Increases in temperature have been predicted and reported for the Mediterranean mountain
ranges due to global warming and this phenomenon is expected to have profound …

Due to increasing human pressures, there is a need to understand how environmental and
anthropogenic disturbances could affect the conservation status of endangered plant …

Regional assessments could be more reliable than global ones, especially for species in
peripheral parts of their range. In this sense, distribution criteria proposed by the IUCN …

The plant and soil microbial communities are influenced by variability in environmental
conditions (eg, nitrogen addition); however, it is unclear how long-term nitrogen addition and …

Abstract The Sardinian Germplasm Bank (BG-SAR) is a facility of the Hortus Botanicus
Karalitanus (HBK), which belongs to the University of Cagliari (Italy). Its main objective is the …

Plant community diversity is conducive to maintain the regional ecosystems stability and
ecosystem services. Seed germination is one of the main ways to regulate plant diversity …

This study investigated the kind of seed dormancy and seed germination of Gentiana triflora
var. japonica (Kusn.) H. Hara for developing a seed propagation method. The seeds were …

Mowing and burning, two common human disturbance methods, have different impacts on
the soil fungal and bacterial communities of sandy land ecosystems in semiarid areas. Thus …

Aims There are a number of mechanisms that regulate germination; among these, seed
dormancy, one of the most important, is an adaptative mechanism in plants to promote …

Background: For prioritising practical conservation measures in areas of high endemic plant
diversity, a fine-scale hierarchy of sites needs to be established. In this context, conservation …