<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Garcia, Jose M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ponce, Rafael Alonso</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benavides, Raquel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Roig, Sonia</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Species richness and similarity of vascular plants in the Spanish dehesas at two spatial scales</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest Systems</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">agroforestry systems</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alpha richness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">climatic and biogeographic range</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">floristic similarity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gamma richness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mesohabitat</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">non-parametric estimators</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">111-119</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aims of study: The goals of this paper are to summarize and to compare plant species richness and floristic similarity at two spatial scales; mesohabitat (normal, eutrophic, and oligotrophic dehesas) and dehesa habitat; and to establish guidelines for conserving species diversity in dehesas. Area of study: We considered four dehesa sites in the western Peninsular Spain, located along a climatic and biogeographic gradient from north to south. Main results: Average alpha richness for mesohabitats was 75.6 species, and average alpha richness for dehesa sites was 146.3. Gamma richness assessed for the overall dehesa habitat was 340.0 species. The species richness figures of normal dehesa mesohabitat were significantly lesser than of the eutrophic mesohabitat and lesser than the oligotrophic mesohabitat too. No significant differences were found for species richness among dehesa sites. We have found more dissimilarity at local scale (mesohabitat) than at regional scale (habitat). Finally, the results of the similarity assessment between dehesa sites reflected both climatic and biogeographic gradients. Research highlights: An effective conservation of dehesas must take into account local and regional conditions all along their distribution range for ensuring the conservation of the main vascular plant species assemblages as well as the associated fauna</style></abstract></record></records></xml>