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A new species of Amphitecna (Bignoniaceae) endemic to the mountain karst forests of southern Mexico

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Amphitecna brevicalyx (Bignoniaceae), a new tree species endemic to Mexico is described and illustrated. Its cauliflorous inflorescences, featuring a single flower per shoot and funnelform corollas without a transverse fold in the throat, place it within the Amphitecna macrophylla group.
Leopoldo Hurtado‐Reveles   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análise da vegetação de floresta pluvial tropical de terra firme, pelo método dos quadrantes: Serra Norte, Carajás, PA

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 1988
Aplicou-se o Método dos Quadrantes em uma floresta densa sobre mina de arenito em Serra Norte, PA. Foram amostrados todos os indivíduos vivos ou mortos com DAP > 10 cm (um indivíduo por quadrante).
Rafael de Paiva Salomão   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

100 years of tropical bryophyte and lichen ecology : a bibliographic guide to the literature from 1901 - 2000 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
A list of 401 citations pertaining to the ecology of tropical bryophytes and lichens is presented. The bibliography includes publications addressing the biology, ecology, natural history, and physiology of bryophytes and lichens, but generally eschews ...
Merwin, Mark C., Nadkarni, Nalini M.
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Are we using the most appropriate methodologies to assess the sensitivity of rainforest biodiversity to habitat disturbance? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Accurately assessing how biodiversity responds in the Anthropocene is vital. To do so, a number of indicator taxa are commonly used to monitor human-impacted forests and the subsequent recovery of their biodiversity.
Braunholtz, L.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

New distributional records of lichenized fungi for India from Arunachal Pradesh

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
In the present communication 10 lichen species are reported as new records for India, viz. Byssoloma marginatum, Byssoloma xanthonicum, Chapsa boninensis, Coenogonium nepalense, Lecania cyrtella, Malmidea albomarginata, Myriotrema thailandicum, Myriotrema viride, Rostania occultata and Wirthiotrema duplomarginatum. Notably, B.
Ambikesh Debnath   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polling the Public to Select Flagship Species for Tourism and Conservation—A ‘Big Five’ for the Peruvian Amazon?

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Flagship species are used to promote conservation and tourism. Africa's famous ‘Big five’ have become marketing flagships that fundraisers and tourism promoters emulate globally.
Maribel Recharte   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of Plant Architecture, Functional Diversification and Divergent Evolution in the Genus Atractocarpus (Rubiaceae) for New Caledonia

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2018
The diversification of ecological roles and related adaptations in closely related species within a lineage is one of the most important processes linking plant evolution and ecology.
David Bruy   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seeing 'REDD'?: Forests, Climate Change Mitigation and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Examines proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and their failure to protect indigenous peoples' rights or to address forest governance problems.
Tom Griffiths
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Psychotria caraballoensis (Rubiaceae), a new species from northern Luzon, Philippines

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
In this paper, we describe and illustrate Psychotria caraballoensis, a new endemic species from the Caraballo Mountain Range, Luzon, Philippines. It is allied to the Subalpina species group sensu Sohmer and Davis (2007), and resembles Psychotria sohotonensis.
Jenifer D. Pajarillaga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A taxonomic update of the genus Clavija (Theophrastaceae) in Colombia and Ecuador

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Two species of Clavija are described as new to science: C. neivea (Department Huila Colombia), which is similar to C. pungens (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Decne. of coastal Ecuador, but distinguished by its chiefly elliptic leaf blades with less serrate margins and 4‐merous flowers; C. zamorae (Prov.
Bertil Ståhl
wiley   +1 more source

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