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Bambusa vulgaris had the highest cultural importance, value and relative importance index among the plants used for vernacular building construction.

Taxon: Bambusa vulgarisBambusa vulgarise1
Outcome: cultural importance, value, and relative importance indexe1
Direction: higheste1

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“Bambusa vulgaris had the highest cultural importance, value, and relative importance index”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1150–1240

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Quantitative ethnobotany of plants used for vernacular building construction in Ghana

Maxwell Kwame Boakye PLoS ONE 2024. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0313778

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Observation Elaeis guineensis had the highest relative frequency of citations among the plants used for vernacular building construction.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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The authors infer landscape structure has primary importance and community features secondary importance for invasion.

Taxon: L. maackiiLonicera maackiie0
Outcome: invasion of L. maackiie0
Qualifier: landscape structure is of primary importance and community features of secondary importancee0

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“landscape structure is of primary importance and community features of secondary importance in the invasion of L. maackii .”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1558–1681

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The relative importance of landscape and community features in the invasion of an exotic shrub in a fragmented landscape

Anne M. Bartuszevige; David L. Gorchov; Lindsey Raab Ecography 2006. doi:10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04359.x

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Farmer-stated importance of the criteria was quite different from farmer-revealed importance.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Outcome: Farmer-stated importance of the different criteriae1
Direction: quite differente1
Comparator: farmer- revealed importancee1

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“new stress-tolerant maize hybrids”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 61–94

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“Farmer-stated importance of the different criteria, however, were quite different from farmer- revealed importance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2388–2502

Title

On-farm performance and farmers’ participatory assessment of new stress-tolerant maize hybrids in Eastern Africa

Mosisa Worku; Hugo De Groote; Bernard Munyua; et al. Field Crops Research 2019. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2019.107693

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Ansellia africana had the highest cultural importance, relative importance and relative use indices.

Taxon: Ansellia africanaAnsellia africanae0
Outcome: cultural importance index (CI), relative importance index (RI), and the relative use index (RNU)e0
Direction: higheste0

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“Ansellia africana had the highest cultural importance index (CI), relative importance index (RI), and the relative use index (RNU) while tradactyle tridactylites had the lowest.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1257–1434

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Market trends and ethnobotany of orchids of Mount Cameroon

B. A. Fonge; S. E. Essomo; T. E. Bechem; et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2019. doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0308-1

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Observation Orchids occurred in 66 of 107 sampled gardens.
Observation Five hybrid orchids propagated vegetatively are traded as ornamentals in the MCR.
Observation Twenty-three orchid species were used for herbal treatments.
Observation Orchid ethnobotanical richness scored 6.86.
Observation tradactyle tridactylites had the lowest cultural importance, relative importance and relative use indices.
Observation Most orchids were used for clairvoyance associated with folklore and for external application.
Observation Awareness of orchid uses in the MCR is low.
Observation Many people consume orchids mixed with other plant species for herbal treatment.
Observation Orchid trade provides part of cultivators' and vendors' subsistence.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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tradactyle tridactylites had the lowest cultural importance, relative importance and relative use indices.

Taxon: tradactyle tridactylitese0
Outcome: cultural importance index (CI), relative importance index (RI), and the relative use index (RNU)e0
Direction: loweste0

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“Ansellia africana had the highest cultural importance index (CI), relative importance index (RI), and the relative use index (RNU) while tradactyle tridactylites had the lowest.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1257–1434

Title

Market trends and ethnobotany of orchids of Mount Cameroon

B. A. Fonge; S. E. Essomo; T. E. Bechem; et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2019. doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0308-1

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Observation Orchids occurred in 66 of 107 sampled gardens.
Observation Five hybrid orchids propagated vegetatively are traded as ornamentals in the MCR.
Observation Twenty-three orchid species were used for herbal treatments.
Observation Orchid ethnobotanical richness scored 6.86.
Observation Ansellia africana had the highest cultural importance, relative importance and relative use indices.
Observation Most orchids were used for clairvoyance associated with folklore and for external application.
Observation Awareness of orchid uses in the MCR is low.
Observation Many people consume orchids mixed with other plant species for herbal treatment.
Observation Orchid trade provides part of cultivators' and vendors' subsistence.

