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Influence of the soil water holding capacity on the potential distribution of forest species. A case study: the potential distribution of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) in central-western Spain

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This study reports a parametric approach to the climatic and edaphoclimatic potential distribution of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.) in central-western Spain together with an analysis of the influence of the maximum soil water holding capacity (WHC) on such potential distribution. To these ends, we employed 12 climatic and 2 edaphoclimatic parameters of eco-physiological influence derived from the current distribution of cork oaks. The climatic and edaphoclimatic parameters elaborated for two extreme WHC values (50 and 250 mm) are calculated for the whole study area and are mapped by means of a digital elevation model and a geographic information system. The results point to an important climatic potential area for high soil WHC values but there is also a remarkable dependence on this latter parameter, mainly in the Duero basin, since the limits of the climatic potential area are reduced strongly as WHC decreases. We deduce certain other conclusions as regards the importance of this variable in the potential distribution of species and in forestation and reforestation projects using this species.

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  1. Departamento de Construcción y Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Ambientales, Avda. de Filiberto Villalobos 119-129, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    Luis Carlos Jovellar Lacambra

  2. Departamento de Silvopascicultura, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Alfredo Blanco Andray

  3. Departamento de Biología Animal, Ecología, Edafología, Parasitología y Química Agrícola, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Fernando Santos Francés

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Communicated by A. Merino and A. Rubio.

This article belongs to the special issue “Plant–soil relationships in Southern European forests”.

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Jovellar Lacambra, L.C., Blanco Andray, A. & Santos Francés, F. Influence of the soil water holding capacity on the potential distribution of forest species. A case study: the potential distribution of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) in central-western Spain. Eur J Forest Res 129, 111–117 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-008-0251-5

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