Overview

Broadleaved evergreen forests where holm oak (Quercus ilex 1.) is almost the only canopy tree are a distinctive ecosystem of the Mediterranean Basin. Biogeographically, these forests lie between cool-temperate deciduous forests to the north and drier shrublands to the south. In a more general view, they are ecologically intermediate between these deciduous forests and humid warm-temperate evergreen forests, such as the laurisilva of the Macarone- sian islands or the broadleaved evergreen forests of eastern Asia. Holm oak forests are characterized by small-stature trees (usually 5 to 12 m tall), which are slow growing, cast a deep shade, and have small, evergreen, sclerophyl- lous leaves. Summer drought is the major environmental constraint. Mediterranean broadleaved evergreen forests have been underrepre- sented in the open literature. For example, The Woodlands Data Set of the International Biological Program (IBP) contained data from just one holm oak forest plot, Le Rouquet in southern France (Reichle 1981). Also, some models of European forests consider just two major forest types, broad- leaved deciduous and evergreen conifers, forgeting the extensive forests and woodlands of holm oak and cork oak (Quercus suber 1.), which are the ma- jor evergreen oak tree species in the Mediterranean Basin. The extensive lit- erature on Mediterranean-type ecosystems has also largely neglected these forests, being centred mostly on Mediterranean-type shrublands.

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Author:   Ferran Roda ,  Javier Retana ,  Carlos A. Gracia ,  Juan Bellot
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Volume:   137
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9783642636684

ISBN 10:   3642636683
Pages:   377
Publication Date:   01 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1 1 Holm Oak and Holm Oak Forests: An Introduction.- 2 Experimental Areas of Prades and Montseny.- 2 Stand Structure and Dynamics.- 3 Stand Structure, Aboveground Biomass and Production.- 4 Structure and Dynamics of the Root System.- 5 Resprouting Dynamics.- 6 Acorn Ecology.- 7 Seedling Recruitment.- 8 A Model of Stand Dynamics For Holm Oak-Aleppo Pine Forests.- 3 Light Harvesting and Gas Exchange.- 9 Leaf Traits and Canopy Organization.- 10 Gas Exchange and Water Relations.- 11 Modelling Canopy Gas Exchange During Summer Drought.- 12 GOTILWA: An Integrated Model of Water Dynamics and Forest Growth.- 4 Nutrient Cycling at the Stand Level.- 13 Water and Nutrient Limitations to Primary Production.- 14 Precipitation Chemistry and Air Pollution.- 15 Throughfall and Stemflow.- 16 Soil Nitrogen Dynamics.- 17 Soil Water Chemistry.- 18 Nutrient Distribution and Cycling.- 5 Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Catchments.- 19 Water Balance in Catchments.- 20 Element Budgets in Catchments.- 21 Biogeochemical Models.- 6 Responses to Disturbances.- 22 Soil Fertility After Fire and Clear-Cutting.- 23 Functional Responses to Thinning.- 7 Animals in the Forest: Ecology of Two Main Groups.- 24 Soil Arthropods.- 25 Composition and Dynamics of the Bird Community.

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