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Competition importance and competition intensity need not be correlated.

Taxon: plant communitiese0
Outcome: competition importance and intensitye1
Qualifier: need not be correlatede1

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“may play in plant communities”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 153–182

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“We demonstrate that competition importance and intensity need not be correlated”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 616–695

Title

The importance of importance

Rob Brooker; Zaal Kikvidze; Francisco I. Pugnaire; et al. Oikos 2005. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13557.x

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Recommendation Explicit application of the intensity and importance of competition may reconcile apparently incompatible paradigms in plant community ecology.

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Only four Nevada sagebrushes were of grazing importance.

Outcome: grazing importancee0
Value: 4e0

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“there are only 4 of grazing importance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 163–201

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Observations on Artemisia in Nevada

James R. Brunner Journal of Range Management 1972. doi:10.2307/3897056

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Observation About 28 sagebrushes were recognized in Nevada.
Method / resource The authors devised a sagebrush identification system using leaf shape.

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Flax was of minor importance.

Taxon: Linum usitatissimumLinum usitatissimume3
Outcome: importancee3
Qualifier: of minor importancee3

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“Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) and flax (Linum usitatissimum) were of minor importance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 159–251

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Roman Iron Age Plant Husbandry At Peelo, The Netherlands

W. Van Zeist; R.M. Palfenier-Vegter Palaeohistoria 33,34 (1991-1992) 2026. doi:10.1201/9781003761013-12

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Observation Rye was a major crop plant at Roman Iron Age Peelo.
Observation Hulled barley was a major crop plant at Roman Iron Age Peelo.
Observation Common oat was very likely grown at Peelo.
Observation Broomcorn millet was of minor importance.
Observation No pulse-crop seeds were found in the seed record.
Observation Weedy vegetations are well represented in the archaeological seed record.
Observation A fair number of grassland species was demonstrated in the seed record.
Observation Grassland acreage in the Peelo area was probably of limited extent.

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Broomcorn millet was of minor importance.

Taxon: Panicum miliaceumPanicum miliaceume3
Outcome: importancee3
Qualifier: of minor importancee3

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“Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) and flax (Linum usitatissimum) were of minor importance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 159–251

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Roman Iron Age Plant Husbandry At Peelo, The Netherlands

W. Van Zeist; R.M. Palfenier-Vegter Palaeohistoria 33,34 (1991-1992) 2026. doi:10.1201/9781003761013-12

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Observation Rye was a major crop plant at Roman Iron Age Peelo.
Observation Hulled barley was a major crop plant at Roman Iron Age Peelo.
Observation Common oat was very likely grown at Peelo.
Observation Flax was of minor importance.
Observation No pulse-crop seeds were found in the seed record.
Observation Weedy vegetations are well represented in the archaeological seed record.
Observation A fair number of grassland species was demonstrated in the seed record.
Observation Grassland acreage in the Peelo area was probably of limited extent.

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All studied species had moderate to high importance.

Taxon: studied speciese0
Outcome: moderate to high importancee0

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“All of the studied species were moderate to high importance.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 536–596

Title

Species Importance in Coastal Dune Ecosystems in Northern Turkey

Sürmen, Burak; Ulu Ağır, Şenay; Kutbay, Hamdi Guray; et al. Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza 2020. doi:10.13133/2239-3129/16746

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Observation Species conservation index scores differed significantly among dune zones.
Observation All seven studied criteria were significant for coastal dune species.
Observation The E zone had the highest mean species conservation index score.
Observation Xanthium strumarium subsp. cavanillesii had among the lowest SCI scores and occurred in A zone.
Observation Digitaria ischaemum had among the lowest SCI scores and occurred in A zone.
Observation Imperata cylindrica had among the highest SCI scores.
Observation Eleagnus rhamnoides had among the highest SCI scores.
Observation Jurinea kilea had among the highest SCI scores.
Observation Embryonic-shifting or primary dune had the highest SCV values.
Observation Drift line zone had the lowest SCV values.
Observation Selected criteria differed significantly among coastal dune zones.

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