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T1 The concept of potential natural vegetation: an epitaph?
A1 Chiarucci, Alessandro
A1 Araújo, Miguel B.
A1 Decocq, Guillaume
A1 Beierkuhnlein, Carl
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
K1 Mature vegetation
K1 Succession
K1 Vegetation dynamics
K1 Vegetation modelling
K1 Vegetation types
AB We discuss the usefulness of the concept of PotentialNatural Vegetation (PNV), which describes the expectedstate of mature vegetation in the absence ofhuman intervention. We argue that it is impossibleto model PNV because of (i) the methodologicalproblems associated to its definition and (ii) theissues related to the ecosystems dynamics.We concludethat the approach to characterizing PNV isunrealistic and provides scenarios with limited predictivepower. In places with a long-term humanhistory, interpretations of PNV need to be verycautious, and explicit acknowledgement made ofthe limitations inherent in available data.
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