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dc.contributor.authorVan de Wouw , P.
dc.contributor.authorEcheverría, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorRey Benayas, José María 
dc.contributor.authorHolmgren , M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-16T08:31:08Z
dc.date.available2020-01-16T08:31:08Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationForest Ecology and Management, 2011, v. 262, n. , p. 1100-1108en
dc.identifier.issn0378-1127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/40626
dc.description.abstractMediterranean ecosystems are global hotspots of biodiversity threaten by human disturbances. Growing evidence indicates that regeneration of Mediterranean forests can be halted under certain circumstances and that successional stages can become notoriously persistent. The Mediterranean sclerophyllous forest in central Chile is been largely transformed into savannas dominated by the invasive legume tree Acacia caven as result of interacting management and ecological factors. We used multi-temporal satellite imagery to study the transition dynamics of these major vegetation types over the last four decades (1975&-2008). Vegetation changes were related to indicators of resource availability (topography, water availability, solar radiance), potential propagule availability (distance to forest remnant patches) and disturbance regimes (grazing, fire occurrence and distance to roads and cities). During this study period, forests were mostly converted into Acacia savannas (46.1%). Acacia savanna was the most persistent natural vegetation type. The probability of sclerophyllous forest degradation into Acacia savanna increased on drier northern-exposed slopes, close to roads and further away from forest remnants. In contrast, forest regeneration from Acacia savanna was higher on moister southern-exposed slopes and closer to forest remnants. Acacia savannas are increasingly being converted into cultivated land on the moister locations or switching into a bare soil state in locations close to cities and further away from forest remnants. These results highlight the vulnerability of diverse sclerophyllous forests and its increasing conversion into persistent Acacia savannas in the Mediterranean region of central Chile and identify the ecological conditions for successful conservation and restoration of the native sclerophyllous forest vegetation that can be used for sensible land use planning.en
dc.description.sponsorshipWageningen Universityen
dc.description.sponsorshipCONICYT, Chileen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en
dc.rights© 2011 Elsevieren
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.rights.urihttps://www.elsevier.com/journals/forest-ecology-and-management/0378-1127/open-access-optionsen
dc.subjectArrested successionen
dc.subjectChileen
dc.subjectDisturbanceen
dc.subjectEvergreenen
dc.subjectInvasionen
dc.subjectShrublanden
dc.titlePersistent Acacia savannas replace Mediterranean sclerophyllous forests in South Americaen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.subject.ecienciaMedio Ambientees_ES
dc.subject.ecienciaEnvironmental scienceen
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida. Unidad docente Ecologíaes_ES
dc.date.updated2020-01-15T10:37:31Z
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.009
dc.relation.projectIDRUE 33 project (CONICYT, Chile)en
dc.relation.projectIDEU REFORLAN Project INCO CT2006-032132 Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen Universityen
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000016038
dc.identifier.publicationtitleForest Ecology and Managementen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume262
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage1108
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1100


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