Global environmental changes in a unique flora: Endangered plant communities in the Valencia region

Authors

  • Emilio Laguna Lumbreras Wildlife Service of the Valencian autonomous-region government (Generalitat Valenciana, Spain).
  • Pedro Pablo Ferrer Gallego Wildlife Service of the Valencian autonomous-region government (Generalitat Valenciana, Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.6.4127

Keywords:

climate change, endangered species, endemic plants, Valencia, extinction

Abstract

The expected effects of global environmental change over the coming decades may worsen the situation for many currently endangered Valencian plants, even leading to the localised extinction of some species which have no replacement habitats. This paper analyses four cases of affected environments: coastal systems, wetlands, sub-Mediterranean shade forests, and high mountain vegetation.

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Author Biographies

Emilio Laguna Lumbreras, Wildlife Service of the Valencian autonomous-region government (Generalitat Valenciana, Spain).

PhD in Biological Science. He is Head of Section at the Wildlife Service of the Valencian autonomous-region government (Generalitat Valenciana, Spain), and received the Silver Leaf Award for conservation of European flora from Planta Europa in 2004. He directs programs for the preservation of endangered Valencian plants at the Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation at the Generalitat Valenciana.

Pedro Pablo Ferrer Gallego, Wildlife Service of the Valencian autonomous-region government (Generalitat Valenciana, Spain).

PhD in Biological Science. He develops his professional activity as a technician for the company VAERSA in the Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation and the Wildlife Service at the Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). He is the author of different scientific and technical work related to the conservation of endangered species, taxonomy, and plant nomenclature.  

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Published

2016-04-15

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Laguna Lumbreras, E., & Ferrer Gallego, P. P. (2016). Global environmental changes in a unique flora: Endangered plant communities in the Valencia region. Metode Science Studies Journal, (6), 36–45. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.6.4127
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