Human and non-human determinants of forest composition in southern Spain: evidence of shifts towards cork oak dominance as a result of management over the past century

13 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, 70 references. We are grateful to the Andalusian Government (Consejería de Medio Ambiente), and to Felipe Oliveros and the staff of Los Alcornocales Park for the facilities to compile forest inventory information and for visit permits. We thank Javier Quijada and José Manuel Moreira of REDIAM, and José A. Villanueva of the Ministry of Environment, for providing, respectively, environmental and SSFI data, as well as Francisco Rodríguez, Sara Rodríguez, and Carlota Martínez for assistance at various stages. Daniel Montoya, Drew Purves, James Aronson. Historical forest management plans were consulted in the archive of the Dirección General para la Biodiversidad (Madrid).

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Main Authors: Rodríguez Urbieta, Itzíar, Zavala, Miguel A., Marañón, Teodoro
Other Authors: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España)
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2008-09
Subjects:Deciduous forest, Environmental gradients, Forest structure, Human impact, Land-use history, Mediterranean forest, Quercus canariensis, Quercus suber, Sclerophyllous species, Strait of Gibraltar,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/48006
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003176
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Summary:13 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, 70 references. We are grateful to the Andalusian Government (Consejería de Medio Ambiente), and to Felipe Oliveros and the staff of Los Alcornocales Park for the facilities to compile forest inventory information and for visit permits. We thank Javier Quijada and José Manuel Moreira of REDIAM, and José A. Villanueva of the Ministry of Environment, for providing, respectively, environmental and SSFI data, as well as Francisco Rodríguez, Sara Rodríguez, and Carlota Martínez for assistance at various stages. Daniel Montoya, Drew Purves, James Aronson. Historical forest management plans were consulted in the archive of the Dirección General para la Biodiversidad (Madrid).