Diversidade arbórea das florestas alto montanas no Sul da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brasil Tree diversity of high montane forests in Southern Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil by Francisco Haroldo Feitosa do Nascimento, Ana Maria Giulietti, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz

“…This was the first quantitative study to survey the floristic composition of 12 fragments of montane forests (1,350 m.a.s.l. to 1750 m.a.s.l.) including trees > 8 cbh. …”
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Species richness and turnover patterns for tropical and temperate plants on the elevation gradient of the eastern Himalayan Mountains by James H. Thorne, Hyeyeong Choe, Lobzang Dorji, Kezang Yangden, Dorji Wangdi, Younten Phuntsho, Karen Beardsley

“…Bhutan’s NFI records show that woody plant species are arrayed on the Himalaya in part according to floristic origins, and that combining temperate- and tropical-originating floras for gradient-based studies such as species richness and turnover obscures actual elevational patterns. …”
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Facilitation of a free-roaming apex predator in working lands: evaluating factors that influence leopard spatial dynamics and prey availability in a South African biodiversity hots... by Eugene Greyling, Jessica Comley, Michael I. Cherry, Alison J. Leslie, Lana Müller

“…Free-roaming leopards (Panthera pardus) are the last remaining apex predator in the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, and face a multitude of threats attributable to competition for space and resources with humans. …”
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Interação microrganismo, solo e flora como condutores da diversidade na Mata Atlântica Interaction of microorganisms, soil and flora as drivers of diversity in the Atlantic Forest... by Marcelo Elias Fraga, Denise Monte Braz, Joecildo Francisco Rocha, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, Daniel Vasquez Figueiredo

“…We selected two areas with different degrees of human disturbance, and in each of these enclosed a plot of 1,000 m². Floristic surveys were carried out and litter and soil samples were collected to evaluate fertility and the microorganisms. …”
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Unraveling the Phylogenomic Relationships of the Most Diverse African Palm Genus <i>Raphia</i> (Calamoideae, Arecaceae) by Andrew J. Helmstetter, Suzanne Mogue Kamga, Kevin Bethune, Thea Lautenschläger, Alexander Zizka, Christine D. Bacon, Jan J. Wieringa, Fred Stauffer, Alexandre Antonelli, Bonaventure Sonké, Thomas L. P. Couvreur

“…Palms are conspicuous floristic elements across the tropics. In continental Africa, even though there are less than 70 documented species, they are omnipresent across the tropical landscape. …”
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How People Domesticated Amazonian Forests by Carolina Levis, Carolina Levis, Bernardo M. Flores, Priscila A. Moreira, Bruno G. Luize, Rubana P. Alves, Juliano Franco-Moraes, Juliana Lins, Evelien Konings, Marielos Peña-Claros, Frans Bongers, Flavia R. C. Costa, Charles R. Clement

“…The management practices we identified have transformed plant species abundance and floristic composition through the creation of diverse forest patches rich in edible perennial plants that enhanced food production and food security in Amazonia.…”
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Variações espaço-temporais no estoque de sementes do solo na floresta amazônica Space-time variations in soil seed stock in an amazon rainforest by Niwton Leal Filho, Juliana dos Santos Sena, Gisele Rodrigues dos Santos

“…The seasonal and spatial variations in the density and floristic composition of the seed bank in tropical rainforests is a subject still little understood. …”
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Estrutura da vegetação arbórea de um remanescente ecotonal urbano floresta-savana no Parque do Sabiá, em Uberlândia, MG Tree vegetation structure in an urban forest-savanna ecotone... by Frederico Augusto Guimarães Guilherme, Jimi Naoki Nakajima

“…The semideciduous forest presented the largest floristic richness and characteristic species of that formation when compared with other studies. …”
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[Vascular spontaneous flora of the town of Modena: analysis of the historic centre] by Fabrizio Buldrini, Matteo Gentilini, Cinzia Bruni, Claudio Santini, Alessandro Alessandrini, Giovanna Bosi

“…Concerning the affinity of the species to urban ecology, the floristic list is dominated by the urban-neutral (45%) and urbanophilous species (42%). …”
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Efecto del fuego y dinámica de las hidrófitas emergentes en el humedal de la Mintzita, Michoacán, México Fire and dynamics of the emergent hydrophytes of the Mintzita wetlands, Mic... by Yazmín Escutia-Lara, Sabina Lara-Cabrera, Roberto A. Lindig-Cisneros

“…Fires had a severe effect on facultative species and grasses, suggesting that this type of disturbance can maintain the floristic composition and structure of these type of ecosystems.…”
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Phytocoenotic preconditions of drying of Abies alba Mill. dieback in the Forest Cenoses of the Pokut Carpathians by Myroslava Soroka, Andrzej Vozniak, Anatoliy Goychuk, Andriy Onyskіv, Petro Plichtyak

