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Widespread introduced species dominate the urban tree assemblage on the endemic-rich tropical island of São Tomé. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Afrotropical cities are growing rapidly but how this impacts biodiversity is largely unclear. Our study on São Tomé Island, Central Africa, reveals that the urban tree assemblage is impoverished and dominated by introduced species, while the natural forest is essential for the protection of native and endemic species.
Strauß L, de Lima RF, Baker TR, Benitez Bosco L, Dauby G, Lachenaud O, Lima A, Madre Deus D, Madureira MDC, Soares E, Sousa P, Stévart T, Dallimer M.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
Some of the vernacular or scientific names are related to possible medicinal and/or toxic properties that can reveal the presence of potential bioactive agents, contributing to the discovery of new drugs and/or knowledge of the risks associated with their use.
Dos Santos Dantas Lima L, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Indriunas A, de Souza Santos I, Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L, Alexandre Souza da Cruz K, Batista de Almeida A, Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J, Rodrigues E.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
This hypothesis piece probes a 150‐year‐old question… “is there an alternate host of the fungal pathogen Hemileia vastatrix?” We use comprehensive geographical botanical data and automated text mining to narrow down the possibilities. Credit: Carvalho et al.
Koutouleas A, Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen H, Jensen B, Lillesø JB, Junge A, Ræbild A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Density and characteristics of tree cavities inside and outside Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2022., 2022
Tree cavity availability, an important nest and shelter site for a host of species that are linked to patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning elsewhere, has been given little attention to the Afrotropics. A baseline survey of cavity availability inside the high‐elevation (2200–3714 m) Afromontane forest ecosystems of Volcanoes National Park,
Augustin Niringiyimana, Alphonse Nzarora, Jean Claude Twahirwa, Yntze van der Hoek   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Canopy arthropod responses to repeated canopy opening in a wet tropical forest

Ecosphere, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2022., 2022
Abstract With predictions of increased frequency of intense hurricanes, it is increasingly crucial to understand how biotic and abiotic components of forests will be affected. This study describes canopy arthropod responses to repeated experimental and natural canopy opening at the Luquillo Experimental Forest Long‐term Ecological Research Site (LTER ...
Manoj Pandey, Timothy D. Schowalter
wiley   +1 more source

Solar radiation and soil moisture drive tropical forest understory responses to experimental and natural hurricanes

Ecosphere, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022
Abstract Tropical forest understory regeneration occurs rapidly after disturbance with compositional trajectories that depend on species availability and environmental conditions. To predict future tropical forest regeneration dynamics, we need a deeper understanding of how pulse disturbance events, like hurricanes, interact with environmental ...
J. Aaron Hogan, Joanne M. Sharpe, Ashley Van Beusekom, Sarah Stankavich, Samuel Matta Carmona, John E. Bithorn, Jamarys Torres‐Díaz, Grizelle González, Jess K. Zimmerman, Aaron B. Shiels   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing the wood despite the trees: Exploring human disturbance impact on plant diversity, community structure, and standing biomass in fragmented high Andean forests

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 2110-2172, March 2021., 2021
High Andean forests play a key role in providing ecosystem services for neighboring urban settlements. Here, we aimed to identify and understand the effects of anthropogenic perturbations on diversity, composition, and structure of plant communities, as well as aboveground biomass in high Andean forest remnants in the hinterland of Bogotá.
Mariasole Calbi, Francisco Fajardo‐Gutiérrez, Juan Manuel Posada, Robert Lücking, Grischa Brokamp, Thomas Borsch   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traditional Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antituberculosis Drugs: A System Review

BioMed Research International, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Medicinal plants are the chief components in the different oriental formulations in different traditional medical systems worldwide. As a thriving source of medicine, the medicinal plants with antituberculosis (TB) properties inspire the pharmacists to develop new drugs based on their active components or semimetabolites.
Yuhui Xu, Bowen Liang, Chengcheng Kong, Zhaogang Sun, Jane Hanrahan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elemental and metabolite profiling of nickel hyperaccumulators from New Caledonia.

, 2012
International audienceLeaf material from nine Ni hyperaccumulating species was collected in New Caledonia: Homalium kanaliense (Vieill.) Briq., Casearia silvana Schltr, Geissois hirsuta Brongn.
Dumontet, Vincent, Doronila, Augustine, Baker, Alan J M, de Livera, Alysha M, Callahan, Damien L, Roessner, Ute, Kolev, Spas D   +6 more
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Actividades antioxidantes y anticancerígenas del extracto obtenido por ultrasonido de piel de maní (Arachis hypogaea L.)

, 2023
This study evaluates the effect of ultrasound-assisted extraction on the extractability of polyphenols from peanut skins (PS) and their antioxidant, and anticancer activities.
Hammad, K.S.M., Galal, S.M., El-Roby, A.M.   +2 more
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