Modelling managed maritime-pine stands undergrowth vegetation composition and diversity in relation to environmental, structural and management variables
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A case-study attempting to approach the patterns of species’ composition and diversity of the
undergrowth vegetation of maritime-pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stands, in relation to
environmental factors and forestry practices, is presented. Due to its large area in the rural
landscape, forestry-intensive stands still have to be approached as ecologically meaningful. The
vegetation patterns in these forests arise mostly from human disturbance related to
management along with interactions with natural succession processes. Furthermore, tradeoffs
of stand vegetation with the overall landscape-mosaic [neighbouring mass effects] adds further
degrees-of-freedom to the problem. Describing and modelling such vegetation patterns asks for
powerful multivariate statistical tools, since the main environment-vegetation interactions are
expected to be complex and intricate.
