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Título: Monitoring an endangered and rare plant: population growth and viability of Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell and Davis (Gran Canaria - Canary Islands)
Autores/as: Naranjo Cigala, Agustín 
Díaz, Francisco Javier
González-García, Aday Miguel
Ramos, Ana
Árevalo Sierra,José Ramón 
Salas Pascual, Marcos 
Clasificación UNESCO: 2417 Biología vegetal (botánica)
250501-1 Biogeografía botánica
Palabras clave: Conservation
Correlation
Global warming
Monitoring
Protected areas
Fecha de publicación: 2018
Editor/a: 1300-008X
Publicación seriada: Doga, Turkish Journal of Botany 
Resumen: 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.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/41809
ISSN: 1300-008X
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1707-63
Fuente: Turkish Journal of Botany [ISSN 1300-008X],v. 42 (3), p. 362-369
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