Drivers of floristic richness in the Mediterranean: a case study from Tuscany

D’Antraccoli, Marco; Roma-Marzio, Francesco; Carta, Angelino; Landi, Sara; Bedini, Gianni; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Peruzzi, Lorenzo

doi:10.1007/s10531-019-01730-x

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“…We calculated the positive and negative deviation in the percentage of expected versus observed number of species at each site and compared them. To do so, we used a formula proposed by D'Antraccoli et al (2019). This formula is derived by a species–area relationship and provides constants for Tuscany that allow calculating the expected species numbers in any given area of Tuscany.…”

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Ecosystem state assessment after more than 100 years since planting for dune consolidation

Bonari

Cubino

Sarmati

et al. 2021

Restoration Ecology

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The assessment of the ecosystem state is fundamental to understand the success of ecological rehabilitation, especially in the long term. We aim to evaluate the rehabilitation success of a unique Mediterranean dune system site along the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy which underwent a dune consolidation intervention and species planting at the beginning of the twentieth century after the destruction of the natural ecosystem. We used three nearby non‐rehabilitated protected coastal sites with different degrees of disturbance as reference sites encompassing different potential rehabilitation outcomes of the target site. To assess the overall result of the intervention, we used several plant characteristics and measured taxonomic and functional beta‐diversity between all sites. We compared the proportions of typical and ruderal species of dune habitat types across sites. We further used the species–area relationship to examine if the number of observed species in our sites differed from the expected. Our analyses revealed that the rehabilitated site was taxonomically and functionally more similar to the least disturbed site. We suggest that plant characteristics arising from botanical inventories can be fruitfully used in rehabilitation assessment as they value the taxonomic and functional species diversity at the community scale. We conclude that plant characteristics compared across sites are useful tools in ecosystem state assessment if they reflect the ecological functions and conservation values of the natural ecosystems.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Ecosystem state assessment after more than 100 years since planting for dune consolidation

Bonari

Cubino

Sarmati

et al. 2021

Restoration Ecology

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“…Although floras are generally recognised to have limitations and biases (Palmer et al, 1995;Bennett, 1997;Diggs and Lipscomb, 2002;Palmer, 2005), they represent a fundamental raw material in the conservation practice and to study biodiversity patterns (D'Antraccoli et al, 2019). As argued by Palmer (2005), floras are still underutilised for quantitative analyses.…”

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“…As argued by Palmer (2005), floras are still underutilised for quantitative analyses. However, an increasing awareness of the key role represented by primary floristic data is spreading at global level in recent years (Kier et al, 2005;Whittaker et al, 2005;D'Antraccoli et al, 2019;Weigelt et al, 2020). Our study aims to explore the application of probabilistic approaches to integrate traditional preferential floristic workflow.…”

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“…The traditional approach to document vascular plant diversity of a given area consists in the preparation of floristic lists, commonly known as 'floras' (Palmer et al, 2002;D'Antraccoli et al, 2019). Floras can be defined as species inventories for a given territory in a given time, aimed to link taxonomic, geographic, and temporal information (Palmer et al, 1995;Chiarucci and Bonini, 2005;Bedini et al, 2016).…”

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More species, less effort: Designing and comparing sampling strategies to draft optimised floristic inventories

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Bacaro

Tordoni

et al. 2020

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

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“…from landscape to local forest patches (Horčičkovâ, Brůna, and Vojta 2019). However, the spatial grain of landscape heterogeneity remains poorly understood (Pausas and Ribeiro 2017;Pausas and Vallejo 1999), despite its key role in ecological processes such as dispersal to maintain population dynamics (D'Antraccoli et al 2019).…”

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Heterogeneous forest structures favor persistence of the grassland Mediterranean geophyte Gagea lacaitae

2019

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Land use changes in the northern Mediterranean basin threaten our ability to conserve its habitats and species. Reduced grazing has led to local declines in grassland species and colonization by forest species leading to conservation actions aimed at restoring open habitats. Recently, populations of Gagea lacaitae, a bulbous species typical of Mediterranean open xeric grasslands, have been discovered in forest clearings, an unexpected habitat for this species. Here, we surveyed 48 plots to characterize and compare the ecological niche of G. lacaitae growing in both open xeric and forest clearing habitats. We recorded floristic composition and plant cover and collected soil samples to measure water retention capacity, pH, organic matters and conductivity. Open xeric grasslands and forest clearings differ in plant cover, community composition, and microhabitat structure but not in plant diversity, mean soil conditions, or G. lacaitae cover. Key similarities in conditions allow this species to persist in woodlands that heterogenous enough to include clearings. Such habitats have value for conserving this species and should be sustained.

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Drivers of floristic richness in the Mediterranean: a case study from Tuscany

Cited by 19 publications

References 129 publications

Ecosystem state assessment after more than 100 years since planting for dune consolidation

Ecosystem state assessment after more than 100 years since planting for dune consolidation

More species, less effort: Designing and comparing sampling strategies to draft optimised floristic inventories

Heterogeneous forest structures favor persistence of the grassland Mediterranean geophyte Gagea lacaitae

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