Globally, invasions by alien plants are rapidly increasing in extent and severity, leading to
large-scale ecosystem degradation. One of the most widespread invasive alien plant …

Abstract The numerous Mediterranean islands (> 10,000) are very important from a
biodiversity point of view, both in term of plant species (numerous endemics, presence of …

The aim of the paper is the state-of-the-art assessment of the alien flora of Greece and its
traits. The dataset consists of a total of 343 alien taxa, including 49 archaeophytes. The …

Despite biological invasions being a worldwide phenomenon causing significant ecological,
economic, and human welfare impacts, there is limited understanding regarding how …

Understanding diversity patterns along environmental gradients and their underlying
mechanisms is a major topic in current biodiversity research. In this study, we investigate for …

Levels of plant invasions in different habitat types were assessed in several regional studies,
but few of them were from the Mediterranean. Here we compare the levels of vascular plant …

In this chapter we start by making an overview of plant adaptations to fire and post-fire
response types, which will determine the post-fire management alternatives that might be …

A major step in tackling invasive alien plants consists of identifying those species that
represent a future threat to managed and unmanaged habitats. The European and …

Mediterranean islands are considered especially vulnerable to biological invasions by alien
plants. However, there is a lack of studies on island scale regarding the factors that …

With about 11,100 islands and islets of which ca. 250 are regularly inhabited by human, the
Mediterranean Sea represents one of the regions of the world with the most islands and …