Sticking around Plant persistence strategies on edaphic islands

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1850 - 1862
• Main Authors: Ottaviani, Gianluigi, Méndez-Castro, Francisco E., Conti, Luisa, Zelený, David, Chytrý, Milan, Doležal, Jiři, Jandová, Veronika, Altman, Jan, Klimešová, Jitka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.09.2022; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: belowground resource conservation; Biogeography; Central European region; Climate change; clonality; Conservation; conservation biogeography; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental changes; Environmental factors; Extinction; Flowers & plants; functional island biogeography; Global warming; granite; Grasslands; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; intraspecific trait variability; intraspecific variation; Island biogeography; island specialists; Islands; Land use; longevity; Microclimate; Outcrops; Precipitation; RESEARCH ARTICLE; Resource conservation; risk; Seeds; soil; Soil conditions; Soils; Species extinction; species‐specific responses; temperate dry grasslands; Variation; Central Europe; Czech Republic; Central European region

Aim Species on islands are at high risk of extinction due to environmental changes, including global warming, land‐use alterations and invasions. At local scales, extinctions can be offset by strategies promoting in situ persistence. We explored how persistence‐related traits of plants—that is, link...