TY - JOUR
T1 - Local models of land use & land cover change analysis. The case of Ridaura sessile oak forestland (natural park of Montseny. Barcelona)
AU - Vargas, Francisco Javier Gómez
AU - Juncà, Martí Boada
AU - Mateo, Sònia Sànchez
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Ridaura's sessile oak forestland is located in the mountain range of Montseny (declared Natural Park - 1987 - and UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve -1978-). It is a study site of great interest for the analysis of Global Change processes. This sessile oak forestland constitutes an ecotonic border between the mediterranean and eurosiberian bio-georegions, and it is particularly sensitive to changes in vegetation cover such as biome replacement processes. Furthermore. Ridaura's socioeconomic during the second half of the 20th century have promoted certain land use changes associated with the crises of the mountain economies and a continuous abandonment of agriculture, forestry and farming. The following study aims to analyse those global change processes happening in the Ridaura's sessile oak forestland by means of an interdisciplinary approach. We also aim to bring light to the various methodological difficulties this type of researches implies.
AB - Ridaura's sessile oak forestland is located in the mountain range of Montseny (declared Natural Park - 1987 - and UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve -1978-). It is a study site of great interest for the analysis of Global Change processes. This sessile oak forestland constitutes an ecotonic border between the mediterranean and eurosiberian bio-georegions, and it is particularly sensitive to changes in vegetation cover such as biome replacement processes. Furthermore. Ridaura's socioeconomic during the second half of the 20th century have promoted certain land use changes associated with the crises of the mountain economies and a continuous abandonment of agriculture, forestry and farming. The following study aims to analyse those global change processes happening in the Ridaura's sessile oak forestland by means of an interdisciplinary approach. We also aim to bring light to the various methodological difficulties this type of researches implies.
KW - Biome replacement processes
KW - Ecotonic borders
KW - Environmental sciences
KW - Global change
KW - Land use and land cover
M3 - Article
JO - Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles
JF - Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles
SN - 0212-9426
IS - 47
ER -