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Dr. Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez
University of Almeria (Spain)

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Degree in Biochemistry by the University of Granada (2000). Doctorate in Applied and Environmental Sciences (2014). Mention of End of Thesis Award. Master's Degree in Classroom Research and Didactic Assessment for Teachers (2017). Mention of End of Master’s Degree Award. Accredited as Associate Professor by ANECA. Member of the research group RNM-344 (Conservation Biology) since 2007. H index: 9 (Scopus). 24 research articles published in international impact journals indexed in the JCR Science Citation Index. 9 chapters of published national books and one monograph published. Editor of three international journal (Mediterranean Botany, Biology and Sustainability). More than 50 contributions to national and international conferences. Member of the spanish scientific societies APICE and SEBICOP. Reviewer of international journals indexed in JCR's Science Citation Index, such as Heredity, Journal of Biogeography or Plant Systematics and Evolution. Participation in four R + D + I projects as a collaborating researcher. Participation in 24 research projects with private companies. Postdoctoral Grant Contract of the University of Almeria. I currently enjoy a Homologated Postdoctoral Contract and teach in different subject of the degrees of Biotechnology and Agricultural Engineering.

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Journal article
Published: 24 April 2021 in Journal for Nature Conservation
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Conservation genetics is a well‐established and essential scientific field in the toolkit of conservation planning, management, and decision‐making. Within its framework, phylogeography allows the definition of conservation strategies, especially in threatened endemic plants. Gypsum and salt-rich outcrops constitute a model example of an edaphic island-like habitat and contain rare and endemic species, many of them threatened. This is the case of Jacobaea auricula, an Iberian gypsohalophytic species with biological, ecological, and conservation interest. Genetic-based criteria were used to preserve the highest possible percentage of the species' genetic pool as well as to dispose of a set of genotypes for translocation and/or reinforcement planning of degraded populations. Relevant Genetics Units for Conservation (RGUCs) were selected as in situ conservation planning. As a complementary ex situ measure, the optimal contribution for the populations to maximize the genetic pool within each genetic cluster was calculated. To preserve the maximum genetic diversity and the highest percentage of rare AFLP bands possible, eight RGUCs were selected; the ex situ conservation design included twenty-one populations, gathering all haplotypes and ribotypes. Our genetic conservation proposal of J. auricula would improve the implementation of future genetic conservation measures, as a species model of endemic plants from edaphic habitat islands.

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Javier Bobo-Pinilla; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. Genetic conservation strategies of endemic plants from edaphic habitat islands: The case of Jacobaea auricula (Asteraceae). Journal for Nature Conservation 2021, 61, 126004 .

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Javier Bobo-Pinilla, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Juan Francisco Mota, Julio Peñas. Genetic conservation strategies of endemic plants from edaphic habitat islands: The case of Jacobaea auricula (Asteraceae). Journal for Nature Conservation. 2021; 61 ():126004.

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Javier Bobo-Pinilla; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. 2021. "Genetic conservation strategies of endemic plants from edaphic habitat islands: The case of Jacobaea auricula (Asteraceae)." Journal for Nature Conservation 61, no. : 126004.

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Published: 12 April 2021 in Mediterranean Botany
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This Special Issue provides an overview of the current status of plant conservation biology in Spain and other regions around the World. Papers represent selected outstanding presentations made during the 9th Congress of the Spanish Society of Plant Conservation Biology, which took place in Granada (Spain) on July 9-12, 2019. These papers cover different topics, all illustrating present trends in plant conservation biology. They highlight the important contribution of different approaches to plant conservation in the area. This special issue is dedicated to the memory of the Spanish botanist José Antonio Fernández Prieto (1950-2019).

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Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Juan Lorite; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. Plant Conservation Biology: a view from the Mediterranean ecoregions. Mediterranean Botany 2021, 42, e71209 -e71209.

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Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Juan Lorite, Juan Francisco Mota, Julio Peñas. Plant Conservation Biology: a view from the Mediterranean ecoregions. Mediterranean Botany. 2021; 42 ():e71209-e71209.

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Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Juan Lorite; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. 2021. "Plant Conservation Biology: a view from the Mediterranean ecoregions." Mediterranean Botany 42, no. : e71209-e71209.

