Université de Fribourg

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...