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Urban Forest Fragments as a Living Laboratory for Teaching Botany: an Example from Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

2021-03-01

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“Plant blindness” is affecting humans' relationships with plants, which has negative consequences for both science and conservation. It is, therefore, important to find new ways to promote societal interest in botany and plants. One possibility is encouraging the use of informal settings to promote curiosity and provide education to students. Forest fragments can be regarded as open air labs for teaching botany, e...

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Literature Corpus work: 15a0cdb8-f8f5-5c82-b4ed-0af905f0f21f
DOI: 10.1600/036364421x16128061189378

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