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Published: 15 February 2021 in Mediterranean Botany
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The present paper is an overview of state of the art in plant conservation in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems (MTEs), highlighting current studies and neglected topics. A review of the literature dealing with this issue and a general analysis of the results was performed, delving into relevant plant conservation biology topics. The main topics considered were: 1) reproductive biology and genetic conservation, 2) threat factors and effects of global change, and 3) evaluation of conservation status and protected areas selection. This study illustrates differences in the number of documents published in northern countries of the Mediterranean Basin concerning southern and eastern countries and compared with other MTEs. It also highlights the paramount importance of public organizations as funding entities. Additionally, it points to a decrease in traditional subject categories related to plant conservation and increased multidisciplinary conservation research and novel methodologies (e.g., phylogenomics, SDM). To overcome existing biases among the different MTE regions, integrating actions at a transnational level would be necessary, with standard conservation policies and strategies. Moreover, research should be supported with more important participation and funding from private entities, with a clear focus on specific conservation proposals. In contrast, certain weaknesses were detected, some related to the limited information available about threatened plant species and the scarce use of the available data from genetic conservation research in management plans. Consequently, the authors consider that future conservation efforts should be addressed to improve the knowledge of threatened MTEs’ flora and implement a manual of good practices, which would make use of the available research information to put forward more direct proposals for management and conservation.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Juan Lorite; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. Plant conservation in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Mediterranean Botany 2021, 42, e71333 -e71333.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Juan Lorite, Juan Francisco Mota, Julio Peñas. Plant conservation in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Mediterranean Botany. 2021; 42 ():e71333-e71333.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Juan Lorite; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. 2021. "Plant conservation in Mediterranean-type ecosystems." Mediterranean Botany 42, no. : e71333-e71333.

Review
Published: 08 January 2021 in Biology
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For botanists and ecologists, the close link between some plants and substrates, such as serpentine or gypsum, is well known. However, the relationship between dolomite and its flora has been much less studied, due to various causes. Its diffuse separation from limestone and the use of a vague approach and terminology that, until now, no one has tried to harmonize are among these reasons. After carrying out an extensive review, completed with data on the distribution of plants linked to dolomite, the territories in which this type of flora appears at a global level were mapped using a geographic information system software. In addition, data on soils were collected, as well as on their influence on the ionomic profile of the flora. These data were completed with the authors’ own information from previous research, which also served to assess these communities’ degree of conservation and the genetic diversity of some of their characteristic species. The results showed that the so-called “dolomite phenomenon” is widely represented and is clearly manifested in the appearance of a peculiar flora, very rich in endemisms, on dry soils, poor in nutrients, and with a high Mg level. Although dolomite habitats cause adaptations in plants which are even more recognizable than those of other rock types, they have not been widely studied from an ecological, evolutionary, and conservation point of view because, so far, neither their characteristics nor their universal demarcation have been precisely defined.

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Juan Mota; Encarna Merlo; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez. Plants on Rich-Magnesium Dolomite Barrens: A Global Phenomenon. Biology 2021, 10, 38 .

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Juan Mota, Encarna Merlo, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández, Francisco Javier Pérez-García, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez. Plants on Rich-Magnesium Dolomite Barrens: A Global Phenomenon. Biology. 2021; 10 (1):38.

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Juan Mota; Encarna Merlo; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez. 2021. "Plants on Rich-Magnesium Dolomite Barrens: A Global Phenomenon." Biology 10, no. 1: 38.

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Published: 22 December 2020 in Land
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Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea is a shrub belonging to the Celastraceae family, whose only European populations are distributed discontinuously along the south-eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, forming plant communities with great ecological value, unique in Europe. As it is an endangered species that makes up plant communities with great palaeoecological significance, the development of species distribution models is of major interest under different climatic scenarios, past, present and future, based on the fact that the climate could play a relevant role in the distribution of this species, as well as in the conformation of the communities in which it is integrated. Palaeoecological models were generated for the Maximum Interglacial, Last Maximum Glacial and Middle Holocene periods. The results obtained showed that the widest distribution of this species, and the maximum suitability of its habitat, occurred during the Last Glacial Maximum, when the temperatures of the peninsular southeast were not as contrasting as those of the rest of the European continent and were favored by higher rainfall. Under these conditions, large territories could act as shelters during the glacial period, a hypothesis reflected in the model’s results for this period, which exhibit a further expansion of M. europaea’s ecological niche. The future projection of models in around 2070, for four Representative Concentration Pathways according to the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, showed that the most favorable areas for this species would be Campo de Dalías (southern portion of Almería province) as it presents the bioclimatic characteristics of greater adjustment to M. europaea’s ecological niche model. Currently, some of the largest specimens of the species survive in the agricultural landscapes in the southern Spain. These areas are almost totally destroyed and heavily altered by intensive agriculture greenhouses, also causing a severe fragmentation of the habitat, which implies a prospective extinction scenario in the near future.

