Rodrigo Cámara Leret
Linking biological and cultural diversity
Selected papers
Selected papers in orange
48. From earthquakes to island area: multi-scale effects upon local diversity
LATrethowan, F Brambach, R Cámara-Leret, Y Laumonier, D Sheil, JW Ferry Slik, CO Webb, A Murdjoko, ML Bastian, K Kartawinata, A Mansor, M Mansur, E Mirmanto, E Nurtjahya, A Permana, A Rozak, P Wilkie, Z Rahmad, D Arifiani, IPGD Damayanto, C Puglisi, R Asmarayani, NMH Benu, GLC Bramley, W Dharma, CD Heatubun, A Hidayat, R Kuswandi, S Mathews, Megawati, H Rustiami, Y Santika, W Santoso, E Setiawan, T Trionon, K Wambrauw, JF Wanma, AH Yanto, M Siregar, A Sadili, TD Atikah, E Kintamani, A Tjoa, H Culmsee, D Girmansyah, H Gunawan, R Pitopang, TMA Utteridge, R Morley, J Schrader, FQ Brearley
46. The global distribution of plants used by humans
S Pironon, I Ondo, M Diazgranados, R Allkin, A C Baquero, R Cámara-Leret, C Canteiro, Z Dennehy-Carr, R Govaerts, S Hargreaves, A J Hudson, R Lemmens, W Milliken, M Nesbitt, K Patmore, G Schmelzer, R M Turner, T R van Andel, T Ulian, A Antonelli, K J Willis
Science 383(6680): 293-297 (2024) LINK | PDF | SM
43. The likely extinction of hundreds of palm species threatens their contributions to people and ecosystems
S Bellot*, Y Lu, A Antonelli, WJ Baker, J Dransfield, F Forest, WD Kissling, IJ Leitch, E Nic Lughadha, I Ondo, S Pironon, BE Walker, R Cámara-Leret*, & SP Bachman
Nature Ecology & Evolution LINK| PDF| SM
Press: Nature Ecology & Evolution News & Views LINK BBC LINK
42. Language extinction triggers the loss of unique medicinal knowledge
R Cámara-Leret* & J Bascompte
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 118 (24): e2103683118 (2021) LINK | PDF | SM
Press: El País LINKLa Vanguardia LINKThe Guardian LINK El Espectador LINK University of Zurich LINK Popular Science LINK Corriere de La Sera LINK Neue Zürcher Zeitung LINK Mongabay LINK Science Magazine LINK
Podcasts: The Guardian Science Weekly LINK PNAS Science Sessions LINK Many Minds LINK
Included in Nature's essential round-up of science news for showing that:
“most medicinal plants are known in only one language, and those languages are at risk of extinction" LINK
38. Plant Power: Opportunities and challenges for meeting sustainable energy needs from the plant and fungal kingdoms
OM Grace, JC Lovett, CJN Gore, J Moat, I Ondo, S Pironon, MK Langat, OA Pérez‐Escobar, A Ross, MS Abbo, KK Shrestha, B Gowda, K Farrar, J Adams, R Cámara‐Leret, M Diazgranados, T Ulian, S Sagala, E Rianawati, A Hazra, OR Masera, A Antonelli, P Wilkin
Plants, People, Planet 2: 446-462 (2020) LINK | PDF
37. Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture
T Ulian, M Diazgranados, S Pironon, S Padulosi, U Liu, L Davies, M‐J R. Howes, JS Borrell, I Ondo, OA Pérez‐Escobar, S Sharrock, P Ryan, D Hunter, MA Lee, C Barstow, Ł Łuczaj, A Pieroni, R Cámara‐Leret, A Noorani, C Mba, RN Womdim, H Muminjanov, A Antonelli, HW Pritchard, E Mattana
36. New Guinea has the world's richest island flora
R Cámara-Leret*, DG Frodin, F Adema, C Anderson, MS Appelhans, G Argent, S Arias Guerrero, P Ashton, WJ Baker, AS Barfod, D Barrington, R Borosova, GLC Bramley, M Briggs, S Buerki, D Cahen, MW Callmander, M Cheek, C-W Chen, BJ Conn, MJE Coode, I Darbyshire, S Dawson, J Dransfield, C Drinkell, B Duyfjes, A Ebihara, Z Ezedin, L-F Fu, O Gideon, D Girmansyah, R Govaerts, H Fortune-Hopkins, G Hassemer, A Hay, CD Heatubun, N Hind, P Hoch, P Homot, P Hovenkamp, M Hughes, M Jebb, L Jennings, T Jimbo, M Kessler, R Kiew, S Knapp, P Lamei, M Lehnert, GP Lewis, HP Linder, S Lindsay, YW Low, E Lucas, JP Mancera, AK Monro, A Moore, DJ Middleton, H Nagamasu, MF Newman, E Nic Lughadha, PHA Melo, D Ohlsen, CM Pannell, B Parris, L Pearce, DS Penneys, LR Perrie, P Petoe, AD Poulsen, GT Prance, JP Quakenbush, N Raes, M Rodda, ZS Rogers, A Schuiteman, P Schwartsburd, RW Scotland, MP Simmons, DA Simpson, P Stevens, M Sundue, W Testo, A Trias-Blasi, I Turner, T Utteridge, L Walsingham, BL Webber, R Wei, G Weiblen, M Weigend, P Weston, W de Wilde, P Wilkie, CM Wilmot-Dear, HP Wilson, JRI Wood, L-B Zhang & PC van Welzen
Press: Nature News & Views LINK El País LINK La Vanguardia LINKThe Guardian LINK Mongabay LINK National Geographic LINK University of Zurich LINK BBC LINK
Marsh Director's Choice Publication Award 2021:
