Ming-Lin Mo   +5 more
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Conservation strategies of Actias selene Hubner: A wild silk moth in Nagaland, India

open access: yesEnvironment Conservation Journal, 2016
Actias selene Hubner (Indian moon moth), an indigenous wild silk moth is geographically distributed in tropical moist deciduous forest of South East Asia, mainly Mussourie and North-Eastern region of India, Afghanistan to Borneo, Hongkong, China, Japan ...
B.C. Chutia, C. Nath, L. N. Kakati
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Prioritizing Plants around the Cross-Border Area of Greece and the Republic of North Macedonia: Integrated Conservation Actions and Sustainable Exploitation Potential

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Plants know no political borders and some of them are restricted to small geographical territories of different countries in which they are endemic. In this study, we prioritized plants (PPs) of the cross-border area of Greece and the Republic of North ...
Nikos Krigas   +17 more
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In situ conservation and landscape genetics in forest species

open access: yesJournal of Natural Resources and Development, 2012
Conservation of forest genetic resources is essential for sustaining the environmental and productive values of forests. One of the environmental values is the conservation of the diversity that is assessed through the amount of genetic diversity stored ...
Martín L.M., Herrera M.A, Martín M.A
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State of the forest genetic resources in Serbia and the overview of the activities for their conservation [PDF]

open access: yesSelekcija i Semenarstvo, 2017
According to the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Republic of Serbia is one of the six European and 153 world centers of biological diversity.
Popović Vladan   +2 more
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Understanding How the Unique Context of the Minnesota Zoo Shapes Our Local Conservation Initiatives

open access: yesJournal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2023
The field of wildlife conservation is comprised of a variety of players with different contexts and approaches. Zoos and aquariums, historically largely focused on public entertainment, are shifting more towards conservation-minded missions and can play ...
Mary Mallinger   +5 more
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Exploring the potential for ‘Gene Conservation Units’ to conserve genetic diversity in wild populations

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, 2021
1. Genetic diversity is important for species persistence and Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) have been implemented for forest trees to protect genetic diversity and evolutionary processes in situ.
Melissa Minter   +5 more
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Orchid conservation: how can we meet the challenges in the twenty-first century?

open access: yesBotanical Studies, 2018
With c. 28,000 species, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants, and they are also one of the most threatened, in part due to their complex life history strategies.
Michael F. Fay
doaj   +1 more source

Corrosion and Conservation Management of the Submarine HMAS AE2 (1915) in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

open access: yesHeritage, 2019
The wreck site of the Australian First World War submarine HMAS AE2 in the Sea of Marmara had a salinity of 26‰ (parts per thousand) for the first 13 m, which increased to 41‰ at 21 m, after which it remained constant to the bottom at 72 m,
Ian D. MacLeod
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat differentiation and conservation gap of Magnolia biondii, M. denudata, and M. sprengeri in China [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2019
The flower buds of Magnolia biondii, M. denudata, and M. sprengeri are the materials of Xinyi, a traditional Chinese medicine. The harvest of flower buds and habitat fragmentation caused by human disturbance heavily threatens the natural regeneration and
Chuangye Song, Huiming Liu
doaj   +2 more sources

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