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Blas Teruel; María E. Merlo; Juan F. Mota. The Relict Ecosystem of Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea in an Agricultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future Scenarios. Land 2020, 10, 1 .

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Francisco J. Pérez-García, Blas Teruel, María E. Merlo, Juan F. Mota. The Relict Ecosystem of Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea in an Agricultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future Scenarios. Land. 2020; 10 (1):1.

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Blas Teruel; María E. Merlo; Juan F. Mota. 2020. "The Relict Ecosystem of Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea in an Agricultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future Scenarios." Land 10, no. 1: 1.

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Published: 16 April 2020 in bioRxiv
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Gymnosporia senegalensis is a shrub belonging to the Celastraceae family, which is native to tropical savannahs. Its only European populations are distributed discontinuously along the south-eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, forming plant communities with great ecological value, unique in Europe. As it is an endangered species that makes up plant communities with great palaeoecological significance, the development of species distribution models is of major interest under different climatic scenarios, past, present and future, based on the fact that the climate could play a relevant role in the distribution of this species as well as in the conformation of the communities in which it is integrated. Palaeoecological models were generated for the Maximum Interglacial, Last Maximum Glacial and Middle Holocene periods. The results obtained showed that the widest distribution of this species, and the maximum suitability of its habitat, occurred during the Last Glacial Maximum, when the temperatures of the peninsular southeast were not as contrasting as those of the rest of the European continent and were favored by higher rainfall. Under these conditions, large territories could act as shelters during the glacial period, a hypothesis reflected in the model’s results for this period, which exhibit a further expansion of G. senegalensis’ ecological niche. The future projection of models in around 2070, for four Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) according to the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC, showed that the most favorable areas for this species would be Campo de Dalias (southern portion of Almeria province) as it presents the bioclimatic characteristics of greater adjustment to G. senegalensis’ ecological niche model. Currently, these areas are almost totally destroyed and heavily altered by intensive agriculture under plastic, also causing a severe fragmentation of the habitat, which implies a prospective extinction scenario in the near future.

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Blas Teruel; Encarna Merlo; Juan Mota. The relict ecosystem of Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. in an agricultural plastic sea: past, present and future scenarios. bioRxiv 2020, 1 .

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Francisco J. Pérez-García, Blas Teruel, Encarna Merlo, Juan Mota. The relict ecosystem of Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. in an agricultural plastic sea: past, present and future scenarios. bioRxiv. 2020; ():1.

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Blas Teruel; Encarna Merlo; Juan Mota. 2020. "The relict ecosystem of Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. in an agricultural plastic sea: past, present and future scenarios." bioRxiv , no. : 1.

Original paper
Published: 30 January 2019 in Biodiversity and Conservation
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High mountain habitats are particularly susceptible to climate changes, which have been classified as the key drivers of biodiversity extinction. Plant species have proved to be a suitable surrogate for estimating the state of an area’s total biodiversity, and the Red List Index (RLI) is one of the key global Convention on Biological Diversity Indicators. The main aim of this study was to analyse the changes in the categories of threatened flora in a specific region along an altitudinal gradient, and to determine possible relationships between threat categories, altitudinal ranges and global change effects, through RLI application. The study of the trends of threatened flora in Andalusia reveals a general decline in the species’ conservation status. Altitudinal ranges above 3000 m present greater deterioration of the threat categories. Thus, the Mediterranean high-mountain flora is confirmed as being highly sensitive to habitat alterations and as suffering the most severe threats. However, the study did not highlight the global change threat factor from the studied Red Lists. Therefore, the use of the RLI in the study of the conservation status of the vascular flora along an altitudinal gradient could represent a novel and remarkable advance as an indicator of the global change threat factor on a detailed scale.

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Agustín Lahora; María E. Merlo; Juan F. Mota. Red List Index application for vascular flora along an altitudinal gradient. Biodiversity and Conservation 2019, 28, 1029 -1048.

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández, Francisco J. Pérez-García, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Agustín Lahora, María E. Merlo, Juan F. Mota. Red List Index application for vascular flora along an altitudinal gradient. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2019; 28 (5):1029-1048.

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Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Agustín Lahora; María E. Merlo; Juan F. Mota. 2019. "Red List Index application for vascular flora along an altitudinal gradient." Biodiversity and Conservation 28, no. 5: 1029-1048.

