When dynamism is the baseline: long-term ecology of a Mediterranean seasonal wetland in the Doñana National Park (Southwestern Europe)

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 501 - 522
• Main Authors: Manzano, Saúl, Carrión, José S., García-Murillo, Pablo, López-Merino, Lourdes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 15.02.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Afforestation; Analysis; Aquatic ecosystems; Biodiversity; Biological diversity conservation; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Coastal zone; Conservation; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Core loss; Detection; Dunes; Dynamics; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental restoration; Geomorphology; Heterogeneity; Immobilization; Land use; Landscape; Life Sciences; Magnetic permeability; Magnetic susceptibility; National parks; National parks and reserves; Original Paper; Palaeoecology; Palynology; Preservation; Proliferation; Protection and preservation; Real estate development; Restoration; Trends; Vegetation; Wetlands; Iberian Peninsula; Palaeoecology; Palynology; Wetland conservation; Baseline; Holocene; 3170 habitat; Land-use change; Priority habitat

Mediterranean seasonal wetlands are amongst the world’s most endangered ecosystems. Although seasonal wetlands’ conservation is a European continental-scale priority, their long-term ecological dynamics are not well known, hampering the detection of baseline conditions. However, a long-term ecologic...