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Climate Change Dependence in Ex Situ Conservation of Wild Medicinal Plants in Crete, Greece.

Michael Bariotakis, Luciana Georgescu, Danae Laina, Margianna Koufaki, Maria Souma, Sotirios Douklias, Konstantinos A Giannakakis, Kyriaki N Chouli, Luca Paoli, Stefano Loppi and 4 more

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Article in Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Michael BariotakisDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
Luciana GeorgescuDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
Danae LainaDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
Margianna KoufakiDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8152-3185
Maria SoumaDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1527-0471
Sotirios DoukliasDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
Konstantinos A GiannakakisDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
Kyriaki N ChouliDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
Luca PaoliDepartment of Biology, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5479-6428
Stefano LoppiDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3404-1017
Reggina KarousouSchool of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Petr SmykalDepartment of Botany, Palacký University Olomouc, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6117-8510
Elias CastanasSchool of Medicine, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8370-1835
Stergios A PirintsosDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
University of Crete · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRPalacký University Olomouc · CZUniversity of Pisa · ITUniversity of Siena · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over 80% of the global population addresses their primary healthcare needs using traditional medicine based on medicinal plants. Consequently, there's a rising demand for these plants for both household and industrial use at local, regional, national, and international levels. However, wild harvesting has negatively impacted natural ecosystems. Cultivating medicinal species has been proposed as a conservation strategy to alleviate this pressure. Yet, in this age of global climate change concerns, smallholder farmers' views on the benefits of such cultivation clash with the uncertainties of climate change impacts, amplifying their anxieties. In this context, the climate change dependence of ex situ cultivation of ten wild medicinal taxa with significant ethnopharmacological interest in Crete, Greece, were studied, projecting their potential habitat suitability under various future climate scenarios. The results demonstrated species-specific effects. Based on the potential cultivation area gains and losses, these effects can be categorized into three groups. We also outlined the spatial patterns of these gains and losses, offering valuable insights for regional management strategies benefiting individual practitioners.

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adaptation strategiesclimate changeCreteEcological Niche Modelingex situ conservationhabitat shiftLamiaceaemedicinal plantsprecision agriculturewild harvest

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PMID37887037
PMCPMC10604457
OpenAlexW4387528227

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