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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Phenotypic plasticity can facilitate species survival in a variety of conditions that are not possible with a fixed phenotype. Foliar water uptake (FWU), defined as the absorption of water through leaf surfaces, is an important mechanism contributing to plant water balance and drought tolerance in many species.
Daniela Boanares +4 more
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Designing for biodiversity data in place: Species, encounters, and interfaces
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Species occurrence data, which records the presence of an organism at a point in space and time, is central to environmental science and its opening up to new forms of participation such as citizen science. Such data are increasingly aggregated and mobilised, reaching diverse audiences.
Mitchell Whitelaw +3 more
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Clinical Epidemiology and Global HealthBackground: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) like BREAST-Q are vital for understanding patients' health and QoL after breast cancer treatment. However, its English-only format limits use in India, where cultural and language barriers affect data
Jisha John +8 more
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Epiphytic Orchids in Floodplain Forests under Intensive Management for Açaí Production in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Floresta e AmbienteWe evaluated the composition and vertical distribution of epiphytic orchids in floodplain forests under intensive management for açaí production at the mouth of the Tocantins River, in the Brazilian Amazon. All host trees with a diameter at breast height
Ricardo Leite Ferreira Filho +1 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Understanding how cooperative interactions remain stable matters for biodiversity because many plants rely on specialist insects that can also impose reproductive costs. We studied the interaction between Sambucus sieboldiana and seed‐consuming Heterhelus beetles through detailed field observations and pollination experiments.
Suzu Kawashima +3 more
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Modern concepts of ecological specialization of Orchidaceae Juss. family
Біологічні студії, 2011 The review provides the results of publications devoted to ecological characteristics of orchids, particularly to epiphytism, structural and functional adaptations related with this life form, as well as to relationship of orchids with mycorrhizal fungi.
L. I. Buyun
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Traditional knowledge of medicinal Orchids at different parts of India
Traditional knowledge of medicines gets transferred from generation to generation among the tribal people verbally. Since recent past some ethnobotanists started scientific documentation of it.
Alam, B K +5 more
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The role of pollinator attracting scent in the sexually deceptive orchids Ophrys chestermanii, O. normanii and O. tenthredinifera [PDF]
, 2008 Sexual deception of male bees is one of the most remarkable mechanisms of pollination (Ackermann 1986, Proctor & al. 1996). Flowers of the orchid genus Ophrys mimic females of their pollinator species, usually bees and wasps, to attract males, which try ...
Francke, Wittko +9 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa +3 more
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DiversityHuman activities intensely transform landscapes, resulting in significant changes in the abundance of native plant species and even leading to their local extinction.
Viswambharan Sarasan +3 more
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