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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.002 |
Mediterranean coastal pine forest stands: Understorey distinctiveness or not? | |
Bonari, Gianmaria1; Acosta, Alicia T. R.2; Angiolini, Claudia1 | |
2017-05-01 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 391 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Italy |
英文摘要 | A common perception of plantation forests is that they constitute an "ecological desert" and that is why they are often disdained by scholars. Distribution patterns of understorey assemblages of coastal pine stands on sand dunes are still little known, despite such forests being widespread along the Mediterranean coastline, particularly in Italy. The purpose of this study of 167 plots along Italian coastlines was to analyse whether similar communities and specific species pools occur in different pine forest types dominated by Pinus pinea, P. halepensis or P. pinaster. Multivariate analysis was used, including the effects of sea-inland gradient and of pine canopy cover. The results indicated that pine forests show the lack of a clear floristic differentiation among different pine forest types at community level. Nevertheless, psammophilous species of coastal dunes occurring mostly in P. halepensis stands, and forest species mainly being linked to P. pinea stands, indicated a distinctiveness at species level probably related to different pine ecology as well as to the coastal zonation along the sea-inland gradient, already well-known for non-forested dunes. Thus, the natural zonation of coastal vegetation is maintained, although higher pine canopy cover affected the understory species assemblages, both herbaceous and woody, in a negative way. In light of this, species-specific management strategies are not recommended for Mediterranean coastal pine forests, and a long-sighted management should take into account actions considering floristic differentiation linked to coastal vegetation zonation. These findings should not be disregarded since they have implications for management planning and conservation and because understoreys of Mediterranean pine plantations, with a species reservoir of unknown value, have often hitherto been overlooked. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Canopy cover Dunes Italy Plant species assemblage Sea-inland gradient Vegetation |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000399511500003 |
WOS关键词 | PLANT-SPECIES DIVERSITY ; TREE PLANTATIONS ; VEGETATION ; COMMUNITIES ; HABITATS ; DUNES ; L. ; ENVIRONMENT ; ECOSYSTEM ; SOIL |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/23558 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Siena, Dept Life Sci, Via Mattioli 4, I-53100 Siena, Italy; 2.Univ Roma TRE, Dept Sci, Vle Marconi 446, I-00146 Rome, Italy |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bonari, Gianmaria,Acosta, Alicia T. R.,Angiolini, Claudia. Mediterranean coastal pine forest stands: Understorey distinctiveness or not?[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2017,391. |
APA | Bonari, Gianmaria,Acosta, Alicia T. R.,&Angiolini, Claudia.(2017).Mediterranean coastal pine forest stands: Understorey distinctiveness or not?.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,391. |
MLA | Bonari, Gianmaria,et al."Mediterranean coastal pine forest stands: Understorey distinctiveness or not?".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 391(2017). |
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