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Rediscovery of Strobilanthes panichanga and discovery of Strobilanthes parryorum (Acanthaceae): two endangered species from the hills of Dima Hasao, Assam, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
We report on two species of Strobilanthes Blume. Strobilanthes panichanga (Nees) T.Anderson has been rediscovered in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, India, after a very long gap of 150 years, and Strobilanthes parryorum C.E.C.Fisch has been discovered for the first time in Assam, India.
Kapil Kumar Kemprai, Souravjyoti Borah
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of Decline in Shark Fin Demand: China [PDF]

, 2014
Many of the planet's vulnerable shark species face extreme population pressures due to overfishing often driven by demand for their fins. In recent years, with its growing economy, China has emerged as the largest market for shark fin. Consumer awareness

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Update on Ouratea cidiana Sastre (Ochnaceae), a microendemic species from the Amazon: enlightening the identity and conservation status

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Ouratea cidiana (Ochnaceae) is a microendemic shrub species from the Brazilian Amazonia, occurring along the banks of the Trombetas River and restricted to the Cachoeira Porteira region, in western Pará State. Since the original collection nearly forty years ago, no additional records have been made, which is concerning given the continuous decline in ...
Clebiana de Sá Nunes, Mayara Dias Caldas, Fúvio Rubens Oliveira‐da‐ Silva, Anna Luiza Ilkiu‐ Borges, André dos Santos Bragança Gil   +4 more
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Functional classification of territories of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine: history of formation and international aspect

Geo&Bio, 2019
The classification system of the Nature Reserve Fund has been developing in Ukraine since 1919, separately from other countries. The parallel development of the network of protected areas in different countries has resulted in a great number of ...
Oleksiy Vasyliuk
doaj   +1 more source

Meyna grisea (King & Gamble) Robyns and Meyna peltata Robyns (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae) – a new record of two ethnobotanically significant fruit trees from Manipur, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Meyna grisea and M. peltata, two new records from Imphal Valley, Manipur, India, characterised by a capitate stigma with 4–5 divergent, spreading lobes on a globose base, and a prominent peltate stigma, respectively, are described and illustrated here. Photographs, key to the species, along with their coordinates and diagnostic characters in comparison
Pallavi B. Dhal, Anishya, Sachchidanand Tripathi, Rajkumari Sanayaima Devi   +3 more
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Novelty for the flora of Espírito Santo, Brazil: a new species of Ouratea Aubl. (Ochnaceae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Here, we describe and illustrate the new species Ouratea oberdanii Fraga & Deccache, which is named after Dr Oberdan José Pereira. This new species is found in the mountainous regions of the evergreen Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Ouratea oberdanii is similar to O. linearis (A.Gray) Sastre & Offroy and O.
Lara Serpa Jaegge Deccache, Sabrina Vasconcelos Caram, Karen Lúcia Gama De Toni, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin, Claudio Nicoletti de Fraga   +4 more
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Applying threat analysis approach in a small forest urban park (Northern Italy): local expert-based assessment to prioritize the management actions

Folia Oecologica
To overcome the human-induced threats impacting on ecosystems, managers should focus on priorities. Here, we applied the expert-based Threat Analysis (TAN) in a forest urban park (Northern Italy), involving experts which ranked local threats, from the ...
Giovacchini Pietro, Borghi Lorenzo, Tartari Davide, Cucci Francesca, Caldarelli Andrea, Tassinari Massimo, Melandri Pietro, Dinetti Marco, Battisti Corrado, Marsili Letizia   +9 more
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Connecting the distribution and diversification of marine plants

Oikos, EarlyView.
Integration of the evolutionary history with distribution of extant species is necessary to explain present‐day diversity, particularly for ‘foundation' species, such as seagrasses, which create habitats of socioecological relevance. Here, we resolved if varying evolutionary history of seagrass families has imprinted the distribution ranges of extant ...
Fernando Tuya, Javier Martínez‐ Pérez, Álvaro Fueyo, Néstor E. Bosch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders III: Oecobiidae to Salticidae

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018
Sini Seppälä, Sérgio Henriques, Michael Draney, Stefan Foord, Alastair Gibbons, Luz Gomez, Sarah Kariko, Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte, Marc Milne, Cor Vink, Pedro Cardoso   +10 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Important Shark and Ray Areas: a new tool to optimize spatial planning for sharks

Oryx, 2023
Peter M. Kyne, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Amanda Batlle Morera, Ryan Charles, Emiliano García Rodríguez, Daniel Fernando, Adriana Gonzalez Pestana, Mark Priest, Rima W. Jabado   +8 more
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