Table 1. List of studied plant species.

Family	Scientific name	Category	Preference a
Anacardiaceae	Pistacia sp.	Bush/Tree	P *
Boraginaceae	Heliotropium europaeum	Herbaceous	NP *
Campanulaceae	Campanula sp.	Herbaceous	P *
Cistaceae	Cistus ladanifer	Bush/Tree	P *
	Cistus salviifolius	Bush/Tree	P *
Asteraceae	Cirsium tuberosum	Herbaceous	P
	Chondrilla juncea	Herbaceous	P
	Senecio jacobaea	Herbaceous	NP
Brassicaceae	Coronopus didymus	Herbaceous	NP
	Raphanus raphanistrum	Herbaceous	P
Ericaceae	Arbustus unedo	Bush/Tree	P *
Fabaceae	Genista hirsuta	Bush/Tree	P *
Fagaceae	Quercus faginea	Bush/Tree	P *
	Quercus ilex	Bush/Tree	P *
	Quercus coccifera	Bush/Tree	P *
Gentianaceae	Centaurium pulchellum	Herbaceous	P
Globulariaceae	Globularia allypum	Bush/Tree	P *
Poaceae	Elymus repens	Herbaceous	P *
	Briza máxima	Herbaceous	P *
	Cynodon dactylon	Herbaceous	P *
Guttiferae	Hipericum perforatum	Herbaceous	NP
Labiatae	Mentha pulegium	Herbaceous	NP
	Mentha suaveolens	Herbaceous	NP
	Lavandula stoechas	Bush/Tree	NP *
Leguminosae	Vicia benghalensis	Herbaceous	P *
	Ornithopus compressus	Herbaceous	P *
	Trifolium campestre	Herbaceous	P *
Malvaceae	Sida abutilon	Herbaceous	NP *
Oleaceae	Phillyrea angustifolia	Bush/Tree	P *
Polygonaceae	Rumex acetosella	Herbaceous	NP *
Portulacaceae	Portulaca oleracea	Herbaceous	P
Scrophulariaceae	Verbascum sinuatum	Herbaceous	NP *
Solanaceae	Datura stramonium	Herbaceous	NP
Thymelaeaceae	Daphne gnidium	Bush/Tree	NP *
Zygophyllaceae	Tribulus terrestris	Herbaceous	P

^a P indicates preferred, and NP non-preferred plants. All plants were initially assigned by personal observation by managers and staff of the study site, and thereafter confirmed by bibliography in Mediterranean areas [27–30] and microhistological studies [31–33] (those species marked with *).