Biological invasion is recognised as one of the major threats to biodiversity, particularly in
disturbance-prone ecosystems such as costal dunes. Many studies have associated alien …

Here we present the checklist of the vertebrates of the “Palude di Torre Flavia”, a protected
area in Tyrrhenian central Italy (Special Protection Area according to the Directive …

Abstract Background and Aims Islands, with their long coastlines and increased vulnerability
to sea level rise, offer compelling opportunities to investigate the salinity tolerance of coastal …

Aims The early phases in the life cycle of a plant are the bottleneck for successful species
establishment thereby affecting population dynamics and distribution. In coastal …

Abstract Background and Aims The structure of plant communities, which is based on
species abundance ratios, is closely linked to ecosystem functionality. Seed germination …

Medicago citrina and Euphorbia margalidiana are two microinsular species from the
Western Mediterranean which are amongst the top 50 most threatened species of the …

Abstract The Mediterranean Basin is one of the biodiversity mega-hotspots of biodiversity,
but it is also considered as one of the most disturbed areas, due to a legendary human …

The declining native orchid Himantoglossum adriaticum H. Baumann is a European
endemic of priority interest (92/43/EEC, Annex II). Northern Italian populations of H …

Temperature and dissolved gas availability are important parameters for the germination of
saltmarsh plants. As a newly developed method to increase the dissolved gas availability …

The increase in soil salinity, being a global trend in the actual scenario of environmental
changes, may represent a threat to the conservation of endangered plant species. The effect …