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 …

The near-surface temperature in Mediterranean climate-type regions has increased overall
similarly or more rapidly than the global mean rates. Although these regions have …

The reconstruction of millennial-scale interactions between ecosystems and societies can
provide unique and valuable references for understanding the creation of cultural …

In situ conservation is widely considered a primary conservation strategy. Plant
translocation, specifically, represents an important tool for reducing the extinction risk of …

Background The recent rise in temperature and shifting precipitation regimes threaten
ecosystems around the globe to different degrees. Treelines are expected to respond to …

The Mediterranean islands represent a center of vascular plant diversity featuring a high rate
of endemic richness. Such richness is highly threatened, however, with many plants facing …

Disentangling the relative role of environmental filtering and spatial processes in driving
metacommunity structure across mountainous regions remains challenging, as the way we …

Mediterranean islands are widely recognized as biodiversity hotspots, with a long history of
human activities shaping multi-functional landscapes. Socioeconomic and environmental …

Although islands are model systems for investigating assembly of biological communities,
long-term changes in archipelago communities are not well understood because of the lack …

Abstract In the Mediterranean basin, Corsica (French island) harbours among the best-
preserved Mediterranean forest ecosystems. However, its high biodiversity could be …