A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Target Plant Selection
2.3. Ex Situ Conservation and Plant Multiplication
2.4. In Situ Conservation
3. Results
3.1. Ex Situ Conservation
3.2. In Situ Conservation
4. Discussion
- A clear idea of what is being planned (biological and ecological implications, but also time and costs involved)
- Adequate knowledge of the seed germination, propagation and growing of the species both in the nursery/botanical garden and in situ
- Adequate economic resources not only for the transplants production and reintroduction, but also for site management actions, as well as for long-term monitoring activities
- Availability of a suitable site for the species that is preferably not too difficult to manage and control
- Consideration of the fact that the actions could take a very long time
- Acceptance from/collaboration with local institutions and stakeholders
- Regular monitoring activities, which should be continuous in order to check the effectiveness of the actions over time
5. Concluding Remarks
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Priority List Details | Balearic Islands | Corsica | Sardinia | Sicily | Crete | Cyprus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of taxa | 159 | 86 | 125 | 221 | 126 | 108 |
Threatened plants (global/regional Red List) | 42 | 28 | 22 | 96 | 109 | 88 |
Regional Responsibility criterion | 156 | 84 | 125 | 206 | 93 | 38 |
Policy plant species | 15 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 11 |
Plants linked to wetlands habitats | 14 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 0 |
Extremely Narrow Endemic (only one population) | 19 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 16 | 8 |
Narrow Endemic (≤five populations) | 21 | 2 | 29 | 71 | 52 | 4 |
Regional Endemic (only one Island) | 9 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 40 |
Insular Endemic (more than one island) | 19 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
Plants distributed in more islands or in a wider area | 91 | 33 | 46 | 103 | 24 | 45 |
Ex Situ and In Situ Conservation Actions | Balearic Islands | Corsica | Sardinia | Sicily | Crete | Cyprus | Overall Project |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seedlots collected | 133 | 103 | 127 | 154 | 102 | 121 | 740 |
No. taxa collected | 35 | 55 | 85 | 107 | 63 | 82 | 457 |
Germination tests | 102 | 50 | 23 | 113 | 43 | 79 | 410 |
No. taxa tested | 53 | 46 | 20 | 47 | 38 | 79 | 283 |
Duplicata | 50 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 50 | 102 | 359 |
No. taxa duplicated | 42 | 29 | 40 | 47 | 31 | 71 | 260 |
Plant production | 5871 | 1904 | 10,522 | 2040 | 5327 | 1362 | 27,026 |
In situ conservation action | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 63 |
No. taxa involved | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
Monitoring plan | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 63 |
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Fenu, G.; Bacchetta, G.; Christodoulou, C.S.; Cogoni, D.; Fournaraki, C.; Gian Pietro, G.d.G.; Gotsiou, P.; Kyratzis, A.; Piazza, C.; Vicens, M.; et al. A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin. Diversity 2020, 12, 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040157
Fenu G, Bacchetta G, Christodoulou CS, Cogoni D, Fournaraki C, Gian Pietro GdG, Gotsiou P, Kyratzis A, Piazza C, Vicens M, et al. A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin. Diversity. 2020; 12(4):157. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040157
Chicago/Turabian StyleFenu, Giuseppe, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Charalambos S. Christodoulou, Donatella Cogoni, Christini Fournaraki, Giusso del Galdo Gian Pietro, Panagiota Gotsiou, Angelos Kyratzis, Carole Piazza, Magdalena Vicens, and et al. 2020. "A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin" Diversity 12, no. 4: 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040157