TheQuereus pubescens andQuereus faginea forests in the Basque Country (Spain): distribution and typology in relation to climatic factors
✍ Scribed by Loidi, Javier ;Herrera, Mercedes
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 655 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-5052
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✦ Synopsis
A comparative study is made in order to establish relationships between floristic and bioclimatic gradient.
An east-west strip of about 200 Km in the inner area of the Basque Country has been chosen. Quercus faginea and Quercuspubescens forests have been studied. The climatic parameters of eight meteorological stations located within the area have also been analysed. The results obtained show the existence of four different forest types, which can be easily distinguished among themselves. They extend following the geographical longitude. The eastern ones can be related to a more continental character, the western ones to a more mediterranean one.
Resumen
Se realiza un estudio comparativo con objeto de establecer relaciones entre un gradiente floristico y el determinado por diversos par~metros climfiticos. Para ello se han estudiado los bosques de Quercus faginea y Quercuspubescens en una franja este-oeste de unos 200 km de longitud, en la zona interior del firea vasco-navarra. Se han analizado los par~metros climfiticos de ocho estaciones meteorol6gicas localizadas, en su mayoria, dentro del ~trea. E1 anfilisis fitosociol6gico de los bosques permite distinguir cuatro tipos que se pueden agrupar en dos asociaciones con dos subasociaciones cada una. Su distribuci6n a lo largo de la longitud geogrfifica se correlaciona con un clima m/ts continental hacia el este y mils mediterrfineo hacia poniente.