Plant Conservation and Biodiversity

Floristic and structural changes related to opportunistic soil tilling and pasture planting in grassland communities of the Flooding Pampa; C.M. Ghersa et al.- Decreased frugivory and seed germination rate do not reduce seedling recruitment rates of Aristotelia chilensis in a fragmented forest; C.E. Valdivia, J.A. Simonetti.- Vascular plant diversity and climate change in the alpine zone of the Lefka Ori, Crete; G. Kazakis et al.- RAPD variation among North Vietnamese Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze ex Merr. accessions; B. Heider et al.- Non-timber forest product harvesting in alien-dominated forests: effects of frond-harvest and rainfall on the demography of two native Hawaiian ferns; T. Ticktin et al.- Tequila and other Agave spirits from west-central Mexico: current germplasm diversity, conservation and origin; P. Colugna-Garcíamarín, D. Zizumbo-Villarreal.- Spatial patterns of dicot diversity in Argentina; A. Juárez et al.- Unsustainable collection and unfair trade? Uncovering and assessing assumptions regarding Central Himalayan medicinal plant conservation; H. Overgaard Larsen, C. Smith Olsen.- Woody plant species richness in the Turvo State park, a large remnant of deciduous Atlantic forest, Brazil; A.R. Ruschel et al.- Genetic diversity ssessment in Somali sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) accessions using microsatellite markers; M. Manzelli et al.- Demand for rubber is causing the loss of high diversity rain forest in SW China; H. Li et al.- Comparing conservation priorities for useful plants among botanists and Tibetan doctors; W. Law, J. Salick.- Environmental heterogeneity and disturbance by humans control much of the tree species diversity of Atlantic montane forest fragments in SE Brazil; J.A.A. Pereira et al.-Correspondence between scientific and traditional ecologicalknowledge: rain forest classification by the non-indigenous ribereños in Peruvian Amazonia; K.J. Halme, R.E. Bodmer.- Species richness, endemism and conservation of Mexican gymnosperms; R. Contreras-Medina, I. Luna-Vega.- Impacts of El Niño related drought and forest fires on sun bear fruit resources in lowland dipterocarp forest of East Borneo; G.M. Fredriksson et al.- Pollinator shift and reproductive performance of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau endemic and endangered Swertia przewalskii (Gentianaceae); Y.-W. Duan, J.-Q. Liu.- An analysis of altitudinal behavior of tree species in Subansiri district, Eastern Himalaya; M. Dev Behera, S. Prakash Singh Kushwaha.- Distribution, diversity and environmental adaptation of highland papayas (Vasconcellea spp.) in tropical and subtropical America; X. Scheldeman et al.- Ecological niche modeling and geographic distribution of the genus Polianthes L. (Agavaceae) in Mexico: using niche modeling to improve assessments of risk status; E. Solano, T.P. Feria.- The uses, local perceptions and ecological status of 16 woody species of Gadumire Sub-county, Uganda; J.R.S. Tabuti.- Mapping the geographic distribution of Aglaia bourdillonii Gamble (Meliaceae), an endemic and threatened plant, using ecological niche modeling; M. Irfan-Ullah et al.- Optimizing conservation of forest diversity: a country-wide approach in Mexico; M. Ricker et al.- Seeing the wood for the trees: how conservation policies can place greater pressure on village forests in southwest China; D. Melick et al.- Medicinal plant conservation and management: distribution of wild and cultivated species in eight countries; M. Aguilar-Støen, S.R. Moe.- Biodiversity effects on biomass production and invasion resistance in annual versus perennial plant communities; X.L. Jiang et al.