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View article: Cushion Presence and Species Pools Mitigate the Effect of Climate on Species Richness in Alpine Communities
Cushion Presence and Species Pools Mitigate the Effect of Climate on Species Richness in Alpine Communities Open
Abiotic and historical factors are major determinants of large-scale patterns of species richness, yet facilitative interactions can strongly influence diversity in low-productivity habitats such as alpine ecosystems. Cushion plants often …
View article: Evolutionary correlates of extinction risk in Chinese angiosperm
Evolutionary correlates of extinction risk in Chinese angiosperm Open
China is widely known for its rich plant diversity, being a home for over 32,000 species of vascular plants. Approximately 11 % of them are threatened and require urgent conservation efforts. Although the major cause of species disappearan…
View article: Israeli Oncocyclus irises: Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history
Israeli Oncocyclus irises: Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history Open
Oncocyclus is a large group of bearded irises with poorly known phylogeny and evolutionary history. In Israel, Iris sect. Oncocyclus comprises eight species belonging to three aggregates. We used a combination of approaches to resolve the …
View article: Living Collections of Threatened Plants in Botanic Gardens: When Is Ex Situ Cultivation Less Appropriate than Quasi In Situ Cultivation?
Living Collections of Threatened Plants in Botanic Gardens: When Is Ex Situ Cultivation Less Appropriate than Quasi In Situ Cultivation? Open
Botanic gardens play an increasingly important role in the conservation of global biodiversity. However, although botanical gardens periodically report the results of introducing certain species of native flora, they rarely attempt to summ…
View article: How to preserve narrow endemics in view of climate change? The Nuratau Mountains as the case
How to preserve narrow endemics in view of climate change? The Nuratau Mountains as the case Open
Endemic species usually have higher risk of extinction than widespread species and therefore for endemics negative effects of climate change can be especially dramatic. The Nuratau Mountains, located in Uzbekistan, are rich in endemic spec…
View article: Role of Endemism and Other Factors in Determining the Introduction Success of Rare and Threatened Species in Tashkent Botanical Garden
Role of Endemism and Other Factors in Determining the Introduction Success of Rare and Threatened Species in Tashkent Botanical Garden Open
Although rare and threatened species are maintained in many botanical gardens around the world, detailed reports on the success or failure of their introduction appear infrequently, which makes it difficult to understand the major constrai…
View article: "How to preserve narrow endemics in view of climate change? The Nuratau Mountains as the case"
"How to preserve narrow endemics in view of climate change? The Nuratau Mountains as the case" Open
Endemic species usually have higher risk of extinction than widespread species and therefore for endemics negative effects of climate change can be especially dramatic.The Nuratau Mountains, located in Uzbekistan, are rich in endemic speci…
View article: Conservation of Central Asian plant biodiversity
Conservation of Central Asian plant biodiversity Open
The severely threatened Central Asian (CA) flora requires a detailed conservation strategy well adapted to this region.The present review provides a detailed conservation methodology useful for every CA country that embraces ex situ and in…
View article: Seed macro- and micromorphology in <i>Allium</i> (Amaryllidaceae) and its phylogenetic significance
Seed macro- and micromorphology in <i>Allium</i> (Amaryllidaceae) and its phylogenetic significance Open
Background and Aims Macro- and micromorphology of seeds are diagnostic characteristics of importance in delimiting taxa in Allium (Amaryllidaceae). However, there is no consensus on the phylogenetic significance of testa cell characteristi…
View article: Dark-colored Oncocyclus irises in Israel analyzed by AFLP, whole chloroplast genome sequencing and species distribution modeling
Dark-colored Oncocyclus irises in Israel analyzed by AFLP, whole chloroplast genome sequencing and species distribution modeling Open
The Haynei is one of seven species aggregates (clusters of species having similar flower morphology) recognized in section Oncocyclus of genus Iris . This aggregate, characterized by dark-colored flowers, is represented by six species in I…
View article: Conservation-oriented restoration and its application to Central Asia
Conservation-oriented restoration and its application to Central Asia Open
