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A test on Ellenberg indicator values in the Mediterranean evergreen woods (Quercetea ilicis)
Riccardo GuarinoCorrado Marcenòsubject
Mediterranean climateMaquisMediterraneanEcological indicatorShrublandEcological indicatorsScrublandsSicilyGeneral Environmental Sciencegeography.geographical_feature_category2300EcologyForestryVegetationEvergreenScrublandQuercetea ilicisEcological indicatorMaquiGeographyAgricultural and Biological Sciences (all)Ecological indicators; Maquis; Mediterranean; Quercetea ilicis; Scrublands; Sicily; Earth and Planetary Sciences (all); Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all); 2300General Earth and Planetary SciencesIndicator valueGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesQuercetea iliciEarth and Planetary Sciences (all)description
The consistency and reliability of Ellenberg’s indicator values (Eiv) as ecological descriptors of the Mediterranean evergreen vegetation ascribed to the phytosociological class Quercetea ilicis have been checked on a set of 859 phytosociological releves × 699 species. Diagnostic species were identified through a Twinspan analysis and their Eiv analyzed and related to the following independent variables: (1) annual mean temperatures, (2) annual rainfall. The results provided interesting insights to disentangle the current syntaxonomical framework at the alliance level demonstrating the usefulness of ecological indicator values to test the efficiency and predictivity of the phytosociological classification.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 |