La Biodiversidad como herramienta en la gestión y certificación forestalzonas de alto valor de conservación en montes madereros del suroeste peninsular
- García Navarro, Francisco Jesús
- Tapias Martín, Raúl
- Fernández Martínez, Manuel
- Vázquez Piqué, Javier
- Salvador Nemoz, María Laura
ISSN: 1885-5237
Year of publication: 2010
Issue Title: Jornadas sobre el eucalipto (21-23 octubre 2010)
Issue: 8-9
Pages: 57-73
Type: Article
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Abstract
This paper presents a study about the biodiversity and the status of eight Zones of High Conservation Value within the province of Huelva (located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula), near plantations of fast growing species (Eucalyptus globulus). The study is in the framework of a forest certification process. Some parameters of biodiversity �species richness, diversity alpha, diversity beta� and status � regeneration, cover, density� have been evaluated in 143 plots of woody ommunities. A high number of vegetal and animal species have been recorded; some of them are endangered or endemic species. The use of diversity indices has been essential; they are simple abstractions of the highly complex structure of communities, very useful for comparisons. They have shown the high biodiversity of the study areas using quantifiable data. Such studies are very important and useful to know the status of forest ecosystems and to address the monitoring of these ones, and therefore for forest management.