Continuing wide-scale habitat degradation and species extinctions indicate that existing plant conservation practices are inadequate and new approaches are needed. I briefly summarize the major principles of a previously proposed concept c…
View article: Crossbreeding reveals the scale and genetic architecture of local adaptation in a predominantly selfing Hordeum spontaneum
Crossbreeding reveals the scale and genetic architecture of local adaptation in a predominantly selfing Hordeum spontaneum Open
Environmental variation can be large across a wide range of spatial scales resulting in complex patterns of local adaptation across species ranges. We analyzed the scale, genetic mechanism and direct climatic causes of local adaptation in …
View article: Phylogenomics of Allium section Cepa (Amaryllidaceae) provides new insights on domestication of onion
Phylogenomics of Allium section Cepa (Amaryllidaceae) provides new insights on domestication of onion Open
Allium sect. Cepa (Amaryllidaceae) comprises economically important plants, yet resolving the phylogenetic relationships within the section has been difficult as nuclear and chloroplast-based phylogenetic trees have been incongruent. Until…
View article: Translocation of Otostegia bucharica, a highly threatened narrowly distributed relict shrub
Translocation of Otostegia bucharica, a highly threatened narrowly distributed relict shrub Open
Translocation is a recognized means of rescuing imperiled species but the evidence for the long-term success of translocations is limited. We report the successful translocation of reproductive individuals of a critically endangered shrub …
View article: Conservation-oriented restoration – a two for one method to restore both threatened species and their habitats
Conservation-oriented restoration – a two for one method to restore both threatened species and their habitats Open
There is an urgent need for a new conservation approach as mere designation of protected areas, the primary approach to conserving biodiversity, revealed its low conservation efficiency and inability to cope with numerous challenges faced …
View article: Genetic diversity hotspots and refugia identified by mapping multi-plant species haplotype diversity in China: supplementary material
Genetic diversity hotspots and refugia identified by mapping multi-plant species haplotype diversity in China: supplementary material Open
Historical processes during the Quaternary are likely to have left a signature on the geographical distribution of intraspecific genetic variation. In particular, high genetic uniqueness could be expected within glacial refugia for multipl…
View article: Conservation implications of population genetic structure in a threatened orchid Cypripedium tibeticum
Conservation implications of population genetic structure in a threatened orchid Cypripedium tibeticum Open
Cypripedium tibeticum is a threatened orchid which efficient conservation requires knowledge of its extent and structure of genetic variation. Using two chloroplast DNA fragments (rps16 and trnL-F), we analyzed 157 individuals from 9 popul…
View article: Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Adenocaulon Highlight the Biogeographic Links between New World and Old World
Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Adenocaulon Highlight the Biogeographic Links between New World and Old World Open
Adenocaulon (Asteraceae) is a small genus with only five species but has a broad amphi-Pacific distribution pattern with three species distributed disjunctly in South America, Central America, and North America and two endemic species span…
View article: Complementarities of two existing intermediate conservation approaches
Complementarities of two existing intermediate conservation approaches Open
The need for integration of ex situ and in situ approaches in conservation of plants has long been recognized. However, ex situ collections have numerous limitations that reduce their utility for conservation, necessitating the introductio…
View article: Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered
Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered Open
Mazus sunhangii, a new species of Mazaceae from central China is described and illustrated based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogeny. This new species is morphologically similar to M. puchellus and M. omeiensis but differs …
View article: Role of selection and gene flow in population differentiation at the edge vs. interior of the species range differing in climatic conditions
Role of selection and gene flow in population differentiation at the edge vs. interior of the species range differing in climatic conditions Open
Evaluating the relative importance of neutral and adaptive processes as determinants of population differentiation across environments is a central theme of evolutionary biology. We applied the Q ST – F ST comparison flanked by a direct te…