Vegetation transects Cabo de Gata (Almería, Spain)

This data set include 91 vegetation transects of 500 m length each, sampled by point intercept method every 20 cm. Transects Geographical location with projection system: ETRS89 Vegetation community: Mediterranean scrubland and Alpha steppe (Stipa tenacissima) vegetation. Species code included. Plant functional type included Description: Methodology and area description can be found in : Alados C.L., Pueyo, Y., Giner, M.L., Navarro, T., Escós, J., Barroso, F., Cabezudo, B., & Emlen, J. M. (2003). Quantitative characterization of the regressive ecological succession by fractal analysis of plant spatial pattern. Ecological Modelling. 163: 1-17 Alados, C. L., Gotor, P., Ballester, P., Navas, D., Escós, J.M., Navarro, T. & Cabezudo, B. (2006). Association between competition and facilitation processes and vegetation spatial patterns in alpha steppes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.87: 103-113. Alados, C.L., Navarro, T., Komac, B., Pascual, V. & Rietkerk, M. (2010) Dispersal abilities and spatial organization in fragmented landscapes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100, 935947 Navarro, T., Alados, C. L., & Cabezudo, B. (2006). Changes of plant functional types in response to grazing in two semiarid shrub-lands of SE coast Spain. Journal of Arid Environments, 64: 298-322 De Frutos, A., Navarro, T., Pueyo, Y., Alados, C. L. 2015. Inferring resilience to fragmentation-induced changes in plant communities in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem. PlosONE, 10 (3): e0118837

This work was supported by the following research projects: The Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (projects CICYT CGL2005-01625/BOS; REN2002-04668/GLO) European Commission (INCO-DC) ERBIC18-CT98-0392.

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