Analysis of the Relationship Between Bioclimatology and Sustainable Development

Cano-Ortíz, Ana; Fuentes, José Carlos Piñar; Quinto-Canas, Ricardo; Gomes, Carlos J. Pinto; Cano, Eusébio

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48279-4_120

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“…There is therefore no stop due to cold. (According to Montero [67], a stop due to cold is understood as a condition where the mean monthly temperature falls below 7.5 • C.) This coincides exactly with the territories more to the south and southwest of the province of Jaén (Southern Spain), an area dominated by olive cultivation with a mainly Thermo-Mediterranean thermotype and a dry ombrotype. In contrast, places with a PVA of 8-9 are dominant in the northwest of the province of Jaén and Granada, with the particularity that both territories have an upper meso-Mediterranean thermotype.…”

Section: Bioclimatic Analysis Of the Southern Iberian Peninsulamentioning

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“…The bioclimatic diagram for the station of Jodar with a meso-Mediterranean bioclimate and a dry-semi-arid ombrotype shows how the water availability D for an agricultural plantation or a forest formation begins to undergo water stress in May, when the residual evapotranspiration becomes greater than the water availability D, and there is a long period of drought and a short regulation period. This date can be determined by applying the bioclimatic diagram of Montero Burgos and González Rebollar [67], somewhat modified by using only water-related parameters: P = precipitation, ETP = potential evapotranspiration, D = water availability, R = soil water reserve, e = residual evapotranspiration.…”

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Climatology, Bioclimatology and Vegetation Cover: Tools to Mitigate Climate Change in Olive Groves

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This work establishes the relationship between bioclimatology and agronomy. Bioclimatic indices are obtained for several areas under olive cultivation and correlated with olive yields. Due to the effect of climate change on cultivation and the high economic losses it produces, we propose a sustainable development model for the territorial classification of crops based on bioclimatic knowledge. Bioclimatic diagrams are prepared to provide information on water stress in crops so that irrigation can be carried out at the most effective time, a measure that has been shown to lead to water and energy savings for growers. In addition to this development model, we propose the application of non-aggressive cultivation techniques such as the use of living plant cover to ensure the protection of the soil and avoid losses due to climate irregularities. Studies conducted up to the present on applied bioclimatology have yielded promising results in the fields of farming and forestry. The maps and bioclimatic indices of Professor Rivas-Martínez, Ic, Io and It/Itc, are essential for bioclimatic classification. The agricultural development model with a bioclimatic basis ensures economic savings for growers and minimizes the environmental impact of cultivation. In the case of olive cultivation we detected that in 2005 all the cultivated areas that were not in their thermoclimatic optimum were damaged by frost. The widespread cultivation of olive groves in the Mediterranean basin, and mainly in the south of Spain, is reason enough to establish a relationship between its production and its bioclimatic environment. The ombroclimatic study in certain localities under olive cultivation shows that areas with Io <2.5 are unproductive (Jodar, Tabernas), and that their low Io value needs to be supplemented with irrigation water. This means extracting water from aquifers for agricultural use, when the current climate irregularities do not allow the excessive use of subsoil water. For the time being the only way of mitigating this situation is with sustainable development, which requires a bioclimatic understanding of the territory; and the use of appropriate cultivation techniques, including herbaceous plant covers. In this last case a knowledge of the plant associations in the phytosociological class Stellarietea mediae constitutes the basis for establishing either natural or sown vegetation cover.

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Section: Bioclimatic Analysis Of the Southern Iberian Peninsulamentioning

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Climatology, Bioclimatology and Vegetation Cover: Tools to Mitigate Climate Change in Olive Groves

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“…Exploitation and development are not mutually exclusive, it is only to know the natural resources, their ecology, function, structure and state of conservation, to advocate said sustainable development. To be successful in the sustainable development model, education and research must be promoted, for which various teaching methodologies can be used [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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Introductory Chapter: On the Need to Teach, Conserve and Develop the Diversity of Tropical Forests

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2023

Tropical Forests - Ecology, Diversity and Conservation Status

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“…Our research confirms the gradient of human influence from areas with less vegetation cover management to areas where management is so great that the vegetation cover has even disappeared, with all the consequences this entails for the preservation of biodiversity, protection against erosion, and loss of soil humidity. It is, therefore, vitally important to implement models to manage vegetation covers, given the effects of global warming on vegetation covers and the scarcity of water resources, as without adequate management, they can compete aggressively with crops [61][62][63], especially in herbaceous crops with similar phenology and development. This suggests research should be directed towards herbaceous crops with low water demand, such as certain varieties of wheat.…”

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Impact of Grass Cover Management with Herbicides on Biodiversity, Soil Cover and Humidity in Olive Groves in the Southern Iberian

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In the present work, we studied the effect of herbicide use on extensive olive grove cultivation. To carry out this study, we analysed the effect that herbicide use had on biodiversity, vegetation cover and soil water content. For this purpose, 96 vegetation and soil sampling points were first taken, then georeferenced, and for each sampling point, several bioclimatic variables were interpolated. We concluded that the management of cover crops with herbicides over a long period of time resulted in a decrease in biodiversity, and the dominance of some species that were more resistant to herbicides was increased. Another finding was that the vegetation cover was reduced in the resampling in cases with herbicide management and that the location within the cropland (under the tree canopy, road, boundary or pasture) also has an influence. Finally, the study of soil moisture shows that soil water content was lower in the case of management with herbicides than in the case of management without herbicides. This loss of soil moisture was more accentuated and faster in areas with less vegetation cover. This work highlights the need to change the management models for tree crops in order to preserve biodiversity, soil quality and optimise water resources in a context of accelerated climate change in one of the regions most severely affected by global warming, the Mediterranean belt.

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Analysis of the Relationship Between Bioclimatology and Sustainable Development

Cited by 6 publications

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Climatology, Bioclimatology and Vegetation Cover: Tools to Mitigate Climate Change in Olive Groves

Climatology, Bioclimatology and Vegetation Cover: Tools to Mitigate Climate Change in Olive Groves

Introductory Chapter: On the Need to Teach, Conserve and Develop the Diversity of Tropical Forests

Impact of Grass Cover Management with Herbicides on Biodiversity, Soil Cover and Humidity in Olive Groves in the Southern Iberian

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