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2013
Journal article
Palaeo-precipitation is a major determinant of palm species richness patterns across Madagascar: a tropical biodiversity hotspot.
The distribution of rainforest in many regions across the Earth was strongly affected by Pleistocene ice ages. However, the extent to which these dynamics are still important for modern-day biodiversity patterns within tropical biodiversity hotspots has not been assessed. We employ a comprehensive dataset of Madagascan palms (Arecaceae) and climate...Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro ; Blach-Overgaard, Anne ; Baker, William J. ; Dransfield, John ; Moat, Justin …
Species richness, Palaeoclimate, Arecaceae, Palms, Last ice age, and Madagascar
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2018
Journal article
Palmas útiles en tres comunidades indígenas de La Pedrera, Amazonia colombiana.
Se estudió el conocimiento y el uso de las palmas por parte de las comunidades indígenas Angostura, Curare y Yukuna, cercanas a la cabecera del corregimiento de La Pedrera, Amazonia colombiana. Entre junio y julio de 2010 se registró información etnobotánica mediante entrevistas estructuradas realizadas a 53 personas informantes de...Palmae, Ethnobotany, La Pedrera (Columbia), Palms, Categories of use, Arecaceae, Indigenous peoples, Traditional knowledge., and Columbia
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2018
Palmae, Traditional knowledge, Ethnobotany, Ecuador, Arecaceae, Chocó, Chachi, and Palms