Abstract The Mediterranean Basin is one of the World's plant diversity hotspots and a region
prone to several anthropic pressures, besides being one of the World's areas most …

In situ conservation is widely considered a primary conservation strategy. Plant
translocation, specifically, represents an important tool for reducing the extinction risk of …

The Mediterranean islands represent a center of vascular plant diversity featuring a high rate
of endemic richness. Such richness is highly threatened, however, with many plants facing …

The conservation of species listed in the Bern Convention and European Directive
1992/43/EEC (so-called policy species) is mandatory for European Union (EU) countries …

Plant translocation has become a widely used tool to improve the conservation status of
threatened plants. Dianthus morisianus (Caryophyllaceae) is a narrow endemic plant which …

Mitigation translocations are increasingly used worldwide in response to land planning
pressures. The quality of translocation protocols and their adjustment to the ecological traits …

“The New Red List of the Italian Flora” includes all the Italian policy species and other
species of known conservation concerns for a total of 400 taxa, 65% of which are threatened …

Coastal habitats are particularly vulnerable to recreational impacts because these
environments are highly dynamic and continually change in response to biotic and abiotic …

Overgrazing stands out as threat factors on biodiversity, being especially harmful in the
Mediterranean, due to strong human pressure and an accelerated climate change acting …

The practice of plant translocations to mitigate the deleterious human effects on biodiversity
has been increasing over the last decades. In France, although translocations are planned …