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Mapping and identification of hotspot areas for biodiversity and ecosystem services in cork oak woodlands of southern Portugal
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Cork oak woodlands or montados are ecosystems of high conservation and socio-economic
importance. The present work aimed at 1) identifying and mapping biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services in main area of distribution of cork oak montado in Southern Portugal 2) assessing how the
distribution of these conservation values relates with the distribution of the network of classified areas
and 3) assessing how the distribution of identified conservation values relates with the area of cork
oak montado under forest certification. I mapped biodiversity values (presence of species of
amphibians, reptiles and threatened birds) and Ecosystem Services (carbon storage and aquifer
recharge rates) within the study area. For achieving this I used the open source Q-GIS 2.0.1. software
together with the open access online geographic information system WebGIS Hotspot Areas for
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (HABEaS: www.habeas-med.org). With the exception of Natura
2000 sites the distribution of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is largely not coincident with that of
classified areas. In relation to forest certified areas, these are presently covering a significant area of
cork oak montados where biodiversity values and Ecosystem Services overlap
Descrição
Mestrado Erasmus Mundus: Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR) - Instituto Superior de Agronomia
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Quercus suber conservation tools forest certification payments for ecosystem services
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Citação
Briñas Garcia, B. - Mapping and identification of hotspot areas for biodiversity and ecosystem services in cork oak woodlands of southern Portugal. Lisboa: ISA, 2014, 119 p.