Publicaties

Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations (TLESRs) are the predominant mechanisms underlying gastro-esophageal reflux. TLESRs are mediated by a vago-vagal reflex, which can be blocked by interaction with metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGluR5), γ-aminobutyric acid type B (GABA(B)), γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)), and cannabinoid (CB) receptors. However, the distribution of these receptors in the neural pathway underlying the ...

The genus Sericanthe was established and its species were revised 30 years ago by one of the authors. Intensive recent botanical collecting in Lower Guinea (mainly southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon) has made a reconsideration of species in this area necessary. Revision of the newly collected Lower Guinean herbarium specimens of Sericanthe (twice as many as were available at the time of the first revision) has brought four new ...

The number of vascular plant species known to occur in Gabon rises quickly due to renewed inventory activities. Here, two genera (Alloteropsis, Entolasia), twelve species and one variety of grasses are recorded from Gabon for the first time (Alloteropsis paniculata, Cenchrus echinatus, Elionurus platypus, Entolasia olivacea, Eragrostis patens, Hyparrhenia diplandra var. mutica, Leersia triandra, Loudetia annua, Oryza longistaminata, Puelia ...

The Flore du Gabon series was started back in 1961 by the Muséum nationale d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. From 2005 onwards, the production was coordinated by the Wageningen branch of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands, and from 2014 by both the Botanic Garden Meise (Belgium) and Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Gabon harbours the most species-rich lowland rainforest of Africa and its flora is estimated to comprise some 7000 species, of ...

The Flore du Gabon, vol. 54 treats the Dracaenaceae (authored by Theo Damen and Joost van der Burg), the Gentianaceae (by Paul and Hiltje Maas) and the Lentibulariaceae (by Eberhard Fischer and Andreas Fleischmann). A total of 132 illustrated pages (46 botanical illustrations and 17 photo pages), dealing with 60 species in total.

Treatment of the palm family, with 11 genera and 34 species in Gabon

Treatment of the families Boraginaceae, Buxaceae, Cactaceae, Centroplacaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Putranjivaceae for Gabon

To set conservation priorities, knowing the effect of predicted climate change on patterns of species richness and the expected level of extinction is important. Here we analyse these effects for Gabonese plant species and quantify the explanatory power of individual climate anomalies on species gain, loss and turnover, and quantify the additional effect of dispersal limitations. For 2,137 species of Gabonese plants we generated species ...