Asun Berastegi

• Dr.
• Environmental Management of Navarre

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The 18th Field Workshop of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) was conducted from 1 to 11 June 2024 in the inner-alpine valleys of the south-western Alps in France and Italy. The Field Workshop was a continuation of a series of Field Workshops in the inner-alpine valleys, using the standardised EDGG sampling methodology. The focus of the worksh...

The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) has developed a rigorous sampling methodology aimed at comprehensively documenting plant diversity across non-forest habitats in the Palaearctic realm. During the 18 th EDGG Field Workshop devoted to the dry grasslands in the Southwestern Alps, three annual vascular plant species not observed in the Aosta Val...

Questions Semi‐natural grasslands in Southern Europe are biodiversity hotspots, yet their patterns of plant species richness are less studied than in Central Europe. In the Central Apennines (Italy), there are large areas of dry calcareous grasslands, across a steep gradient of mean annual precipitation (from 650 to 1350 mm within c. 30 km). We ask...

Aim: To provide the first syntaxonomic, plot-based classification of the dry grasslands and thorn-cushion communities in Armenia. Study area: Armenia. Methods: We sampled 111 vegetation plots (10 m²) and recorded environmental and structural parameters. We collected additional 487 relevés from surrounding countries for a broad-scale comparison. We...

In this excursion guide we will first provide an introductory description of the study area with information on geography, geology, bioclimatology, biogeography and general features of the vegetation. Second, it includes a detailed description of the itinerary and the studied locations. Third, a checklist of all the open vegetation syntaxa occurr...

Aims : To clarify the syntaxonomic position of the grasslands in Navarre, with special focus on the dry grasslands, and to characterise the resulting syntaxonomic units in terms of diagnostic species and ecological conditions. Study area : Navarre (northern Spain). Methods : We sampled 119 plots of 10 m ² following the standardised EDGG methodology...

Aims : We studied the syntaxonomic position, biodiversity, ecological features, nature conservation value and current status of dry grasslands investigated by Josias Braun-Blanquet more than 60 years ago. Study area : Inner-alpine valleys of Austria. Methods : We sampled 67 plots of 10 m ² , following the standardized EDGG methodology. We subjected...

Aims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain richness values of Palaearctic open habitats for vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and complete vegetation (i.e., the sum of the...

The 13 th EDGG Field Workshop was conducted from the 26 June to 6 July 2019 in Armenia. The Field Workshop had two main aims: (a) to analyse the biodiversity patterns of the Armenian grasslands across multiple taxonomic groups and grain sizes, and (b) to study the syntaxonomic position of these grasslands in a general European context. We conducted...

The 11 th EDGG Field Workshop was conducted from 6 to 13 July 2018 in Austria. Its aim was to revisit dry grasslands in the inneralpine dry valleys of Austria that were investigated in the late 1950s by Braun-Blanquet and to collect high-quality biodiversity data from these. We conducted our sampling in the Styrian Mur Valley, the Virgen Valley in...

RBPS in NAVARRA

Multi-taxon investigations are of a great importance in biodiversity research. We sampled spiders during the 7th EDGG Field Workshop aimed to study dry grassland diversity in Navarre, Spain. A total of 99 spider species of 15 families was recorded from 14 localities. Of these, 47 species were new to Navarre. To date, the list of spiders of Navarre...

GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). GrassPlot collects plot records (relevés) from grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm. It focuses on precisely delimited plots...

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Non-Technical Summary. Project: Results Based Agri-Environmental Payment Schemes in Ireland and Navarra Region (Spain)

Non-technical summary of the Results-based Agri-environmental Pilot Scheme (RBAPS) in Ireland and Spain (2015-2018)

The 10th EDGG Field Workshop took place in a sector of the Central Apennine Mountains, Italy, in June 2017. Altogether, 22 researchers from nine European and Asian countries attended this Field Workshop. We sampled plant and insect biodiversity in sub-montane and lower-montane grasslands along a precipitation gradient, from the L’Aquila valley and...

Here we present an extensive overview of plant diversity values in Palaearctic grasslands for seven standard grain sizes from 0.0001 to 100 m². The data originate from 20 studies, including the Field Workshops of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG), ranging geographically from Spain in the west to Siberia in the east, from Sicily in the south t...

This is the first version of the open-access dataset of "normal plant species richness" data in Palaearctic grasslands across 7 spatial scales (0.0001-100 m²), compiled by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG; www.edgg.org). Minimum, mean and maximum values for total plant species richness, vascular plant species richness, non-vascular plant spec...

INTRODUCCIÓN En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del "Estudio del estado inicial de flora y hábitats del enclave de Alkurruntz (Baztan, Navarra)" y del seguimiento del mismo, dentro del proyecto Tremedal (LIFE11/NAT/ES /707), realizados entre 2013 y 2015. A partir de una fase previa de prospección del enclave (HERAS & col., 2006), durante e...

The LIFE Tremedal project addressed the conservation and restoration of 25 wetlands on the Northern Iberian Peninsula and involved not only actions to increase knowledge of all the sites and monitor them, but also specific restoration actions at 16 of their number. This book gives an overview of the restoration actions developed in the project.

Like many middle and lower reaches of great Iberian rivers, the Arga and Aragon have suffered in recent decades a geomorphological simplification of their channels and lateral structures because of well-known causes acting medium to long term. In the LIC Tramos bajos del Aragón y del Arga those morphological changes threaten the survival of the mos...