Research article
Published: 21 December 2018 in PLOS ONE
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Habitats with alkaline edaphic substrates are often associated with plant speciation and diversification. The tribe Alysseae, in the family Brassicaceae, epitomizes this evolutionary trend. In this lineage, some genera, like Hormathophylla, can serve as a good case for testing the evolutionary framework. This genus is centered in the western Mediterranean. It grows on different substrates, but mostly on alkaline soils. It has been suggested that diversification in many lineages of the tribe Alysseae and in the genus Hormathophylla is linked to a tolerance for high levels of Mg+2 in xeric environments. In this study, we investigated the controversial phylogenetic placement of Hormathophylla in the tribe, the generic limits and the evolutionary relationships between the species using ribosomal and plastid DNA sequences. We also examined the putative association between the evolution of different ploidy levels, trichome morphology and the type of substrates. Our analyses demonstrated the monophyly of the genus Hormathophylla including all previously described species. Nuclear sequences revealed two lineages that differ in basic chromosome numbers (x = 7 and x = 8 or derived 11, 15) and in their trichome morphology. Contrasting results with plastid genes indicates more complex relationships between these two lineages involving recent hybridization processes. We also found an association between chloroplast haplotypes and substrate, especially in populations growing on dolomites. Finally, our dated phylogeny demonstrates that the origin of the genus took place in the mid-Miocene, during the establishment of temporal land bridges between the Tethys and Paratethys seas, with a later diversification during the upper Pliocene.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Javier Fuertes Aguilar; Stanislav Španiel; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Encarna Merlo; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; Juan Mota. Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences. PLOS ONE 2018, 13, e0208307 .

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Javier Fuertes Aguilar, Stanislav Španiel, Francisco Javier Pérez-García, Encarna Merlo, Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra, Juan Mota. Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences. PLOS ONE. 2018; 13 (12):e0208307.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Javier Fuertes Aguilar; Stanislav Španiel; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Encarna Merlo; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; Juan Mota. 2018. "Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences." PLOS ONE 13, no. 12: e0208307.

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Published: 18 October 2018 in Ecological Indicators
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Plants that show a strict link with gypsum soils, gypsophytes, constitute a major current research topic in the field of plant ecology. Among the hypotheses proposed to explain this close relationship, the nutritional imbalances that this type of soil implies for plants stands out. According to this hypothesis, gypsophytes would be able to accumulate high contents of certain key minerals such as Ca, Mg and S, especially in leaves. Although the distinction between gypsophile and non-gypsophile species has often been based on the capacity to accumulate the aforementioned mineral elements, objective thresholds have never been established. The main aim of the present work is to establish the levels of Ca, Mg and S above which a species can be considered an accumulator of these elements. To this end, the concentration ranges included in handbooks and papers on plant nutrition with information for a large number of species were used as a starting point. Based on these ranges, thresholds for four Nutritional Content Levels (NCL) for Ca, Mg and S were established: deficient, normal, high and very high. For each level, a numerical value between 1 and 4 was assigned, from lowest to highest. The sum of the values of the levels of accumulation (Additional Nutritional Value, ANV) corresponding to the three elements mentioned served to classify the species studied in groups or categories (N_STRATEGY). These categories were adjusted to the classic strategies that divide the plants into exclusors (values between 3 and 5), indicators (6–9) and accumulators (10–12). The N_STRATEGY predictive power of plants’ gypsophily degree was statistically analysed (Artificial Neural Networks). The categories established by N_STRATEGY showed a high predictive value (up to 98%) to detect gypsophily in plants and proved a more objective and easier criterion than previous functional classifications proposed for gypsophytes. It has an additional advantage in that it can also be applied to other plants linked with special substrates (serpentines, dolomites, etc.). The results regarding the nutritional contents of Ca, Mg and S showed that Ononis tridentata and the Gypsophila genus, both taxa with succulent leaves, are accumulators for all these elements. Ca seems clearly associated with the succulent character of the leaves. Another novel contribution is the role in the interpretation of the gypsophile flora played by Mg, whose importance is likely greater than has been considered to date. This research confirms previous results on S and pinpoints it as the element that best discriminates between gypsophytes and non-gypsophytes or gypsovags.

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M.E. Merlo; J.A. Garrido-Becerra; J.F. Mota; E. Salmerón-Sánchez; F. Martínez-Hernández; Antonio Mendoza-Fernández; F.J. Pérez-García. Threshold ionic contents for defining the nutritional strategies of gypsophile flora. Ecological Indicators 2018, 97, 247 -259.

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M.E. Merlo, J.A. Garrido-Becerra, J.F. Mota, E. Salmerón-Sánchez, F. Martínez-Hernández, Antonio Mendoza-Fernández, F.J. Pérez-García. Threshold ionic contents for defining the nutritional strategies of gypsophile flora. Ecological Indicators. 2018; 97 ():247-259.

