Testing the effect of restoration‐focused silviculture on oak regeneration and groundlayer plant communities in urban–exurban oak woodlands

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Pastick ◽  
Deborah Maurer ◽  
Robert T. Fahey
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Oak Regeneration ◽  
Oak Woodlands

Conservation zones promote oak regeneration and shrub diversity in certified Mediterranean oak woodlands

2016 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 226-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipe S. Dias ◽  
David L. Miller ◽  
Tiago A. Marques ◽  
Joana Marcelino ◽  
Maria C. Caldeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oak Regeneration ◽  
Oak Woodlands ◽  
Conservation Zones ◽  
Mediterranean Oak Woodlands

scholarly journals Quercus rotundifolia Lam. Woodlands of the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Ricardo Quinto Canas ◽  
Ana Cano-Ortiz ◽  
Carmelo Maria Musarella ◽  
Sara del Río ◽  
Mauro Raposo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Holm Oak ◽  
Oak Woodlands ◽  
Ecological Features ◽  
New Association ◽  
Quercus Rotundifolia

The holm oak woodlands as ecotonic phytocoenoses occur under different ecological conditions, and frequently representing the climax of edaphoxerophilous series of crests and siliceous rocky areas. In this paper we study the floristic, ecological, and biogeographical differences of the edaphoxerophilous holm oak woodlands of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, included in the Querco rotundifoliae-Oleenion sylvestris suballiance. Our phytosociological (Braun–Blanquet methodology) and numerical analysis (hierarchical cluster analysis) of three formerly described association and our own samples lead us to propose a new association: Ulici argentei-Quercetum rotundifoliae, growing mostly on semihyperoceanic Monchique Sierran Biogeographic District, on rocky slopes and outcrops derived from schists and greywackes. Moreover, we present an overview of ecological features and the diversity of plant communities occurring in the serial dynamic of the thermophile holm oak woodlands of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

scholarly journals Effects of Cattle Management on Oak Regeneration in Northern Californian Mediterranean Oak Woodlands

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e105472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida López-Sánchez ◽  
John Schroeder ◽  
Sonia Roig ◽  
Mar Sobral ◽  
Rodolfo Dirzo
Keyword(s):  
Oak Regeneration ◽  
Oak Woodlands ◽  
Cattle Management ◽  
Mediterranean Oak Woodlands

Weed plant communities of orchards in Siwa Oasis, Egypt

1994 ◽  
Vol 105 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 387-398
Author(s):  
M. M. Abd El-Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Weed Plant

Temporal dynamics of mycorrhizal fungal communities and co-associations with grassland plant communities following experimental manipulation of rainfall

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coline Deveautour ◽  
Sally Power ◽  
Kirk Barnett ◽  
Raul Ochoa-Hueso ◽  
Suzanne Donn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Fungal Community ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
Plant Responses ◽  
Rainfall Regimes

Climate models project overall a reduction in rainfall amounts and shifts in the timing of rainfall events in mid-latitudes and sub-tropical dry regions, which threatens the productivity and diversity of grasslands. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi may help plants to cope with expected changes but may also be impacted by changing rainfall, either via the direct effects of low soil moisture on survival and function or indirectly via changes in the plant community. In an Australian mesic grassland (former pasture) system, we characterised plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities every six months for nearly four years to two altered rainfall regimes: i) ambient, ii) rainfall reduced by 50% relative to ambient over the entire year and iii) total summer rainfall exclusion. Using Illumina sequencing, we assessed the response of AM fungal communities sampled from contrasting rainfall treatments and evaluated whether variation in AM fungal communities was associated with variation in plant community richness and composition. We found that rainfall reduction influenced the fungal communities, with the nature of the response depending on the type of manipulation, but that consistent results were only observed after more than two years of rainfall manipulation. We observed significant co-associations between plant and AM fungal communities on multiple dates. Predictive co-correspondence analyses indicated more support for the hypothesis that fungal community composition influenced plant community composition than vice versa. However, we found no evidence that altered rainfall regimes were leading to distinct co-associations between plants and AM fungi. Overall, our results provide evidence that grassland plant communities are intricately tied to variation in AM fungal communities. However, in this system, plant responses to climate change may not be directly related to impacts of altered rainfall regimes on AM fungal communities. Our study shows that AM fungal communities respond to changes in rainfall but that this effect was not immediate. The AM fungal community may influence the composition of the plant community. However, our results suggest that plant responses to altered rainfall regimes at our site may not be resulting via changes in the AM fungal communities.

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