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The Use of Plants in Skin-Care Products, Cosmetics and Fragrances: Past and Present
(MDPI, 2018)
This work discusses the way people have used plants over time (basically since Ancient Egypt) to care for their physical aspect, and also how natural resources (especially plants) are currently used in personal-care products. ...
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The link between selfing and greater dispersibility in a heterocarpic Asteraceae
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018-12)
Premise of the Study: Although an evolutionary link between breeding system and dispersibility has been proposed, to date empirical data and theoretical models of plants show contrasting trends. Methods: We tested two ...
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Fine Scale Determinants of Soil Litter Fauna on a Mediterranean Mixed Oak Forest Invaded by the Exotic Soil-Borne Pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi
(MDPI, 2018)
There is growing recognition of the importance of soil fauna for modulating nutrient cycling processes such as litter decomposition. However, little is known about the drivers promoting changes in soil fauna abundance on ...
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Taxonomic revision of Trisetum sect. Trisetum (Poaceae: Pooideae: Aveninae) from Eurasia and North Africa
(Missouri Botanical Garden, 2018-09)
A taxonomic revision of Trisetum Pers. sect. Trisetum is presented. We include descriptions and synonyms of each taxon from a study of 894 vouchers from 45 herbaria. Detailed morphometric descriptions, illustrations, ...
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Water source partitioning among plant functional types in a semi-arid dune ecosystem
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018-07)
Question(s): The aim of this work was to characterize the main water sources used by the woody plant community of a semi-arid coastal dune ecosystem. We ask: Do the seasonal water sources used by plants differ between ...
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When dynamism is the baseline: long-term ecology of a Mediterranean seasonal wetland in the Donana National Park (Southwestern Europe)
(Springer, 2018-11)
Mediterranean seasonal wetlands are amongst the world’s most endangered ecosystems. Although seasonal wetlands’ conservation is a European continental-scale priority, their long-term ecological dynamics are not well ...
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How do Mediterranean shrub species cope with shade? Ecophysiological response to different light intensities
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018-03)
Under natural conditions, light exposure for Mediterranean shrubs can be highly variable, especially during cloudy days or under a canopy, and can interfere with other environmental factors such as temperature and water ...
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Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of a new cliff-dwelling species reveals a remnant ancestral diversity and evolutionary parallelism in Sonchus(Asteraceae)
(Springer, 2018)
We describe a new clif-dwelling species within Sonchus (Asteraceae): Sonchus boulosii and analyze its systematic position and evolutionary signifcance; in addition, we provide a key to the species of Sonchus in Morocco. ...
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Salinity alleviates zinc toxicity in the saltmarsh zinc-accumulator Juncus acutus
(Elsevier, 2018)
The potential importance of Juncus acutus for remediation of Zn-contaminated lands has been recognized, because of its Zn tolerance and capacity to accumulate Zn. Since it is also a halophyte, the extent to which salinity ...
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Are fieldwork studies being relegated to second place in conservation science?
(Elsevier, 2018)
The collection of biological information, including data gathered in the field, is fundamental to improve our understanding of how human impacts on biological systems can be recognized, mitigated or averted. However, the ...