<?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%">Madoui, Amar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Goldammer, Johann G.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fire effects on the composition of Pinus halepensis and Quercus rotundifolia communities in the Bou-Taleb Forest, Algeria, with application of a multivariable analysis</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%">Aleppo pine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Algeria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FCA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest ﬁres</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holm oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pinus halepensis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus rotundifolia</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378112706007286</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">234</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The effect of forest ﬁre on the ﬂora of Bou-Taleb’s forest was studied using a Factorial Correspondence Analysis (FCA). This analysis, implemented by using the Braun-Blanquet method, was applied on ﬂoristic releves investigated on Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) and on Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia) communities which burned at different dates. Other ones represent the non-burnt communities and were used as control. Two analyses were used with all releves (160) and all the species which f &gt; 1 (323). The ﬁrst analysis is applied with a presence-absence coefﬁcient and the second one with an abundance-dominance coefﬁcient. The third analysis involved only releves of burned communities (98) and all species (361). The results of all analyses show the time elapsed since ﬁre (ﬂoristic age) is a discrimination factor. We found a clear separation of young communities on the one side, which appeared immediately after ﬁre, and older communities on the other side. Also, ﬁre effects were linked to the type of communities. There is a distinct difference between Aleppo pine and Holm oak communities. There is invasion of therophytes on the parcels recently burned. Few years after ﬁre, the ﬂoristic composition and structure of communities will be the same as on unburned sites.</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%">Zavala, M. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Espelta, J. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retana, J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Constraints and trade-offs in Mediterranean plant communities: The case of holm oak-Aleppo pine forests</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Botanical Review</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aleppo pine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">disturbance regimes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">forest dynamics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">holm oak (voyant)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">light intensity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mediterranean plant-communities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Water availability</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/3u77576376314080.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">66</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">119 - 149</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In this paper we review those aspects that are relevant to the development of a mechanistic ecological theory to account for the structure and dynamics of Mediterranean forests, focus- ing our attention on mixed forests of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.), a shade-tolerant, slow- growing species that resprouts vigorously after disturbance, and Aleppo pine (Pinus halepen- sis M.), a fast-growing, nonresprouting, shade-intolerant species. The main objectives of this report are: to introduce some of the primary features of these forests, showing their structural complexity and historical peculiarities; to show that much of this complexity can be concep- tually reduced to two main factors of variation, soil-moisture gradients and a complex inter- action of historical management and disturbance regimes; and to contrast the unique features of Mediterranean systems with other communities that have inspired generalization in ecol- ogy. Plants in Mediterranean-climate regions must face several environmental constraints dur- ing their life cycle: water limitation, competition for light, and a complex set of disturbance regimes, mainly fire, herbivory, and human exploitation. The response of co-occurring spe- cies to a given set of environmental constraints depends on a combination of physiological and morphological traits. In holm oak-Aleppo pine forests, the lower limit of distribution along a soil-moisture gradient appears to be controlled by dry-season water stress on seedling performance, and the upper limit seems to be controlled by shade tolerance relative to com- petitors. The processes that generate and maintain these patterns are related to the responses of the two species to the water and light environments that result from interacting gradients of disturbance and resource availability. The dynamics of mixed holm oak-Aleppo pine forests may be represented along two major environmental axes: water availability and light intensity; namely, time since last disturbance. At the regional scale, the presence of holm oak and Aleppo pine is expected to be driven mainly by the precipitation regime, with the proportion of Aleppo pine in- creasing toward the driest border and with holm oak being the dominant species in areas with higher precipitation. Changes of dominance of holm oak and Aleppo pine also re- spond to water availability at the local scale. In this case, variations between species de- pend on different factors in a complex way, because reduced soil-moisture levels may re- sult either from low precipitation or from topography and edaphic features. The dynamics of holm oak-Aleppo pine forests are also determined by temporal changes in canopy clo- sure; that is, forest recovery after disturbance. In this case, the proportion of Aleppo pine would increase in recently disturbed stands (i.e., with high light intensity reaching the for- est floor), whereas regeneration of holm oak would be dominant under partially closed canopies. Theories of forest dynamics developed in humid regions may apply only poorly to Medi- terranean plant communities, where vegetation change is qualitatively or quantitatively dif- ferent. Thus, succession in temperate forests appears to be driven by differences in light availability and shade tolerance; but in Mediterranean plant communities, water limitation is of greater importance for the distribution of forest species. In Mediterranean landscapes the interaction of life-history strategies with changing environments is difficult to infer from observational and experimental studies. A mechanistic approach, in which competi- tion or plant performance is measured as a function of resource availability, seems more feasible. The idea should be to develop multispeeies models calibrated specifically for Mediterranean forests in a combined program of modeling, field research, and experimenta- tion.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">March</style></issue></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%">CLEVENGER, A. P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE EUROPEAN PINE MARTEN MARTES-MARTES IN THE BALEARIC-ISLANDS, SPAIN</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAMMAL REVIEW</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aleppo pine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balearic Islands</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holm oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martes martes L.</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1993</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1993///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">65 - 72</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Between March and December 1990, a survey of Pine Marten Martes martes L. on the Balearic Islands of Minorca and Majorca was carried out. Pine Marten were found distributed over 55% of Minorca and occupied Aleppo Pine and Holm Oak forests, mediterranean shrublands and riparian/cliff habitats. In Majorca, Pine Marten were found on 48% of the island and three broad physiographic areas, the Sierra de Tramuntana, Sierra de Levant and the Massif de Randa. Droppings were collected along four designated routes during five bimonthly intervals in Minorca to describe the Pine Marten's differential use of habitat types. The upland/open pine forest had the highest use index while the Holm Oak forest had the lowest. The number of Pine Marten faeces collected was greatest during the months of July-August. The Balearic Island Pine Marten populations were once on the verge of extinction; however, protection during the last 20 years has enabled the species to recover throughout most of the forested habitats on both islands. Resource managers must carefully monitor the Pine Marten populations to provide the species and its habitat with adequate protection and management in the future.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APSAPSThe following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: OSNEY MEAD, OXFORD, OXON, ENGLAND OX2 0EL&lt;br/&gt;publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD</style></notes></record></records></xml>