“it represents a huge collaborative effort, an impressive use of collections and datasets, and highlights the importance of fieldwork and botanical science in addressing the challenges of biodiversity loss.” LINK
31. Climate change threatens New Guinea's biocultural heritage
R Cámara-Leret*, N Raes, P Roehrdanz, Y de Fretes, C Heatubun, L Roeble, A Schuiteman, PC van Welzen & L Hannah
Science Advances 5: eaaz1455 (2019) LINK | PDF | SM
Included in Science Advance's thematic issue on Transformations in Climate and Biodiversity for:
“showing that, in addition to increasing adaptation and helping mitigate transformation, protected areas also have important co-benefits by securing species that are important to our biocultural diversity and heritage” LINK
27. Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments
R Cámara-Leret* & Z Dennehy
Nature Sustainability 2: 736-741 (2019) LINK | PDF | SM
Press: Nature Sustainability News & Views LINK SciGlow LINK Nature Sustain. Research Community LINK
Included in Nature's Special Collection on Global Biodiversity Policy post 2020 for its:
“comprehensive analysis of indigenous and local knowledge on plant uses in New Guinea that shows important documentation gaps that limit biodiversity assessments" LINK
26. Indigenous knowledge networks in the face of global change
R Cámara-Leret*, M.A Fortuna & J Bascompte
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116 (20): 9913-9918 (2019) LINK | PDF | SM
Press: Mongabay LINK ScienceDaily LINK Ethnobotany Assembly LINK
16. Fundamental species traits explain provisioning services of tropical American palms
R Cámara-Leret*, S Faurby, MJ Macía, H Balslev, B Göldel, WD Kissling, N Rønsted, JC Svenning & H Saslis-Lagoudakis
Nature Plants 3 (2): 16220 (2107) LINK | PDF | SM
Press: Nature Plants cover LINK Science Daily LINK Phys.org LINK University of Amsterdam LINK
Included in Nature's Special Collection on Alexander von Humboldt's Legacy for:
“identifying the keystone role played by palm trees, as Humboldt also did while travelling through the grassland plains of Los Llanos in Colombia and Venezuela” LINK
11. Un Protocole Standard pour la Collecte de Données Ethnobotaniques et les Variables Socio-Economiques sur les Palmiers à Travers les Tropiques
R Cámara-Leret, N Paniagua-Zambrana & MJ Macía. Translated by Tabita Randrianarivony & H. Rajaonera.
Ethnobotany Research and Applications 14: 81-110 (2015) LINK | PDF
Books
3. Palmeras útiles Achuar, Amazonia ecuatoriana
R Cámara-Leret, J Copete, R Carrillo, H Balslev, MJ Macía & Achuar communities
Universidad Internacional de Quito, Quito. ISBN: 978-9942-923-48-6. 132 pg. (2018)
2. Palm Use by the Chachi of Ecuador
E Schneider, R Cámara-Leret, C Weckerle, O Carnicer & Chachi communities
PEP + NONAME, Basel. ISBN: 978-3-907510-27-8 (2017)
1. Palmeras útiles, Resguardos Indígenas Bajo Caquetá y Apaporis, Amazonia colombiana
R Cámara-Leret, MJ Macía, Juan C. Copete, M. Soto Gómez, H Balslev
& Comunidades indígenas del Bajo Caquetá y Apaporis. (2015)
Book Chapters
6. Monitoreo de los efectos del calentamiento global en la Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
Cleef A, G van Reenen, R Cámara-Leret, H Hoeck, R Ariano & I Olivares
Ciencia en Desarrollo: Memorias del Congreso Colombiano de Botánica
(Suplemento Especial) ISSN 0121-7488 (2017) PDF
5. Patrones de uso de las palmeras en bosques amazónicos y montanos de Bolivia: Género, edad, grado de educación e idioma
NY Paniagua-Zambrana, R Cámara-Leret, & MJ Macía
In: M Moraes, editor. Palmeras útiles de Bolivia - Las especies mayormente aprovechadas para diferentes fines y aplicaciones. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Plural editores, La Paz (2014) PDF
4. Palmas útiles de Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú
M Moraes, N Paniagua-Zambrana, R Cámara-Leret, H Balslev & MJ Macía
In: Balslev H, MJ Macía & H Navarrete, editors. Cosecha de palmas en el noroeste de Sudamérica:
las bases científicas para su manejo y conservación (2014) PDF
3. Uso de palmas por poblaciones locales
MJ Macía, R Cámara-Leret & N Paniagua-Zambrana
In Balslev H, MJ Macía & H Navarrete, editors. Cosecha de palmas en el noroeste de Sudamérica:
las bases científicas para su manejo y conservación (2014) PDF
2. Usos
L De la Torre, R Cámara-Leret & H Navarrete.
