Area–heterogeneity tradeoff and the diversity of ecological communities

O Allouche, M Kalyuzhny… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
For more than 50 y ecologists have believed that spatial heterogeneity in habitat conditions
promotes species richness by increasing opportunities for niche partitioning. However, a …

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 …

Elevational gradient of vascular plant species richness and endemism in Crete–the effect of post-isolation mountain uplift on a continental island system

P Trigas, M Panitsa, S Tsiftsis - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Understanding diversity patterns along environmental gradients and their underlying
mechanisms is a major topic in current biodiversity research. In this study, we investigate for …

Chromosome and Genome Diversity in the Genus Trifolium (Fabaceae)

E Lukjanová, J Řepková - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Trifolium L. is an economically important genus that is characterized by variable karyotypes
relating to its ploidy level and basic chromosome numbers. The advent of genomic …

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Greek islands of North Aegean region

E Axiotis, M Halabalaki, LA Skaltsounis - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Greek islands of the North Aegean Region are a group of nine inhabited islands (Lemnos,
Agios Efstratios, Lesvos, Chios, Psara, Oinousses, Samos, Ikaria, and Fourni) located in the …

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 …

The genus Trifolium (Fabaceae) in south Europe: a critical review on species richness and distribution

A Scoppola, JL Tirado, FM Gutiérrez… - Nordic journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper deals with the diversity and biogeography of Trifolium in the Mediterranean
Region. Data on 104 species, including 37 Mediterranean endemics and two established …

Network biogeography of a complex island system: The Aegean Archipelago revisited

K Kougioumoutzis, AT Valli… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The Aegean Archipelago has been the focal research area for identifying and
testing several ecological and evolutionary patterns, yet its biogeographical subdivision has …

Spatial phylogenetics, biogeographical patterns and conservation implications of the endemic flora of Crete (Aegean, Greece) under climate change scenarios

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, P Trigas… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human-induced biodiversity loss has been accelerating since the industrial revolution. The
climate change impacts will severely alter the biodiversity and biogeographical patterns at …

Species–area relationship and small‐island effect of vascular plant diversity in a young volcanic archipelago

A Chiarucci, R Guarino, S Pasta, AL Rosa… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Aeolian islands form an active volcanic archipelago. By using updated vascular plant
checklists for islands and islets, we tested four hypotheses:(i) Island species–area …