Publications
- Jiménez-Mejías P, Fernández-Mazuecos M, Amat ME, Vargas P (2015) Narrow endemics in European mountains: high level of genetic diversity within the monospecific Pseudomisopates (Plantaginaceae) despite isolation since late Pleistocene. Journal of Biogeography.
- Tomasello S, Álvarez I, Vargas P, Oberprieler C (2015) Is the extremely rare Iberian endemic plant species Castrilanthemum debeauxii (Compositae, Anthemideae) a ‘living fossil’? Evidence from a multi-locus species tree reconstruction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82: 118-130
- Fernández-Mazuecos M, Jiménez-Mejías P, Rotllan-Puig X, Vargas P (2014) Narrow endemics to Mediterranean islands: moderate genetic diversity but narrow climatic niche of the ancient, critically endangered Naufraga (Apiaceae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 16(4): 190-202
- Amat ME, Vargas P, Gómez JM (2014) Factors controlling seed germination of the Iberian critically endangered Pseudomisopates (Antirrhinaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 300: 2127-2134
- Vargas P, Valente LM, Blanco-Pastor JL, Liberal I, Guzmán B, Cano E, Forrest A, Fernández-Mazuecos M (2014) Testing the biogeographical congruence of palaeofloras using molecular phylogenetics: snapdragons and the Madrean–Tethyan flora. Journal of Biogeography 41(5): 932-943
- Otero A, Jiménez-Mejías P, Valcárcel V, Vargas PMolecular phylogenetics and morphology support two new genera (Memoremea and Nihon) of Boraginaceae s.s. Phytotaxa 173 (4): 241–277
- Amat ME, Silvertown J, Vargas P (2013) Strong spatial genetic structure reduces reproductive success in the critically endangered plant genus Pseudomisopates. Journal of Heredity 104: 692-703.
- Otero A, Valcárcel V, Jiménez Mejías P, Vargas P (2013) Reaparición de Gyrocaryum en Madrid. Conservación Vegetal 16: 10-12.
- Jiménez P, Amat E, Álvarez I, Vargas P (2012) Nuevos nacimientos dan esperanza a las plantas españolas más amenazadas. Lychnos 9: 22-27
- Amat ME, Vargas P, Gómez JM (2011) Pollen quality limitation in the Iberian critically endangered genus Pseudomisopates (Antirrhinaceae). Plant Ecology 212(6): 1069-1078.
- Vargas P (2010). Estudio de plantas amenazadas en España: ¿hay fósiles vivientes aún desconocidos? Lychnos 3: 19-23.
Media distribution
The Press Office of the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (CSIC) has released the information related to the Cero Project of Endangered Species in diverse media:
News RJB-CSIC
- 04/11/2013: Come get to know the Botanic Garden of Madrid during the XIII Week of Science
- 01/10/2013: A project directed by researcher Pablo Vargas, from the Botanic Garden of Madrid studies a threatened plant from the mountains of Jaén and Granada
- 20/05/2013: More than 5,000 people participate in the 2nd International Fascination for Plants Day and visit OrquiMadrid in the Botanic Garden of Madrid.
- 07/03/2013: Researcher Pablo Vargas, from the Botanic Garden of Madrid, CSIC, releases the first results of the project of the most threatened species in Spain.
Press, radio and television
- 02/02/2015: La Vanguardia: Five plants starring comic strips on endangered species
- 18/12/2014: Diario de la Universidad Pablo Olavide de Sevilla: Chiclana hosts the reintroduction of a living fossil cultivated in the Botanic Garden of Madrid by researchers of the Spanish National Research Council and the Pablo Olavide University
- 17/12/2014: Diario Sur: A critically endangered plant is reintroduced in Chiclana
- 29/11/2013: “Diario de Sevilla:” A living fossil in the Pablo of Olavide
- 18/11/2013: “Diario Granada Hoy”: The living fossil of Castril
- 12/11/2013: RTVE The hollow chicory, a plant endemic to Huelva for fifteen million years, is in danger of extinction
- 04/11/2013: http://www.presspeople.com/nota/ven-conocer-jardin-botanico-motivo-xiii
- 01/10/2013: “CADENA SER GRANADA.” “Program: Servicios Informativos:” The CSIC studies a threatened plant from the sierras of Jaén and Granada
- 20/05/2013: http://www.presspeople.com/nota/5-000-personas-participan-2-dia
- 14/03/2011: DICYT: The Botanic Garden of Madrid will investigate whether two endemic plant species to Castilla y León are true living fossils
- 07/03/2013: http://www.presspeople.com/nota/investigador-pablo-vargas-jardin-botanico-csic
Other (blogs, etc.)
- 06/11/2013: Week of Science 2013 in the Botanic Garden of Madrid
- 25/05/2013. “Threatened Species" in a critical state
