Diversity and degradation of the vegetation of mountain belt forests of central Adjara (the Lesser Caucasus), Georgia by Nana Goginashvili, Natalia Togonidze, Irina Tvauri, Zurab Manvelidze, Nino Memiadze, Stefan Zerbe, Zezva Asanidze

“…Based on our findings, we recommend to the organization which manages the local forests to find a balance between the use of forest resources and protection of the unique floristic diversity of local forests in order to avoid their degradation.…”
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Using ecological and life-history characteristics for projecting species' responses to climate change by Sven Pompe, Jan Hanspach, Franz W. Badeck, Stefan Klotz, Helge Bruelheide, Ingolf Kühn

“…Other traits associated with range loss (e.g. life form, number of floristic zones) were not necessarily related to range gain (instead related to Ellenberg temperature indicator), indicating that two distinct sets of ecological processes govern range expansion and contraction. …”
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Variations in Vegetation Structure, Species Dominance and Plant Communities in South of the Eastern Desert-Egypt by Fawzy SALAMA, Monier ABD EL-GHANI, Mohamed GADALLAH, Salah EL-NAGGAR, Ahmed AMRO

“…For two successive years, the floristic diversity and vegetation composition in the southern part of the Eastern Desert ofEgypt were investigated through four transects (3 crossing the Eastern Desert and one along the Red Sea). …”
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Itineraries of the Working Group for Vegetation Science of the Italian Botanical Society – 1 (2022): Excursion to the Egadi Islands, Mount San Giuliano and Mount Cofano (Trapani,... by Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Riccardo Guarino, Giuseppe Bazan, Romeo Di Pietro, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Enrico Bajona, Peter Bolliger, Costantino Bonomi, Adriano Camuffo, Carlo Console, Simonetta Fascetti, Paola Fortini, Annarita Frattaroli, Giacomo Mei, Fabio Mondello, Silvia Olivari, Masin Rizzieri, Leonardo Rosati, Simona Sarmati, Leonardo Scuderi, Marco Simonazzi, Giovanni Spampinato, Lucia Viegi, Adriano Stinca

“…Syntaxonomical and nomenclatural remarks regarding the Mediterranean vegetation occurring in this territory are also given throughout the text. Some floristic updates for the study sites are also reported, including the discovery for the first time in Sicily of Lysimachia loeflingii.…”
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The Origins and Historical Assembly of the Brazilian Caatinga Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests by Moabe F. Fernandes, Moabe F. Fernandes, Domingos Cardoso, R. Toby Pennington, R. Toby Pennington, Luciano P. de Queiroz

“…Our results show a pervasive floristic exchange between Caatinga and other neotropical regions, particularly those adjacent. …”
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Vegetation Dynamics and Species Diversity in a Saharan Oasis, Egypt by Fawzy Mahmoud SALAMA, Monier Mohammed ABD EL-GHANI, Ahmed Abd El Rahman AMRO, Ali El Saeid GAAFAR, Ayat Abd El Monem ABD EL GALIL

“…The present study provides an analysis of the floristic composition, habitat types, vegetation structure and species diversity, elucidating the role of the environmental factors that affect species distribution in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. …”
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Avaliação da sustentabilidade agroambiental de unidades produtivas agroflorestais em várzeas flúvio marinhas de Cametá - Pará Agro-environmental sustainability evaluation of produc... by Raimundo Nonato da Silveira Ribeiro, Manoel Malheiros Tourinho, Antônio Cordeiro de Santana

“…Approximately 27% of the floristic composition is commercial species, making up over 92% of the total tree population having low timber extraction potential and a diversity of non-timber products. …”
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DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF NATIVE AND INTRODUCED VEGETATION IN GRASSLAND OF TANTOYUCA, VERACRUZ, MÉXICO by Maribel Del Ángel Gerónimo, Claudio Vite Cristóbal, Juan Manuel Pech Canché, Eloísa Ortega Vargas, Armando Arrieta González

“…The objective was to assess the diversity and abundance of native and introduced vegetation present in the dairy and meat production systems of the grasslands of Tantoyuca, Veracruz, Mexico. Methodology. The floristic composition, structure, diversity, richness and conservation value were estimated from the inventory and abundance of plant species obtained by sampling by linear transects in ten dairy or meat grasslands. …”
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Variações fenológicas das espécies do cerrado em Emas - Pirassununga, SP Phenological variations of the cerrado species in Emas (Pirassununga, SP) by Marco Antonio Batalha, Sônia Aragaki, Waldir Mantovani

“…Between April 1994 and April 1995 a floristic survey was carried out, when 358 species, representing 227 genera and 78 families, were found. …”
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Flora e aspectos auto-ecológicos de um encrave de cerrado na chapada do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil Flora and autecology's aspects of a disjunction cerrado at Araripe plateau, Nort... by Itayguara Ribeiro da Costa, Francisca Soares de Araújo, Luiz Wilson Lima-Verde

