{"title":"Syntaxonomic characterization of the vegetation belts from the South-eastern Carpathians (Romanian Carpathians)","authors":"G. Coldea, V. Cristea","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.361","url":null,"abstract":"Coldea, G. & Cristea, V.: Syntaxonomic characterization of the vegetation belts from the Southeastern Carpathians (Romanian Carpathians). — Fl. Medit. 31 (Special Issue): 361-369. 2021. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. Based on studies carried out in the mountain ranges of the South-eastern Carpathians (Romanian Carpathians) and on local geobotanical (phytosociological) data, we present a detailed syntaxonomical characterization of the 4 vegetation belts (hill, montane, subalpine and alpine) of this region. The syntaxa for each vegetation belt are analogous to those described in the North-western Carpathians (Tatra Mountains) regarding the dominant species, but have different regional and local endemic species. The latter supported the description of new regional syntaxa by Romanian phytosociologists, which are employed in the characterization of each","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48464084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can restored forests retrieve the flora of potential natural forests in urban areas? Comparison in 100, 500 and 45-year-old planted forests","authors":"","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.371","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48866713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating General Vegetation Models using Floristic Data","authors":"","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42857285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial phylogenetic diversity of pteridophytes in Latium (Central Italy): a tool for conservation planning at regional scale","authors":"F. Bartoli, M. Iocchi, F. Lucchese","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.297","url":null,"abstract":"Bartoli, F., Iocchi, M. & Lucchese, F.: Spatial phylogenetic diversity of pteridophytes in Latium (Central Italy): a tool for conservation planning at regional scale. — Fl. Medit. 31 (Special Issue): 297-315. 2021. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. The spatial phylogenetic metrics of pteridophyte diversity and endemism may provide useful information to prioritize protected areas for conservation planning. We analysed spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity (PD) and phylogenetic endemism (PE) of native pteridophytes across Latium, to recognise diversity and endemism centres. and to discuss implications for conservation in the region. We identified the main PD and PE centres that should be considered as valuable biodiversity hotspots, due to their high evolutionary and conservation value. Most, but not all of them correspond to protected areas Monitoring programmes of the rarest taxa are proposed.","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44749368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reproductive phenology in relation to fire and substrate in coastal Heath near Lancelin, Western Australia","authors":"S. Barrett, P. Ladd","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.279","url":null,"abstract":"Barrett, S. & Ladd, P. G.: Reproductive phenology in relation to fire and substrate in coastal Heath near Lancelin, Western Australia. — Fl. Medit. 31 (Special Issue): 279-296. 2021. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. Plant reproductive phenology has evolved to enable species to persist within the constraints of the environmental conditions in which they grow. Climate is an important control over phenology but other environmental factors such a disturbance will also influence when reproduction can occur. Quantitative reproductive phenology – flowering and fruiting, were examined in heath (kwongan) and coastal scrub near Lancelin, Western Australia. Two questions were addressed how is reproductive phenology affected by time since fire and do communities on different substrates under the same climate have different reproductive timing? In five sites with a range of fire histories differences were observed in both within-year reproductive patterns and total reproductive performance. The most prolific flowering occurred early in the season and preceded the time when the majority of species were flowering. Reproductive activity was more seasonally constrained in the most recently burnt site compared with more protracted flowering at the sites several years after fire. Flowering and fruiting were greatest at the longest unburnt site, more than 6 years post-fire. Life history characteristics and juvenile period of species were important influences on reproductive output, with annuals the main contributors to reproduction soon after fire while woody plants took longer to resume or begin reproduction. A comparison of reproductive phenology on a range of substrates showed the coastal dune scrub vegetation to have more protracted reproductive activity than coastal heathland vegetation. Differences of reproductive timing and intensity in heathland vegetation on different substrate types were not marked. Sites on different substrates but with similar fire histories appeared to be more strongly influenced by time since fire than by substrate.","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44987547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forty years of symphenological research in a submontane calcareous beech forest under the influence of climate change","authors":"Florian Goedecke","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.257","url":null,"abstract":"Dierschke, H. & Goedecke, F.: Forty years of symphenological research in a submontane calcareous beech forest under the influence of climate change. — Fl. Medit. 31 (Special Issue): 257-270. 2021. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. An annual phenological survey was carried out between 1981 and 2020 in a mesic beech forest on limestone (Hordelymo-Fagetum lathyretosum) in Germany. Symphenological groups of species were defined according to concurrent flowering times. Using these groups, the vegetation period was subdivided into 9 phenophases, which are a refinement of the flowering waves introduced by Sandro Pignatti for European beech forests. For the three spring phases 2, 3 and 5 the starting time was analysed for a period of 40 years. Despite obvious fluctuations from year to year, the phases tended to start earlier, often in all phases in a synchronous manner. The extension of the vegetation period by 10-11 days is a striking sign of climate change. Finally, 60 years of cooperation and joint experiences of Sandro Pignatti and Hartmut Dierschke are briefly commented on.","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48143981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can ecoindicators be a tool to reduce and understand complexity of plant communities?","authors":"","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49531542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seed germination reports for Policy species in the central Apennines","authors":"","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31.277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31.277","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71165592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Similarity, classification and diversity “an Eternal Golden Braid” in quantitative vegetation studies","authors":"E. Feoli, P. Ganis","doi":"10.7320/flmedit31si.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit31si.023","url":null,"abstract":"Feoli, E. & Ganis, P.: Similarity, classification and diversity “an Eternal Golden Braid” in quantitative vegetation studies. — Fl. Medit. 31 (Special Issue): 23-41. 2021. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. The role of similarity-dissimilarity matrices is discussed within a conceptual framework that shows the strict connections between similarity, classification and diversity in vegetation studies. Examples of application of the evenness of the eigenvalues of similarity matrices (E()) to define classes, to measure correlation between biological communities and environmental factors and to measure diversity of vegetation systems as a parameter , by the formula k, where k is the number of classes and E(), are given by considering two data sets regarding beech forests of the Italian peninsula.","PeriodicalId":34925,"journal":{"name":"Flora Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71166319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}