University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by O.N. Kurdyukova, Yu.G. Zarutskaya

“…Materials and methods. Floristic surveys were carried out during March-November, in squares measuring 1×1 km. …”

Crop wild relatives of Karachay-Cherkessia: inventorying and conservation prospects by L. V. Bagmet

“…The CWR list includes 516 species belonging to 134 genera of 36 families; in this list, 449 species from 107 genera of 33 families are native to this region. The Dzheguta floristic district is the richest in CWR species diversity (391 species). …”
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Forgotten but not lost: Notes about the status of the often overlooked Chilean desert endemic Loasa rotundifolia (Loasaceae) by Rafael Acuña-Castillo, María Teresa Eyzaguirre, Ludovica Santilli, Nicolás Lavandero, Dylan Cohen

“…Loasa rotundifolia is endemic to the Atacama Desert and was described in 1893, however it has mostly been overlooked by recent national and regional Floristic catalogues that include Chile. It is a rare species known previously from only three herbarium collections worldwide. …”
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Dynamiques spatiales récentes du Parc National du Banco (PNB) et stratégies de gestion communautaire durable de ses ressources forestières (District d’Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire)... by Nakouma Sako, Gérard Beltrando

“…The recent space-time dynamics of the forest of the National Banco Parc, located inside the administrative limits of the district of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, caracterised by the post-classifying comparison of the classes of two multispectral images Spot 1 and 2 catches in January 1992 and 2002 (scene of 60 X 60 km² centered on the town of Abidjan, analyzes of three multispectral channels, XS1, XS2, XS3, pixel 20 m). Floristic inventories, carried out during the summer 2008 out of 196 points, according to a North-South and East-West transects, as well as socio-demographic investigations (250 people chosen by chance in 6 bordering villages) and of the observations of ground made it possible to check and correct the cartographic results and to determine the points of view of the local actors on the future of the PNB. …”
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Riparian forest communities along watercourses in the Sutjeska National Park (SE Bosnia and Herzegovina) by Đorđije Milanović, Vladimir Stupar

“… The paper deals with the floristic and ecological diversity of the riparian forest and scrub communities of the Sutjeska National Park in SE Bosnia and Herzegovina. …”
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MAIN THREATS AFFECTING ARNICA MONTANA L. IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF ROMANIAN CARPATHIANS by Constantin MARDARI, Ciprian Constantin BÎRSAN, Camelia Paula ŞTEFANACHE, Cătălin TĂNASE

“…The species was investigated in 30 localities, in various habitats, characterized by different land management types, and different floristic composition of plant communities. The most important threat for A. montana in NE Carpathians was the habitat loss, mainly caused by abandonment of the traditional meadows management and natural succession of vegetation. …”
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Tree Species Diversity and Composition of Miombo Woodlands in South-Central Angola: A Chronosequence of Forest Recovery after Shifting Cultivation by Francisco M. P. Gonçalves, Rasmus Revermann, Amândio L. Gomes, Marcos P. M. Aidar, Manfred Finckh, Norbert Juergens

“…Our objectives were to assess the floristic diversity, the species composition, and stand structure of Miombo woodlands during regeneration after shifting cultivation. …”
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Woody Species Diversity and Structure of Protected Woodlands Adjacent to Free Grazing Land Woodland at Dugda Woreda, Oromia, Ethiopia by Tsegu Ereso Denbel

“…The objective of the study was to explore the floristic composition, structure, and regeneration of woody species. …”
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Genomic signatures of habitat isolation and paleo-climate unveil the “island-like” pattern in the glasshouse plant Rheum nobile by Hum Kala Rana, Santosh Kumar Rana, Hang Sun, Dong Luo

“…Three phylogroups were identified, corresponding to the floristic regionalization of the Himalaya and the Hengduan Mountains. …”
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Benthic Marine Diatom Flora (Bacillariophyta) of Yap, Micronesia: Preliminary Annotated List, with Some New Mangrove Species by Christopher S. Lobban, Bernadette G. Tharngan

“…., have so far been identified only to genus. Floristic studies of benthic diatoms are limited partly by the shortage of taxonomic studies, and we present the taxa for which we can make reasonable arguments for identification, supporting light microscopy with scanning electron micrographs whenever possible. …”
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Application of a spatial dataset for monitoring invasive woody plant species in the forests of Transcarpathia, Ukraine by Andriy Mihaly, Vasyl Roman

“…The created spatial dataset was used to study the distribution of invasive woody species of black locust and northern red oak in Transcarpathia by geobotanical and floristic zones. The results of the study showed that the most favourable conditions for the distribution of black locust are the area of beech-oak and oak-beech foothill forests of the Volcanic Range of the Ukrainian Carpathians within Transcarpathia, as well as the Transcarpathian Plain forest area. …”
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Characteristics of flora and vegetation of Kolmakhtun Lake – Nature Reserve of local significance of Tomsk Region (West Siberia, Russia) by Valentina P. Amelchenko, Tatiana A. Blyakharchuk, Yulia A. Kharanzhevskaya, Rinat M. Manasypov, Tatiana N. Kataeva

