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Low extinction risk for an important plant resource: Conservation assessments of continental African palms (Arecaceae/Palmae)

2018-05-01

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Although the palm flora of continental Africa totals just 66 species, they are amongst the most useful plants across the continent, providing many important resources for human populations. Studies have shown that African palms will likely be negatively affected by global change, leading to increased threats to their survival. Here we conduct the first full global conservation assessment for 61 continental African...

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Literature Corpus work: 69db4f8a-e6b7-5d8f-aaaf-cd96a3438991
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.025

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