“…Phytosociological studies of phytocoenoses with a high share of Abies alba belonging to different forest vegetation communities, identi-fied by the eco- floristic classification of vegetation and the J. Braun-Blanquet method (1964) were carried out. …”
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Tree communities of white-sand and terra-firme forests of the upper Rio Negro Comunidades de árvores em florestas de campinarana e de terra-firme do alto Rio Negro by Juliana Stropp, Peter Van der Sleen, Paulo Apóstolo Assunção, Adeilson Lopes da Silva, Hans Ter Steege

“…Tree communities of white-sand forests show a higher floristic similarity and lower diversity than those of terra-firme forests. …”
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Comunidades de abelhas Euglossina (Hymenoptera, Apidae) em fragmentos de Mata Atlântica no Sudeste do Brasil Euglossine bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) community in Atlantic Forest fragm... by André Villaça Ramalho, Maria Cristina Gaglianone, Marcio Luiz de Oliveira

“…Comparing the five areas, positive and significant correlations were observed, bee species richness with area size and bee diversity (H') with floristic diversity (H'). These results suggest that losses in forest size and habitat quality influence euglossine bee communities negatively by reducing the abundance and richness of species. …”
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Dinâmica de populações e fitossociologia de plantas daninhas no cultivo do feijão-caupi e mandioca no sistema corte e queima com o uso de arado Phytosociology of weeds in cowpea an... by L.J.P Marques, M.R.M Silva, G.S Lopes, M.J.P Corrêa, M.S Araujo, E.A Costa, F.H Muniz

“…<br>This study investigated the floristic composition of weeds in a burnt area in Zé Doca, Maranhão, during three agricultural years. …”
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Caracterização da vegetação de restinga da RPPN de Maracaípe, PE, Brasil, com base na fisionomia, flora, nutrientes do solo e lençol freático Characterization of restinga vegetatio... by Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr., Murielle Andreo Olivo, Elcida de Lima Araújo, Carmen Silvia Zickel

“…Este estudo permitiu concluir que a proporção de formas de vida, variação no nível do lençol freático, matéria orgânica e teor de alumínio no solo foram determinantes na separação das fisionomias da restinga de Maracaípe.<br>We undertook a floristic survey to describe the phytophysiognomies of a restinga at Maracaípe, and related these to life form, soil fertility, and variation in the local water-table level. …”
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Análise estrutural e distribuição espacial em remanescente de Floresta Ombrófila Mista, Guarapuava (PR) / Structural analysis and spatial distribution in an Araucaria Forest remain... by Raul Silvestre, Henrique Soares Koehler, Sebastião do Amaral Machado, Rafaelo Balbinot, Luciano Farinha Watzlawick

“…Por meio dos Índices Payandeh e Morisita, foi possível constatar que a vegetação amostrada apresentou cerca de 64% das espécies com padrão de distribuição agregado.AbstractThe present study aims to describe the floristic composition, structure and the spatial distribution pattern of the species found in Araucaria Forest fragments located in the municipality of Guarapuava, Paraná State. …”
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Influence of socio-demographic factors on medicinal plant knowledge among three selected ethnic groups in south-central Ethiopia by Sintayehu Tamene, Mesele Negash, Fortunatus Bulabo Makonda, Linley Chiwona-Karltun

“…Methods Ethnobotanical data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 189 key informants, floristic species inventories, and field observations. …”
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Determinación de compuestos hidrocarbonados en la pared celular de P. maximum y L. leucocephala en silvopastoreo Determination of hydrocarbonated compounds in the cell wall from P.... by Tania Sánchez, R Pedraza, B Mayes, B Øskorv

“…Such species were selected for being the most representative ones in the floristic composition. The samples were collected from January to December, 2005 and were dried. …”
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Environmental restoration with forest trees in the Southern State of Parana grasslands Recuperação ambiental em áreas de estepe do Primeiro Planalto Paranaense, mediante plantio de... by Letícia Penno de Sousa, Alessandro Camargo Angelo, Gustavo Ribas Curcio, Annete Bonnet, Franklin Galvão

“…Human development activities as water reservoir construction have great impact on the vegetation, thus changing its floristic, as well as its structure and ecology functions. …”
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Evaluación productiva de hembras en desarrollo de genotipos lecheros en unaasociación de gramíneas con leucaena Productive evaluation of growing heifers from dairy genotypes in an... by O López, L Simón, L Lamela, Tania Sánchez

“…The main measurements were: floristic composition of the pastureland, pasture and leucaena availability, as well as monthly weighing of the animals. …”
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