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Understory clearing in open grazed mediterranean oak forests: assessing the impact on vegetation

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dc.contributor.authorCastro, Marina
dc.contributor.authorCastro, João Paulo
dc.contributor.authorCastro, José
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-31T11:08:56Z
dc.date.available2022-10-31T11:08:56Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractOver recent years, rural abandonment and climate change have challenged grazed wooded landscapes in Mediterranean mountain regions. Fire hazard management procedures such as grazing, prescribed burning, or mechanical clearing must be adjusted to the new socioeconomic and environmental situation and according to the context and circumstances of each territory. This study contributes to adjusting vegetation management techniques in response to low grazing pressure by evaluating the combined effect of mechanical clearing and grazing on the structural and floristic dynamics of understory vegetation in the open-grazed Mediterranean oak forests of northern Portugal. To this end, three treatments were established: mechanical clearing with grazing, mechanical clearing without grazing, and grazing without clearing (the control). The floristic inventories were carried out using the point quadrat method, and the structure was evaluated using line transects. Herbaceous biomass was determined by destructive methods. This study shows that mechanical vegetation clearing effectively reduces phytovolume and, thus, fire hazards. However, for its effects to endure, it must be combined with subsequent grazing, which does not always occur. No consistent pattern was found in the floristic dynamics of the shrub-grassland mosaic (species richness and diversity) related to shrub-clearing or grazing over the short term (24 months)pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshiphis research was funded by the EU SUDOE, grant number SOE2/P5E0804, project OPEN2PRESERVE. This article was also supported by the FCT/MCTES Project CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020).pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCastro, Marina; Castro, João Paulo; Castro, José (2022). Understory clearing in open grazed mediterranean oak forests: assessing the impact on vegetation. Sustainability. ISSN 2071-1050. 14:17, p. 1-11pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su141710979pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/26058
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectNorthern Portugalpt_PT
dc.subjectShort termpt_PT
dc.subjectSheeppt_PT
dc.subjectPhytovolumept_PT
dc.subjectSpecies richnesspt_PT
dc.subjectDiversitypt_PT
dc.titleUnderstory clearing in open grazed mediterranean oak forests: assessing the impact on vegetationpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardNumberUIDB/00690/2020
oaire.awardTitleMountain Research Center
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00690%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.issue17pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage10979pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSustainabilitypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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