Plant Diversity Patterns and Conservation Implications under Climate-Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean: The Case of Crete (Aegean, Greece)

Plant Diversity Patterns and Conservation Implications under Climate-Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean: The Case of Crete (Aegean, Greece)

Climate change poses a great challenge for biodiversity conservation. Several studies exist regarding climate change’s impacts on European plants, yet none has investigated how climate change will affect the extinction risk of the entire endemic flora of an island biodiversity hotspot, with intense...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
continental island
endemics
environmental management
extinction risk
Mediterranean flora
Natura 2000
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/7/270

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