Monitoring an endangered and rare plant: population growth and viability of Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell and Davis (Gran Canaria - Canary Islands)

Agustín NARANJO-CIGALA; Marcos SALAS; Francisco Javier DÍAZ; Aday Miguel GONZÁLEZ-GARCÍA; Ana RAMOS; José Ramón ARÉVALO

Makale detayları

Monitoring an endangered and rare plant: population growth and viability of Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell and Davis (Gran Canaria - Canary Islands)

Yazarlar:

Agustín NARANJO-CIGALA | Marcos SALAS | Francisco Javier DÍAZ | Aday Miguel GONZÁLEZ-GARCÍA | Ana RAMOS | José Ramón ARÉVALO

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Botany 2018 Vol.42 Issue 3, pp.362-369

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000815130

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6106

pISSN:

1300-008X

Özet:

 

                 
                        Species monitoring is a valuable tool that can 
be used to answer a wide range of questions directly related to species 
conservation, management, and population improvement. We monitored the 
only remaining population of Lotus kunkelii on a monthly basis 
over 3 years to reveal important characteristics of the population that 
could help protect it. In this study, the main hypothesis to be tested 
is whether the population of L. kunkelii is stable or not. The 
study site is located in Gran Canaria. Monthly censuses of the 
population recording size (height and diameter), mortality, 
regeneration, and presence of reproductive structures in each individual
 were carried out, and this monthly information of variables was 
correlated with climatic variables. The population is growing (from 105 
to more than 200 individuals during the studied time) at a slow pace and
 is restricted by the environmental conditions of its surroundings (the 
proximity of the population to the sea that cushions the weather 
conditions), but we also determined high vulnerability of the species 
with respect to flooding and heavy rain. However, the population can be 
considered endangered due to its low number of individuals, and also 
because it is restricted to a very small area of land. We suggest that 
to conserve the population new individuals should be protected from 
grazing where the natural population is found. Finally, the climatic 
changes predicted by the IPCC in this area should also be considered in 
future conservation plans.

Makale detayları

Monitoring an endangered and rare plant: population growth and viability of Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell and Davis (Gran Canaria - Canary Islands)

Yazarlar: Agustín NARANJO-CIGALA | Marcos SALAS | Francisco Javier DÍAZ | Aday Miguel GONZÁLEZ-GARCÍA | Ana RAMOS | José Ramón ARÉVALO

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Botany 2018 Vol.42 Issue 3, pp.362-369

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2018

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000815130

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-6106

pISSN: 1300-008X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Agustín NARANJO-CIGALA | Marcos SALAS | Francisco Javier DÍAZ | Aday Miguel GONZÁLEZ-GARCÍA | Ana RAMOS | José Ramón ARÉVALO

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Botany 2018 Vol.42 Issue 3, pp.362-369

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000815130

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6106

pISSN:

1300-008X