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Vertical structure of Halimium halimifolium shrubs in Doñana National Park (SW Spain)

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Plant Response to Stress

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Abstract

In the areas of the world with a mediterranean climate, similar vegetation types occur that are characterized by sclerophyllous evergreen shrubs with a variable understorey of annual herbs (Naveh 1967; Specht 1969; Mooney and Parsons 1973; Parsons 1975; Orshan 1983; Miller 1981). In the Iberian Peninsula this mediterranean vegetation is widespread on degraded forest areas, abandoned fields and pasturelands, and on mountain ridges. In Doñana National Park in southwestern Spain the clearance of cork oak (Quercus suber) forests, growing on sandy soils, led to the development of dense understorey vegetation. Overgrazing and wild fires resulted in soil degradation which favoured the expansion of oligotrophic and pyrophitic shrubs. These now appear as major components of the Park vegetation (Garcia Novo 1977, 1979).

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  1. Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1.095, 41080, Sevilla, Spain

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Diaz Barradas, M.C., Garcia Novo, F. (1987). Vertical structure of Halimium halimifolium shrubs in Doñana National Park (SW Spain). In: Tenhunen, J.D., Catarino, F.M., Lange, O.L., Oechel, W.C. (eds) Plant Response to Stress. NATO ASI Series, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70868-8_36

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