<?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%">Hernando, Ana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tejera, Rosario</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Velazquez, Javier</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Núñez, María Victoria</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quantitatively defining the conservation status of Natura 2000 forest habitats and improving management options for enhancing biodiversity</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity and Conservation</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adaptive management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asexual regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cattle</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coppice forest</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GIS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean biogeographic region</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus pyrenaica</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stand</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10531-010-9835-8http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s10531-010-9835-8</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2221 - 2233</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The main goal of Natura 2000 network is to guarantee the favourable conservation status of habitats and species ensuring European biodiversity. As a result, certain forest areas have been included in this network listed as 9230-Quercus pyrenaica habitat and 9340-Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia forest habitat. These areas were previously used for ﬁrewood extraction or livestock grazing and browsing. Nowadays these habitats are coppice forests with asexual regeneration, which is far from the desired conservation status. Traditional timber harvesting plans do not take account of the new objectives required for these Natura sites, which attempt to ensure biodiversity and recreational uses instead of simply focusing on timber production. This paper proposes a ﬂexible methodology (applied to the study area ‘‘Dehesa Boyal’’ in A´ vila, Spain) for managing Natura 2000 forest sites by stands for sustainable forest management and the new requirements. The methodology has two phases. The ﬁrst, ‘‘Division of the forest area into stands’’, deﬁnes homogeneous patches of vegetation distinct in species composition, physiognomic structure and future management. The second, ‘‘Conservation status assessment of stands’’, quantiﬁes the conservation status of each previously classiﬁed stand considering a series of factors such as: functional health, restoration, ﬂoral richness and structure. A total value integrating the conservation status of stands is then calculated for the habitat. Both phases use Geographic Information System tools for managing information and visualizing results. The proposed methodology provides forest managers with a good knowledge of the territory and subsequently enables them to take appropriate conservation measures to maintain biodiversity.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GONZÁLEZ-OCHOA, A I</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lopez, F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DE LAS HERAS, J</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ilex subsp. ballota) DE MONTE BAJO TRAS DISTINTAS INTENSIDADES DE RESALVEO SEIS AÑOS DESPUÉS DEL FUEGO. RESULTADOS PRELIMINARES</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">III Congreso Forestal Español</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coppice forest</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">resprouting</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">thinning</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In a post-fire coppice forest of Quercus ilex different thinning intensities (0%, 53%, 88% and 100%) were carried out in order to evaluate their effects on the dynamic of the forest. The following spring after treatments, there were not significative differences for no thinning intensity on diameter relative growth but, on the contrary, there were differences for height relative growth between control plots and 88% thinning intensity. The higher resprouting percentage is reached for the treatment of 88% thinning intensity, while the lowest is registered in the control plots. Finally, the specific leaf area is higher for resprouters in control plots than in the treated ones. K.W.:</style></abstract></record></records></xml>