Recent Efforts to Recover Armeria berlengensis, an Endemic Species from Berlengas Archipelago, Portugal
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Armeria Berlengensis Surveys
2.2. PCA Analysis
2.3. Armeria berlengensis Seed Set
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Area
4.2. Armeria berlengensis Morphology and Distribution
4.3. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Number of Individuals | Spring15 | Spring16 | Spring17 | Spring18 | Spring19 | Spring20 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A(1–3): Structure + Armeria | 85 | 88 | 90 | 96 | 118 | 201 |
A(4–6): No structure + Armeria | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
B(4–6): No strucuture + no Armeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 93 | 94 | 98 | 101 | 124 | 218 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total Variance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eigenvalues | 0.367 | 0.149 | 0.119 | 0.083 | 1 |
Cumulative percentage variance of species data | 36.7 | 51.6 | 63.5 | 71.8 | -- |
Data Analyzed | # | |
---|---|---|
Fruits | Total number of fruits opened | 4721 |
Mean number of fruits per cluster | 48.17 | |
Seeds | Total number of seeds collected | 164 |
Mean number of seeds collected | 1.67 | |
Seed set | 3.47% |
# | % | |
---|---|---|
Number of fruit clusters analyzes | 19 | -- |
Seed set | 23 | 3.39 |
Empty calyxes | 207 | 30.53 |
Non-fertilized ovaries | 343 | 50.59 |
Rotten calyxes | 105 | 15.49 |
Total number of calyxes | 678 | -- |
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Mouga, T.; Mendes, S.; Franco, I.; Fagundes, A.I.; Oliveira, N.; Crisóstomo, P.; Morais, L.; Afonso, C. Recent Efforts to Recover Armeria berlengensis, an Endemic Species from Berlengas Archipelago, Portugal. Plants 2021, 10, 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030498
Mouga T, Mendes S, Franco I, Fagundes AI, Oliveira N, Crisóstomo P, Morais L, Afonso C. Recent Efforts to Recover Armeria berlengensis, an Endemic Species from Berlengas Archipelago, Portugal. Plants. 2021; 10(3):498. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030498
Chicago/Turabian StyleMouga, Teresa, Susana Mendes, Inês Franco, Ana Isabel Fagundes, Nuno Oliveira, Paulo Crisóstomo, Lurdes Morais, and Clélia Afonso. 2021. "Recent Efforts to Recover Armeria berlengensis, an Endemic Species from Berlengas Archipelago, Portugal" Plants 10, no. 3: 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030498
APA StyleMouga, T., Mendes, S., Franco, I., Fagundes, A. I., Oliveira, N., Crisóstomo, P., Morais, L., & Afonso, C. (2021). Recent Efforts to Recover Armeria berlengensis, an Endemic Species from Berlengas Archipelago, Portugal. Plants, 10(3), 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030498