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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

IF 2.6 2区生物学

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？

IF 2.6 2区生物学

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

IF 2.6 2区生物学

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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The Curious Ethnobotany of Alice Duncan-Kemp 爱丽丝-邓肯-肯普奇异的人种植物学

IF 1.7 2区生物学

Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09615-z

J. Silcock

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Diversity of Uses and Local Knowledge Associated with Wild African Plum Trees, Dacryodes edulis, Among Different Ethnic Groups in the Congo Basin 刚果盆地不同民族使用非洲野生李树（Dacryodes edulis）的多样性和相关地方知识

IF 2.6 2区生物学

Economic Botany Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1007/s12231-024-09612-2

F. Mboujda, A. Rimlinger, M. Tientcheu, Archange Boupoya, Christian Moupela, Christopher Tankou, J. Duminil, Stéphanie M. Carrière

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The Role of Wild Plants in Cultural Restoration: Community Collaboration and Engaged Ethnobotany in the Nineveh Plains, Northern Iraq 野生植物在文化恢复中的作用：伊拉克北部尼尼微平原的社区合作与参与式民族植物学