32 research outputs found
Creative Use of Mountain Biodiversity Databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS
Geo-referenced archive databases on mountain organisms are very promising tools for achieving a better understanding of mountain biodiversity and predicting its changes. The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) of DIVERSITAS, in cooperation with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, encourages a global effort to mine biodiversity databases on mountain organisms. The wide range of climatic conditions and topographies across the world's mountains offers an unparalleled opportunity for developing and testing biodiversity theory. The power of openly accessible, interconnected electronic databases for scientific biodiversity research, which by far exceeds the original intent of archiving for mainly taxonomic purposes, has been illustrated. There is an urgent need to increase the amount and quality of geo-referenced data on mountain biodiversity provided online, in order to meet the challenges of global change in mountains
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Changing lenses to assess biodiversity: patterns of species richness in sub-Antarctic plants and implications for global conservation
Article discussing patterns of species richness in sub-Antarctic plants and implications for global conservation
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Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program
This article discusses field environmental philosophy and biocultural conservation methods at the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve in Chile
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Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program
This article discusses field environmental philosophy and biocultural conservation methods at the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve in Chile
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Integrating Ecology and Environmental Ethics: Earth Stewardship in the Southern End of the Americas
This article discusses integrating ecology and environmental ethics
Temperature effect on the fruit production in Puya berteroana Mez (Bromeliaceae)
Volume: 50Start Page: 51End Page: 5
Effects of flower size and flower density on pollinator visitation in Alstroemeria pallida Graham (Amaryllidaceae)
Volume: 55Start Page: 1End Page: 1
GENETIC SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN THE ENDEMIC PATAGONIAN GENUS BENTHAMIELLA SOLANACEAE
Volume: 47Start Page: 51End Page: 5
Experimental detection of genetic compatibility in the geophyte Pasithea coerulea (Ruiz et Pavon) D. Don (Liliaceae)
Volume: 56Start Page: 17End Page: 2