Botany: Recent submissions
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Building capacity for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into environmental policy and landscape planning
(2020)Nature-based solutions (NBS) is a term often used to refer to adequate green infrastructure that provides multiple benefits to society whilst addressing societal challenges. They are defined as actions to protect, sustainably ... -
ReNature: creating the first nature-based solutions compendium in the Mediterranean
(2020)The ReNature nature-based solutions compendium (http://renature-project.eu/compendium) is an open-source collection, which contains data on nature-based solutions in Malta. Initially collecting information only about Malta, ... -
Identifying principles for the design of robust impact evaluation frameworks for nature-based solutions in cities
(2020)Cities all over the world are confronting intertwined environmental, social and economic problems and aim to become resilient to climate change and promote wellbeing for all their citizens. Nature-based solutions have been ... -
Examining the policy needs for implementing nature-based solutions in cities: Findings from city-wide transdisciplinary experiences in Glasgow, UK, Genk, Belgium and Poznań, Poland
(2020)To advance the science and practice of implementing nature-based solutions in cities, it is important to examine the obstacles and provide means to overcome them. This paper presents a conceptual framework of policy needs ... -
Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure
(2016)If a "Renaturing of Cities" strategy is to maximise the ecosystem service provision of urban green infrastructure (UGI), then detailed consideration of a habitat services, biodiversity-led approach and multifunctionality ... -
Linear habitats across a range of farming intensities contribute differently to dipteran abundance and diversity.
(2020)1. While the value of linear farm habitats for the protection and enhancement of farmland biodiversity in general is known, less is understood about their contribution to Diptera, especially those with different ecological ... -
A taxonomic revision of the genus Henckelia Spreng. (Gesneriaceae) in Thailand and surrounding countries
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2020)Henckelia was described in 1817 by Sprengel. The name Henkelia honours a German administrator and amateur botanist, L.V.F. Henckel von Donnersmarck (1785-1861). Currently Henckelia contains 68 species globally. This ... -
Integrating stakeholder perspectives into environmental planning through social valuation of ecosystem services: Guidance and Prototype Applications
(OPERAs Project, 2017)Social – or socio-cultural – valuation of ecosystem services is the process of discovering what ecosystem services people value and how important they are to them. In this document, you find guidance to set up your own ... -
Nature-based solutions for urban climate change adaptation: linking the science, policy, and practice community for evidence-based decision-making
(2019)Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing urban planning to address complex urban challenges simultaneously. In this article, we formulated through a coproduction process in ... -
Principles of cross congruence do not apply in naturally disturbed dune slack habitats: Implications for conservation monitoring
(2018)Cross congruence, where diversity or composition of multiple species follow similar patterns, underlies the use of indicator species in conservation practice. However, there are circumstances in which cross congruence has ... -
Phylogenetics of paclitaxel biosynthesis genes in Taxus baccata, Taxus hybrids and allies
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2020)Taxus L. is a genus of trees and shrubs with high value in horticulture,and in medicine as a source of the anticancer drug Paclitaxel. The taxonomy of the group is highly complex due to the lack of diagnostic morphological ... -
Local‐scale tree and shrub diversity improves pollination services to shea trees in tropical West African parklands
(2020)Shea Vitellaria paradoxa trees bear fruit and seeds of considerable economic, nutritional and cultural value in the African Sudano‐Sahelian zone. In much of West Africa, shea exists within an agroforestry system referred ... -
Endophytic diversity of Fraxinus excelsior L. (European Ash) and its interaction with the dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2020)European ash, Fraxinus excelsior, has huge economic and environmental value on the island of Ireland for forestry and ecosystem services. Given the rapid spread of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, ash dieback disease, since its ... -
Fungicides, herbicides and bees: A systematic review of existing research and methods
(Public Library of Science, 2019)Bees and the pollination services they deliver are beneficial to both food crop production, and for reproduction of many wild plant species. Bee decline has stimulated widespread interest in assessing hazards and risks to ... -
A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland
(2020)1. Agricultural intensification and associated loss of high-quality habitats are key drivers of insect pollinator declines. With the aim of decreasing the environmental impact of agriculture, the 2014 EU Common Agricultural ... -
Filamentous cyanobacteria preserved in masses of fungal hyphae from the Triassic of Antarctica
(2020)Permineralized peat from the central Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica has provided a wealth of information on plant and fungal diversity in Middle Triassic high-latitude forest paleoecosystems; however, there are no ... -
Importance of reporting ancillary site characteristics, and management and disturbance information at ICOS stations.
(2018)There are many factors that influence ecosystem scale carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gas dynamics, including the inherent heterogeneity of soils and vegetation, anthropogenic management interventions, and biotic and abiotic ... -
Development of a Climate Forcing Observation System for Africa: Data-Related Considerations
(2019)In the case of the African continent, the estimates of most climate forcing components are associated with large uncertainties, above all the greenhouse gas budget. The EU-funded SEACRIFOG project is designing an observation ... -
The impact artificial sub-surface drainage on greenhouse gas emissions, change in soil carbon storage and nutrient losses from grassland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2019)Irish dairy production sector has started an expansion process while achieving a 20% reduction in the National greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fulfilling the Water Framework Directive. Moreover, the 30% of Irish dairy ...
