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Four challenges to an effective national nature assessment

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 5, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Comprehensive biodiversity assessments play an essential role in strengthening global and national conservation strategies. The recently announced first U.S. National Nature Assessment (NNA) provides an unparalleled opportunity to comprehensively review status and trends of biodiversity at all levels.
Carlos Carroll, Reed F. Noss, Lindsay M. Dreiss, Healy Hamilton, Bruce A. Stein   +4 more
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Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of two Costa Rican cultivars of ber (Ziziphus mauritiana): An underexploited crop in the American tropic

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 11, Issue 6, Page 3320-3328, June 2023., 2023
Ber has been cultivated in Asia for many years, and it has been introduced to the American tropic in recent years. We studied the characteristics and benefits of the cultivation of this fruit in Central America. We found out it produces higher antioxidant levels than many other reports, and also shows antimicrobial properties.
Eric Cubero‐Román, Yendry Carvajal‐Miranda, Gerardo Rodríguez, Victor Álvarez‐Valverde, Pablo Jiménez‐Bonilla   +4 more
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Economic costs of protecting islands from invasive alien species

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Biological invasions represent a key threat to insular systems and have pronounced impacts across environments and economies. The ecological impacts have received substantial focus, but the socioeconomic impacts are poorly synthesized across spatial and temporal scales.
Thomas W. Bodey, Elena Angulo, Alok Bang, Céline Bellard, Jean Fantle‐Lepczyk, Bernd Lenzner, Anna Turbelin, Yuya Watari, Franck Courchamp   +8 more
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A quantitative global review of species population monitoring

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Species monitoring, defined here as the repeated, systematic collection of data to detect long‐term changes in the populations of wild species, is a vital component of conservation practice and policy. We created a database of nearly 1200 schemes, ranging in start date from 1800 to 2018, to review spatial, temporal, taxonomic, and ...
Caroline Moussy, Ian J. Burfield, P. J. Stephenson, Arabella F. E. Newton, Stuart H. M. Butchart, William J. Sutherland, Richard D. Gregory, Louise McRae, Philip Bubb, Ignacio Roesler, Cynthia Ursino, Yanqing Wu, Ernst F. Retief, Jihad S. Udin, Ruslan Urazaliyev, Lina M. Sánchez‐Clavijo, Eric Lartey, Paul F. Donald   +17 more
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Desafíos de medición para la investigación de la obesidad infantil en y entre América Latina y Estados Unidos

Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021
Resumen La obesidad infantil es un grave problema de salud pública en Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos y para luchar contra ella se precisan instrumentos de medición válidos y fiables y que tengan en cuenta los aspectos culturales. Para avanzar en este campo sería útil mejorar las mediciones en los distintos grupos de edades y países del continente ...
David Berrigan, S. Sonia Arteaga, Uriyoán Colón‐Ramos, Lisa G. Rosas, Rafael Monge‐Rojas, Teresia M. O'Connor, Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla, Elizabeth F. S. Roberts, Brisa Sanchez, Martha Maria Téllez‐Rojo, Susan Vorkoper, the Cross Borders Working Group   +11 more
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Protocolo de Aprovechamiento y Manejo para frutos de jagua (Genipa americana L.) en Antioquia

, 2020
Presentación realizada en la Reunión Unleashing NTFP, evento organizado por el Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Proyecto: Promoviendo los Productos Forestales No Maderables (PFNM) en Colombia, en el mes de ...
Copete Maturana, Juan Carlos
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Medicinal Plants from Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Used as Immunostimulants

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
A literature review was undertaken by analyzing distinguished books, undergraduate and postgraduate theses, and peer‐reviewed scientific articles and by consulting worldwide accepted scientific databases, such as SCOPUS, Web of Science, SCIELO, Medline, and Google Scholar.
Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro, María del Carmen Juárez-Vázquez, Nimsi Campos-Xolalpa, Jairo Kennup Bastos   +3 more
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Protocolo de aprovechamiento y manejo sostenible de los frutos de chamba (Campomanesia lineatifolia Ruiz & Pav.) en los municipios de San Eduardo y Berbeo, Boyacá

, 2020
Presentación realizada en la Reunión Unleashing NTFP, evento organizado por el Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Proyecto: Promoviendo los Productos Forestales No Maderables (PFNM) en Colombia, en el mes de ...
Caleño Ruiz, Blanca Luz
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Detection and Characterization of Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Yersinia Strains from Human, Animal, and Food Samples in San Luis, Argentina

International Journal of Microbiology, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Salmonella spp., and Yersinia species was investigated in humans, animals, and foods in San Luis, Argentina. A total of 453 samples were analyzed by culture and PCR. The antimicrobial susceptibility of all the strains was studied, the genomic relationships among isolates of the same species were determined
Gabriela Isabel Favier, Cecilia Lucero Estrada, Teresa Inés Cortiñas, María Esther Escudero, Marcel H. Zwietering   +4 more
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Protocolo para el aprovechamiento de las nueces de "Olla de Mono” ( Lecythis minor Jacq.Jacq.) y las semillas de “Guáimaro” (Brosimum alicastrum Sw.) en el Caribe Colombiano

, 2020
Presentación realizada en la Reunión Unleashing NTFP, evento organizado por el Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Proyecto: Promoviendo los Productos Forestales No Maderables (PFNM) en Colombia, en el mes de ...
Fernández Lucero, Mateo
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