Quercus rotundifolia Lam. Woodlands of the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula

Ricardo Quinto Canas, Ana Cano-Ortiz, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Sara del Río, Mauro Raposo, José Carlos Piñar Fuentes and Carlos Pinto Gomes
Additional contact information
Ricardo Quinto Canas: Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Campus de Gambelas, University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Ana Cano-Ortiz: Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Section of Botany, University of Jaén, Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Carmelo Maria Musarella: Department of AGRARIA, “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria, Località Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Sara del Río: Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Area of Botany), Mountain Livestock Farming Institute (Joint Center CSIC-ULE), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Campus of Vegazana, s/n, University of León, E-24071 León, Spain
Mauro Raposo: Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), The Institute for Earth Sciences—ICT, School of Science and Technology, University of Évora, Portugal, Rua Romão Ramalho, nº 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
José Carlos Piñar Fuentes: Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Section of Botany, University of Jaén, Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Carlos Pinto Gomes: Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), The Institute for Earth Sciences—ICT, School of Science and Technology, University of Évora, Portugal, Rua Romão Ramalho, nº 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: The holm oak woodlands as ecotonic phytocoenoses occur under different ecological conditions, and frequently representing the climax of edaphoxerophilous series of crests and siliceous rocky areas. In this paper we study the floristic, ecological, and biogeographical differences of the edaphoxerophilous holm oak woodlands of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, included in the Querco rotundifoliae-Oleenion sylvestris suballiance. Our phytosociological (Braun–Blanquet methodology) and numerical analysis (hierarchical cluster analysis) of three formerly described association and our own samples lead us to propose a new association: Ulici argentei-Quercetum rotundifoliae , growing mostly on semihyperoceanic Monchique Sierran Biogeographic District, on rocky slopes and outcrops derived from schists and greywackes. Moreover, we present an overview of ecological features and the diversity of plant communities occurring in the serial dynamic of the thermophile holm oak woodlands of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

Keywords: holm oak woodlands; Quercus rotundifolia; southwestern Iberian peninsula; numerical analysis; vegetation stages; landscape mosaic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/3/268/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/3/268/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:3:p:268-:d:511867

Access Statistics for this article

Land is currently edited by Ms. Carol Ma

More articles in Land from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().