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    Good news for habitat restoration projects: <i>Eucalyptus</i> does not inhibit the germination of <i>Polylepis</i>
    (Wiley, 2022) Lidia Meneses; Yvonne Y. Martinez; Alexandre Antonelli; Edgar E. Gareca
    Eucalyptus plantations outside their native range—either as an income source or aimed at sequestering atmospheric carbon to combat climate change—are increasingly known to reduce local biodiversity and groundwater levels, and to increase soil degradation and erosion. One additional but less understood effect of Eucalyptus on native floras is allelopathy—the chemical inhibition of other plants' germination. Here we investigate the putative allelopathic effects of Eucalyptus globulus on the germination of Polylepis subtusalbida , a keystone species that characterizes a species‐rich and highly threatened woodland habitat in the Bolivian Andes. We carry out controlled greenhouse experiments reflecting local rainfall, field litter quantity, and Eucalyptus leachate concentrations at multiple levels. Our results, based on five replicates with 390 Polylepis seeds each, show that contrary to our expectation Eucalyptus leachates does not affect germination significantly. Our findings suggest that projects aiming to remove Eucalyptus to restore Polylepis woodlands are likely to succeed even without the resource‐consuming removal of leaf litter, and potentially also bark and roots, from the ground after tree felling.
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    Medicinal ethnobotany in Huacareta (Chuquisaca, Bolivia)
    (BioMed Central, 2012) Rodrigo Quiroga; Lidia Meneses; Rainer W. Bussmann
    The treatment of gastrointestinal disorders is the primary objective of the medical ethnobotany of the inhabitants of Huacareta, while respiratory system diseases are mostly treated in the hospital. Looking at the data from the Hospital records we can infer that gastrointestinal disorders are among the most common diseases in the study area. For most respondents, traditional medicine is a reliable choice for the care of their illnesses. However, the preference of the population for either traditional medicine or allopathic medicine needs to be clarified in future comparative studies to obtain more convincing results. The results presented can be used as a base for subsequent work related to traditional medicine and its contribution to allopathic medicine in San Pablo de Huacareta.