Ecology and evolution of plants in the Mediterranean basin: Perspectives and challenges

J Lopez-Alvarado, E Farris - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Preserving biodiversity at the global and local scales is a challenge for the future decades,
both for protecting species and habitats and to enhance the ecosystem services they provide …

Italian vascular flora: New findings, updates and exploration of floristic similarities between regions

A Stinca, CM Musarella, L Rosati, VLA Laface, W Licht… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tradition of floristic studies in Italy has made it possible to obtain a good knowledge of
plant diversity both on a national and regional scale. However, the lack of knowledge for …

A critical inventory of the mediterranean endemics in the egyptian flora

H Bedair, K Shaltout, MWA Halmy - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
In terms of plant diversity, the Mediterranean Basin is the world's second richest hotspot, and
one of the most important locations on the planet for endemic species. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring botanical diversity, ecological traits, and edaphic determinants in Kala Chitta National Park, Pakistan: implications for conservation and …

M Waheed, U e Hani, F Arshad, A Jabeen… - Environmental and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally, environmental degradation has prompted several countries to strengthen their
protected area networks to halt biodiversity loss. National parks incorporate into their design …

Cross-taxon analysis in the highly threatened Mediterranean dunes reveals consistent diversity patterns in butterfly and plant communities

MV Rasino, S Fattorini, A Sciarretta, M Colacci… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Butterflies and plant species are widely used as model systems in biodiversity and
conservation research. However, little is known about spatial patterns of butterfly diversity …

Habitat loss and biotic velocity response to climate change for alpine plant species in Atlantic Oceanic Islands

V Bello-Rodríguez, A Hamann, JL Martín-Esquivel… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change may shift species outside of their current climatic tolerances, which can be
problematic for oceanic islands with limited options for species migration. Their alpine …

Stacked machine learning models for predicting species richness and endemism for Mediterranean endemic plants in the Mareotis subsector in Egypt

H Bedair, K Shaltout, MWA Halmy - Plant Ecology, 2023 - Springer
An effective method for identifying species and evaluating the effects of changes caused by
humans on specific species is the application of species distribution modelling (SDM) in …

[HTML][HTML] Utilizing Machine Learning and Geospatial Techniques to Evaluate Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem: Tenira, Algeria

AA Souane, A Khurram, H Huang, Z Shu, S Feng… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study investigated post-fire vegetation recovery in Algeria's Tenira forest using
statistical traits (PCA), RFM, and LANDIS-II spatial analysis. The dataset included satellite …

Ellenberg Indicator Values Disclose Complex Environmental Filtering Processes in Plant Communities along an Elevational Gradient

L Di Biase, N Tsafack, L Pace, S Fattorini - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plant species of a regional flora have different ecological preferences,
leading to the presence of different assemblages along environmental gradients. Botanists …

First floristic investigation in archaeological sites of Iran: features and plant richness of the Pasargadae World Heritage Site

Z Hosseini, F Bartoli, E Cicinelli… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Archaeological areas often become hotspots for biodiversity and refugia for plant species.
The management activity of a site permits the conservation of natural habitats. This first …