The Holocene history of highland pine forests in a submediterranean mountain: the case of Gredos mountain range (Iberian Central range,Spain) |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Silvopascicultura, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Departamento de Producción Vegetal: Botánica y Protección Vegetal, Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Forestal, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;1. Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Departamento de Biología Vegetal I, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/ José Antonio Novais, 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain;3. Institute of Plant Sciences and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;1. Saluvet, Animal Health Department, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Animal Health Department, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;3. Área de Sistemas de Producción Animal, Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Rural, Asturias, E-33300 Villaviciosa, Spain;1. Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 267/2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic;2. Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | The significance of Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra forests in Gredos mountain range in the Iberian botanical literature has been traditionally a matter of controversy. Considered for many botanists to be anthropogenic forests, a high amount of syntaxonomic approaches, cartographies of potential vegetation and dynamic models have been created based on this guesswork.Nevertheless, this work contributes new data that contradicts this previous hypothesis. For the first time, these data prove the existence of a bioclimatic belt where pine trees dominated during the last 6500 years, clarifying its altitudinal range, surface extension, and its stability. The study is based on the analysis of fossil macrorests and megarests, dated using radiocarbon. The results obtained cohere with the suggestions of other authors that assume the native character of P. nigra and P. sylvestris in this area, based on data of diverse origin (palynological, historical, toponymical, dendrochronological or geobotanical).The paper then continues to discuss the geobotanical interpretation of the results and the regional lines of management, as well as the potential causes that could have induced the marked decline of pine forests in the last millennia. |
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