The concept of potential natural vegetation: an epitaph?

被引：147

作者：

Chiarucci, Alessandro ^{[1
]}

Araujo, Miguel B. ^{[2
,3
]}

Decocq, Guillaume ^{[4
]}

Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^{[5
]}

Maria Fernandez-Palacios, Jose ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Siena, Dept Environm Sci G Sarfatti, BIOdivers & CONservat NETwork, I-53100 Siena, Italy

[2] CSIC, Natl Museum Nat Sci, Dept Biodivers & Evolutionary Biol, Madrid, Spain

[3] Univ Evora, CIBIO, Rui Nabeiro Biodivers Chair, Evora, Portugal

[4] Jules Verne Univ Picardy, Plant Biodivers Lab JE DSA 2532, Amiens, France

[5] Univ Bayreuth, Dept Biogeog, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

[6] Univ La Laguna, Dept Ecol, Tenerife, Spain

来源：

JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE | 2010年 / 21卷 / 06期

关键词：

Mature vegetation; Succession; Vegetation dynamics; Vegetation modelling; Vegetation types; TENERIFE CANARY-ISLANDS; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE; POPULATION-MODELS; CLIMATE-CHANGE; DYNAMICS; DIVERSITY; IMPACTS; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; SAMPLES;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01218.x

中图分类号：

Q94 [植物学];

学科分类号：

071001 ;

摘要：

We discuss the usefulness of the concept of Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV), which describes the expected state of mature vegetation in the absence of human intervention. We argue that it is impossible to model PNV because of (i) the methodological problems associated to its definition and (ii) the issues related to the ecosystems dynamics.We conclude that the approach to characterizing PNV is unrealistic and provides scenarios with limited predictive power. In places with a long-term human history, interpretations of PNV need to be very cautious, and explicit acknowledgement made of the limitations inherent in available data.

引用

页码：1172 / 1178

页数：7

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