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2024
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The Tahitian chestnut [Inocarpus fagifer (Parkinson ex F.A.Zorn) Fosberg, Fabaceae], a neglected multi-purpose tree from the Asia–Pacific region.
The Tahitian (or Polynesian) chestnut is distributed widely in tropical South-East Asia and in the Pacific region. It is an important component in traditional agroforestry systems. However, its importance as a food plant has decreased considerably. There is no evidence that the species has ever been domesticated, nor that deliberate...Müller, Jonas V.
Asia, Canoe plant, Crop improvement, Underutilised crop, Food security, Ecosystem services, Livelihood, Cinderella tree, Multi-purpose trees, Inocarpus fagifer, and Agroforestry
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2024
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A biogeographical appraisal of the threatened South East Africa Montane Archipelago ecoregion..
Recent biological surveys of ancient inselbergs in southern Malawi and northern Mozambique have led to the discovery and description of many species new to science, and overlapping centres of endemism across multiple taxa. Combining these endemic taxa with data on geology and climate, we propose the ‘South East Africa Montane... -
2022
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The likely extinction of hundreds of palm species threatens their contributions to people and ecosystems.
Bellot, S. ; Lu, Y. ; Antonelli, A. ; Baker, W. J. ; Dransfield, J. …
Extinction, Ecosystem services, Economic botany, Biodiversity, Palmae, Ethnobotany, Palms, and Conservation biology
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2022
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Woody plant phylogenetic diversity supports nature's contributions to people but is at risk from human population growth.
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2022
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Ecohydrology and ecosystem services of a natural and an artificial bofedal wetland in the central Andes.
Carbon accumulation, Ecosystem services, Fodder provision, Water security, Ecohydrology, Tropical high-altitude wetlands, Wetland management and restoration, Alpaca herders, and Andes
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2021
Journal article
Areas Requiring Restoration Efforts are a Complementary Opportunity to Support the Demand for Pollination Services in Brazil.
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2021
Journal article
Author correction: Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water.
Jung, Martin ; Arnell, Andy ; de Lamo, Xavier ; García-Rangel, Shaenandhoa ; Lewis, Matthew …
Macroecology, Biogeography, Environmental sciences, Ecosystem services, Corrigendum, and Hydrology
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2021