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Land, 2023 Mountains are remarkable storehouses of global biodiversity that provide a broad range of ecosystem services underpinning billions of livelihoods. The world’s network of protected areas includes many iconic mountain landscapes. However, only ca.
Peter Jacobs +6 more
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Pancorius guiyang sp. nov., a new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guizhou Province, China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Pancorius Simon, 1902 is a relatively large genus of jumping spider family Salticidae and currently contains 42 valid species that are mainly distributed in South East Asia, 11 of which are recorded from China.A new spider species of the genus Pancorius ...
Weicheng Yang +3 more
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A survey of Tmarus Simon, 1875 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Tmarus Simon, 1875 is a relatively large spider genus, currently includes 227 species distributed worldwide. Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve is one of China’s most biodiverse regions. However, Tmarus can be regarded as being poorly represented in Fanjing
Weicheng Yang +3 more
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Circular Agricultural Systems, 2023 Agroforestry has many benefits suited to mountain agricultural systems. This paper seeks to understand and quantify the mitigation potential of multifunctional agroforestry systems, and the potential for increased tree cover in mountains.
Robert J. Zomer +3 more
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International Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2022 Dendrobium nobile is a beautiful orchid and a widely used medicinal plant. In vitro antioxidant assays suggested that D. noblie flower extracts showed significantly higher 2, 2′-azinobis-3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate (ABTS) and 1, 1-diphenyl-2 ...
Dan Rao +5 more
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Why mountains matter for biodiversity [PDF]
Journal of Biogeography, 2019 Mountains are arguably Earth’s most striking features. They play a major role in determining global and regional climates, are the source of most rivers, act as cradles, barriers and bridges for species, and are crucial for the survival and sustainability of many human societies. The complexity of mountains is tightly associated with high biodiversity,
Allison Perrigo +2 more
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Narrative Fortresses: Crisis Narratives And Conflict In The Conservation Of Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique [PDF]
, 2015 A single narrative about the Gorongosa Restoration Project (GRP) in Mozambique circulates widely in the popular media. This story characterises the project as an innovative intervention into an ecological crisis situation. The narrative hails the project\
Christy Schuetze, Fortmann,, Guha,
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Mountain biodiversity and elevational gradients [PDF]
Frontiers of Biogeography, 2021 Mountains are excellent systems for studying species responses to changing conditions because climatic conditions and related productivity measures change rapidly over short distances (Korner 2007). Mountains also often have high biodiversity and high levels of endemism (Hoorn et al. 2018, Rahbek et al.
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Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation [PDF]
, 2017 This work contributes to the Belmont Forum/FACCE-JPI DEVIL project (grant number NE/M021327/1), and AM is supported by a BBSRC EastBio Studentship (http://www.eastscotbiodtp.ac.uk/).
Dawson, Terence P +3 more
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Functional analysis of a dihydroflavonol 4-reductase gene in Ophiorrhiza japonica (OjDFR1) reveals its role in the regulation of anthocyanin [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR), a key regulatory enzyme, participated in the biosynthesis of anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins and other flavonoids that essential for plant survival and human health.
Wei Sun +7 more
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