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Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union

Autoři	DI MUSCIANO Michele ZANNINI Piero TESTOLIN Riccardo SABATINI Francesco Maria SANTOVITO Diletta JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ Borja JANSEN Florian CHYTRÝ Milan RICCI Lorenzo AGRILLO Emiliano ATTORRE Fabio BIURRUN Idoia BONARI Gianmaria BRUUN Hans Henrik CAO PINNA Luigi CARNI Andraz CARRANZA Maria Laura CAZZOLLA GATTI Roberto DENGLER Jurgen DE SANCTIS Michele FITZPATRICK Una FRATTAROLI Anna Rita GARBOLINO Emmanuel HENNEKENS Stephan JANDT Ute JANSEN Jan KACKI Zygmunt KNOLLOVÁ Ilona LENOIR Jonathan MOESLUND Jesper Erenskjold PETERKA Tomáš PIPENBAHER Natasa ROCCHINI Duccio RUPRECHT Eszter RUSINA Solvita SILC Urban SKORNIK Sonja SWACHA Grzegorz VALACHOVIC Milan VASSILEV Kiril WILLNER Wolfgang CHIARUCCI Alessandro
Rok publikování	2026
Druh	Recenzovaný odborný článek
Časopis / Zdroj	CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU	Přírodovědecká fakulta
Citace
www	https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70158Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Doi	https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70158
Klíčová slova	area-based conservation; gap analysis; Habitats Directive; Natura 2000; plant diversity; an & aacute; lisis de brechas; conservaci & oacute; n basada en el & aacute; rea; Directiva H & aacute; bitats; diversidad vegetal
Přiložené soubory	Conservation_Biology_-_2025_-_Di_Musciano_-_Representativeness_of_the_Natura_2000_network_for_preserving_plant_biodiversity.pdf
Popis	The Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas is one of the main tools for area-based conservation in the European Union (EU), yet its role in preserving plant biodiversity requires better understanding. We examined data kept in the European Vegetation Archive from over 1.2 million vegetation plots and obtained over 14.2 million plant species occurrences. To test the N2K network's representativeness of plant species gamma diversity, we compared the number and percentage of native and conservation priority species in- and outside the N2K network throughout the EU and for individual countries, biogeographical regions, and combinations thereof. We then determined whether N2K sites hosted more species than sites outside the network with the species-area relationship. Overall, almost 90% of the native vascular plant species occurred at least once in the N2K network. Yet, significant variation exists across countries and biogeographical regions-from 0% of species in the Boreal region of Lithuania, to 98% in the Alpine region of Croatia-indicating that local N2K sites are not equally representative of the regional gamma diversity. Nonetheless, the N2K network contains more species than land outside the network when area is taken into account. The planned expansion of the N2K network, as mandated by the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, should prioritize areas with currently underrepresented elements of the EU vascular flora.