Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus Halepensis and P. Brutia Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin

Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus Halepensis and P. Brutia Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin. Stevenson, A. C. In Journal of Ecology, volume 89, pages 904. Blackwell Science Ltd.

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Pine woodlands belonging to the P. halepensis-brutia group are one of the principal constituents of forest vegetation around the Mediterranean basin, covering some 7 million hectares, yet our ecological understanding of their history and ecology remains poor. The present volume, arising from a MEDPINE workshop held at Beth Oren (aptly named -'House of the Pine') in Israel, attempts to provide some answers. [\n] The contents are restricted to the ecology of a subset of pine woodlands dominated by Pinus halepensis (predominantly western Mediterranean in its distribution) and its close cousin Pinus brutia (predominantly eastern Mediterranean in its distribution). The volume is arranged into four sections. The first section, concentrates on aspects of taxonomy and autecology, tackles the knotty taxonomic and biogeographical problems of the two taxa including casting some interesting light on their intra- and interspecific genetic diversity. Thereafter, the remainder of the first section concentrates mainly on aspects of seed germination, including the role of serotiny in seed dispersal and predation, and whole tree ecophysiology. The second section contains a cluster of chapters arranged around an ecosystem theme and deals mainly with stand dynamics, the role of soil seed banks and a series of chapters on the role of mycorrhizae, soil arthropods, phytophagous insects, passerine birds and small mammal communities. The third section deals with aspects of fire ecology, while the last section deals with management aspects. [\n] There is much of interest to the forest ecologist in this volume but as with most edited volumes the coverage and quality of individual chapters vary. For instance, the palaeoecological perspective of the role of pine woodland in the Mediterranean basin is restricted to a discussion of Israel and none of the vast wealth of pollen and charcoal data, especially from the western Mediterranean, is reviewed. Moreover, in some cases, e.g. reproductive strategies, topics and details tend to be repeated throughout the seven chapters concerned. I do think an opportunity has been missed by not co-ordinating this information into two or three more synoptic chapters that might have then fed into a discussion on how we can model the stand dynamics of the two taxa. The same observations could be made about the fire chapters, which could also have benefited from a more co-ordinated approach.

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