The casing material required in mushroom cultivation presents a very rich ecological niche,
which is inhabited by a diverse population of bacteria and fungi. In this work three different …

Questions (a) Are there differences in abundance‐weighted functional trait values between
native and alien species in coastal plant communities?(b) Which functional traits are …

Predicting the consequences of climate change is of utmost importance to mitigate impacts
on vulnerable ecosystems; plant hydraulic traits are particularly useful proxies for predicting …

Soil plays a fundamental role in many ecological processes, throughout a complex network
of above-and below-ground interactions. This has aroused increasing interest in the use of …

A robust survey method that samples the main characteristics of plant assemblages is
needed to assess the conservation status of European habitat in the Natura 2000 network. A …

Nowadays, urban areas play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation and habitat
protection despite the constant pressures on which these habitats are subjected. They may …

In intensively used and human-modified landscapes, biodiversity is often confined to
remnants of natural habitats. Thus, identifying ecological networks (ENs) necessary to …

Floristic inventories are an essential part of basic and applied research in botany. Despite
their long history, floristic research is still carried out following non-objective (preferential) …

Based on a sampling design used for vascular plants, the effect of forest age (ie the time in
years since a land patch became a real forest patch as a measure of temporal continuity of …

Coastal sand dunes represent one of the most fragile ecosystems in the Mediterranean
basin. These habitats naturally suffer the action of several limiting factors such as sand …