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MaxEnt-based modeling of suitable habitat for rehabilitation of Podocarpus forest at landscape-scale

Environmental Systems Research, 2022
Modeling the current distribution and predicting suitable habitats of threatened species support proper planning processes for conservation and restoration.
Birhane Gebrehiwot Tesfamariam, Berhan Gessesse, Farid Melgani   +2 more
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Optimization by Response Surface Methodology of Biodiesel Production from Podocarpus falcatus Oil as a Cameroonian Novel Nonedible Feedstock

Journal of Chemistry, 2022
The production of methyl esters (biodiesel) by the transesterification of Podocarpus falcatus oil (PFO) with methanol was optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) using the Box-Behnken design.
Serges Bruno Lemoupi Ngomade, Raoul Donald Tchuifon Tchuifon, Rufis Fregue Tiegam Tagne, Meme Laloi Tongnang Ngueteu, Hugues Mahouli Patai, George Ndifor-Angwafor Nche, Solomon Gabche Anagho   +6 more
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Archaeological Podocarpus tar supports the cognitive complexity of Neanderthals. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
Schmidt et al. (1) present findings of an African Middle Stone Age (MSA) method likely used to make tar adhesives from Podocarpus leaves. They conclude that the process shows the innovative potential and cognitive complexity of MSA humans.
Kozowyk PRB.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pollen morphology, deep learning, phylogenetics, and the evolution of environmental adaptations in Podocarpus. [PDF]

New Phytol
Podocarpus pollen morphology is shaped by both phylogenetic history and the environment. We analyzed the relationship between pollen traits quantified using deep learning and environmental factors within a comparative phylogenetic framework.
Adaimé MÉ, Urban MA, Kong S, Jaramillo C, Punyasena SW.   +4 more
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Fusarium solani PQF9 Isolated from Podocarpus pilgeri Growing in Vietnam as a New Producer of Paclitaxel. [PDF]

Indian J Microbiol, 2023
Vu THN, Quach NT, Pham QA, Le PC, Nguyen VT, Le TTX, Do TT, Anh DH, Quang TH, Chu HH, Phi QT.   +10 more
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Archaeological adhesives made from <i>Podocarpus</i> document innovative potential in the African Middle Stone Age. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Significance This study addresses the earliest adhesives made in the African Middle Stone Age. We found a previously unknown way to produce an adhesive from Podocarpus conifer trees.
Schmidt P, Koch TJ, February E.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The recent colonization history of the most widespread Podocarpus tree species in Afromontane forests

Annals of Botany, 2020
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Afromontane forests host a unique biodiversity distributed in isolated high elevation habitats within a matrix of rain forests or savannahs, yet they share a remarkable flora that raises questions about past connectivity between ...
Jérémy Migliore, Anne‐Marie Lézine, Olivier J. Hardy   +2 more
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Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics in a Megadiverse Hotspot: The Ice-Age Record of a Pre-montane Forest of Central Ecuador. [PDF]

, 2018
Tropical ecosystems play a key role in many aspects of Earth system dynamics currently of global concern, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
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A molecular study of Neophyllaphis varicolor (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Costa Rica [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
The genus Neophyllaphis (Takahashi) (Aphididae: Neophyllaphidinae) is composed of 18 species; however, in the Americas only nine species have been reported previously. A new species, Neophyllaphis varicolor Miller &amp; Halbert, was described in 2014
Adonay Zúñiga-Centeno, Izayana Sandoval-Carvajal, Mauricio Montero-Astúa, William Villalobos-Muller, Nguyễn Bảo Quốc, Nicolás Pérez Hidalgo   +5 more
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Naturally Occurring 8ß,13ß-kaur-15-en-17-al and Anti-Malarial Activity from Podocarpus polystachyus Leaves

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Despite much interest and studies toward the genus Podocarpus, the anti-malarial evaluation of Podocarpus polystachyus’s phytoconstituents remains lacking. Herein, the phytoconstituents of P.
M. S. Amir Rawa, Mohammad G Al-Thiabat, T. Nogawa, Y. Futamura, Akiko Okano, H. Wahab   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source