Forest and Arborescent Scrub Habitats of Special Interest for SCIs in Central Spain

Ana Cano-Ortiz, Carmelo M. Musarella, Jose C. Piñar Fuentes, Ricardo Quinto Canas, Carlos J. Pinto Gomes, Giovanni Spampinato, Jehad Mahmoud Hussein Ighbareyeh, Sara del Río and Eusebio Cano
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Ana Cano-Ortiz: Departamento Biología Animal, Vegetal y Ecología Botánica, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Carmelo M. Musarella: Departamento Biología Animal, Vegetal y Ecología Botánica, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Jose C. Piñar Fuentes: Departamento Biología Animal, Vegetal y Ecología Botánica, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Ricardo Quinto Canas: CCMAR—Centro de Ciências do Mar, University of Algarve, 8005-410 Faro, Portugal
Carlos J. Pinto Gomes: Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento/Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Universidade de Évora, 7000-365 Évora, Portugal
Giovanni Spampinato: Dipartimento di AGRARIA, Università “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria, Località Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Jehad Mahmoud Hussein Ighbareyeh: Department of Plant Production and Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Quds Open University, Hebron Branch, Abu Ktellah Street, Hebron 770-773, Palestine
Sara del Río: Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Botany), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, E-24071 León, Spain
Eusebio Cano: Departamento Biología Animal, Vegetal y Ecología Botánica, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-24

Abstract: The habitat of the several territories in Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) are studued through the and mapping (scale 1:10.000) and vegetation analysis. The distribution and surface of the habitat presents in the Sites of Community Interest (SCIs), as well as pressures, threats, trends, and state of conservation are described. These site contributes significantly to the maintenance or restoration at a favourable conservation status of a natural habitat type or of a species of community intesess.These specially protected areas are part of the Natura 2000 network. We discuss the diversity of forest habitats characterized by species of the genus Quercus L., focusing only on the plant communities in the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC of 1992, regarding the conservation of fauna and flora and habitats of interest owing to their endemic or rare character. Habitats and species must be studied in combination to ensure the maximum reliability of the results. We concentrate on habitats with low representation in the territory as a consequence of their rarity or endemicity. We study the following habitats of special interest: 9230—Mediterranean-Ibero-Atlantic and Galaico-Portuguese oak woods of Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica ; 9240—Iberian oaks of Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis ; 9320—Thermomediterranean forests of Olea and Ceratonia (Iberian Peninsula, Balearic and Canary Islands); 9540—Mediterranean pine forests of endemic Pinus pinaster ( Pinus pinaster subsp. acutisquama ); 9560—Endemic forests with Juniperus spp.; 5210. Arborescent scrub with Juniperus spp.

Keywords: habitat; mapping; association; vegetation; conservation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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