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Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism.
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use.
Madagascar’s biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar’s past and current terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by compiling and presenting comprehensive data on species diversity, endemism, and rates of species description and human uses, in addition to presenting an updated... -
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities.
Madagascar’s unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat. Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar’s terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by presenting data and analyses on documented and predicted species-level conservation statuses, the most prevalent and relevant threats,... -
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Prioritising crop wild relatives to enhance agricultural resilience in sub‐Saharan Africa under climate change.
Satori, David ; Tovar, Carolina ; Faruk, Aisyah ; Hammond Hunt, Eleanor ; Muller, Gemma …
Food security , Nature-based solutions, Conservation, Seed banks, Functional traits , and Plant pre-breeding
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Trade in Zambian Edible Orchids—DNA Barcoding Reveals the Use of Unexpected Orchid Taxa for Chikanda.
In Zambia, wild edible terrestrial orchids are used to produce a local delicacy called chikanda, which has become increasingly popular throughout the country. Commercialization puts orchid populations in Zambia and neighbouring countries at risk of overharvesting. Hitherto, no study has documented which orchid species are traded on local markets, as... -
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Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in Bolivia.