Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios +7 more
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Spatial heterogeneity, trade-offs, and bundle identification of ecosystem services in karst watersheds: a comprehensive assessment of the Lijiang River Basin. [PDF]
Feng Y, Huang Y, Wu Z, Sun R, Wang Y.
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Evergreen broadleaved forests (EBLFs) represent an iconic vegetation type in subtropical montane East Asia, but they are experiencing intensifying anthropogenic pressure and increasing habitat fragmentation. Here, using a dominant and widespread tree species characteristic of East Asian EBLFs, we examine its phylogeographic history and evaluate what it
Sheng‐Yuan Qin +7 more
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of <i>Maesa cavinervis</i> (Primulaceae s.l.) and its phylogenetic analysis. [PDF]
Shi QK +6 more
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Management and incipient domestication of Chamaedorea tepejilote in agroforestry systems in Mexico
Native wild plants are key elements in addressing global biodiversity loss and supporting sustainable food systems. We investigated how rural communities in Mexico manage Chamaedorea tepejilote, a wild palm with edible male inflorescences, by combining ethnobotanical, genetic, morphological and ecological approaches.
Viviana Andrade +7 more
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A quantitative assessment of dialectal variation in a linguistic transition zone: spatial insights from vernacular bird names in southeastern Spain. [PDF]
Paracuellos M.
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Earth's ecosystems are experiencing wide‐ranging impacts from global climate change, including increased average and extreme temperatures. These temperature shifts can drastically affect plant physiology, threatening the future of even common plant species. Here, we focus on photosynthetic function in a native Southern California shrub species.
Anna K. M. Bowen +8 more
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Long-read nanopore shotgun metagenomic DNA sequencing for river biodiversity, wildlife, pollution, and environmental health monitoring. [PDF]
Nousias O +5 more
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Forest plantations play an increasingly important role in climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration, yet management strategies that enhance long‐term ecosystem carbon storage remain insufficiently understood. We investigated the effects of more than a decade of close‐to‐nature management on community structure and ecosystem carbon storage ...
Yuwen Luo, Yunliang Ni, Zongzheng Chai
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Elevational patterns of multidimensional plant diversity and community structure in a subtropical karst mountain system. [PDF]
Zhou L +9 more
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