Habitat suitability models for species selection in ecological restoration: an application to legume shrubs selection for roadside revegetation

Gastón González, Aitor, Garcia Viñas, Juan Ignacio, Maroto, Judit, Herrero, Bárbara and Ropero, Carlos (2010). Habitat suitability models for species selection in ecological restoration: an application to legume shrubs selection for roadside revegetation. In: "7th SER European Conference on Ecological Restoration", 23/07/2010 - 27/07/2010, Avignon, France.

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Title: Habitat suitability models for species selection in ecological restoration: an application to legume shrubs selection for roadside revegetation
Author/s:
  • Gastón González, Aitor
  • Garcia Viñas, Juan Ignacio
  • Maroto, Judit
  • Herrero, Bárbara
  • Ropero, Carlos
Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Poster)
Event Title: 7th SER European Conference on Ecological Restoration
Event Dates: 23/07/2010 - 27/07/2010
Event Location: Avignon, France
Title of Book: Abstract Book of the 7th SER European Conference on Ecological Restoration
Date: 2010
Subjects:
Faculty: E.U.I.T. Forestal (UPM)
Department: Producción Vegetal: Botánica y Protección Vegetal [hasta 2014]
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Shrub planting is a common practice in ecological restoration and is commonly used for roadside management for controlling soli erosion, for reducing headlight glare and for absorbing the energy of errant vehicles. As in any planting activity, an adequate species selection is required to avoid high mortality rates in ecological restorations. Habitat suitability models predict species presence likelihood as a function of environmental variables and may support species selection pointing the species more suitable for the habitat to be restored. Habitat distribution models for legume shrub species in Spain were fitted and validated using presence/absence data from the Spanish Forest Map. A logistic regression strategy was used to predict species presence based on climatic and lithologic variables. Model outputs were used to develop a shrub planting plan for the roadsides of a set of highways in Spain

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Item ID: 7511
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/7511/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:7511
Official URL: http://www.seravignon2010.org/
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 16 Jun 2011 07:42
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2016 16:38
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