Competition Between Halophytes and Invasive Species
Dittrichia viscosa is a Mediterranean native species, normally associated with degraded and anthropogenic influenced environments, which is expanding its distribution to habitats sheltering diverse and threatened species, as salt marshes. Although it is n
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Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Albufera Natural Park in the Context of the Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Salt Marshes (“Mallades”) as Priority Habitats in the Valencian Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Invasive Species in the Study Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Coexistence of Dittrichia viscosa and Limbarda crithmoides in Salt Marshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Overview of Previous Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Plots Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Outstanding Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Abstract
Dittrichia viscosa is a Mediterranean native species, normally associated with degraded and anthropogenic influenced environments, which is expanding its distribution to habitats sheltering diverse and threatened species, as salt marshes. M. Al Hassan Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] M. Boscaiu Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain O. Mayoral (*) Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencia Experimentales y Sociales, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain Jardí Botànic de la Universitat de València, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 M. N. Grigore (ed.), Handbook of Halophytes, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17854-3_19-1
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Although it is not an alien species, due to its ability to compete with other species, it may be considered as invasive. Its stress tolerance was compared to a taxonomically closely related species Limbarda crithmoides, formerly both ascribed in the genus Inula. A multidisciplinary approach based on field, germination,
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