Mediterranean ecosystems rival tropical ecosystems in terms of plant biodiversity. The
Mediterranean Basin (MB) itself hosts 25 000 plant species, half of which are endemic. This …

The unique properties of terrestrial isopods regarding responses to limiting factors such as
drought and temperature have led to interesting distributional patterns along climatic and …

The nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) occurs in a large part of the south-eastern
Europe and Asia Minor. Phylogenetic relationships were reconstructed for a total of 59 …

Aim This study examines the effectiveness of the selected 'network'of Natura 2000 Special
Areas of Conservation (SACs) at a regional scale in Greece, in terms of its …

Continental shelf island systems, created by rising sea levels, provide a premier setting for
studying the effects of past fragmentation, dispersal, and genetic drift on taxon …

Preserving ecosystems of high ecological integrity is a crucial target in Biodiversity
Strategies, also serving the 10% target of strict land protection in the European Union (EU) …

Sequence data derived from two mitochondrial markers, 16S rRNA and COI genes, were
used to infer the evolutionary history of 47 insular and mainland populations covering most …

The Merodon aureus group is characterized by high endemism and the presence of
morphologically cryptic species. Within one of its subgroups, M. bessarabicus, seven …

In order to assess how the last sea level rise affected the Aegean archipelago, we quantified
the magnitude and rate of geographic change for the Aegean islands during the last sea …

In this study we analyzed the phylogenetic relationships of eastern Mediterranean
freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia, estimated divergence times for the various …