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Hotspots within hotspots: Endemic plant richness, environmental drivers, and implications for conservation.
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A new seed bank for Hispaniola to support the conservation and sustainable use of the Caribbean native flora.
Mattana, Efisio ; Manger, Keith R. ; Way, Michael J. ; Ulian, Tiziana ; Garcia, Ricardo …
Conservation, Carribean, Endemic plants, Sustainable use, Hispaniola, and Seed banks
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Enhancing Food Security Through Seed Banking and Use of Wild Plants: Case Studies From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
We show how food security can be enhanced through seed banking and use of wild plants by showcasing three science-based plant conservation and seed research projects from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on underutilized useful plants and crop wild relatives.Ulian, Tiziana ; Pritchard, Hugh W. ; Cockel, Christopher P. ; Mattana, Efisio
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Interaction of functional and environmental traits on seed germination of the multipurpose tree Flacourtia indica
Flacourtia indica (Salicaceae) is a multipurpose tree native to tropical regions of Africa and India, where it is mainly used for food and medicines. Its use in reforestation is limited by poor knowledge of its seed biology and germination ecology. The aim of this study was to determine how its... -
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The seed germination spectrum of alpine plants: a global meta‐analysis
Assumptions about the germination ecology of alpine plants are presently based on individual species and local studies. A current challenge is to synthesize, at the global level, the alpine seed ecological spectrum. We performed a meta‐analysis of primary data from laboratory experiments conducted across four continents (excluding the tropics) and... -
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Functional seed traits and germination patterns predict species coexistence in Northeast Mediterranean foredune communities
Background and Aims The structure of plant communities, which is based on species abundance ratios, is closely linked to ecosystem functionality. Seed germination niche plays a major role in shaping plant communities, although it has often been neglected when explaining species coexistence. The aim of this work is to... -
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Native trees of Mexico: diversity, distribution, uses and conservation (datasets used for spatial analyses)
Datasets of plant occurrences used for the spatial analyses described in the paper. The majority of the tree species data and their occurrence records were obtained from the database of the National Biodiversity Information System (SNIB) of the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), freely available...Tellez, Oswaldo ; Mattana, Efisio ; Diazgranados, Mauricio ; Kühn, Nicola ; Castillo-Lorenzo, Elena …