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Knowledge from non‐English‐language studies broadens contributions to conservation policy and helps to tackle bias in biodiversity data

open access: yesJournal of Applied Ecology, EarlyView.
Collecting data from local sources markedly further strengthens global biodiversity databases by adding species not previously included in international datasets. Furthermore, the addition of these data helps to understand spatial and temporal biases that potentially influence abundance trends at both national and global levels.
Filipe C. Serrano   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population genetics of Zamia decumbens (Zamiaceae, Cycadales), an endangered cycad from the Maya Mountains of Belize

open access: yesPlant Species Biology, EarlyView.
We utilized 10 microsatellite loci to examine the genetic diversity, genetic structure, and demographic history of Zamia decumbens Calonje, Meerman, M.P. Griff. & Hoese, an endangered cycad species occurring in small disjunct populations on karst topography within the Maya Mountains of Belize.
Michael Calonje   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Threats to cycad biocultural heritage in the Amami Islands, Japan

open access: yesPlant Species Biology, EarlyView.
The central point we seek to frame in this article is that the increasing infestations of cycad aulacaspis scale in the Amami guntō existentially threaten not only the islands' sotetsu but rather entire cultural systems and natural ecologies that have developed around these plants.
Joshua D. Englehardt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological invasion by the cycad‐specific scale pest Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Diaspididae) into Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) populations on Amami‐Oshima and Okinawa‐jima, Japan

open access: yesPlant Species Biology, EarlyView.
This article details the invasion of cycad aulacaspis scale into the islands of Okinawa‐Jima and Amami‐Oshima. Several recommendations are proposed in this article by members of the IUCN cycad specialist group and experts in the biological control of this scale insect.
Benjamin E. Deloso   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Missouri Botanical Garden's cycad collection: A journey through time

open access: yesPlant Species Biology, EarlyView.
This article summarizes the history of the Missouri Botanical Garden's extensive cycad collection. Some of the specimens currently housed in the living collections date back well over 100 years. Cycads continue to face a myriad of threats in the wild, and their conservation in ex situ collections is of critical importance to assist in their survival ...
Benjamin E. Deloso   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete chloroplast genome of agarwood producing species, Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Gilg: a species on IUCN red list. [PDF]

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA B Resour, 2019
Lin CP   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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