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M.E. Merlo; J.A. Garrido-Becerra; J.F. Mota; E. Salmerón-Sánchez; F. Martínez-Hernández; Antonio Mendoza-Fernández; F.J. Pérez-García. 2018. "Threshold ionic contents for defining the nutritional strategies of gypsophile flora." Ecological Indicators 97, no. : 247-259.

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Published: 30 January 2018 in World Journal of Chemical Education
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M Rut Jiménez-Liso; María Martínez-Chico; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez. Chewing Gum and pH Level of the Mouth: A Model-based Inquiry Sequence to Promote Scientific Practices. World Journal of Chemical Education 2018, 6, 113 -116.

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M Rut Jiménez-Liso, María Martínez-Chico, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez. Chewing Gum and pH Level of the Mouth: A Model-based Inquiry Sequence to Promote Scientific Practices. World Journal of Chemical Education. 2018; 6 (3):113-116.

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M Rut Jiménez-Liso; María Martínez-Chico; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez. 2018. "Chewing Gum and pH Level of the Mouth: A Model-based Inquiry Sequence to Promote Scientific Practices." World Journal of Chemical Education 6, no. 3: 113-116.

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Published: 31 October 2017 in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
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Despite the biological, ecological and conservational interest of halo-gypsophytes, which are frequently found in endangered ecosystems, such plant species have received little attention from a phylogeographical point of view. Jacobaea auricula is an endangered perennial member of Asteraceae, which has a fragmented distribution restricted to gypsum and/or saline outcrops in the Iberian Peninsula. It includes populations with few individuals. Amplified fragment length polymorphism markers and nuclear and plastid sequences were used to explore the phylogeographical and evolutionary history of the species and to determine whether the classical taxonomic differentiation in subspecies is genetically supported. Estimation of divergence times indicated that intraspecific divergence took place during the Pleistocene glaciations. Unlike other species from the area that grow under unusual soil conditions, northern and central Spain appeared to be ancestral with respect to the southern areas. Overall population differentiation was low, which does not completely match with the expected pattern in plant species from discontinuous habitats. Considering the bi-edaphic character of J. auricula, low levels of among-population differentiation may be explained by the fact that more continuous habitat availability could have favoured connectivity among fragments in the past. Haplotype differentiation reflects survival of ancestral polymorphism, instead of phylogeographical structure. Finally, a poor correlation among genetic groups and subspecies was found. This study illustrates the importance of exploring the evolutionary history of each particular species more deeply when determining conservation strategies for edaphoendemics.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; María Montserrat Martínez-Ortega; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. A complex history of edaphic habitat islands in the Iberian Peninsula: phylogeography of the halo-gypsophyte Jacobaea auricula (Asteraceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 2017, 185, 376 -392.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, María Montserrat Martínez-Ortega, Juan Francisco Mota, Julio Peñas. A complex history of edaphic habitat islands in the Iberian Peninsula: phylogeography of the halo-gypsophyte Jacobaea auricula (Asteraceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2017; 185 (3):376-392.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; María Montserrat Martínez-Ortega; Juan Francisco Mota; Julio Peñas. 2017. "A complex history of edaphic habitat islands in the Iberian Peninsula: phylogeography of the halo-gypsophyte Jacobaea auricula (Asteraceae)." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 185, no. 3: 376-392.

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Published: 07 June 2017 in Italian Botanist
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Simone Orsenigo; Giovanni Astuti; Fabrizio Bartolucci; Sandra Citterio; Fabio Conti; Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra; Rodolfo Gentili; Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo; Juan F. Jiménez-Martínez; Gerhard Karrer; Agustín Lahora; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Antonio Juan Mendoza-Fernández; Maria E. Merlo; Chiara Montagnani; Juan Mota; Gianluca Nicolella; Francisco Javier Pérez García; Lorenzo Peruzzi; Jesus Robles Sanchez; Francesco Roma-Marzio; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Pedro Sánchez-Gómez; Lluís Serra; Adriano Stinca; Giuseppe Fenu. Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 3. Italian Botanist 2017, 3, 83 -98.

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Simone Orsenigo, Giovanni Astuti, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Sandra Citterio, Fabio Conti, Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra, Rodolfo Gentili, Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo, Juan F. Jiménez-Martínez, Gerhard Karrer, Agustín Lahora, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Antonio Juan Mendoza-Fernández, Maria E. Merlo, Chiara Montagnani, Juan Mota, Gianluca Nicolella, Francisco Javier Pérez García, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Jesus Robles Sanchez, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Pedro Sánchez-Gómez, Lluís Serra, Adriano Stinca, Giuseppe Fenu. Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 3. Italian Botanist. 2017; 3 ():83-98.

