<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rossetti, Ivo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bagella, Simonetta</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean Quercus suber wooded grasslands risk disappearance: New evidences from Sardinia (Italy)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest Ecology and Management</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grazing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habitat 6310</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Natura 2000</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Predictions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SIZE STRUCTURE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tillage</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">329</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">148-157</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wooded grasslands are the most widespread agro-forestry systems in Europe, and are included in the Natura 2000 network due to their importance in biodiversity conservation. Similar to many man-made systems, long-term wooded grasslands conservation depends on sustainable use practices. Regeneration of the tree layer is indispensable to assure wooded grassland maintenance. Several studies in Spanish dehesas and Portuguese montados generated concerns regarding the long-term conservation of these agro-silvo-pastoral systems. In the present study, we tested if tree regeneration issues documented for the Iberian Peninsula also affected wooded grasslands located in another Mediterranean area inside and outside Natura 2000 network. The size structure of Quercus suber L. stands, and the abundance and height of seedlings and saplings were determined at farm and landscape scales, in grazed, grazed and tilled wooded grasslands, and non-grazed woodlands to test the compatibility of management type for tree regeneration. A frequency model of size structure was calculated to estimate the probability of cork oak stand survival in a medium and long term time period. New evidences of a generalised absence of regeneration in grazed wooded grasslands emerged from all the study sites. Some management practices are indicated for the long-term conservation of the habitat.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simonson, William D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Allen, Harriet D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coomes, David a.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Remotely sensed indicators of forest conservation status: Case study from a Natura 2000 site in southern Portugal</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ecological Indicators</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Favourable conservation status</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LiDAR</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mediterranean forest</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Natura 2000</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier Ltd</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">636-647</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The successful implementation of habitat conservation measures demands regular and spatially explicit monitoring and reporting on conservation status at a range of scales, based on indicators of both habitat range and condition (structure and functions required for long-term maintenance). Such is the case with the Natura 2000 protected areas in Europe. Focusing on the cork oak (Quercus suber) forests of one such area, the Serra de Monchique in southern Portugal, we test the complementarity and joint effectiveness of airborne multispectral and laser scanning (lidar) in providing robust indicators of conservation status. Principal forest types and other land covers are mapped to an accuracy of up to 70% (11 land cover classes) and 81% (5 classes) by fusing the two remote sensing datasets, results that are superior to using either one alone. Using previously tested relationships between lidar height metrics, forest vegetation structure and species diversity, we develop a map predicting areas of high (22% of area), medium (25%) and low (53%) condition. We recommend the further development and testing of remotely sensed range and condition indicators of conservation status for their application in important forested sites across Europe and beyond</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Halada, Lubos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evans, Doug</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Romão, Carlos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petersen, Jan-Erik</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Which habitats of European importance depend on agricultural practices?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity and Conservation</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agricultural management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Favourable conservation status</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grazing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habitats directive</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">High Nature Value Farmland</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mowing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Natura 2000</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ostermann list</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s10531-011-9989-z</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2365 - 2378</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The aim of this paper is to identify the habitat types listed in the Habitats Directive Annex I that require low-intensity agricultural management for their existence. We assessed the link between the Annex I habitat types and agricultural practices in order to identify habitat types that depend on the continuation of agricultural practices or whose existence is prolonged or spatially enlarged via blocking or reducing the secondary succession by agricultural activities. 63 habitat types that depend on or which can proﬁt from agricultural activities—mainly grazing and mowing—were identiﬁed. They are classiﬁed into 2 groups: (1) habitats fully dependent on the continuation of agricultural management; (2) habitats partly dependent on the continuation of agricultural management. This paper also brieﬂy discusses habitat types for which either doubts remain on their dependence on agricultural management, or the relation to extensive farming practices exists only in part of their area of distribution in Europe or under certain site conditions, respectively. Assessments of the conservation status of habitats of European Importance by 25 EU Member States in 2007 showed that habitats identiﬁed by us as depending on agricultural practices had a worse status than non-agricultural habitats.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></issue></record></records></xml>