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Why Contexts Matter for Gender Equal Outcomes in Research-Based Plant Breeding: The Case of Maize in Nigeria 为什么在以研究为基础的植物育种中，环境对性别平等成果至关重要？尼日利亚玉米案例

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09616-y

Mastewal Yami, Martina Cavicchioli, Steven M. Cole, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Tahirou Abdoulaye

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Does Bark Anatomy Influence the Selection of Woody Medicinal Plants in Seasonal Dry Forests from Brazil? 树皮解剖学是否影响巴西季节性干旱森林中木本药用植物的选择？

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09617-x

Letícia Elias, Emilia Cristina Pereira Arruda, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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From the Wild to the Market: The Trade of Edible Plants in Guinea-Bissau 从野生到市场：几内亚比绍的食用植物贸易

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09614-0

Ana Leite, Ola Tveitereid Westengen, Luís Catarino, Euclides Monteiro, Saudia Pina Mango, Bucar Indjai, Aida Cuní-Sanchez

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Queer Ethnobotany 同性恋民族植物学

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09605-1

Karsten Fatur

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The Sticky Relationship Between Orchids and Mexican Amate Paper: Present and Possible Past 兰花与墨西哥安息香纸之间的粘性关系：现在和可能的过去

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09608-y

Cekouat E. León-Peralta, James Ojascastro

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Rethinking Pliny’s “Sicilian Crocus”: Ecophysiology, Environment, and Classical Texts 重新思考普林尼的 "西西里番红花"：生态生理学、环境与经典文本

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09600-6

Kathleen J. Birney

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How Can Citizen Science in a Botanical Garden Enrich the Discipline of Ethnobotany? 植物园中的公民科学如何丰富人种植物学学科？

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09606-0

Blaise Mulhauser, Elodie Gaille

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Contributions to the Identification of Cultural Keystone Species from an Emic Perspective: a Case Study from Northeast Brazil 从 Emic 视角识别文化基石物种的贡献：巴西东北部的案例研究

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09603-3

Rosemary da Silva Sousa, Aníbal Silva Cantalice, Francisco Igor Ribeiro dos Santos, Taline Cristina da Silva, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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Ecosymbiotic Complementarity, an Old Theory Applicable in Today’s Ethnobiological Studies 生态共生互补--适用于当今民族生物学研究的古老理论

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09599-w

Elisa Lotero-Velásquez, Andrea Martínez-Ballesté, Alejandro Casas, Ernesto Vicente Vega Peña

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Is Australian Flora Unsuitable for the Bow-and-Arrow? 澳大利亚的植物不适合弓箭吗？

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Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09598-x

Nicholas George

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