Despina Vokou

TL;DR: The sum of the four major oil constituents, representing the phenol pathway, seems influenced by the climate's thermal efficiency; the hotter the climate, the higher their total concentration.

TL;DR: The principle of complementarity must be integrated into the methodology of evaluating an indicator if the group of woody plants prove an adequate biodiversity indicator for other Mediterranean areas as well, this will be important because it will facilitate conservation-related decisions for the entire Mediterranean region.

TL;DR: The potential allelopathic activity of 47 monoterpe- noids of different chemical groups is compared, by estimating their effect on seed germination and subsequent growth of Lactuca sativa seedlings, and a model was used to investigate whether compounds acted independently when applied in pairs.

TL;DR: Five different scenarios to conserve: (i) the biodiversity of one target group and (ii) the overall biodiversity of an area are examined, examining the efficiency of five different conservation approaches to select network sites.

TL;DR: It is suggested that changes in pollen distributions are dominated by increases in pollen production rather than changes in flowering phenology and that several species showing strong trends might serve as bio-indicators of expected climate change.