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Simone Orsenigo; Giovanni Astuti; Fabrizio Bartolucci; Sandra Citterio; Fabio Conti; Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra; Rodolfo Gentili; Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo; Juan F. Jiménez-Martínez; Gerhard Karrer; Agustín Lahora; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Antonio Juan Mendoza-Fernández; Maria E. Merlo; Chiara Montagnani; Juan Mota; Gianluca Nicolella; Francisco Javier Pérez García; Lorenzo Peruzzi; Jesus Robles Sanchez; Francesco Roma-Marzio; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Pedro Sánchez-Gómez; Lluís Serra; Adriano Stinca; Giuseppe Fenu. 2017. "Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 3." Italian Botanist 3, no. : 83-98.

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Published: 07 June 2017 in Italian Botanist
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In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of four vascular plants are presented according to IUCN categories and criteria. It includes the assessment at global level of CrepislaceraTensubsp.titani (Pamp.) Roma-Marzio, G.Astuti & Peruzzi and AnthyllishermanniaeL.subsp.sicula Brullo & Giusso and the regional assessment of Commicarpusplumbagineus (Cav.) Standl. (Spain and Europe) and Ambrosiamaritima L. (Italy).

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Simone Orsenigo; Giovanni Astuti; Fabrizio Bartolucci; Sandra Citterio; Fabio Conti; Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra; Rodolfo Gentili; Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo; Juan F. Jiménez-Martínez; Gerhard Karrer; Agustín Lahora; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Antonio Juan Mendoza-Fernández; Maria E. Merlo; Chiara Montagnani; Juan Mota; Gianluca Nicolella; Francisco Javier Pérez García; Lorenzo Peruzzi; Jesus Robles Sanchez; Francesco Roma-Marzio; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Pedro Sánchez-Gómez; Lluís Serra; Adriano Stinca; Giuseppe Fenu. Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 3. Italian Botanist 2017, 3, 83 -98.

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Simone Orsenigo, Giovanni Astuti, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Sandra Citterio, Fabio Conti, Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra, Rodolfo Gentili, Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo, Juan F. Jiménez-Martínez, Gerhard Karrer, Agustín Lahora, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Antonio Juan Mendoza-Fernández, Maria E. Merlo, Chiara Montagnani, Juan Mota, Gianluca Nicolella, Francisco Javier Pérez García, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Jesus Robles Sanchez, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Pedro Sánchez-Gómez, Lluís Serra, Adriano Stinca, Giuseppe Fenu. Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 3. Italian Botanist. 2017; 3 ():83-98.

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Simone Orsenigo; Giovanni Astuti; Fabrizio Bartolucci; Sandra Citterio; Fabio Conti; Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra; Rodolfo Gentili; Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo; Juan F. Jiménez-Martínez; Gerhard Karrer; Agustín Lahora; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Antonio Juan Mendoza-Fernández; Maria E. Merlo; Chiara Montagnani; Juan Mota; Gianluca Nicolella; Francisco Javier Pérez García; Lorenzo Peruzzi; Jesus Robles Sanchez; Francesco Roma-Marzio; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Pedro Sánchez-Gómez; Lluís Serra; Adriano Stinca; Giuseppe Fenu. 2017. "Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 3." Italian Botanist 3, no. : 83-98.

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Published: 28 October 2016 in Lazaroa
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Conceptual baseline for a global checklist of gypsophytes

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Juan Francisco Mota Poveda; Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Pedro Sánchez-Gómez; Encarna Merlo. Conceptual baseline for a global checklist of gypsophytes. Lazaroa 2016, 37, 7-30 .

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Juan Francisco Mota Poveda, Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra, Francisco J. Pérez-García, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Pedro Sánchez-Gómez, Encarna Merlo. Conceptual baseline for a global checklist of gypsophytes. Lazaroa. 2016; 37 ():7-30.

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Juan Francisco Mota Poveda; Juan Antonio Garrido Becerra; Francisco J. Pérez-García; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Pedro Sánchez-Gómez; Encarna Merlo. 2016. "Conceptual baseline for a global checklist of gypsophytes." Lazaroa 37, no. : 7-30.

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Published: 14 October 2016 in Phytotaxa
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The taxonomic status of Hormathophylla baetica and its phylogenetic relationships to other Hormatophylla species are the subject of controversy. As part of an ongoing study on the genus Hormathophylla, we find that molecular, morphological and biogeographical evidence supports the placement of H. baetica as a subspecies of H. cochleata. We also discuss and designate a lectotype for H. cochleata.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Javier Fuertes Aguilar; Stanislav Španiel; Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Juan F. Mota. The status of Hormathophylla baetica: a new combination and lectotypification in Hormathophylla cochleata. Phytotaxa 2016, 280, 45 .

