Using Population Viability Analysis to Predict the Effects of Climate Change on the Extinction Risk of an Endangered Limestone Endemic Shrub, Arizona Cliffrose

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Spatial scale analysis is presented on the extinction risk for the Sonoran Desert cliffrose plant species, using stochastic models and deterministic matrix projection models to simulate effects of global warming. Recommendations for conservation include northern latitude introductions and enhancements to seedling recruitment.

Arizona, Methods, Global warming, Shrubs, Sonoran Desert

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A Risk-Assessment System for Screening Out Invasive Pest Plants from Hawaii and Other Pacific Islands

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A weed risk-assessment method used in New Zealand and Australia is applied to native/invasive plant management in Hawaii. The method was found to correctly identify plants as either "pest" or "not a pest" according to botany experts who reviewed the data. Further use of the method is discussed.

Management dynamics, Hawaii, Management, Biological invasions, Company business management, Plant introduction

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Indigenous Uses, Population Density, and Conservation of Threatened Medicinal Plants in Protected Areas of the Indian Himalayas

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Research on rare and/or threatened medicinal plants in the Indian Himalayan region indicates that conservation areas should be established to preserve long-term sustainability of these species, as indigenous Ayurvedic and Tibetan healers use them to treat approximately 45 ailments.

India, Other Crop Farming, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION--CROPS, Medicinal Plants, Himalaya Mountain region

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