Relevance and sustainability of wild plant collection in NW South America [electronic resource] : insights from the plant families Arecaceae and Krameriaceae / Grischa Brokamp ; foreword by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Weigand and Prof. Dr. Hartmut H. Hilger.
2015
QK241 .B76 2015eb
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Relevance and sustainability of wild plant collection in NW South America [electronic resource] : insights from the plant families Arecaceae and Krameriaceae / Grischa Brokamp ; foreword by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Weigand and Prof. Dr. Hartmut H. Hilger.
Author
Brokamp, Grischa, author.
ISBN
9783658086961 electronic book
3658086963 electronic book
9783658086954
3658086963 electronic book
9783658086954
Published
Wiesbaden : Springer Spektrum, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 199 pages) : illustrations
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10.1007/978-3-658-08696-1 doi
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QK241 .B76 2015eb
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581.6/32
Summary
This study focuses on understanding the socio-economic relevance of plant resources collected from the wild and its relation to current patterns of trade and sustainability. Grischa Brokamp reviews and analyzes the current extent of palm trade in northwestern South America, its impact, limitations and future perspective. Indeed there are conflicts between the commercialization of wild plant resources and the conservation of exploited species, which is illustrated by examples from the plant families Arecaceae and Krameriaceae Contents Standardized Data Collection on Trade in Palm Products Trade in Palm Products in North-Western South America Case study on Productivity and Management of Phytelephas aequatorialis (Arecaceae) in Ecuador Parasitism and Haustorium Anatomy of Krameria lappacea (Krameriaceae), an Endangered Medicinal Plant from the Andean Deserts Abundance, Seed Ecology, and Regeneration of Krameria lappacea from the Peruvian Andes ℗ℓTarget Groups Researchers and students in the fields of natural resource management and conservation biology Government officials, NGO representatives and practitioners in these areas ℗ℓThe Author Dr. Grischa Brokamp contributed to the EU-FP7-PALMS project and acquired his doctorate at Freie Universit©Þt Berlin.
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"Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin, 2013."
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Table of Contents
Standardized Data Collection on Trade in Palm Products
Trade in Palm Products in North-Western South America
Case study on Productivity and Management of Phytelephas aequatorialis (Arecaceae) in Ecuador
Parasitism and Haustorium Anatomy of Krameria lappacea (Krameriaceae), an Endangered Medicinal Plant from the Andean Deserts
Abundance, Seed Ecology and Regeneration of Krameria lappacea from the Peruvian Andes.
Trade in Palm Products in North-Western South America
Case study on Productivity and Management of Phytelephas aequatorialis (Arecaceae) in Ecuador
Parasitism and Haustorium Anatomy of Krameria lappacea (Krameriaceae), an Endangered Medicinal Plant from the Andean Deserts
Abundance, Seed Ecology and Regeneration of Krameria lappacea from the Peruvian Andes.