Plant species richness hotspots and related drivers across spatial scales in small Mediterranean islands

R Testolin, F Attorre, V Bruzzaniti… - … of Systematics and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Small islands represent a common feature in the Mediterranean and host a significant
fraction of its biodiversity. However, the distribution of plant species richness across spatial …

The integration of the small‐island effect and nestedness pattern

Y Wang, C Chen, V Millien - Journal of Biogeography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The small‐island effect (SIE) and nestedness are two important patterns in the fields of
island biogeography and community ecology. However, to date, no study has tried to …

Floristic richness in a Mediterranean hotspot: a journey across Italy

M D'Antraccoli, L Peruzzi, F Conti, G Galasso… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Species richness is a fundamental property of biodiversity patterns and is properly
expressed by the species–area relationship (SAR), namely the increase in the number of …

There is room for everyone: Invasion credit cannot be inferred from the species–area relationship in fragmented forests

G Trotta, F Boscutti, A Jamoneau… - Applied Vegetation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Questions Land use change, habitat fragmentation and biological invasion represent major
drivers of global change that strongly interact to alter ecosystems. Following the breaking …

Time pattern variation of alien plant introductions in an insular biodiversity hotspot: the Balearic Islands as a case study for the Mediterranean region

MD Cerrato, I Cortés-Fernández, A Ribas-Serra… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Allochthonous plant species are considered among the main environmental issues
worldwide, being especially accused in the Mediterranean basin. The present study aims to …

Climatic and biogeographic factors show contrasted effects on continental and volcanic ISARs

L Cáceres-Polgrossi, F Buldrini, V Bruzzaniti… - Community …, 2024 - Springer
Aim The study of islands biotas is fundamental to understand biodiversity patterns and
process, both on evolutionary and ecological time scales. This study explores the influence …

[HTML][HTML] Different mechanisms underlie similar species-area relationships in two tropical archipelagoes

S Li, T Tu, S Li, X Yang, Y Zheng, LD Guo, D Zhang… - Plant Diversity, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite much research in the field of island biogeography, mechanisms regulating insular
diversity remain elusive. Here, we aim to explore mechanisms underlying plant species-area …

MEDIS—A comprehensive spatial database on Mediterranean islands for biogeographical and evolutionary research

F Santi, R Testolin, P Zannini… - Global ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation The intrinsic characteristics of islands make them a unique study system for the
investigation of ecological and evolutionary dynamics. The Mediterranean Basin, an island …

Diversity and distribution of beetles in a Mediterranean volcanic archipelago: An updated checklist of the Coleoptera of the Aeolian Islands (Sicily, Italy)

PL Cascio, G Altadonna, P Ponel - Biodiversity journal, 2022 - amu.hal.science
This paper provides a faunal inventory of the Coleoptera of the Aeolian Islands, including
both the list of 669 species so far recorded and its update with 192 new records for the …

Functional traits explain non-native plant species richness and occupancy on northern New Zealand islands

F Mologni, PJ Bellingham, EK Cameron, K Dinh… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Plant functional traits can greatly influence invasion success on islands. However,
interrelationships between traits and invasion success are rarely integrated with the island …