{
  "id": 809870,
  "title": "What Determines the Success of Restoring the Threatened African Savanna Mahogany (Khaya senegalensis) Beyond Seed-Tree Size? A Multi-Model Test of Site and Maternal-Origin Effects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/what-determines-the-success-of-restoring-the-threatened-african",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.12.744298v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss., the West African savanna mahogany, is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to prolonged commercial and medicinal overexploitation, compounded by failing natural regeneration amid growing deforestation and climate change. Restoration strategies generally rest on the implicit assumption that rigorous selection of seed trees based on their size improves…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}