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Staying alive on an active volcano : 80 years population dynamics of Cytisus aeolicus (Fabaceae) from Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

Zaia, R. ; Pasta, Salvatore ; Rita, F. Di ; Laudicina, V. A. ; Cascio, P. Lo ; Magri, D. ; Troia, Angelo ; Guarino, Riccardo

In: Ecological Processes, 2020, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 64

Cytisus aeolicus is a narrow endemic species restricted to the Aeolian archipelago (SE Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) and it is one of the most evolutionarily isolated plants in the Mediterranean flora. Historical and literature data suggest that both metapopulations and isolated individuals of C. aeolicus are gradually shrinking. Field investigations and drone images demonstrate that the C. aeolicus...

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The ongoing naturalisation of Eucalyptus spp. in the Mediterranean Basin: new threats to native species and habitats

Badalamenti, Emilio ; Cusimano, D. ; Mantia, Tommaso La ; Pasta, Salvatore ; Romano, S. ; Troia, Angelo ; Ilardi, V.

In: Australian Forestry, 2018, vol. 81, no. 4, p. 239–249

The genus Eucalyptus has been widely introduced into many regions of the world outside its native range and has become invasive in some Mediterranean biomes (e.g. in southern Africa and California). In the Mediterranean Basin and Europe, eucalypts were introduced at the end of the 18th century. However, natural regeneration events in these regions are recent in time and limited in terms of...

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Checklist of gypsophilous vascular flora in Italy

Musarella, Carmelo Maria ; Mendoza-Fernández, Antonio Jesús ; Mota, Juan Francisco ; Alessandrini, Alessandro ; Bacchetta, Gianluigi ; Brullo, Salvatore ; Caldarella, Orazio ; Ciaschetti, Giampiero ; Conti, Fabio ; Martino, Luciano Di ; Falci, Amedeo ; Gianguzzi, Lorenzo ; Guarino, Riccardo ; Manzi, Aurelio ; Minissale, Pietro ; Montanari, Sergio ; Pasta, Salvatore ; Peruzzi, Lorenzo ; Podda, Lina ; Sciandrello, Saverio ; Scuderi, Leonardo ; Troia, Angelo ; Spampinato, Giovanni

In: PhytoKeys, 2018, vol. 103, p. 61–82

Our understanding of the richness and uniqueness of the flora growing on gypsum substrates in Italy has grown significantly since the 19th century and, even today, new plant species are still being discovered. However, the plants and plant communities, growing on gypsum substrates in Italy, are still a relatively unknown subject. The main aim of this paper was to elaborate a checklist of the...