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T1 Compositional and structural differences in two laurel forest stands (windward and leeward) on Tenerife, Canary Islands
A1 Arévalo, José Ramón
A1 Gonzá´lez-Delgado, Guacimara
A1 Mora, Beatriz
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
K1 Basal area
K1 Density
K1 Regeneration
K1 Spatial distribution
K1 Wind exposure
AB The laurel forest of Anaga is the mostemblematic community of the Canarian Archipelago.Restoration programs are being developed to increaselaurel forest area on the island of Tenerife. Structural andspatial characteristics determine many aspects of thecommunity, including regeneration patterns, disturbancelevel, stand history. In spite of the importance of thisinformation for restoration, few quantitative studies havebeen conducted on laurel forest dynamics. We analyzedtwo stands of the Anaga laurel forest of different aspect.The main difference between the two sites was the windexposure, one leeward and the other windward. Regeneration,spatial distribution of regeneration, tree speciescomposition, asexual regeneration and environmentalparameters were analyzed in three 50 9 50 m plots at eachsite. Both sites differ in important aspects such as speciesrichness, species composition, asexual regeneration anddead tree composition, while they are not different in basalarea, density, density of regeneration and density of deadtrees. Both sites have had similar management in the lastcentury. Asexual regeneration is able to maintain thepresent species composition, while sexual regeneration isable to offer future changes in the canopy composition.Regeneration strategies and the effect of some environmentalcharacteristics should be considered in restorationprograms.
PB Springer
YR 2011
FD 2011-08-19
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17771
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17771
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 24-nov-2024