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Increasing biodiversity in wood-pastures by protecting small shrubby patches
Oksuz, Duygu P.; Aguiar, Carlos A.S.; Tápia, Susana; Llop, Esteve; Lopes, Paula; Serrano, Artur; Leal, Ana I.; Branquinho, Cristina; Correia, OtiliaWood-pastures are grazed systems, widespread across Europe, where natural and economic values often co-exist. Social and economic changes in Europe generate both threats and opportunities to these systems, calling for new or improved management strategies. We studied the potential of increasing the biodiversity of wood-pastures through the promotion of small-scale habitat diversification. More specifically, we ...
The contribution of small shrubby patches to the functional diversity of wood-p...
Oksuz, Duygu P.; Aguiar, Carlos A.S.; Tápia, Susana; Llop, Esteve; Lopes, Paula; Serrano, Artur; Leal, Ana I.; Correia, Otilia; Matos, PaulaWood-pastures are grazed systems resulting from a long-term use of natural woodlands by humans. These social-ecological systems, covering vast areas of Europe and other temperate regions, have both high biodiversity and economic values, so many are classified as High Nature Value Farmlands. However, in some regions a loss of spatial heterogeneity threatens this natural value. We investigated the potential contr...
Advantages of the point-intercept method for assessing functional diversity in ...
Nunes, Alice; Tápia, Susana; Pinho, Pedro; Correia, Otília; Branquinho, CristinaAbstract: Semi-arid areas are particularly susceptible to the loss of biodiversity as a consequence of global change. Species functional traits are key drivers of functioning and resilience of ecosystems, thus monitoring of functional trait diversity is urgently needed. The assessment of functional diversity requires the quantification of species and/or their traits in the field, though there is no consensus on...