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Ecological factors affecting plant communities’ distribution on International Tagus River Natural Park

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dc.contributor.authorQuinta-Nova, L.C.
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Alice
dc.contributor.authorCarvalhinho, João
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-17T15:05:56Z
dc.date.available2020-07-17T15:05:56Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractStraddling the frontiers of two neighbouring countries around the Tagus River, Portugal and Spain, the International Tagus River Natural Park (ITRNP) extends over an area of 26,484 hectares in the district of Castelo Branco, Portugal. The vegetation of the Park is mainly typical of Mediterranean ecosystems, such as cork oak and holm oak, Mediterranean evergreen scrubland with strawberry tree, kerms oak, terebinth, mock privet, and mastic; thermophilic formations of rockrose, lavender and broom; bush formations, more or less open with olive and wild olive trees; and riparian vegetation, emphasizing the bushweed formations and the galleries of willow trees. In this territory, 726 taxa distributed by 98 botanical families have been identified to date, emphasizing the 51 endemic species detected. In terms of protected Flora the ITRNP the Portuguese endemisms Festuca duriotagana and Linaria amethystea subsp. multipunctata. There are also 41 Iberian endemisms. A study was conducted in the ITRNP to provide insight into the main factors affecting the different plant communities’ distribution in the region, and to provide recommendations for the selection of indigenous species in order to monitor the succession process of vegetation in areas affected by wildfires. The study was conducted in sites evenly distributed in the area of ITRNP representing homogeneous vegetation types, the floristic composition and cover of the species were determined in 188 floristic inventories. During the study period, a total of 249 species were recorded. Cluster analysis identified 12 main vegetation communities. The sites were ecologically characterized, at a local scale, using environmental data as bioclimatology, lithology, topography, soil type and its physical and chemical composition. The role of those environmental factors in the explanation of vegetation variation was assessed using canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Geostatistics tools were also used to interpolate the species distribution and the community diversity index.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationQuinta-Nova, L.C., Almeida, A, Carvalhinho, J. (2020). Ecological factors affecting plant communities’ distribution on International Tagus River Natural Park. Abstract Book of the International Conference on Life Sciences, Engeneering and Technology (ILSET 2020). July, 15-19. Washington, DC.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/7186
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationFundos Nacionais através da FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, no âmbito do projeto UIDB/00681/2020pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPlant conservationpt_PT
dc.subjectTagus riverpt_PT
dc.subjectHabitatspt_PT
dc.subjectSpatial analysispt_PT
dc.subjectSpecies-habitat relationshipspt_PT
dc.titleEcological factors affecting plant communities’ distribution on International Tagus River Natural Parkpt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceWashigton, DCpt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Conference on Life Sciences, Engeneering and Technology (ILSET 2020)pt_PT
person.familyNameQuinta-Nova
person.givenNameLuís
person.identifier.ciencia-id7E1C-426F-DCFF
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8464-7527
person.identifier.ridO-2888-2014
person.identifier.scopus-author-id36094927600
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