Biodiversity components and conservation of mediterranean healthlands in Southern Spain

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1995 Spain English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Biological Conservation, volume 72, pages 61-72 (issn: 0006-3207,

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Authors: Ojeda Copete, Fernando; Arroyo Marín, Juan; Marañón, Teodoro;

doi: 10.1016/0006-3207(94)00064-w

handle: 10261/47908

Biodiversity components and conservation of mediterranean healthlands in Southern Spain

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[ES]: La biodiversidad representa una idea compleja que con frecuencia ha sido considerada equivalente a riqueza de especies y estuduiada a nivel de floras o faunas regionales. En este estudio se hace una cuantificación de la biodiversidad para la conservación de los brezales y matorrales de sotobosque mediterráneos sobre "islas" ácidas en la región del Estrecho de Gibraltar. Estas comunidades son notables pro rpesentar una elevada riqueza de especies, alto endemismo y baja proporción de especies por género.

[EN]: Biodiversity is a complex issue which has frequently been extremely simplified both by equating it with species richness, and by addressing it at the level of regional floras or faunas. In this paper we carry out a detailed assessment of biodiversity for conservation of Mediterranean heathlands and related woodland understoreys on acidic "islands" in the Gibraltar Strait region which are remarkable for their high species richness, high endemism and low ratio of species pergenus.

We thank the National Geographic Society (grant 4474-91) and the Spanish DGICYT (Poject PB 91-0894) for financial support.

12 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, 61 references.

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Spain

Related Organizations

Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville
Spain
Spanish National Research Council
Spain
University of Seville
Spain

Keywords

Endemismo, Gibraltar Strait, Historical biogeography, Riqueza de especies, Suelos ácidos, Biogeografía histórica, Acid soils, Estrecho de Gibraltar, Endemism, Species richness

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