El efecto de la normativa de protección en la mejora de la conservación ex situ de especies amenazadas: germinación de plantas catalogadas en la Comunidad Valenciana (España)

Abstract

The positive effect of new legal rules improving the ex situ conservation actions on protected plants is analysed in the Valencian Community (Spain), comparing the data of seed germination tests made by the Valencian Wildlife Service (Servicio de Espacios Naturales y Biodiversidad) on the species strictly protected by a new regional Decree, entering in force in 2009. The amount of tested species after the enforcement of this Decree (years 2009-2011, x=35,000 ± 9,644 species/year) is significantly different (F13,2=0,132 ; p=0,013) than the pre-Decree period (1995-2008, x=6,500 ± 3,503 species/year). If only new species tested are compared -so not considering the data on formerly tested species- the difference between the pre-Decree time (2,286 ± 1,978 new species/year) and the post-Decree period (14,333 ±7,767 new species/year) is also significant (F13,2=0,065 ; p=0,001).