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Distribution, ecological role and symbioses of selected shrubby species in the Mediterranean Basin: a review

Svetlana BanchevaGianniantonio DominaEmanuela LombardoGiuseppe Venturella

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0106 biological sciencesMediterranean ecosystemshrublandsDistribution (economics)Plant Science010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesMediterranean BasinMediterranean areaShrublandSymbiosisEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsgeography.geographical_feature_categoryEcologybusiness.industryEcologyinter-intraspecific interactionSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaVegetationGeographyHabitatplant associationSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicatabusinessCharacteristic type010606 plant biology & botany

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Among the Mediterranean ecosystems, shrublands are a characteristic type of vegetation, widespread in different habitats. Owing to different factors such as the physiological, morphological, reproductive, phenological and regenerative properties, as well as the inter-intraspecific interactions, each shrubby species represents an important element within the plant community and plays a specific ecological role. In this review, attention was focused on the ecological functions and type of plant-microsymbiont interactions in respect of selected shrubby species within the Mediterranean Basin: Amelanchier ovalis, Astragalus nebrodensis, Crataegus laciniata, Lycium intricatum, Prunus spinosa and Viburnum tinus.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-04-07
10.1080/11263504.2020.1727988http://hdl.handle.net/10447/418458