%0 Journal Article
%T Biogenetic Linkage among Ecotopes  within Matera-Sassi (Italy) Habitat
%A Giovanni Figliuolo
%A Mario Nuzzi
%J Open Journal of Genetics
%P 63-76
%@ 2162-4461
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojgen.2021.114007
%X In the
management of UNESCO cultural sites of significant environmental importance,
the erroneous assumption that the environment is independent of biological
heritage often prevails. The mapping of phy</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">l</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ogenetic resources in the ancient city Matera-Sassi
(MS) and the multivariable analysis at the level of ecotope and habitat have
made it possible to identify the consistency of the plant genetic heritage and
the biogenetic associations between the different ecotopes through the species
they host. The bioclimatic variables and geomorphology of MS define an
ecological niche refuge for rare or absent species in the surrounding landscape
(e.g., </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Campanula</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <i>versicolor</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> L., </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Centranthus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <i>ruber</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (L.) Dc., </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Capparis</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">spinosa</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> L., </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Cymbalaria</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <i>muralis</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Hill, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Crepis</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> spp., </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Lavathera</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <i>arborea</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> L.) The total floristic capital in MS amounts to 190 species belonging to 59
different botanical families; 80% are native species and only 4% are invasive.
About half are Mediterranean with a moderate presence (17%) of cosmopolitan and
sub-cosmopolitan; 5% are endemic species. Autogenic ecotopes (Type I)
represented by ˇ°Pleistocene limestoneˇ± and ˇ°House wallˇ± contribute to the
variation of total biodiversity through Endemic species mainly Chamephytes; anthropogenic
ecotopes (Type III) such as ˇ°Gardenˇ± and ˇ°Town boundaryˇ± with Archaeophytes and
exotic Neophytes mainly Phanerophytes; while ˇ°Humid marginsˇ± and mixed ecotope</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s (Type II) are linked to feral species and mainly
to hemi-cr</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">y</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ptophytes and therophytes. Minimum spanning
%K Biodiversity
%K Ecotope
%K Habitat
%K Heritage
%K In Situ Conservation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=112952