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Javier Fuertes Aguilar, Stanislav Španiel, Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Juan F. Mota. The status of Hormathophylla baetica: a new combination and lectotypification in Hormathophylla cochleata. Phytotaxa. 2016; 280 (1):45.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Javier Fuertes Aguilar; Stanislav Španiel; Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Juan F. Mota. 2016. "The status of Hormathophylla baetica: a new combination and lectotypification in Hormathophylla cochleata." Phytotaxa 280, no. 1: 45.

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Published: 16 November 2015 in Plant Systematics and Evolution
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Database of published chromosome numbers and ploidy-level estimates of the tribe Alysseae is presented, together with the revised generic concept and the list of accepted names, to reflect the most recent taxonomic and phylogenetic studies in Alysseae. It is available on-line at www.​alysseae.​sav.​sk. The tribe encompasses 24 genera and 277 species. Chromosome numbers and/or ploidy levels are known for 171 out of 297 recognized taxa. Of these, 95 (55.6 %) taxa are diploids, 43 (25.1 %) are polyploids, and 33 (19.3 %) involve both diploids and polyploids. The most common base chromosome number in the tribe is x = 8 and less frequent is x = 7. The highest variation in base chromosome numbers (x = 7, 8, 11, 15) is found in the genus Hormathophylla. A key to all genera and descriptions of the two new genera Cuprella and Resetnikia are presented. Many new nomenclatural combinations, mainly in the re-established Odontarrhena (77), are proposed.

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Stanislav Španiel; Matúš Kempa; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Javier Fuertes Aguilar; Juan F. Mota; Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz; Dmitry German; Katarína Olšavská; Barbora Šingliarová; Judita Zozomova-Lihova; Karol Marhold. AlyBase: database of names, chromosome numbers, and ploidy levels of Alysseae (Brassicaceae), with a new generic concept of the tribe. Plant Systematics and Evolution 2015, 301, 2463 -2491.

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Stanislav Španiel, Matúš Kempa, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Javier Fuertes Aguilar, Juan F. Mota, Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, Dmitry German, Katarína Olšavská, Barbora Šingliarová, Judita Zozomova-Lihova, Karol Marhold. AlyBase: database of names, chromosome numbers, and ploidy levels of Alysseae (Brassicaceae), with a new generic concept of the tribe. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2015; 301 (10):2463-2491.

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Stanislav Španiel; Matúš Kempa; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Javier Fuertes Aguilar; Juan F. Mota; Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz; Dmitry German; Katarína Olšavská; Barbora Šingliarová; Judita Zozomova-Lihova; Karol Marhold. 2015. "AlyBase: database of names, chromosome numbers, and ploidy levels of Alysseae (Brassicaceae), with a new generic concept of the tribe." Plant Systematics and Evolution 301, no. 10: 2463-2491.

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Published: 01 February 2015 in Journal for Nature Conservation
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Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; José Miguel Medina-Cazorla; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; María Isabel Martínez-Nieto; María Encarna Merlo; Juan Francisco Mota. Areas of endemism and threatened flora in a Mediterranean hotspot: Southern Spain. Journal for Nature Conservation 2015, 23, 35 -44.

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Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Francisco Javier Pérez-García, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, José Miguel Medina-Cazorla, Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra, María Isabel Martínez-Nieto, María Encarna Merlo, Juan Francisco Mota. Areas of endemism and threatened flora in a Mediterranean hotspot: Southern Spain. Journal for Nature Conservation. 2015; 23 ():35-44.

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Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; José Miguel Medina-Cazorla; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; María Isabel Martínez-Nieto; María Encarna Merlo; Juan Francisco Mota. 2015. "Areas of endemism and threatened flora in a Mediterranean hotspot: Southern Spain." Journal for Nature Conservation 23, no. : 35-44.

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Published: 09 December 2014 in Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
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Esteban Salmerón Sánchez; F. J. Perez-Garcia; J. M. Medina-Cazorla; M. I. Martínez-Nieto; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; A. J. Mendoza-Fernández; M. E. Merlo Calvente; J. F. Mota Poveda; Antonio Mendoza-Fernández. Genetic analysis based on plastidial and ribosomal sequences of the endemic bi-edaphic taxon Jurinea pinnata (Lag.) DC. (Compositae) in the Guadix-Baza Basin. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 2014, 149, 1 -11.

