Los investigadores del Departamento de Biología Vegetal de la UMA y de la Universidad de California-Davis, en la línea de investigación de los singulares ecosistemas serpentínicos del Mundo han publicado los resultados de su último trabajo. Los Chaparrales de California son formaciones arbustivas que se pueden desarrollar sobre rocas serpentínicas lo que les hace aún más "raros". Con este trabajo se identifican las funciones de cada planta en dicho ecosistema y cómo dentro de él existen grupos de plantas que se integran con el mismo tipo de adaptaciones aunque pertenezcan incluso a Familias distintas. La investigación se integra en un trabajo más amplio que incluye el matorral serpentínico de Sierra Bermeja, zona montañosa de la provincia de Málaga que constituye el mayor afloramiento de esas rocas en Europa Occidental y que está propuesto como Parque Nacional. Los resultados podrían aplicarse en la conservación y en la gestión de tipo funcional (fuego, pastoreo,...) de este singular ecosistema.
El trabajo ha sido publicado en un apartado especial de la revista Ecological Research dedicado a los trabajos presentados al 9º Congreso Mundial de Ecología de Serpentinas celebrado en 2017.
Identified the functions of plant groups in the Californian Chaparral
Researchers from the Department of Plant Biology of the UMA and the University of California-Davis, in the research line of the unique serpentine ecosystems of the World, have published the results of their latest work. The Chaparral of California are shrub formations that can develop on serpentine rocks which makes them even more "rare". This work identifies the functions of each plant in that ecosystem and how within it there are groups of plants that are integrated with the same type of adaptations even if they belong to different families. The research is integrated into a broader work that includes the serpentine range of Sierra Bermeja, mountainous area of the province of Malaga that constitutes the greatest outcrop of these rocks in Western Europe and which is proposed as a National Park. The results could be applied in the conservation and management of functional type (fire, grazing, ...) of this unique ecosystem.
The work has been published in a special section of the Ecological Research journal dedicated to the works submitted to the 9th World Congress of Ecology of Serpentine celebrated in 2017.
Identified the functions of plant groups in the Californian Chaparral
Researchers from the Department of Plant Biology of the UMA and the University of California-Davis, in the research line of the unique serpentine ecosystems of the World, have published the results of their latest work. The Chaparral of California are shrub formations that can develop on serpentine rocks which makes them even more "rare". This work identifies the functions of each plant in that ecosystem and how within it there are groups of plants that are integrated with the same type of adaptations even if they belong to different families. The research is integrated into a broader work that includes the serpentine range of Sierra Bermeja, mountainous area of the province of Malaga that constitutes the greatest outcrop of these rocks in Western Europe and which is proposed as a National Park. The results could be applied in the conservation and management of functional type (fire, grazing, ...) of this unique ecosystem.
The work has been published in a special section of the Ecological Research journal dedicated to the works submitted to the 9th World Congress of Ecology of Serpentine celebrated in 2017.
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