A5074200122- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Forest ecology and management
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Food Science and Nutritional Studies
- Data Quality and Management
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
- Research Data Management Practices
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Biological Activity of Diterpenoids and Biflavonoids
- Botanical Research and Applications
University of Oxford
2007-2023
Universidade de Brasília
2012
A 2014 Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title An Atlas of the World’s Conifers is first ever atlas all known conifer species. It a comprehensive work describing natural distribution, biogeography, diversity and conservation status conifers on continents.
A catalogue is presented of plant names in use the Caatinga Phytogeographical Domain (CPD), largest semiarid ecoregion South America. We compiled all pubished papers we could locate with floristic and/or phytosociological data relating to CPD and created a database site-based surveys, reported these surveys basic ecological associated each species. then mapped used survey reports those currently accepted Brazil, consulting specialists resolve taxonomic nomenclatural issues before...
Backyard gardens, dump heaps, and kitchen middens are thought to have provided important venues for early crop domestication via generation of hybrids between otherwise isolated plant species. However, this process has rarely been demonstrated empirically. For the majority polyploid crops, it remains uncertain what extent hybridization polyploidization preceded or were precipitated by human activities. Using archaeological, ethnobotanical, geographical, genetic data, we investigate...
Biodiversity hotspots are important for understanding how areas of high species richness form, but disentangling the processes that produce them is difficult. We combine geographical ranges, phylogenetic relationships and trait data 606 conifer in order to explore mechanisms underlying hotspot formation. identify eight overlap known centres plant endemism diversity, find occur mountainous within broader regions long-term climate stability. Conifer not unique their composition, traits or...
Although the publication of vascular flora Caribbean islands Trinidad and Tobago extended from 1928–1992, it is incomplete with family Poaceae still outstanding. Many early recorded families are in need extensive revision. Therefore, this checklist intended to fill these gaps by providing a comprehensive list plants for islands. We compiled using results herbarium records, literature citations, online resources Rapid Botanic Survey (RBS) 240 sample plots across From RBS 22,500 plant...
The description of a new species is key step in cataloguing the World's flora. However, this only preliminary stage long process understanding what that represents. We investigated how discovery takes by focusing on three stages: 1, collection first specimen; 2, publication name; and 3, date when minimum number 15 accurately named specimens are available. quantified time lags associated with these stages for several groups plants different numbers from regions, including 20 most species-rich...
Abstract Taxonomy provides a universal method to classify biodiversity at different scales locally and globally. Currently, existing taxonomic treatments are scattered, limiting their accessibility utility. The Convention on Biological Diversity has responded this challenge by setting the goal of compiling World Flora Online (Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Target 1, 2011–2020). This can be done aggregating electronically available information provided each country, region or...
The need for taxonomists to take full advantage of biodiversity informatics has been clear at least 10 years. Significant progress made in providing access taxonomic resources online, including images specimens (especially types), original species descriptions, and georeferenced collection data. However, spite persuasive calls e-monography, there are few, if any, completed project, even though monographic research is the only mechanism reducing synonymous names, which estimated comprise 50%...
Phenological Predictability Index (PPI) is a tool for analysing phenological patterns incorporating herbarium data within BRAHMS (Botanical Research and Herbarium Management System). PPI produces maximum‐activity period associated event predictability index between ∼0 1. Simple, monthly random sampling showed the ideal number of unique records (event/month/year) > 50. correctly predicted flowering month seven out eight species studied in field, was positively correlated (R 2 = 0.610, p...