Bioclimatic and physical characterization of the world's islands

P Weigelt, W Jetz, H Kreft - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2013 - pnas.org
The Earth's islands harbor a distinct, yet highly threatened, biological and cultural diversity
that has been shaped by geographic isolation and unique environments. Island systems are …

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Greek islands of North Aegean region

E Axiotis, M Halabalaki, LA Skaltsounis - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Greek islands of the North Aegean Region are a group of nine inhabited islands (Lemnos,
Agios Efstratios, Lesvos, Chios, Psara, Oinousses, Samos, Ikaria, and Fourni) located in the …

Biogeographical determinants for total and endemic species richness in a continental archipelago

AS Kallimanis, E Bergmeier, M Panitsa… - Biodiversity and …, 2010 - Springer
We examined the relationship between plant species richness and biogeographical
variables (island area, island maximum elevation, distance from nearest inhabited island …

Elevation-driven ecological isolation promotes diversification on Mediterranean islands

MJ Steinbauer, SDH Irl, C Beierkuhnlein - Acta Oecologica, 2013 - Elsevier
The percentage of single island neo-endemic species (an indicator for evolutionary
diversification) was found to be independent of geographic distance to the continent in the …

Factors affecting plant species richness and endemism on land-bridge islands–An example from the East Aegean archipelago

M Panitsa, P Trigas, G Iatrou, S Sfenthourakis - Acta Oecologica, 2010 - Elsevier
The native flora and a number of environmental factors were recorded for twenty islands in
the eastern Aegean archipelago (Greece) in order to study the patterns of native and …

Plant species richness in the Cape Verde Islands—eco-geographical determinants

MC Duarte, F Rego, MM Romeiras, I Moreira - Biodiversity and …, 2008 - Springer
Plant species richness in the Cape Verde archipelago is examined relative to island eco-
geographical factors. Species-area and species-area-habitat relationships are analysed …

[PDF][PDF] Archaeological Areas as Habitat Islands: Plant Diversity of Epidaurus UNESCO World Heritage Site (Greece)

M Panitsa, M Tsakiri, D Kampiti, M Skotadi - Diversity, 2024 - researchgate.net
The Epidaurus UNESCO World Heritage site (EPD) is a famous archaeological area that is
located in a small valley in the Peloponnese and receives more than 250.000 visitors …

Analysis of taxonomic distinctness and priority conservation areas as a basis for heritage enhancement of floristic diversity: the case of the'hotspot'of the islands of …

T Hamel, N Hidalgo-Triana, A Meddad-Hamza… - 2022 - riuma.uma.es
The identification of priority conservation areas (PCA) plays an important role in biodiversity
conservation, but uncertainties create challenges for conservation planning. The objective …

Habitat type and island identity as drivers of community assembly in an archipelago

A Chiarucci, F Buldrini, M Cervellini… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Ecoinformatics offer new opportunity to test islands as biogeographic and ecological
models. In this paper we predicted three hypotheses:(1) plot‐based data issuing from …

Species-based versus habitat-based evaluation for conservation status assessment of habitat types in the East Aegean islands (Greece)

M Panitsa, N Koutsias, I Tsiripidis, A Zotos… - Journal for Nature …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper describes an integrated GIS-based methodology for conservation value
assessment using the traditional species-based and a habitat-based multi-criteria …