- Title
- The genetic legacy of fragmentation and overexploitation in the threatened medicinal African pepper-bark tree, Warburgia salutaris:
- Creator
- Senkoro, Annae M
- Creator
- Talhinhas, Pedro
- Creator
- Simões, Fernanda
- Creator
- Batista-Santos, Paula
- Creator
- Shackleton, Charlie M
- Creator
- Voeks, Robert A
- Creator
- Marques, Isabel
- Creator
- Ribeiro-Barros, Ana I
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176395
- Identifier
- vital:42690
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101201
- Description
- The pepper-bark tree (Warburgia salutaris) is one of the most highly valued medicinal plant species worldwide. Native to southern Africa, this species has been extensively harvested for the bark, which is widely used in traditional health practices. Illegal harvesting coupled with habitat degradation has contributed to fragmentation of populations and a severe decline in its distribution. Even though the species is included in the IUCN Red List as Endangered, genetic data that would help conservation efforts and future re-introductions are absent. We therefore developed new molecular markers to understand patterns of genetic diversity, structure, and gene flow of W. salutaris in one of its most important areas of occurrence (Mozambique).
- Format
- 11 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ecosystem Services
- Relation
- Senkoro, A.M., Talhinhas, P., Simões, F., Batista-Santos, P., Shackleton, C.M., Voeks, R.A., Marques, I. and Ribeiro-Barros, A.I., 2020. The genetic legacy of fragmentation and overexploitation in the threatened medicinal African pepper-bark tree, Warburgia salutaris. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-13
- Relation
- Ecosystem Services volume 46 number p. 101201 2020 2212-0416
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
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SDG 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods
RU Department of Environmental Science
Shackleton, Charles Michael (Distinguished Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
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