Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors

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Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Silvia
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Fernandes, João Paulo, Espírito-Santo, Maria Dalila
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17711
Resumo: Electronic supplementary material: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10531-014-0754-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users
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spelling Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factorsfloristic compositionconservationhabitatsspecies richnesstraditional land-usevariation partitioningElectronic supplementary material: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10531-014-0754-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized usersManaged grasslands are normally ecosystems with high species diversity. They are associated with traditional extensive livestock grazing. Land-use changes, in particular gradual abandonment or grazing intensification, lead to major changes in floristic patterns of these grasslands, some included in priority habitats of the EU Habitats Directive. In order to analyse these patterns of change, Mediterranean grasslands of eastern areas of mainland Portugal were studied aiming to: (1) establish ecological gradients underlying their floristic patterns; (2) examine the relative importance of both environmental and landuse factors on their floristic composition; (3) assess how floristic composition and species richness are affected by land-use factors. Vegetation sampling was carried out from 2008 to 2009 following phytosociological procedures. Canonical Correspondence Analysis was applied. Variation partitioning was used to assess the relative influence of land-use variables. Richness, legumes cover, endemic species and bryophytes cover were compared in four land-management regimes: unmanaged; extensive grazing by sheep; extensive grazing by cattle and sheep; frequent soil tillage. Significant differences were found in floristic and diversity patterns, revealing the importance of grazing as a management tool for maintaining or improving floristic diversity. From our findings slight extensive grazing can contribute to both maintenance of species diversity and to the increase in legumes cover and thus to palatability and economic value of studied grasslands. Interactions between herbivores and grasslands, considering also their influences on soil properties, have an important role in the equilibrium states which promote biodiversity and conservation of the services of these ecosystemsSpringerRepositório da Universidade de LisboaRibeiro, SilviaFernandes, João PauloEspírito-Santo, Maria Dalila2019-04-08T10:53:26Z20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17711engBiodivers Conserv (2014) 23:2903–2921DOI 10.1007/s10531-014-0754-yinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:47:22Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/17711Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:02:53.933700Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
title Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
spellingShingle Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
Ribeiro, Silvia
floristic composition
conservation
habitats
species richness
traditional land-use
variation partitioning
title_short Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
title_full Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
title_fullStr Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
title_full_unstemmed Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
title_sort Diversity and floristic patterns of mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of environmental and land management factors
author Ribeiro, Silvia
author_facet Ribeiro, Silvia
Fernandes, João Paulo
Espírito-Santo, Maria Dalila
author_role author
author2 Fernandes, João Paulo
Espírito-Santo, Maria Dalila
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ribeiro, Silvia
Fernandes, João Paulo
Espírito-Santo, Maria Dalila
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv floristic composition
conservation
habitats
species richness
traditional land-use
variation partitioning
topic floristic composition
conservation
habitats
species richness
traditional land-use
variation partitioning
description Electronic supplementary material: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10531-014-0754-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users
publishDate 2014
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2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
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