Results 71 to 80 of about 11,221 (255)

Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Conhecimento e uso de plantas em uma comunidade caiçara do litoral sul do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Knowledge and use of plants in a Caiçara community located on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2009
A Área de Proteção Ambiental de Cairuçu (APA) localiza-se no município de Paraty, RJ. É uma unidade de conservação de uso sustentável e dispõe-se a proteger o ambiente natural e as comunidades caiçaras da região.
Rodrigo Borges, Ariane Luna Peixoto
doaj   +1 more source

A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa, Onismus Chipfunde, Christopher Chapano, Patience Chatukuta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid morphological change in UK populations of Impatiens glandulifera

Scientific Reports
The highly invasive Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan balsam) is one of the most prolific and widespread invasive plants in the British Isles. Introduced in the early nineteenth century, it has now been reported in almost every vice county across the UK ...
A. L. Wyatt, H. S. Pardoe, C. J. Cleal, J. Sánchez Vilas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Governance and infrastructure as pillars of performance: A socio‐ecological analysis of Ethiopian botanical gardens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
While botanical gardens are often perceived merely as recreational spaces for a weekend walk, in the Global South, they are true lifelines for nature and for the people who depend on it. Our research in Ethiopia explored what actually keeps these gardens running long‐term.
Getahun Hassen, Haile Ketema, Getahun Haile, Mitiku Muanenda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peri‐urban agroforestry for climate mitigation in West Africa: Structural diversity and functional traits as key drivers of carbon storage

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Peri‐urban areas in West Africa are expanding rapidly, often with limited planning and growing exposure to climate risks. Our study shows that agroforestry systems in these landscapes, especially diverse home gardens, can store substantial amounts of carbon when they include structurally complex stands and species with traits that favor biomass ...
Sèdoami Flora Dogbo, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Sylvanus Mensah, Gafarou Agoundé, Kangbéni Dimobe, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Jens Gebauer, Constant Yves Adou Yao, Romain Glèlè Kakaï   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

NOTES AND MEMORANDA ON THE PROPERTIES AND USES OF PLANTS, COLLECTED FROM THE HERBARIUM OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, [PDF]

The Lancet
n ...
openaire   +1 more source

The role of botany in the development of the Republic of South Africa with special emphasis on the contributions of the Botanical Research Institute

Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1979
Five papers cover different aspects of the contributions to and role of botany in the development of the Republic of South Africa. Two papers sum up the contributions for the non-agricultural and agricultural sectors. The introductory paper by D. J. B.
D. J. B. Killick, D. de Winter, N. Grobbelaar, D. Edwards, M. J. Wells, S. A. Hulme, D. M. Joubert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical diversity and phylogenetic insights into Hawaiian ʻākia (Wikstroemia) species used in traditional fishing practices

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional fishing with plant‐based piscicides is a global practice in decline, facing increasing restrictions. We investigated the chemical diversity of endemic Wikstroemia species historically used to stun or poison fish in Hawaiʻi. Using 1‐H‐NMR, principal component analysis, targeted HPLC, and target‐capture sequencing, we characterized compounds ...
Louise Winther, Isaac Lichter‐Marck, Louise Kjaerulff, David Lorence, Uma Nagendra, Mike Opgenorth, Sverre J. Schou, Kenneth R. Wood, Felipe Zapata, Dan Staerk, Nina Rønsted   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the levels of food shortage using the traffic light metaphor by analyzing the gathering and consumption of wild food plants, crop parts and crop residues in Konso, Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2012
Background Humanitarian relief agencies use scales to assess levels of critical food shortage to efficiently target and allocate food to the neediest. These scales are often labor-intensive.
Ocho Dechassa, Struik Paul C, Price Lisa L, Kelbessa Ensermu, Kolo Koshana   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source