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Management of Threatened, High Conservation Value, Forest Hotspots Under Changing Fire Regimes

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Abstract

The current chapter starts by describing the elements of biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin hotspot. It then describes climate change and fire regime interactions. Geographically restricted forest types with high conservation value such as Abies cephalonica, A. pinsapo, Juniperus macrocarpa, Quercus trojana, Tetraclinis articulata and Pinus leucodermis forests are presented as case studies. These forest hotspots are threatened by changing fire regime either because they lack of any active post-fire regeneration mechanism or because they are exposed to more frequent fires than they used to. Current post-fire management, if any, is presented and commented.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].

  2. 2.

    Juniper formations [Juniperus turbinata ssp. turbinata (=J. lycia, J. phoenicea ssp. lycia), J. macrocarpa, J. navicularis (=J. transtagana, J. oxycedrus ssp. transtagana), J. communis] of Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coastal dune slacks and slopes (Juniperion lyciae). Juniperus communis formations of calcareous dunes. This habitat type includes the communities of J. communis from the calcareous dunes of Jutland and the communities of J. phoenicea ssp. lycia in Rièges woods in the Camargue.

  3. 3.

    Quercus trojana woods Supra-Mediterranean, and occasionally meso-Mediterranean woods dominated by the semideciduous Quercus trojana or its allies (Quercetum trojanae) Sub-type 41.782 - Apulian Trojan oak woods]

  4. 4.

    The main accompanying species are Arbutus unedo L., Asparagus acutifolius L., Calicotome spinosa (L.) Link, Cistus creticus L. subsp. eriocephalus (Viv.) Greuter & Burdet, Cistus incanus L., Cistus monspeliensis L., Cistus salvifolius L., Crataegus monogyna Jacq., Evonymus europaeus L., Fraxinus ornus L., Juniperus macrocarpa Sm., Paliurus spina-cristi Mill. Phillyrea latifolia L., Pirus amygdaliformis Vill., Pistacia lentiscus L., P. terebinthus L., Prunus spinosa L., Rhamnus alaternus, L Rosa sempervirens L., Rubia peregrina L, Ruscus aculeatus L., Vitex agnus castus L., (Macchia et al. 2000). Presence of Allium subhirsutum L: Asphodelus ramosus L. subsp. ramosus, Brachypodium retusum (Pers.) P. Beauv., Bromus erectus Huds., Galium aparine L:, Geranium purpureum Vill., Geranium dissectum L:, Teucrium chamaedrys L:, marks anthropic influence. (Misano and Di Pietro 2007).

  5. 5.

    Coppicing is an ancient form of woodland management, mainly directed to fuelwood production, which involves repetitive felling on the same stump, near to ground level, and allowing the shoots arising from adventitious bud at the base of a woody plant to regrow from that main stump (coppice stool).

  6. 6.

    We keep the name Pinus leucodermis as suggested in Conti et al. ( 2005 ).

  7. 7.

    High oro-Mediterranean pine forests Subtype 42.71 White-barked pine forests Local tree line formations of Pinus heldreichii restricted to the southern Balkans, northern Greece and southern Italy, usually open and with an undergrowth formed by stripped grasslands on dry, often stony or rocky soils).

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Arianoutsou, M., Leone, V., Moya, D., Lovreglio, R., Delipetrou, P., de las Heras, J. (2012). Management of Threatened, High Conservation Value, Forest Hotspots Under Changing Fire Regimes. In: Moreira, F., Arianoutsou, M., Corona, P., De las Heras, J. (eds) Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2208-8_11

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