Biodiversity in Chestnut Woodlots Management Regimen vs Woodlot Size英文文献资料.docVIP

Open Journal of Forestry 2012. Vol.2, No.4, 200-206 Published Online October 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojf) /10.4236/ojf.2012.24024 Biodiversity in Chestnut Woodlots: Management Regimen vs Woodlot Size Javier Guitián 1 , Pablo Guitián Liliana Penín 1 , Ignacio Munilla 1 , José Guitián , Josefina Garrido , 2 3 , Luis Guitián 4 3 , Paula Domínguez 1 1 Department of Botany, University of Santiago, Santiago, Spain 2 Department of Celular Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago, Santiago, Spain 3 Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain 4 Deparment of Geography, University of Santiago, Santiago, Spain Email: javier.guitian@usc.es Received July 19 , 2012; revised August 20 , 2012; accepted September 1 , 2012 th th st This paper analyzes the effect of woodlot size and land-use intensity on the species richness of vascular plants, birds, beetles, and ants in Castanea sativa (chestnut) woodlots of the northwestern Iberian Penin- sula included in the category “9260 Castanea sativa woodland”, “Annex I, DC 92/43/European Commu- nity”. The results show that the surface area of the woodlot did not affect the richness of vascular plants and ants but did affect birds and beetles. The level of abandonment of the woodlot affected only the rich- ness of vascular plants, while the use level had no significant impact on species richness of any of the groups. The degree of maturity of the woodlot, estimated by the tree-trunk circumference, determined only the richness of plants but not that of different groups of animals. In conclusion: 1) Plants and animals responded differently to woodlot size, abandonment, and the degree of maturity of the woodlots; 2) Tradi- tional agricultural practices do not negativel