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Rangeland habitat types
Authors: Vrachnakis, Michail
Reviewer: Papanastasis, Vasileios
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES > LAND RESOURCES > LAND > RANGELAND
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > LIFE SCIENCES > FUCTIONAL AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY > ZOOLOGY/ANIMAL BIOLOGY > ORGANIC ANIMAL FARMING
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > LIFE SCIENCES > FUCTIONAL AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY > ECOLOGY > RANGE COLOGY
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > RANGE MANAGEMENT
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES > ANIMAL NUTRITION
Keywords:
Priority Habitat Type
Characteristic Species
Dominant Species
Plant Community
Vegetation Unit
Association
Order
Class
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Abstract:
The specific floristic elements of rangelands recommend specific vegetation types with unique features, called rangeland habitat types. Consistent with the ecological characteristics (climate, soil) these vegetation types have a special place in the modern conceptualization of Rangeland Ecology and Management. The description, current status and geographical distribution of these habitat types are targets of this Unit. Upon completion of the chapter, students will understand how aggregation and formation of plant communities of the major groups of rangeland plants are created (link with the previous Unit). Understanding the formation of floristic aggregates underlies the dynamics of rangeland vegetation (link to the next Unit).
Table of Contents:
Unit 4. Rangeland habitat types
4.1 Basic cocepts
4.2 Natural and semi-natural grassland formations
4.2.1 Natural grasslands
4.2.2 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies
4.2.3 Semi-natural tall-herb humid meadows
4.2.4 Mesophile grasslands
4.3 Sclerophyllous scrub (Matorral) - phrygana
4.3.1 Sub-Mediterranean and temperate scrub
4.3.2 Mediterranean arborescent matorral
4.3.3 Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-steppe bushes
4.3.4 Phrygana
4.4 Silvopastorals (from the category of habitat type: Forest)
4.4.1 Mediterranean deciduous forests
4.4.2 Mediterranean sclerophyllous forests
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Technical Editors: Rapti, Elli
Tantos, Alexandros
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1197
Bibliographic Reference: Vrachnakis, M. (2015). Rangeland habitat types [Chapter]. In Vrachnakis, M. 2015. RANGELAND SCIENCE [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/1197
Language: Greek
Is Part of: RANGELAND SCIENCE
Number of pages 27
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions