Mediterranean Plants

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: allelochemicals; aridity index; biological activity; Biology, life sciences; climate change; clinical studies; Cyclamen graecum; DNA barcoding; drought; effective number of species; elongation; enhanced vegetation index; forest berries; genotype selection; geophyte; Gini–Simpson; Helichrysum italicum; hualo; inter-annual variability; internal use; leaf hydraulic conductance; machine learning; Mathematics and Science; Mediterranean; Mediterranean climate; Mediterranean plants; MODIS; multifaceted evaluation; neglected and underutilized plants; nursery production; nutraceutical potential; phenology; phytogenetic resources; phytotoxicity; precipitation; protocols; rain days; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; remote sensing; Research and information: general; richness; seasonality; seeds; Shannon entropy; specific activity; stomatal conductance; temperature; time-series; transpiration; water imbibition; water potential
• ISBN: 9783036548623; 9783036548616; 3036548610; 3036548629
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4862-3

Plants grown and exposed to Mediterranean climatic conditions are a source of information of a natural heritage. Mediterranean plants have been presented as vehicles for expressing historical knowledge and environmental attributes; scientific reports have given us important insights into plant growth, structure, and function. With the current environmental and social threats, mainly posed by expanding touristic and anthropogenic activities, the importance of Mediterranean plants will once again be appreciated. In this book, the function, structure, diversity, biogeography, conservation, seasonality, and interactions of Mediterranean plants with the abiotic and biotic environment are highlighted.