Analysis of taxonomic distinctness and priority conservation areas as a basis for heritage enhancement of floristic diversity: the case of the ‘hotspot’ of the islands of Numidia (North-eastern Algeria)

• Noelia Hidalgo Triana ^[1] ; Amel Meddad-Hamza ^[3] ; Amir Boulemtafes ^[3] ; Nabila Souilah ^[4] ; Gérard de Bélair ^[2] ; Ángel Enrique Salvo Tierra ^[5]
  1. [1] Universidad de Málaga

     Universidad de Málaga

     Málaga, España

     
  2. [2] Badji Mokhtar University

     Badji Mokhtar University

     Argelia

     
  3. [3] Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Badji Mokhtar Annaba University, Algeria, PB2300
  4. [4] Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
  5. [5] Director of the IUCN Chair of Conservation of Nature in the International University of Andalusia. Campus of Teatinos. Boulevard Louis Pasteur s / n 29010 Málaga. Spain

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• Localización: Mediterranean Botany, ISSN-e 2603-9109, Vol. 44, 2023
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The identification of priority conservation areas (PCA) plays an important role in biodiversity conservation, but uncertainties create challenges for conservation planning. The objective was to test a method based on 'taxonomic distinctness' (TD) and to identify PCA to quantify the heritage value of a territory and establish the most appropriate conservation measures. The researchers performed a systematic and phytogeographical analysis of ten islands in northeastern Algeria, a biological hotspot with heterogeneous ecosystem types and subject to socio-economic pressures. The biological diversity represented by 223 species in these environments reflects a high rate of endemicity (13%).