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. 2017 Oct 18;39(6):383-389.
doi: 10.1016/j.pld.2017.10.002. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Plant micro-reserves in Valencia (E. Spain): A model to preserve threatened flora in China?

Simón Fos  1   2 , Emilio Laguna  2   3 , Juan Jiménez  2 , Miguel Ángel Gómez-Serrano  1   2
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Plant micro-reserves in Valencia (E. Spain): A model to preserve threatened flora in China?

Simón Fos et al. Plant Divers. .

Abstract

The Valencian Community (eastern Spain) was the pioneer territory establishing plant micro-reserves (PMRs). Its model to protect small sites for endemic and endangered plants has been exported to several countries around the globe. This paper highlights 1) the role of PMRs to complement the protection provided by large protected areas, 2) how the establishment of PMRs fosters the increase of floristic knowledge, and 3) the fact that continuous monitoring of PMRs also yields new records of endangered species found within the same PMRs. The flexibility of the PMR approach -it can be adapted to other national and regional legislations- allows its transfer to other rich-biodiversity regions and countries such as China.

Keywords: BDBCV, Biodiversity Databank of the Valencian Community; Endemic plants; NP, Natural Park; PMR, Plant Micro-Reserve; Plant micro-reserves; Protected areas; Threatened species; VCTPS, Valencian Catalog of Threatened Plant Species; in situ conservation.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Location of the Valencian Community and map of the region showing the distribution of the PMR (white circles) and NP (dark gray areas). 45 PMR selected for the study of the improvement of floristic knowledge are highlighted with a black dot inside the white circles.
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Fig. 2
Graphic representation of the procedure used for the analysis of floristic richness in 3 adjacent UTM squares of 1 × 1 km. PMR is represented by the black square.
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Fig. 3
Average species richness for PMR-UTM, UTM-no PMR (considering N and S UTM grids independently) and of the 3 grids combined (PMR + N + S). Error bars represent confidence interval at 95% level.
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Fig. 4
Scatter plot of PMR according to the differences between the number of species cited in the PMR-UTM and each of the 2 adjacent grids (X = PMR-S UTMs; Y = PMR-N UTMs).
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