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Risultati della ricerca
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2024
Journal article
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
Journal article
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... -
2023
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2022
Journal article
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
Journal article
Woody plant phylogenetic diversity supports nature's contributions to people but is at risk from human population growth.
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2020
Conference paper (published)
Cultivating novel and diverse forage plant communities could enhance livestock farming.
Lee, M. A.
Digestibility, Ecosystem services, Protein, Nutrition, Forage, Diversity, and Plant communities