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Wayne Law
Researcher at New York Botanical Garden
Publications - 13
Citations - 469
Wayne Law is an academic researcher from New York Botanical Garden. The author has contributed to research in topics: Saussurea laniceps & Pollinator. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 13 publications receiving 426 citations. Previous affiliations of Wayne Law include Missouri Botanical Garden & Washington University in St. Louis.
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Mapping the biosphere: exploring species to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity
Quentin D. Wheeler,Sandra Knapp,Dennis W. M. Stevenson,J. Stevenson,Stan Blum,Brian M. Boom,Gary G. Borisy,James L. Buizer,M. R. de Carvalho,A. Cibrian,Michael J. Donoghue,Vinson P. Doyle,E. M. Gerson,Catherine H. Graham,P. Graves,Sara Graves,Robert P. Guralnick,Andrew Hamilton,James Hanken,Wayne Law,Diana L. Lipscomb,Thomas E. Lovejoy,Holly Miller,James S. Miller,Shahid Naeem,Michael J. Novacek,Lawrence M. Page,Norman I. Platnick,Holly Porter-Morgan,Peter H. Raven,M. A. Solis,Antonio G. Valdecasas,S. Van Der Leeuw,Alejandra Vasco,Niki Vermeulen,Johannes C. Vogel,Ramona Walls,Edward O. Wilson,James B. Woolley +38 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that an ambitious goal to describe 10 million species in less than 50 years is attainable based on the strength of 250 years of progress, worldwide collections, existing experts, technological innovation and collaborative teamwork.
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Human-induced dwarfing of Himalayan snow lotus, Saussurea laniceps (Asteraceae)
Wayne Law,Jan Salick +1 more
TL;DR: This work analyzed how human harvesting affects two congeners known as snow lotus and Saussurea medusa, finding a negative trend in plant height and finding that humans can unconsciously drive evolution and must be considered when managing threatened species.
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Tibetan medicine plurality
TL;DR: This work investigates how much variation in the use of medicinal plants remains in contemporary Tibetan medicine and clearly documents the plurality of Tibetan medical traditions—official, local, and market—while differentiating these from non-Tibetan markets.
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The effects of pollen limitation on population dynamics of snow lotus ( Saussurea medusa and S. laniceps , Asteraceae): Threatened Tibetan medicinal plants of the eastern Himalayas
TL;DR: This work created deterministic and stochastic stage-structured matrix models for Saussurea medusa, and found that pollen supplementation significantly increases population growth rate, but even when pollen is not limiting, S. medusa is likely at risk for extinction in the next 50 years.
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Medicinal Plant Knowledge Among Lay People in Five Eastern Tibet Villages
Anja Byg,Jan Salick,Wayne Law +2 more
TL;DR: Tibetans in five villages in the Mount Khawa Karpo area of the Menri (Meili Xueshan in Chinese) range, Northwest Yunnan, People's Republic of China, were interviewed about their knowledge of a number of medicinal plants and their uses.