Using private gardens to conserve Minuartia smejkalii a novel approach for ex situ conservation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F25%3A00639451" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/25:00639451 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11310/25:10500612

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111345" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111345</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111345" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111345</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Using private gardens to conserve Minuartia smejkalii a novel approach for ex situ conservation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

We currently observe a tremendous loss of species due to the ongoing global change. Ex situ conservation provides an important tool to counteract species losses and thus helps to maintain biodiversity. Here, we present a setup which involves 19 private gardens and 2 botanical gardens as sites of ex situ conservation using Minuartia smejkalii, an endangered serpentinophyte endemic to Czechia as a case study. To create suitable habitats in the gardens, artificial serpentine mounds were built, combining soil from natural sites with serpentine rocks and gravel from nearby quarries. We investigated how the plants performed at ex situ conservation sites compared with plants growing in natural habitats and how well these artificial sites represented the conditions at the natural sites. We assessed plant performance using plant functional traits including tuft diameter, chlorophyll fluorescence, chlorophyll content, and specific leaf area (SLA). We found that even though abiotic factors of the ex situ conservation sites (temperature, soil properties and shading) did not entirely match the natural conditions and plant mortality was higher and performance lower under ex situ conditions, we managed to create many independent M. smejkalii populations and increase its variability in plant functional traits, which might facilitate its survival. Using private gardens as ex situ conservation sites also helped to raise awareness on the conservation of M. smejkalii through engagement of the local community and the gardeners and thus, this proves to be a useful and powerful technique in plant conservation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Using private gardens to conserve Minuartia smejkalii a novel approach for ex situ conservation

Popis výsledku anglicky

We currently observe a tremendous loss of species due to the ongoing global change. Ex situ conservation provides an important tool to counteract species losses and thus helps to maintain biodiversity. Here, we present a setup which involves 19 private gardens and 2 botanical gardens as sites of ex situ conservation using Minuartia smejkalii, an endangered serpentinophyte endemic to Czechia as a case study. To create suitable habitats in the gardens, artificial serpentine mounds were built, combining soil from natural sites with serpentine rocks and gravel from nearby quarries. We investigated how the plants performed at ex situ conservation sites compared with plants growing in natural habitats and how well these artificial sites represented the conditions at the natural sites. We assessed plant performance using plant functional traits including tuft diameter, chlorophyll fluorescence, chlorophyll content, and specific leaf area (SLA). We found that even though abiotic factors of the ex situ conservation sites (temperature, soil properties and shading) did not entirely match the natural conditions and plant mortality was higher and performance lower under ex situ conditions, we managed to create many independent M. smejkalii populations and increase its variability in plant functional traits, which might facilitate its survival. Using private gardens as ex situ conservation sites also helped to raise awareness on the conservation of M. smejkalii through engagement of the local community and the gardeners and thus, this proves to be a useful and powerful technique in plant conservation.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Biological Conservation

ISSN

0006-3207

e-ISSN

1873-2917

Svazek periodika

310

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

October

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

111345

Kód UT WoS článku

001534852300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105009992582