Lessons learned and derived from the work of the Technical assistance on biodiversity for achieving the objectives of improving biodiversity of the LIFE Project Mink Territory (09/NAT/ES/000531), for the conservation of the European mink (Mustela lutreola) in the Site of Community Importance (SCI) “Tramos bajos del Aragón y del Arga’ [ES2200035] of...

The 7 th EDGG Field Workshop took place in Navarre, Spain, in June 2014. It was attended by 16 partici-pants from 10 European countries. During the workshop, 35 nested-plot series ("biodiversity plots") and 49 additional normal plots, resulting in a total of 119 full relevés with vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens, were recorded. The surveyed...

Berastegi Gartziandia, A. 2013. Grasslands and meadows in Navarre: description, typification and ecology. Guineana 19: 1-505. Departament of Biology and Ecology. Faculty of Science and Technology. University of the Basque Country. PO Box 644 48080 Bilbao, Spain. Our study area, Navarre, is a territory of 10.391 km2 located in the northern central...

Abstract: It has been done a checklist of 73 types of grasslands and meadows of Navarre, classified using the phytosociological method. They are included in 7 major groups and 41 subgroups. The floristic composition of these grasslands accounts for 57% of the flora of Navarre. 25 subgroups are included in 11 habitats of Community interest under the...

Se presenta el catálogo florístico (cormófitos y briófitos) obtenido del estudio de 16 enclaves hidroturbosos del noroeste de Navarra, compuesto por 317 taxones de cormófitos y 115 de briófitos. Se comentan brevemente las especies de mayor interés y las novedades florísticas para Navarra.

The study of 16 mire sites in Northwestern Navarra (Northern Spain) has proved the diversity of these habitats in Navarra. Among them, just one (Xuriain) is genuinely ombrogenic, while minerogenic sites are the most abundant. Their occurrence is determined mainly by geological contacts between water retaining and non-permeable rocks. Chemical water...

This article aims to review the most relevant work that has been carried out in the last decade in relation to the conservation of flora and vegetation in Navarre (Spain). It is not intended as an exhaustive review of all the scientific and technical works that have undoubtedly provided relevant information on certain aspects of management, but rat...

Succulent Crassulaceae chamae-phyte dominated communities living on siliceous lithosols of northern Na-varra are studied in this paper. They are included in the Sedion pyrenaici allian-ce and two associations are recognized: one in the Pyrenean area and another one in the Basque-Cantabrian area. For the first one we found Sileno rupestris-Sedetum p...

Flora, structure, ecology, dynamic and syntaxonomy of meso-xerophile perennial grasslands with Brachypodium retusum, Thymelaeo-Aphyllanthetum monspeliensis subss. brachypodietosum retusi are studied. These grasslands grow in the boundary between the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean regions, in he Cantabric and prepyrenean mountains in Navarre (NE of...

Acidophilous grasslands are one of the most characteristic elements of the mountain landscape of the cantabrian regions, particularly in areas traditionally used for extensive grazing. They occupy large areas, frequently in mosaic with heath-lands, spiny communities and beech forests. They develop mostly over oligotrophic substrata as well as stron...

In this paper, chorological, ecological and phytosociological data are reported about 20 taxa a little known in the Basque Country, Navarra and surrounding areas. The specific regions considered include the provinces of Araba, Burgos, Cantabria, Gipuzkoa, Navarra/Nafarroa and Bizkaia. As well as new records, for each species, bibliographical refere...

En este trabajo se aportan algunos datos florísticos, corológicos, ecológicos y fitosociológicos sobre 5 taxones poco conocidos del País Vasco y Navarra, concretamente procedentes de las provincias de Álava, Guipúzcoa, Navarra y Vizcaya. Además de las nuevas localidades, para cada especie se recopilan las citas bibliográficas conocidas para el terr...

Heathland vegetation of northern Spain, included in theCalluno-Ulicetea, was studied using a set of 802 phytosociological relevés. The existing syntaxonomy has been tested and most of the types (associations and subassociations) fit satisfactorily with the observed groupings. Two main problems were encountered within theUlex dominated communities o...

A phytosociological survey about secondary forest communities focused in the potential area of the acidophilous coline oak forests of the Hyperico pulchri-Quercetum roboris in the Basque-Cantabrian sector is made. It results in a new association: Salici atrocinereae-Betuletum celtibericae which is one of the group of secondary forest associations o...

A biogeographical synthesis of the north-center region of the Iberian Peninsula is made. The next biogeographical units are recognized: Pyrenean province. 1. Central Pyrenean subsector. 1a Highpyrenean subsector. 1b. Western-Pyrenean subsector. 1c. Prepyrenean (Jacetano-Guarense) subsector. Cantabrian-Atlantic province: 2. Basque-Cantabrian sector....

The syntaxonomy of the perennial nitrophilous vegetation assigned to the Artemisietea vulgaris of the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula (Basque Country and surrounding areas) was revised. The study area is of biogeographic importance due to its transitional character - here, the ruderal vegetation of the Mediterranean and that of temperate Eur...

Calcareous rock crevices communities of this alliance distributed over the Castilian-Cantabrian, Celtiberian-Alcarreño and Iberian-Soriano sectors, are studied. A synthetic table made up with all published phytosociological tables is given. Communities of this type, rich in Lonicera pyrenaica, from the Sierras of Cantabria and Codes, located in Ála...

The aim of this study was to complement our knowledge of the perennial nitrophilous vegetation of the Artemisietea vulgaris class in the Basque Country and surrounding areas. As a result the description of three new associations is provided: Geranietum robertiano-lucidi, Galio aparines-Anthriscetum sylvestris and Picrido echioidis-Raphanetum mariti...