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Pathways for resilience in Mediterranean cork oak land use systems

Pathways for resilience in Mediterranean cork oak land use systems Annals of Forest Science (2014) 71:5–13 DOI 10.1007/s13595-012-0197-0 REVIEW PAPER Pathways for resilience in Mediterranean cork oak land use systems Vanda Acácio & Milena Holmgren Received: 9 August 2011 /Accepted: 11 February 2012 /Published online: 7 March 2012 INRA / Springer-Verlag France 2012 Abstract and restoration programmes are undertaken, the cork oak & Context Loss of woodlands and degradation of vegetation land use systems will not be sustainable. and soil have been described for all Mediterranean-type . . ecosystems worldwide. In the Western Iberian Peninsula, Keywords Alternative stable state Cistus Quercus suber . . . overexploitation of evergreen cork oak land use systems L. Mediterranean-type ecosystem Resilience Restoration has led to soil erosion, failures in oak recruitment, and loss of forests. Degraded and dry sites are quickly colonised by pioneer heathland rockrose (Cistus spp.) shrubs forming highly persistent patches. 1 Introduction & Aims Although traditionally shrublands have been consid- ered as a transient successional state, we present evidence Mediterranean-type ecosystems evolved through the major that they can represent persistent alternative states to former geological and climatic changes that took place during the Pliocene and early Pleistocene periods (3.2 to 2.3 million cork oak forests. & Review trends and conclusions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Forest Science Springer Journals

Pathways for resilience in Mediterranean cork oak land use systems

Acácio, Vanda; Holmgren, Milena
Annals of Forest Science , Volume 71 (1) – Mar 7, 2012
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Annals of Forest Science (2014) 71:5–13 DOI 10.1007/s13595-012-0197-0 REVIEW PAPER Pathways for resilience in Mediterranean cork oak land use systems Vanda Acácio & Milena Holmgren Received: 9 August 2011 /Accepted: 11 February 2012 /Published online: 7 March 2012 INRA / Springer-Verlag France 2012 Abstract and restoration programmes are undertaken, the cork oak & Context Loss of woodlands and degradation of vegetation land use systems will not be sustainable. and soil have been described for all Mediterranean-type . . ecosystems worldwide. In the Western Iberian Peninsula, Keywords Alternative stable state Cistus Quercus suber . . . overexploitation of evergreen cork oak land use systems L. Mediterranean-type ecosystem Resilience Restoration has led to soil erosion, failures in oak recruitment, and loss of forests. Degraded and dry sites are quickly colonised by pioneer heathland rockrose (Cistus spp.) shrubs forming highly persistent patches. 1 Introduction & Aims Although traditionally shrublands have been consid- ered as a transient successional state, we present evidence Mediterranean-type ecosystems evolved through the major that they can represent persistent alternative states to former geological and climatic changes that took place during the Pliocene and early Pleistocene periods (3.2 to 2.3 million cork oak forests. & Review trends and conclusions

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