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This chapter reviews the ecology and conservation problems of the coastal juniper woodland of the maritime juniper in Andalusia (South Spain), shows the restoration efforts of the Regional Government with regard to their conservation, and focuses on the results of a clearing experiment of a pine plantation carried out in Enebrales de Punta Umbría Natural Landscape (Huelva, southwest Spain). One of the main purposes of the project was to reduce the negative effects of pine trees on maritime junipers and to restore the environmental conditions favoring the regeneration of coastal plant communities. The aim of the field experiment was to analyze the effects of three levels of clearing on the physical environment, the junipers’ performance, and the coastal plant community.
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Muñoz-Reinoso, J.C., Saavedra Azqueta, C., Redondo Morales, I. (2013). Restoration of Andalusian Coastal Juniper Woodlands. In: Martínez, M., Gallego-Fernández, J., Hesp, P. (eds) Restoration of Coastal Dunes. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33445-0_9
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