[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean diet: the role of phenolic compounds from aromatic plant foods

A Delgado, S Gonçalves, A Romano - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Today's global food system aggravates climate change while failing in meeting SDG2 and
more. Yet, some sustainable food cultures, such as the Mediterranean Diet (MD), are …

How many species will earth lose to climate change?

JJ Wiens, J Zelinka - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change may be an important threat to global biodiversity, potentially leading to the
extinction of numerous species. But how many? There have been various attempts to …

[HTML][HTML] Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of Water-Induced Soil Erosion as a Threat to Natura 2000 Protected Areas in Crete Island, Greece

S Stefanidis, V Alexandridis, K Ghosal - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water erosion is a major threat to biodiversity, according to the European Commission's Soil
Thematic Strategy, as it negatively affects soil structure, soil fertility and water availability for …

[HTML][HTML] Extinction risk assessment of the Greek endemic flora

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Strid… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study assesses for the first time all the vascular endemic plant taxa of
Greece, according to their decline and rarity. Phylogenetic analysis and its spatial overview …

Spatial dynamics in the urban-rural-natural interface within a social-ecological hotspot

A Moreira-Muñoz, C del Río, M Leguia-Cruz… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
City-regions in sensitive environmental spaces such as globally recognized biodiversity
hotspots face the challenge of adopting land use planning strategies that facilitate the …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change effects on multi-taxa pollinator diversity and distribution along the elevation gradient of Mount Olympus, Greece

K Minachilis, K Kougioumoutzis, T Petanidou - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change is predicted to dramatically affect mountain biodiversity and especially
mountain pollination systems due to the mutual dependence between plants and pollinators …

Riparian areas as a conservation priority under climate change

X Zhang, X Ci, J Hu, Y Bai, AH Thornhill… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying climatic refugia is important for long-term conservation planning under climate
change. Riparian areas have the potential to provide climatic refugia for wildlife, but …

[HTML][HTML] Protoplast Isolation and Shoot Regeneration from Protoplast-Derived Callus of Petunia hybrida Cv. Mirage Rose

HH Kang, AH Naing, CK Kim - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …

[HTML][HTML] Future Bioclimatic Change of Agricultural and Natural Areas in Central Europe: An Ultra-High Resolution Analysis of the De Martonne Index

I Charalampopoulos, F Droulia, IP Kokkoris… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioclimate alteration unquestionably poses a current but also a potential future threat to
natural and agricultural ecosystems and their services. In this scope, the present and future …