The alarming current and predicted species extinction rates have galvanized
conservationists in their efforts to avoid future biodiversity losses, but for species extinct in …

Although often not collected specifically for the purposes of conservation, herbarium
specimens offer sufficient information to reconstruct parameters that are needed to …

Resurrecting extinct species is a fascinating and challenging idea for scientists and the
general public. Whereas some theoretical progress has been made for animals, the …

For understanding local and regional seed dispersal and plant establishment processes and
for considering the ecotypes and other forms of specific variability, hard data of locally or …

Herbarium specimens are increasingly being used as sources of information to understand
the ecology and evolution of plants and their associated microbes. Most studies have used …

Aim Evolutionary radiations are central to the origin and maintenance of biodiversity, yet we
rarely understand how they are jointly shaped by demography and ecological opportunity …

Astragalus is the largest genus of seed plants with 3000 or more species that occurs
naturally on several continents. The genus has some use as a forage and medicine and in …

Herbaria are an important source of data and material useful in many fields, including plant
conservation. Seeds preserved in herbarium specimens may have the potential to …

Herbaria may represent remarkable sources of viable diaspores for recovering lost genetic
variation and extinct plant species, but the application of rewilding extinct species using …

Astragalus is the largest genus of seed plants; however, information on its reproductive
biology and life history is widely scattered in the literature. About 96% of the species are …