Climate change and agricultural intensification are threatening the Endangered Tulipa cypria Stapf ex Turrill

IF 2.5 3区环境科学与生态学 Q2 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Journal for Nature Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-31 DOI:10.1016/j.jnc.2025.127078

Adil Riaz , Özge Özden , Dave Hodgson , Tamer Ekendal , Hikmet Uluçam , Salih Gücel

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Many rare or endemic plant species survival in the world are at-risk by climate change and anthropogenic activities (agricultural and/or settlement developments). The habitats of rare plant species are decreasing and habitat fragmentation is increasing.

One of the most important endemic plant species for the island of Cyprus is Tulipa cypria. To understand the ecology of T. cypria and its threats, field censuses were made in 17 different locations in 2015 and in 2023, and tests were conducted on the temperature-dependent germination biology of seeds collected from the field. The T. cypria population has declined dramatically in recent years, due to to agricultural intensification. Climate change, especially long, hot and dry seasons, is likely to harm germination and bulb development of remaining plants. This research highlights the need to take urgent, island-wide measures to conserve the remaining populations of T. cypria.

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气候变化和农业集约化正威胁着濒临灭绝的塞浦路斯郁金香

气候变化和人类活动（农业和/或住区发展）威胁着世界上许多珍稀或特有植物物种的生存。珍稀植物生境不断减少，生境破碎化加剧。塞浦路斯岛最重要的地方植物物种之一是郁金香。为了进一步了解土虱的生态学及其威胁，2015年和2023年在17个不同地点进行了实地调查，并对田间采集的土虱种子进行了温度依赖性萌发生物学试验。近年来，由于农业集约化，塞浦路斯人的数量急剧下降。气候变化，特别是漫长、炎热和干燥的季节，可能会损害剩余植物的发芽和鳞茎发育。这项研究强调需要在全岛范围内采取紧急措施，以保护剩余的塞浦路斯土虱种群。

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Journal for Nature Conservation 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

3.70

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5.00%

发文量

151

审稿时长

7.9 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal for Nature Conservation addresses concepts, methods and techniques for nature conservation. This international and interdisciplinary journal encourages collaboration between scientists and practitioners, including the integration of biodiversity issues with social and economic concepts. Therefore, conceptual, technical and methodological papers, as well as reviews, research papers, and short communications are welcomed from a wide range of disciplines, including theoretical ecology, landscape ecology, restoration ecology, ecological modelling, and others, provided that there is a clear connection and immediate relevance to nature conservation. Manuscripts without any immediate conservation context, such as inventories, distribution modelling, genetic studies, animal behaviour, plant physiology, will not be considered for this journal; though such data may be useful for conservationists and managers in the future, this is outside of the current scope of the journal.