Abstract The ca. 12,000 islands and islets that encompass the Mediterranean Basin
represent a biodiversity hotspot. They have been disconnected from each other and from the …

Insular systems provide a series of natural laboratories where general hypotheses on
evolution, biogeography, ecology and conservation can be conceived and assessed …

Inflorescence effects have been poorly studied, in spite of the functional relevance of the
inflorescence in fruit and seed ecology. The present study focused on the effects of …

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 …

Abstract Changes in reproductive traits associated with domestication critically determine
the evolutionary divergence between crops and their wild relatives, as well as the potential …

Abstract he biotic originality of Mediterranean islands can be explained by complex
interactions between a highly heterogeneous historical biogeography and unique ecological …

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of
new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora …

The biota of the Mediterranean Basin (MB), characterized by a high species richness and
endemism (Greuter, 1991; Blondel et al., 2010), has drawn the attention of biologists for …

The reproductive ecology of Medicago citrina was studied in the Columbretes archipelago
(Mediterranean Sea), where bees are absent. The flowers were self-compatible …

Plant reproductive ecology has emerged as one of the most versatile and important fields of
plant sciences. It answers two basic questions relevant to the survival of plant species: First …