The endemic vascular flora of Sardinia: a dynamic checklist with an overview of biogeography and conservation status

M Fois, E Farris, G Calvia, G Campus, G Fenu… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The vascular flora of Sardinia has been investigated for more than 250 years, with particular
attention to the endemic component due to their phylogeographic and conservation interest …

Tissue succulence in plants: Carrying water for climate change

AV Pérez-López, SD Lim, JC Cushman - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Tissue succulence in plants involves the storage of water in one or more organs or tissues to
assist in maintaining water potentials on daily or seasonal time scales. This drought …

Exploring the potential of neglected local endemic plants of three Mediterranean regions in the ornamental sector: Value chain feasibility and readiness timescale for …

N Krigas, G Tsoktouridis, I Anestis, A Khabbach… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The neglected and underutilized plants (NUPs) have never been mainstreamed by
researchers, politicians and stakeholders for sustainable exploitation in the ornamental …

Translocations of threatened plants in the Mediterranean Basin: current status and future directions

G Fenu, G Calderisi, I Boršić, M Bou Dagher Kharrat… - Plant Ecology, 2023 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial distribution of cliff plant species in the Balearic Islands under current and projected climatic scenarios

J Borràs, I Cortés-Fernández, M Capó - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cliff ecology has been studied for decades, providing information about its high biodiversity
values and their vulnerability to climate change. Also, insular ecosystems present …

Quality assessment of mitigation translocation protocols for protected plants in France

M Julien, B Colas, S Muller, B Schatz - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mitigation translocations are increasingly used worldwide in response to land planning
pressures. The quality of translocation protocols and their adjustment to the ecological traits …

Are Mediterranean Island Mountains Hotspots of Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Biodiversity? The Case of the Endemic Flora of the Balearic Islands

M Guardiola, L Sáez - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean islands are exceptionally rich in endemism, most of which is narrowly
distributed. Conservation measures, such as protected areas, have been prioritised, mainly …

Using stored seeds for plant translocation: The seed bank perspective

FJ White, A Ensslin, S Godefroid, A Faruk, T Abeli… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Billions of seeds from wild species are currently stored in hundreds of conservation seed
banks around the world. Plant translocation from these seeds is a key conservation priority …

Importance of plants with extremely small populations (PSESPs) in endemic-rich areas, elements often forgotten in conservation strategies

D Cogoni, G Fenu, C Dessì, A Deidda, C Giotta… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The distribution of the threatened fern Ophioglossum vulgatum L., a plant with extremely
small populations (PSESPs) in Sardinia, is characterized by small disjunct populations with …

Prioritizing plants around the cross-border area of Greece and the Republic of North Macedonia: Integrated conservation actions and sustainable exploitation potential

N Krigas, E Karapatzak, M Panagiotidou… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plants know no political borders and some of them are restricted to small geographical
territories of different countries in which they are endemic. In this study, we prioritized plants …