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Conservation zones increase habitat heterogeneity of certified Mediterranean oak woodlands / Teresa Mexia in Forest ecology and management, vol 504 (January-15 2022)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 504 (January-15 2022) . - n° 119811 Titre : Conservation zones increase habitat heterogeneity of certified Mediterranean oak woodlands Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Teresa Mexia, Auteur ; Xavier Lecomte, Auteur ; Maria Conceição Caldeira, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 119811 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] biométrie [Termes IGN] certification forestière [Termes IGN] chênaie [Termes IGN] conservation des ressources forestières [Termes IGN] écosystème forestier [Termes IGN] forêt méditerranéenne [Termes IGN] gestion forestière durable [Termes IGN] Portugal [Termes IGN] Quercus suber [Termes IGN] régénération (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] sous-étage [Termes IGN] sylvopastoralisme [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) Forest certification is a conservation tool, which aims to promote the sustainable management and conservation of forest ecosystems. Establishing set-aside or lower intervention conservation zones to promote biodiversity conservation is a requisite of forest certification. We tested the effects of conservation zones on the tree biometrics and regeneration, as well as on the taxonomic, functional, and structural diversity of the shrub and herb understory, in Mediterranean oak woodlands. We also assessed how oak biometrics, regeneration and understory diversity varied among conservation zones established 10, 14, and 20 years before our sampling dates. Oak regeneration tended to be higher in conservation zones than in controls, but results varied with the age of conservation zones. For example, the abundance of oak seedlings and saplings was higher in 10-year-old conservation zones than in those established 20 years ago. Abundance of young oak trees was higher in 14-year-old conservation zones than in 10- and 20-year-old conservation zones. The understory vertical diversity was significantly higher in 14- and 20-year-old conservation zones than in controls. Functional diversity differed significantly between conservation zones and controls, with a higher abundance of late-successional shrubs, namely fleshy-fruited species in 20-year-old conservation zones. The plant species composition of the shrub and the herb understory was most dissimilar between older conservation zones and controls. Additionally, the cover and diversity of the understory herb species decreased with the age of conservation zones. Conservation zones implemented under forest certification increase habitat structural complexity of oak woodlands, which may benefit wildlife species, but there will be trade-offs with the cover and diversity of the herb understory. Forest managers must evaluate such trade-offs when establishing conservation zones in cork oak woodlands under forest certification schemes. Numéro de notice : A2022-019 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119811 Date de publication en ligne : 02/11/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119811 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99213 [article]