“…<br>This study subject to investigate the floristic composition and richness, the reproductive phenological patterns, the dispersal syndromes and life forms of species of a disjunt cerrado in semiarid climate at Araripe plateau during a one year period. …”
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Aloe vera and STS solution on microbial population and vase life of Heliconia cut flowers by Adekemi Olubukola Shokalu, James Israel, Olatunji Mosunmola, Oyedeji Eniola, Elum Gift, Ajisafe Adebayo, Akintoye Henry

“…The use of several solutions as floral preservatives in extending the vase life of cut flowers has been an all-time research objective to meet the demands of florists and buyers. One of the major problems faced with the longevity of cut flowers is the accumulation of microorganism in the vase floral solution. …”
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Changes in structure and composition of evergreen forests on an altitudinal gradient in the Venezuelan Guayana Shield by Lionel Hernández, Nelda Dezzeo, Elio Sanoja, Leandro Salazar, Hernán Castellanos

“…In conclusion, it appears that the structural and floristic variability observed in the studied transect is produced by a combination of different climates and randomly expressed local processes interacting across a complex physical landscape…”
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Plant species diversity and composition in limestone forests of the Vietnamese Cat Ba National Park by Van Vien Pham, Christian Ammer, Peter Annighöfer, Steffi Heinrichs

“…We hypothesised that: (1) topography, accessibility and spatial isolation drive the diversity and composition of plant communities in the CBNP and that (2) isolated areas contribute to high floristic regional diversity by supporting unique species assemblages. …”
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How do plant communities and flower visitors relate? A case study of semi-natural xerothermic grasslands by Damian Chmura, Paweł Adamski, Zygmunt Denisiuk

“…We found that the species composition of flower visitors cannot be predicted by floristic composition when the duration of the study is restricted to one day (but under similar weather conditions); however, there is a positive relationship between the species richness of insects and plants and a positive relationship between the number of plant species and the abundance of flower visitors. …”
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Flora of water bodies in the eastern part of the Dnieper-Donetsk depression by A. Rokytianskyi, Yu. Gamulya

“…Recently, against the background of a general decrease in autochthonous floristic diversity, new invasive species have appeared in the region, behaving aggressively towards the native flora: Pistia stratiotes L. and Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) …”
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Diversity of segetal weeds in pea (Pisum sativum L.) depending on crops chosen for a crop rotation system by Marta K. Kostrzewska, Magdalena Jastrzębska, Kinga Treder, Maria Wanic

“…The similarity indices, which express the convergence of floristic composition as well as of the density and biomass of weeds growing in pea fields in the two crop rotation systems compared, were within a broad range (42–86%). …”
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ESTUDOS FITOSSOCIOLÓGICOS E DENDROMÉTRICOS EM UM FRAGMENTO DE CAATINGA, SÃO JOSÉ DE ESPINHARAS – PB by Pierre Farias de Souza, Josuel Arcanjo da Silva, Danielly da Silva Lucena, William de Sousa Santos, Íkallo George Nunes Henriques, Maria de Fátima de Araújo Lucena, Ademilson Daniel de Souza

“…The present study aimed to analyze the floristic composition, characterize the parameters of the internal structure, adjust volumetric models in order to obtain stem volume estimates as well as estimate a form factor for stems in a stretch of caatinga vegetation. …”
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The oak forest of the Dendropark “Оlexandria”. Part 1. From indigenous to anthropogenically transformed plantation by Nataliia Boiko, Nina Dragan, Nataliia Doiko

“…The dominant species, Quercus robur, retained the function of a unifier with a share in the first tier of 70–100 %. The floristic core of the main forest-forming species has been preserved too. …”
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Effect of the recent land use on the plant diversity and community structure of Omayed Biosphere Reserve, Egypt by Dalia A. Ahmed, Manal Fawzy, Nouran M. Saeed, Mohamed A. Awad

“…The present study aims at describing and analysing the floristic composition and vegetation types, as well as determining the effect of recent land uses on the vegetation structure. …”
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Briófitas da caatinga 1: Estação Experimental do IPA, Caruaru - PE Bryophyte of caatinga 1: experimental station at the IPA, Caruaru - PE by Kátia Cavalcanti Pôrto, Maria de Fátima Galdino da Silveira, Patrícia Sheyla de Almeida Sá

“…O trabalho contém informações sobre distribuição geográfica e aspectos ecológicos das espécies.<br>A floristic survey of bryophyte was carried out in a experimental station at the Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária at Caruaru (Lat. 8º08'00"-8º10'00"S; Long. 36º02'00"-36º10,00"W), Pernambuco State. …”
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