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000106249 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104246
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000106249 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7037-4970$$aTormo, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000106249 245__ $$aEffects of woody vegetation patches on species composition in Stipa tenacissima steppes
000106249 260__ $$c2020
000106249 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000106249 5203_ $$aStipa tenacissima steppes cover 70, 000 km2 in the Mediterranean basin. In these habitats, resprouting shrubs form woody patches that were removed in the past to promote fiber and forage production. Patches are recovering after decades of abandonment. Patches enhance plant richness and affect ecosystem functioning. Yet, they have been commonly considered as a single entity, paying scarce attention to patch heterogeneity, patch dynamics and their impact on community composition. We describe the physical and biotic structure of 450 patches in 15 catchments along a climate gradient in southeastern Spain, and analyze the drivers of overstory and understory composition and recruitment of patch-forming species. Patches were formed by one to six species (Quercus coccifera, Juniperus oxycedrus, Rhamnus lycioides, Ephedra fragilis, Pistacia lentiscus and Osyris lanceolata). Climate determined the species composition in each patch, their physical characteristics and the recruitment of patch-forming species. Species cover and richness depended on the dominant species. Our results suggest that patches dominated by Quercus coccifera and Juniperus oxycedrus may decline and patches dominated by Rhamnus lycioides and Ephedra fragilis may expand as climate warms. They also provide new insights on the interactions in patch communities very relevant for the conservation and management of S. tenacissima steppes.
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000106249 591__ $$aENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES$$b190 / 273 = 0.696$$c2020$$dQ3$$eT3
000106249 591__ $$aECOLOGY$$b97 / 166 = 0.584$$c2020$$dQ3$$eT2
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000106249 593__ $$aEarth-Surface Processes$$c2020$$dQ2
000106249 593__ $$aEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics$$c2020$$dQ2
000106249 593__ $$aEcology$$c2020$$dQ2
000106249 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
000106249 700__ $$aAmat, B.
000106249 700__ $$aCortina, J.
000106249 7102_ $$15011$$2220$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural$$cÁrea Ecología
000106249 773__ $$g181 (2020), 104246 1-9$$pJ. arid environ.$$tJournal of Arid Environments$$x0140-1963
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