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标题：Fire as a Selection Agent for the Dissemination of Invasive Species: Case Study on the Evolution of Forest Coverage
其他标题：Fire as a Selection Agent for the Dissemination of Invasive Species: Case Study on the Evolution of Forest Coverage
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作者：Leonel J. R. Nunes ; Mauro A. M. Raposo ; Catarina I. R. Meireles 等
期刊名称：Environments
电子版ISSN：2076-3298
出版年度：2020
卷号：7
期号：8
页码：57
DOI：10.3390/environments7080057
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Climate change has enhanced the occurrence of rural fires, since changes in the hydrological cycle have led to the occurrence of increasingly long and frequent periods of drought. This recurrence of rural fires in Portugal, in turn, has led to the successive elimination of vast areas traditionally occupied by native species or species of economic interest, which are being successively replaced by new species with invasive behavior. Among these, Acacia dealbata stands out for its dispersion capacity and for the area it has already occupied. In the present work, which reviews the evolution of forest cover over the last 18,000 years in the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, we intend to demonstrate that fire acts as a species selection agent and that it enhances the development of heliophile and pyrophyte species. For this purpose, an area of the municipality of Seia was selected, more specifically Casal do Rei, where the development of Acacia dealbata forests is monitored. In the end, it was concluded that, in fact, by analyzing the ages of the specimens present in these populations, fire acts as a selection agent by freeing up the space previously occupied by other species, opening the way for the growth of heliophiles and pyrophytes invasive species while enhancing their germination.
关键词：invasive species; Acacia dealbata ; rural fires; forest management; rural development invasive species ; Acacia dealbata ; rural fires ; forest management ; rural development