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Esteban Salmerón Sánchez, F. J. Perez-Garcia, J. M. Medina-Cazorla, M. I. Martínez-Nieto, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra, A. J. Mendoza-Fernández, M. E. Merlo Calvente, J. F. Mota Poveda, Antonio Mendoza-Fernández. Genetic analysis based on plastidial and ribosomal sequences of the endemic bi-edaphic taxon Jurinea pinnata (Lag.) DC. (Compositae) in the Guadix-Baza Basin. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 2014; 149 (5):1-11.

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Esteban Salmerón Sánchez; F. J. Perez-Garcia; J. M. Medina-Cazorla; M. I. Martínez-Nieto; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; A. J. Mendoza-Fernández; M. E. Merlo Calvente; J. F. Mota Poveda; Antonio Mendoza-Fernández. 2014. "Genetic analysis based on plastidial and ribosomal sequences of the endemic bi-edaphic taxon Jurinea pinnata (Lag.) DC. (Compositae) in the Guadix-Baza Basin." Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 149, no. 5: 1-11.

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Published: 12 November 2014 in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
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Convolvulus boissieri is an edaphic endemic plant which grows in the Baetic ranges always in association with high mountain xeric dolomitic outcrops. As these dolomitic areas appear in a ‘soil-island’ pattern, the distribution of this species is disjunct. Populations of this species frequently include a low number of individuals, which could have an important impact on their genetic diversity and viability. Convolvulus boissieri provides an excellent opportunity to study the genetic and phylogeographical aspects of species linked to dolomites. We used amplified fragment length polymorphism markers and nuclear (internal transcribed spacer region of the nuclear ribosomal cistron) and plastid sequences (trnL-trnF, rpl32-trnL and trnQ-5′rps16). Data were generated from 15 populations, representing the distribution area of the species. For sequence analysis and estimation of divergence times we also used sequences from other Convolvulus species. Results revealed low intrapopulational genetic diversity and a strong interpopulational structure. Furthermore, we found clear-cut differentiation caused by the existence of two large population groups separated by the Guadiana Menor river basin. Estimation of divergence times indicated that divergence took place during the Pleistocene glaciations. Genetic diversity and differentiation are similar to those other species exhibiting naturally fragmented distribution with a sky islands pattern. In phylogeographical terms, the successive glaciation–interglaciation cycles caused the species to spread from the western sites to eastern sites, the latter being more exposed to the effects of glaciation.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; María Encarna Merlo; José Miguel Medina-Cazorla; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco Valle; Juan Francisco Mota. Variability, genetic structure and phylogeography of the dolomitophilous speciesConvolvulus boissieri(Convolvulaceae) in the Baetic ranges, inferred from AFLPs, plastid DNA and ITS sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 2014, 176, 506 -523.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, María Encarna Merlo, José Miguel Medina-Cazorla, Francisco Javier Pérez-García, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra, Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Francisco Valle, Juan Francisco Mota. Variability, genetic structure and phylogeography of the dolomitophilous speciesConvolvulus boissieri(Convolvulaceae) in the Baetic ranges, inferred from AFLPs, plastid DNA and ITS sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2014; 176 (4):506-523.

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Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; María Encarna Merlo; José Miguel Medina-Cazorla; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco Valle; Juan Francisco Mota. 2014. "Variability, genetic structure and phylogeography of the dolomitophilous speciesConvolvulus boissieri(Convolvulaceae) in the Baetic ranges, inferred from AFLPs, plastid DNA and ITS sequences." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 176, no. 4: 506-523.

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Published: 01 October 2014 in Phytocoenologia
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F. J. Pérez-García; M. E. Merlo; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; J. M. Medina-Cazorla; A. J. Mendoza-Fernández; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; Esteban Salmerón Sánchez; J. F. Mota. Syntaxa-area relationships, lessons from the vegetation of the Betic high mountain ranges (southern Spain). Phytocoenologia 2014, 44, 309 -323.

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F. J. Pérez-García, M. E. Merlo, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, J. M. Medina-Cazorla, A. J. Mendoza-Fernández, Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra, Esteban Salmerón Sánchez, J. F. Mota. Syntaxa-area relationships, lessons from the vegetation of the Betic high mountain ranges (southern Spain). Phytocoenologia. 2014; 44 (3):309-323.

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F. J. Pérez-García; M. E. Merlo; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; J. M. Medina-Cazorla; A. J. Mendoza-Fernández; Juan Antonio Garrido-Becerra; Esteban Salmerón Sánchez; J. F. Mota. 2014. "Syntaxa-area relationships, lessons from the vegetation of the Betic high mountain ranges (southern Spain)." Phytocoenologia 44, no. 3: 309-323.