“…Applied methods of research were based on multiyears descriptions of vegetation and flora and includes 30 field geobotanical descriptions, herbarium collections, photographs, results of laboratory analyses of floristic lists by elements of flora. The general species composition includes 212 species of vascular plants belonging to 55 families. …”
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Crop wild relatives inventory and conservation in the Primorsky Region of the Russian Federation by G. V. Talovina, E. V. Aistova

“…The Primorsky Region is the most floristically diverse region of the Russian Federation and the Russian Far East because of the richness of the local endemic vegetation. …”
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A dataset from the Cryptogamia-Lichenes section of the Herbarium Universitatis Taurinensis (TO) by Rosanna Piervittori, Deborah Isocrono, Enrica Matteucci, Mariagrazia Morando, Luca Dessì, Laura Guglielmone, Heimo Rainer, Stefano Martellos, Andrea Moro, Pier Luigi Nimis, Matteo Conti, Sergio Enrico Favero-Longo

“…Specimens from the administrative regions of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta (NW Italy) are the core of the modern collection, documenting floristic and vegetation studies, as well as biomonitoring campaigns and investigations on the biodeterioration of the stone cultural heritage.The dataset of the Italian materials of the modern lichenological collection of TO, with 3,365 samples, is fully georeferenced and accessible in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), in the Jointly Administered Herbarium Management System and Specimen Database (JACQ) and in the Information System of Italian Lichens (ITALIC). …”
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Crop wild relatives in the protected areas of the Republic of Bashkortostan by S. R. Miftakhova, L. M. Abramova, N. M. Saifullina, O. V. Yusupova

“…The methods of comparative floristics were applied in the CWR analysis,. The economic value of plant species was assessed according to the ranking developed at the N.I. …”
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Evaluating the Potential of Commercial Forest Inventory Data to Report on Forest Carbon Stock and Forest Carbon Stock Changes for REDD+ under the UNFCCC by Danae Maniatis, Yadvinder Malhi, Laurent Saint André, Danilo Mollicone, Nicolas Barbier, Sassan Saatchi, Matieu Henry, Laurent Tellier, Mathieu Schwartzenberg, Lee White

“…The data presented originate from five logging companies dispersed over Gabon, totalling 2,240 plots of 0.3 hectares.We distinguish three Forest Types (FTs) in the dataset based on floristic conditions. Estimated mean aboveground biomass (AGB) in the FTs ranges from 312 to 333 Mg ha−1. …”
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Ecological Study of the Vegetation in the Loka Abaya National Park, Ethiopia by Assegid Assefa, Tamrat Bekele, Sebsebe Demissew, Tesfaye Abebe

“…The results of vegetation-environment relationships indicated that the measured environmental variables explained 74.99% of the total variation in floristic data. The results of the canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) of community-environment relationships indicated that among measured environmental variables, altitude (r2 0.0548, P<0.01), slope (r2 = 0.0241, P<0.01), pH (r2 = 0.01855, P<0.01), sodium (r2 = 0.01316, P<0.04), CEC (r2 = 0.01424, P<0.03), magnesium (r2 = 0.01282, P<0.04), potassium (r2 = 0.0152, P<0.02), and soil moisture content (SMC) (r2 = 0.01537, P<0.05) significantly explained the variation in species composition of the communities and their distribution. …”
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Woody Species Structure and Regeneration Status in Kafta Sheraro National Park Dry Forest, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Fitsum Temesgen, Bikila Warkineh

“…The objective of the study was to explore the floristic composition, structure, and regeneration of woody species in the home of Loxodonta africana L., Hippotragus equinus, Anthropoides virgo, Ourebia ourebi, Crocuta crocuta, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Phacochoerus africanus, and unidentified crocodile and fish species. …”
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Investigation of Woody Species Structure and Regeneration Status in the Central Rift Valley, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia by Assegid Assefa, Tamrat Bekele, Sebsebe Demissew, Tesfaye Abebe

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the floristic composition, population structure, and regeneration status of woody species in the Loka Abaya National Park, to design conservation strategies. …”
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Cool topoclimates promote cold-adapted plant diversity in temperate mountain forests by Borderieux, Jeremy, De Lombaerde, Emiel, De Pauw, Karen, Sanczuk, Pieter, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, De Frenne, Pieter, Gégout, Jean-Claude, Serra-Diaz, Josep

“…We then evaluate how topography and canopy-induced variation in temperature drive plant community composition and richness in 306 floristic surveys across the studied mountain valley. …”
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