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Identifying Mozambique's most critical areas for plant conservation: An evaluation of protected areas and Important Plant Areas

Biotropica, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 1183-1194, November 2023., 2023
Plants are often overlooked in conservation planning. In Mozambique, we find that the richest areas for rare and threatened plant species are poorly represented within the protected area network. We use Important Plant Areas and the Weighted Endemism including Global Endangerment (WEGE) index to identify opportunities to better conserve Mozambique's ...
Sophie L. Richards, Harith Farooq, Hermenegildo Matimele, Tereza Alves, Castigo Datizua, Clayton Langa, Alice Massingue, Jo Osborne, Saba Rokni, Camila de Sousa, Iain Darbyshire   +10 more
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Cultural importance, availability and conservation status of Spanish wild medicinal plants: Implications for sustainability

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 1512-1525, October 2023., 2023
Abstract The harvest of wild plants with medicinal uses is increasing globally, both for self‐treatment and as a source of income. The increasing demand for these remedies could lead to the over‐harvest of some species. Despite a recent surge in the number of studies analysing wild medicinal plants management, little is known about the effects of non ...
J. Mateo‐Martín, G. Benítez, A. Gras, M. Molina, V. Reyes‐García, J. Tardío, A. Verde, M. Pardo‐de‐Santayana   +7 more
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Meta‐analysis of Red List conservation assessments of Mexican endemic and near endemic tree species shows nearly two thirds of these are threatened

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 581-599, July 2023., 2023
Mexico's extraordinary tree diversity is threatened by the increasing demand for resources because of the tenfold population growth in the last century. The conservation status of trees, and both urban and rural livelihoods, are also negatively affected by agriculture, mining and tourism.
Marie‐Stéphanie Samain, Salvador Guzmán Díaz, Karina Machuca Machuca, Alejandra Celeste Dolores Fuentes, Ana Gabriela Zacarías Correa, Dagoberto Valentín Martínez, Fabián Augusto Aldaba Núñez, Rosario Redonda‐Martínez, Sara F. Oldfield, Esteban Manuel Martínez Salas   +9 more
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The Red List for the endemic trees of Colombia: Effective conservation targeted for plants required in biodiversity hotspots

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 617-627, July 2023., 2023
Conserving trees is fundamental to maintaining forests, which are home to about half of the global biodiversity and provide unmeasurable benefits to people. Colombia has 5868 known species of trees, 1148 of which are endemic to the country. Unfortunately, 45% of the endemic trees of Colombia are threatened with extinction, and therefore, the ecosystem ...
Cristina Lopez‐Gallego, Paula A. Morales‐Morales   +1 more
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Long transient response of vegetation dynamics after four millennia of anthropogenic impacts in an island ecosystem

Global Change Biology, Volume 28, Issue 21, Page 6318-6332, November 2022., 2022
In the Mediterranean region, island ecosystem dynamics have been influenced by millennia of anthropogenic impacts. Here, we analysed the spatio‐temporal dynamics of vegetation in sa Dragonera, where herbivory by goats, over‐logging and rat occurrence ended in the last decades.
Daniel Oro, Yolanda Pueyo, Joan Bauzà, Maria Paz Errea, Antonio Ignacio Arroyo   +4 more
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Natural selection favours drought escape and an acquisitive resource‐use strategy in semi‐arid Mediterranean shrubs

Functional Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 9, Page 2289-2302, September 2022., 2022
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Natural selection is the major force driving adaptive evolution in natural populations, varying in strength, direction, and form through space and time, especially in highly variable environments such as Mediterranean ecosystems.
Mario Blanco‐Sánchez, Marina Ramos‐Muñoz, Beatriz Pías, José Alberto Ramírez‐Valiente, Laura Díaz‐Guerra, Adrián Escudero, Silvia Matesanz   +6 more
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Extinction risk of the endemic vascular flora of Kauai, Hawaii, based on IUCN assessments

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 2022., 2022
Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List) is the world's most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of species. Governmental agencies and conservation organizations increasingly rely on IUCN Red List assessments to develop conservation policies and ...
Nina Rønsted, Seana K. Walsh, Margaret Clark, Merlin Edmonds, Tim Flynn, Scott Heintzman, Alexander Loomis, David Lorence, Uma Nagendra, Ben Nyberg, Michael Opgenorth, Lauren Weisenberger, Adam Williams, Dustin Wolkis, Kenneth R. Wood, Matthew Keir   +15 more
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What feeds on Quercus ilex L.? A biogeographical approach to studying trophic interactions in a Mediterranean keystone species

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 4-24, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Aim Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is regarded as a keystone plant species. Trophic interactions may affect the distribution and abundance of phytophagous species, but the number of arthropod species that use holm oak as a food resource and their levels of host specificity are not yet known.
Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero, Ildefonso Ruiz‐Tapiador, Luis Cayuela, Francesco Maria Sabatini   +3 more
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Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada

Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 360-368, February 2021., 2021
Abstract Extinction rates are expected to increase during the Anthropocene. Current extinction rates of plants and many animals remain unknown. We quantified extinctions among the vascular flora of the continental United States and Canada since European settlement. We compiled data on apparently extinct species by querying plant conservation databases,
Wesley M. Knapp, Anne Frances, Reed Noss, Robert F. C. Naczi, Alan Weakley, George D. Gann, Bruce G. Baldwin, James Miller, Patrick McIntyre, Brent D. Mishler, Gerry Moore, Richard G. Olmstead, Anna Strong, Kathryn Kennedy, Bonnie Heidel, Daniel Gluesenkamp   +15 more
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Plantas Endémicas Medicnais de Cabo Verde [PDF]

, 2015
A quantidade de plantas medicinais do Arquipélago de Cabo Verde, actualmente, é de 308 espécies, distribuídas em 82 famílias pertencentes a Pteridófitas (5), Gimnospérmicas (2) e Angiospérmicas (75). Constata-se, assim, uma evolução positiva dos números,
Gomes, Samuel
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