Effects of Previous Land-Use on Plant Species Composition and Diversity in Mediterranean Forests
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Otros documentos de la autoría: Kouba, Yacine; Martínez-García, Felipe; De Frutos, Ángel; Alados, Concepción
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Effects of Previous Land-Use on Plant Species Composition and Diversity in Mediterranean ForestsFecha de publicación
2015Editor
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1932-6203Cita bibliográfica
Kouba Y, Martínez-García F, de Frutos Á, Alados CL (2015) Effects of Previous Land-Use on Plant Species Composition and Diversity in Mediterranean Forests. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0139031. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139031Tipo de documento
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At some point in their history, most forests in the Mediterranean Basin have been subjected to intensive management or converted to agriculture land. Knowing how forest plant communities recovered after the abandonment ... [+]
At some point in their history, most forests in the Mediterranean Basin have been subjected to intensive management or converted to agriculture land. Knowing how forest plant communities recovered after the abandonment of forest-management or agricultural practices (including livestock grazing) provides a basis for investigating how previous land management have affected plant species diversity and composition in forest ecosystems. Our study investigated the consequences of historical “land management” practices on present-day Mediterranean forests by comparing species assemblages and the diversity of (i) all plant species and (ii) each ecological group defined by species’ habitat preferences and successional status (i.e., early-, mid-, and late-successional species). We compared forest stands that differed both in land-use history and in successional stage. In addition, we evaluated the value of those stands for biodiversity conservation. The study revealed significant compositional differentiation among stands that was due to among-stand variations in the diversity (namely, species richness and evenness) of early-, intermediate-, and late-successional species. Historical land management has led to an increase in compositional divergences among forest stands and the loss of late-successional forest species. [-]
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PLoS ONE 10(9): e0139031Proyecto de investigación
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