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Alfredo Asensi

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Assessing coastal habitats with Juniperus sp. pl. in the Iberian Peninsula and on the Balearic Islands

2021

Coastal habitats with Juniperus sp. pl. represent the mature stage in the ecological succession of dune ecosystems. Maritime junipers (Juniperus macrocarpa), prickly junipers (J. navicularis) and c...

0106 biological sciencesgeographyBalearic islandsgeography.geographical_feature_category010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesbiologyEcologyJuniperus macrocarpagovernment.political_districtPlant ScienceEcological successionbiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesMature stageHabitatPeninsulagovernmentEcosystemEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesPlant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
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Understanding properly the `potential natural vegetation' concept

2010

This is a response to critical comments concerning the inappropriate use of the potential natural vegetation (PNV) concept made in a recent contribution to the Commentary section of this journal. We consider that the PNV concept has been misinterpreted. PNV has been used extensively in several European countries since the mid-1950s and was never intended to be used to make a prediction of what vegetation would dominate in an area if human influence were removed. PNV maps express hypothetical assumptions of what corresponds to dominant or natural vegetation in each area. Remnants of the vegetation of the past provided by palaeopalynology and other disciplines provide valuable information for…

Ecologybusiness.industryEcologyEnvironmental resource managementVegetationEcological successionPotential natural vegetationNatural (archaeology)GeographyHabitatNature Conservationmedia_common.cataloged_instanceHabitats DirectiveEuropean unionbusinessEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsmedia_commonJournal of Biogeography
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