REDUCCIÓN DE LA BIOMASA DEL PINO CARRASCO (PINUS HALEPENSIS) EN UN ÁREA DEL SURESTE SEMIÁRIDO PENINSULAR COMO ESTRATEGIA PARA EVITAR EL ESTRÉS HÍDRICO

Authors

  • Francisco Belmonte Serrato
  • Francisco López Bermúdez
  • Asunción Rome Díaz
Keywords: mediterranean vegetation, drought, water stress, biomass, litter production

Abstract

In the periods of strong droughts the Mediterranean vegetation suffers a situation of water long stress which forces the vegetation to adopt diverse survival strategies, figuring as last resource, and before to get to exceed its resilience capacity, reduction of the leaves´ biomass. In this work some specimens of Pinus halepensis existing in the study area (the experimental field of El Ardal, Murcia) are shown, the above-ground biomass was valuably reduced in response to the drought, which was revealed in an important increase of litter production. The litter production relates besides to the rainfall registered in the study period, with the soil moisture, which is a key parameter in the vegetation survival in dry environments.

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Author Biographies

Francisco Belmonte Serrato

Universidad de Murcia

Francisco López Bermúdez

Universidad de Murcia

Asunción Rome Díaz

Universidad de Murcia
How to Cite
Belmonte Serrato, F., López Bermúdez, F., & Rome Díaz, A. (2008). REDUCCIÓN DE LA BIOMASA DEL PINO CARRASCO (PINUS HALEPENSIS) EN UN ÁREA DEL SURESTE SEMIÁRIDO PENINSULAR COMO ESTRATEGIA PARA EVITAR EL ESTRÉS HÍDRICO. Geography Papers, (47-48), 25–34. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/geografia/article/view/41161
Issue
No. 47-48 (2008)
Section
Articles

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