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Comparison of the Allelopathic Potential of Non-Native and Native Species of Mediterranean Ecosystems [PDF]

Plants, 2023
Allelopathy is a frequent interaction between species in Mediterranean ecosystems and it is also one of the proposed strategies to explain the colonisation of invasive species.
Natividad Chaves Lobón, Marisa González Félix, Juan Carlos Alías Gallego   +2 more
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The spread of non-native species. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Haubrock PJ, Tarkan AS, Martín-Forés I, Katsanevakis S, Sousa R, Soto I, Green AJ, Kouba A, Everts T, Dominguez Almela V, Belouard N, Hui C, Bojko J, Deklerck V, Boeraeve M, Essl F, Britton JR.   +16 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Duck productivity in restored species-rich native and species-poor non-native plantings. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Conservation efforts to increase duck production have led the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to restore grasslands with multi-species (3-5) mixtures of introduced cool season vegetation often termed dense nesting cover (DNC).
Ryan D Haffele, Michael W Eichholz, Cami S Dixon   +2 more
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Micropropagation and ex situ conservation of three rare and endemic ornamental Dianthus taxa (Caryophyllaceae) [PDF]

Botanica Serbica, 2022
The conservation of numerous plant taxa of spontaneous flora which are endemic, endangered, vulnerable or rare is realized by in situ or ex situ methods. The biotechnology of in vitro cultures is an important part of these programmes.
Virginia Sarropoulou, Eleni Maloupa
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In vitro direct organogenesis of the medicinal single-mountain local prioritized vulnerable Greek endemic Achillea occulta under different medium variants

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2023
Achillea species are of high medicinal value based on their use in traditional medicine and their content in secondary metabolites with potential application in dermatology and cosmetic industry.
Virginia SARROPOULOU, Eleni MALOUPA, Katerina GRIGORIADOU   +2 more
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Propagation and ex-situ conservation of Lomelosia minoana subsp. minoana and Scutellaria hirta - two ornamental and medicinal Cretan endemics (Greece)

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2021
Human needs and concomitant commercial trade to date trigger the demand of new ornamental plants and new natural medicinal products. The current study includes preliminary seed germination trials and presents the development of effective vegetative ...
Katerina GRIGORIADOU, Nikos KRIGAS, Virginia SARROPOULOU, Eleni MALOUPA, Georgios TSOKTOURIDIS   +4 more
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Vegetative propagation and ex-situ conservation of Acantholimon androsaceum and Limonium chersonesum, two promising local endemics of Crete (Greece) available for floricultural and pharmaceutical sustainable exploitation

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2021
The continual search for new attractive ornamentals and innovative natural medicinal products is the main focus of floricultural and pharmaceutical industries worldwide.
Katerina GRIGORIADOU, Nikos KRIGAS, Virginia SARROPOULOU, Eleni MALOUPA, Georgios TSOKTOURIDIS   +4 more
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In vitro direct organogenesis of the Cretan dittany (Origanum dictamnus L.), an important threatened Greek endemic species

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2022
Dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus L.) is a threatened medicinal-aromatic plant of Lamiaceae family which is a local endemic to the Island of Crete, Greece.
Virginia SARROPOULOU, Eleni MALOUPA, Katerina GRIGORIADOU   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of soil nematodes along an altitudinal gradient in the cold temperate zone of China

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
As important components of the cosmopolitan soil biota, soil nematodes are found at multiple trophic levels of the belowground food web and play an important role in soil function.
Fangyuan Shen, Chen Chen, Yan Zhang, Li Ji, Huifeng Liu, Lixue Yang   +5 more
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Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species [PDF]

Conservation Biology, 2014
Abstract Non‐native species cause changes in the ecosystems to which they are introduced. These changes, or some of them, are usually termed impacts; they can be manifold and potentially damaging to ecosystems and biodiversity.
Jeschke, JM, Bacher, S, Blackburn, TM, Dick, JTA, Essl, F, Evans, T, Gaertner, M, Hulme, Philip, Kühn, I, Mrugała, A, Pergl, J, Pyšek, P, Rabitsch, W, Ricciardi, A, Richardson, DM, Sendek, A, Vilà, M, Winter, M, Kumschick, S   +18 more
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