| Title: |
Monitoring Diversity Profiles of Forested Landscapes in the Mediterranean Spain: Their Contribution to Local and Regional Vascular Plant Diversity. |
| Authors: |
García del Barrio, José M., Sánchez de Ron, David, Auñón, Francisco, Benavides, Raquel, Alonso Ponce, Rafael, González-Ávila, Sergio, Bolaños, Francisco, Roig, Sonia, Ortega Quero, Marta |
| Source: |
Diversity (14242818); Oct2024, Vol. 16 Issue 10, p626, 12p |
| Subject Terms: |
HOLM oak, BIODIVERSITY monitoring, PLANT diversity, FOREST management, SPECIES diversity, VASCULAR plants |
| Abstract: |
Biodiversity monitoring is key for understanding the delivery of ecosystem functions and services. Mediterranean forests and woodlands harbor many characteristic species of the Mediterranean vascular flora, and hence, they are a good surrogate for detecting changes in biodiversity linked to global change. In this work, we present a database resulting from the study of vascular plant diversity in multi-scale plots of 0.1 ha, measured around the first decade of this century and located in Mediterranean forest environments. Diversity profiles are calculated from Hill numbers (0, 1 and 2) for local (α) and regional (ϒ) diversity, as well as a multiplicative calculation of differential diversity (β). The main Mediterranean forests sampled had a medium coverage of 51% and stand dominant height of 10.6 m, and they were monospecific in two-thirds of cases. Local diversity reaches its highest values (around 78 species per 0.1 ha) in Holm oak dehesas, with values below 50 species for the most productive forest stands dominated by species of the genus Pinus. As regards the contribution to regional diversity, broadleaf formations contribute the most, with stone pine forests and dehesas in an intermediate position, and pine forests contributing the lowest in species richness terms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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