Results 11 to 20 of about 12,231 (165)
A roadmap to sustainable management of commercial medicinal and aromatic plants, fungi, and lichens in Nepal. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Thousands of plants, fungi, and lichen species are traded every year. Although sustainable use is critical for livelihoods and biodiversity conservation, insufficient data prevent detailed sustainability assessments for most species. How can the sustainability of trade in such data‐deficient species be enhanced?
Smith-Hall C +6 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Breaking into nature's secret medicine cabinet: lichens - a biochemical goldmine ready for discovery. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary Secondary metabolites are a crucial source of bioactive compounds playing a key role in the development of new pharmaceuticals. Recently, biosynthetic research has benefited significantly from progress on various fronts, including reduced sequencing costs, improved genome/metabolome mining strategies, and expanding tools/databases to compare ...
Singh G +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Functional Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 488-503, March 2023., 2023 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Biological soil crusts (BSC) are complex biotic aggregates comprised of lichens, cyanobacteria, algae and other micro‐organism that are known to differently affect plant development along life cycle by selecting plant functional traits based on species‐specific effects.
Laura Ortiz +2 more
wiley +1 more source
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 122-127, March 2022., 2022 Confronting the ongoing biodiversity crisis and our incomplete taxonomic knowledge on the world's plants requires well‐trained experts able to recognize and identify species. Although botanical training is an integral part of many university programs in biology, plant identification skills are becoming rare.
Patrick Weigelt +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities
Journal of Ecology, Volume 110, Issue 3, Page 619-630, March 2022., 2022 Using epiphyll spatial patterns to detect changes in ecological drivers that shape life on a leaf, this study shows how these miniature ecological communities living on rainforest leaves can be used as a model system for community dynamics. Abstract The spatial structure of biotic communities can be shaped by niche‐based or stochastic processes, and ...
Anna Mežaka +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Utilización de líquenes como adornos navideños en la región de Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Revista Biológico Agropecuaria Tuxpan, 2019 La comercialización de los líquenes con diferentes finalidades es poco frecuente en el territorio mexicano. Para Veracruz, este es el primer reporte de la venta de líquenes para usarlos como adornos navideños.
Jorge Guzmán-Guillermo +2 more
doaj +1 more source
TAXON, Volume 69, Issue 6, Page 1311-1341, December 2020., 2020 Abstract It is time to synthesize the knowledge that has been generated through more than 260 years of botanical exploration, taxonomic and, more recently, phylogenetic research throughout the world. The adoption of an updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) in 2011 provided the essential impetus for the development of the World Flora ...
Thomas Borsch +36 more
wiley +1 more source
Caldasia, 2021 Los trópicos albergan la mayor biodiversidad del planeta, pero todavía son zonas inexploradas. Entre estas áreas remotas se encuentran los Tepuyes del Valle de Nangaritza, en la provincia de Zamora Chin-chipe, al sureste de Ecuador.
Noelia Fernández-Prado +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Species–area relationships on small islands differ among plant growth forms
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 29, Issue 5, Page 814-829, May 2020., 2020 Abstract Aim We tested whether species–area relationships of small islands differ among plant growth forms and whether this influences the prevalence of the small‐island effect (SIE). The SIE states that species richness on small islands is independent of island area or relates to area in a different way compared with larger islands.
Julian Schrader +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Moth assemblages in Costa Rica rain forest mirror small‐scale topographic heterogeneity
Biotropica, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 288-301, March 2020., 2020 Abstract In many tropical lowland rain forests, topographic variation increases environmental heterogeneity, thus contributing to the extraordinary biodiversity of tropical lowland forests. While a growing number of studies have addressed effects of topographic differences on tropical insect communities at regional scales (e.g., along extensive ...
Dominik Rabl +4 more
wiley +1 more source