The Scrubland of limestine-derived decarbonated soils of the Western Iberian Peninsula

Authors

  • José Carlos Costa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7619-840X
  • Carlos Pinto-Gomes Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Universidade de Évora https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-6449
  • Maria Carmo Lopes Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC), Instituto Superior Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)
  • Carlos Neto Centro de Estudos Geográficos e Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Tiago Monteiro-Henriques Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas (CITAB), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4206-0699
  • Pedro Arsénio Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Centro de Investigação em Agronomia, Ambiente e Paisagem (LEAF), Universidade de Lisboa
  • Vasco Silva Centro de Ecologia Aplicada “Prof. Baeta Neves”, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2729-1824
  • Jorge Capelo Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7634-6927
  • Mário Lousã Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Salvador Rivas-Martínez Universidade Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis18502

Abstract

In the present article, the proposal of a new suballiance, Lavandulo luisieri-Cistenion albidi, is presented, constituted by chamaephytic and nanophanerophytic communities in eroded decarbonated soils derived from limestones (leptosols, chromicluvisols and cambisols) in the dry to lower hyperhumid, thermo-mesomediterranean bioclimatic levels. It is distributed throughout the western Iberian Peninsula in the Coastal Lusitan- Andalusian and Lusitan-Extremadurean biogeographical territories. It is positioned in the Ulici argentei-Cistion ladaniferi, Lavanduletalia stoechadis, Cisto-Lavanduletea. The new associations Anthyllido maurae-Ulicetum jussiaei, Sedo albi-Cistetum crispi and Thymetum congesti are also described. The multivariate analysis confirmed the segregation of this new suballiance, as well as the new associations.

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2021-12-22

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Costa, J. C., Pinto-Gomes, C., Lopes, M. C., Neto, C., Monteiro-Henriques, T., Arsénio, P., Silva, V., Capelo, J., Lousã, M., & Rivas-Martínez, S. (2021). The Scrubland of limestine-derived decarbonated soils of the Western Iberian Peninsula. Finisterra, 56(118), 71–89. https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis18502

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Vol. 56 No. 118 (2021)

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