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Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia
Plants are important components of any rangeland. However, the importance of desert rangeland plant diversity has often been underestimated. It has been argued that desert rangelands of Tunisia in good ecological condition provide more services than those in poor ecological condition. This is becaus...
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Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224667/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30740567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.004 |
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author | Gamoun, Mouldi Belgacem, Azaiez Ouled Louhaichi, Mounir |
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description | Plants are important components of any rangeland. However, the importance of desert rangeland plant diversity has often been underestimated. It has been argued that desert rangelands of Tunisia in good ecological condition provide more services than those in poor ecological condition. This is because rangelands in good condition support a more diverse mixture of vegetation with many benefits, such as forage for livestock and medicinal plants. Nearly one-quarter of Tunisia, covering about 5.5 million hectares, are rangelands, of which 87% are located in the arid and desert areas (45% and 42%, respectively). Here, we provide a brief review of the floristic richness of desert rangelands of Tunisia. Approximately 135 species are specific to desert rangelands. The predominant families are Asteraceae, Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, and Fabaceae. These represent approximately 50% of Tunisian desert flora. |
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spelling | pubmed-62246672019-02-08 Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia Gamoun, Mouldi Belgacem, Azaiez Ouled Louhaichi, Mounir Plant Divers Article Plants are important components of any rangeland. However, the importance of desert rangeland plant diversity has often been underestimated. It has been argued that desert rangelands of Tunisia in good ecological condition provide more services than those in poor ecological condition. This is because rangelands in good condition support a more diverse mixture of vegetation with many benefits, such as forage for livestock and medicinal plants. Nearly one-quarter of Tunisia, covering about 5.5 million hectares, are rangelands, of which 87% are located in the arid and desert areas (45% and 42%, respectively). Here, we provide a brief review of the floristic richness of desert rangelands of Tunisia. Approximately 135 species are specific to desert rangelands. The predominant families are Asteraceae, Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, and Fabaceae. These represent approximately 50% of Tunisian desert flora. Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2018-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6224667/ /pubmed/30740567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.004 Text en © 2018 Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gamoun, Mouldi Belgacem, Azaiez Ouled Louhaichi, Mounir Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia |
title | Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia |
title_full | Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia |
title_fullStr | Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia |
title_full_unstemmed | Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia |
title_short | Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia |
title_sort | diversity of desert rangelands of tunisia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224667/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30740567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.004 |
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