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Do Southeast Asia's paleo‐Antarctic trees cool the planet?
New Phytologist, Volume 239, Issue 5, Page 1556-1566, September 2023., 2023 Summary Many tree genera in the Malesian uplands have Southern Hemisphere origins, often supported by austral fossil records. Weathering the vast bedrock exposures in the everwet Malesian tropics may have consumed sufficient atmospheric CO2 to contribute significantly to global cooling over the past 15 Myr.
Peter Wilf, Robert M. Kooyman
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A Chemical Investigation of Australian Winteraceae
, 2022 The Winteraceae are a small primitive family of angiosperms endemic to the cool rainforests and montane subtropics of South America, Melanesia, Australasia, and South-East Asia below the Wallace line.The medicinal value of Winteraceae plants branches ...
Porter, Joshua D
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American Journal of Botany, Volume 110, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Abstract Premise The spurge family Euphorbiaceae is prominent in tropical rainforests worldwide, particularly in Asia. There is little consensus on the biogeographic origins of the family or its principal lineages. No confirmed spurge macrofossils have come from Gondwana.
Peter Wilf +2 more
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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 20-37, February 2023., 2023 Travel tower (15 m) used to photograph tagged leaves hosting nymphs of Cardiaspina albitextura in canopies of river red gums at Fotheringham Reserve, Dandenong, Australia. Abstract 1. Trees present herbivorous insects with the greatest diversity of resources of any plant growth form.
Martin James Steinbauer, Reza Tanha
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The anti‐Trypanosoma activities of medicinal plants: A systematic review of the literature
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 2738-2772, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Background The existing drug treatments for trypanosomiases are limited and suffer from shortcomings due to their toxicity and the emergence of resistant parasites. Developing anti‐trypanosomal compounds based on natural products is a promising way of fighting trypanosomiases.
Shahin Nekoei +5 more
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Nonstructural carbohydrates predict survival in saplings of temperate trees under carbon stress
Functional Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 11, Page 2806-2818, November 2022., 2022 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) mediate plant survival when the plant's carbon (C) balance is negative, suggesting that NSCs could predict plant survival under C stress.
Frida I. Piper +2 more
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Journal of Food Safety, Volume 42, Issue 5, October 2022., 2022 Nanoemulsions formulated from the of essential oils of Tasmannia lanceolata, Backhousia citriodora and Syzygium anisatum have strong antimicrobial activity against bacteria and fungi. Abstract Oil‐in‐water nanoemulsions were formulated using sunflower oil mixed with each of the essential oils of Tasmannia lanceolata (Tasmanian pepper leaf [TPL ...
Fahad Alderees +3 more
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Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels
Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 1103-1119, July 2022., 2022 Mistletoes, as perennial hemiparasitic angiosperms that parasitize woody plants, are an important component of the African flora, yet little is known about the composition and function of the organismal communities associated with these plants in Africa.
Yuliya Krasylenko +6 more
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ZooKeys, 2009 Three new species of Phyllocnistis Zeller are described from the central highlands of Costa Rica: Phyllocnistis drimiphaga sp. n., P. maxberryi sp. n., and P. tropaeolicola sp. n. Larvae of all three are serpentine leaf miners.
Akito Kawahara +2 more
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