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  Vascular flora of the Nuratau Mountains (Uzbekistan): an annotated checklist

  Authors: Natalya Yu. Beshko (Author)

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.54981/PDCA/vol4_iss1/a2

  License: cc BY 4.0

  Keywords: alien species; biogeography; checklist; endemic; flora; key biodiversity areas; native species; plant diversity; threatened species

  Abstract The Nuratau Mountains located in Uzbekistan, in the transitional zone between the Central Asian Mountain and the Turanian phytogeographical provinces, are one of the key biodiversity areas within the Mountains of Central Asia Global Biodiversity Hotspot. These medium-altitude semiarid mountains…

  1-322 pp.2025-06-01

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  Species Distribution Modeling - a conservation tool with a wide spectrum of applications in Central Asia

  Authors: Sergei Volis (Author)

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.54981/PDCA/vol1_iss2/a2

  License: cc BY 4.0

  Keywords: conservation planning; reserve design; reintroduction; restoration; threatened species

  Abstract The goal of this paper was to review and illustrate the utility of SDM for solving conservation problems. Using real-world examples, I show a variety of uses for SDM, and then review the existing and potential applications of SDM for plant conservation in Central Asia. Central Asia is the region…

  26-66 pp.2022-08-01

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  Conservation-oriented restoration and its application to Central Asia

  Authors: Sergei Volis (Author)

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.54981/PCDA/vol1_iss1/a3

  License: cc BY 4.0

  Keywords: biodiversity; conservation strategy; restoration; threatened species

  Abstract Continuing wide-scale habitat degradation and species extinctions indicate that existing plant conservation practices are inadequate and new approaches are needed. I briefly summarize the major principles of a previously proposed concept called conservation- oriented restoration and compare it…

  2-20 pp.2022-04-01

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