Natural forests of Pinus pinea in western Turkey: a priority for conservation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F20%3A00114596" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114596 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02052-z" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02052-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02052-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10531-020-02052-z</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Natural forests of Pinus pinea in western Turkey: a priority for conservation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Identifying, surveying, monitoring and protecting natural forests is a major task in conservation biology. However, it is often challenging to identify which forest is natural, especially in human-altered regions such as the Mediterranean. Consequently, the distributions of natural Mediterranean forest types and their underlying factors are often unclear. Here, we attempt to explain the restricted and scattered distribution of natural Pinus pinea (Stone pine) forests in western Anatolia (Turkey) by comparing it with the distribution and ecology of the widespread Pinus brutia (Turkish pine) forests in this area. We used climatic and topographic predictors to test for differences between forests dominated by these two pine species. We modelled the realized niches of both pine species using the most relevant climatic predictors. Then, we compared soil data collected in the field, partly complemented with those published in the literature. We found small differences in climatic (precipitation and temperature) and topographic characteristics between the two forest types, which did not adequately explain the differences in the distribution range of P. brutia and P. pinea dominated forests. Our data suggest that these two forest types mainly differ in soil characteristics. The primary habitat of natural P. pinea forests is characterized by a low soil pH and calcium content. The rare occurrence of such soil conditions in western Anatolia likely shapes the scattered distribution of P. pinea forests. Our study suggests that natural P. pinea forests are rare habitats that should be in the focus of nature conservation. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Natural forests of Pinus pinea in western Turkey: a priority for conservation

Popis výsledku anglicky

Identifying, surveying, monitoring and protecting natural forests is a major task in conservation biology. However, it is often challenging to identify which forest is natural, especially in human-altered regions such as the Mediterranean. Consequently, the distributions of natural Mediterranean forest types and their underlying factors are often unclear. Here, we attempt to explain the restricted and scattered distribution of natural Pinus pinea (Stone pine) forests in western Anatolia (Turkey) by comparing it with the distribution and ecology of the widespread Pinus brutia (Turkish pine) forests in this area. We used climatic and topographic predictors to test for differences between forests dominated by these two pine species. We modelled the realized niches of both pine species using the most relevant climatic predictors. Then, we compared soil data collected in the field, partly complemented with those published in the literature. We found small differences in climatic (precipitation and temperature) and topographic characteristics between the two forest types, which did not adequately explain the differences in the distribution range of P. brutia and P. pinea dominated forests. Our data suggest that these two forest types mainly differ in soil characteristics. The primary habitat of natural P. pinea forests is characterized by a low soil pH and calcium content. The rare occurrence of such soil conditions in western Anatolia likely shapes the scattered distribution of P. pinea forests. Our study suggests that natural P. pinea forests are rare habitats that should be in the focus of nature conservation. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GX19-28491X" target="_blank" >GX19-28491X: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS)</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Biodiversity and Conservation

ISSN

0960-3115

e-ISSN

1572-9710

Svazek periodika

29

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

14

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

3877-3898

Kód UT WoS článku

000573194200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85091614658