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Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation

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dc.contributor.authorBonari, Gianmaria
dc.contributor.authorFernández-González, Federico
dc.contributor.authorÇoban, Süleyman
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro-Henriques, Tiago
dc.contributor.authorBergmeier, Erwin
dc.contributor.authorDidukh, Yakiv P.
dc.contributor.authorXystrakis, Fotios
dc.contributor.authorAngiolini, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorChytrý, K.
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Alicia T.R.
dc.contributor.authorAgrillo, E.
dc.contributor.authorCosta, José Carlos
dc.contributor.authorDanihelka, J.
dc.contributor.authorHennekens, S.M.
dc.contributor.authorKavgacı, A.
dc.contributor.authorKnollová, I.
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSağlam, C.
dc.contributor.authorŠkvorc, Z.
dc.contributor.authorTichý, L.
dc.contributor.authorChytrý, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-22T15:24:11Z
dc.date.available2021-09-22T15:24:11Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionVegetation Surveypt_PT
dc.description.abstractAim: Vegetation types of Mediterranean thermophilous pine forests dominated by Pinus brutia, Pinus halepensis, Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea were studied in various areas. However, a comprehensive formal vegetation classification of these forests based on a detailed data analysis has never been developed. Our aim is to provide the first broad-scale classification of these pine forests based on a large data set of vegetation plots. Location: Southern Europe, North Africa, Levant, Anatolia, Crimea and the Caucasus. Methods: We prepared a data set of European and Mediterranean pine forest vegetation plots. We selected 7,277 plots dominated by the cold-sensitive Mediterranean pine species Pinus brutia, Pinus halepensis, Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea. We classified these plots using TWINSPAN, interpreted the ecologically and biogeographically homogeneous TWINSPAN clusters as alliances, and developed an expert system for automatic vegetation classification at the class, order and alliance levels. Results: We described Pinetea halepensis as a new class for the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forests, included in the existing Pinetalia halepensis order, and distinguished 12 alliances of native thermophilous pine forests, including four newly described and three informal groups merging supposedly native stands and old-established plantations. The main gradients in species composition reflect elevational vegetation belts and the west–east, and partly north–south, biogeographical differences. Both temperature and precipitation seasonality co-vary with these gradients. Conclusions: We provide the first formal classification at the order and alliance levels for all the Mediterranean thermophilous pine forests based on vegetation-plot data. This classification includes traditional syntaxa, which have been critically revised, and a new class and four new alliances. We also outline a methodological workflow that might be useful for other vegetation classification syntheses. The expert system, which is jointly based on pine dominance and species composition, is a tool for applying this classification in research and nature conservation survey, monitoring and managementpt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationAppl Veg Sci. 2021;24:e12544pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12544pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21923
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWiley Online / International Association of Vegetation Sciencept_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectbiogeographypt_PT
dc.subjectclassificationpt_PT
dc.subjectexpert systempt_PT
dc.subjectforestpt_PT
dc.subjectMediterranean Basinpt_PT
dc.subjectphytosociologypt_PT
dc.subjectPinetea halepensispt_PT
dc.subjectPinuspt_PT
dc.subjectQuercetea ilicispt_PT
dc.subjectvegetation classificationpt_PT
dc.subjectvegetation-plot databasept_PT
dc.titleClassification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetationpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/157490/PT
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POR_NORTE/62460/PT
oaire.citation.titleApplied Vegetation Sciencept_PT
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
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person.familyNameCosta
person.givenNameJosé Carlos
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7619-840X
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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