In: Valencia R, R Montúfar, H Navarrete & H Balslev, editors.
Palmas ecuatorianas: biología y uso sostenible (2013) PDF
1. A standard protocol for gathering palm ethnobotanical data and socioeconomic variables across the tropics
R Cámara-Leret, N Paniagua-Zambrana & MJ Macía
In: Medicinal Plants and the Legacy of R.E. Schultes, Missouri Botanical Garden (2012) PDF
Reports
1. State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2020
Antonelli, A., Fry, C., Smith, R.J., Simmonds, M.S.J., Kersey, P.J., Pritchard, H.W., Abbo, M.S., Acedo, C., Adams, J., Ainsworth, A.M., Allkin, B., Annecke, W., Bachman, S.P., Bacon, K., B.rrios, S., Barstow, C., Battison, A., Bell, E., Bensusan, K., Bidartondo, M.I., Blackhall-Miles, R.J., Bonglim, B., Borrell, J.S., Brearley, F.Q., Breman, E., Brewer, R.F.A., Brodie, J., Cámara-Leret, R., Campostrini Forzza, R., Cannon, P., Carine, M., Carretero, J., Cavagnaro, T.R., Cazar, M.-E., Chapman, T., Cheek, M., Clubbe, C., Cockel, C., Collemare, J., Cooper, A., Copeland, A.I., Corcoran, M., Couch, C., Cowell, C., Crous, P., da Silva, M., Dalle, G., Das, D., David, J.C., Davies, L., Davies, N., De Canha, M.N., de Lirio, E.J., Demissew, S., Diazgranados, M., Dickie, J., Dines, T., Douglas, B., Dr.ge, G., Dulloo, M.E., Fang, R., Farlow, A., Farrar, K., Fay, M.F., Felix, J., Forest, F., Forrest, L.L., Fulcher, T., Gafforov, Y., Gardiner, L.M., G.tebl., G., Gaya, E., Geslin, B., Gon.alves, S.C., Gore, C.J.N., Govaerts, R., Gowda, B., Grace, O.M., Grall, A., Haelewaters, D., Halley, J.M., Hamilton, M.A., Hazra, A., Heller, T., Hollingsworth, P.M., Holstein, N., Howes, M.-J.R., Hughes, M., Hunter, D., Hutchinson, N., Hyde, K., Iganci, J., Jones, M., Kelly, L.J., Kirk, P., Koch, H., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Lall, N., Langat, M.K., Leaman, D.J., Le.o, T.C., Lee, M.A., Leitch, I.J., Leon, C., Lettice, E., Lewis, G.P., Li, L., Lindon, H., Liu, J.S., Liu, U., Llewellyn, T., Looney, B., Lovett, J.C., Łuczaj, Ł., Lulekal, E., Maggassouba, S., Mal.cot, V., Martin, C., Masera, O.R., Mattana, E., Maxted, N., Mba, C., McGinn, K.J., Metheringham, C., Miles, S., Miller, J., Milliken, W., Moat, J., Moore, P.G.P., Morim, M.P., Mueller, G.M., Muminjanov, H., Negr.o, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Nicolson, N., Niskanen, T., Nono Womdim, R., Noorani, A., Obreza, M., O’Donnell, K., O’Hanlon, R., Onana, J.-M., Ondo, I., Padulosi, S., Paton, A., Pearce, T., P.rez Escobar, O.A., Pieroni, A., Pironon, S., Prescott, T.A.K., Qi, Y.D., Qin, H., Quave, C.L., Rajaovelona, L., Razanajatovo, H., Reich, P.B., Rianawati, E., Rich, T.C.G., Richards, S.L., Rivers, M.C., Ross, A., Rumsey, F., Ryan, M., Ryan, P., Sagala, S., Sanchez, M.D., Sharrock, S., Shrestha, K.K., Sim, J., Sirakaya, A., Sj.man, H., Smidt, E.C., Smith, D., Smith, P., Smith, S.R., Sofo, A., Spence, N., Stanworth, A., Stara, K., Stevenson, P.C., Stroh, P., Suz, L.M., Tatsis, E.C., Taylor, I., Thiers, B., Thormann, I., Trivedi, C., Twilley, D., Twyford, A.D., Ulian, T., Utteridge, T., Vaglica, V., V.squez-Londo.o, C., Victor, J., Viruel, J., Walker, B.E., Walker, K., Walsh, A., Way, M., Wilbraham, J., Wilkin, P., Wilkinson, T., Williams, C., Winterton, D., Wong, K.M., Woodfield-Pascoe, N., Woodman, J., Wyatt, L., Wynberg, R., Zhang, B.G.