The landscapes of pasture in the province of Ciudad Real. Characterization and biogeographic evaluation
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Abstract
The landscape of pasture is configured as a mosaic of wood in which the transformation of the environment has taken centuries. This feature and the configuration of a cultural landscape do not prevent us to find values of an ecological and environmental root, along with other cultural. All this makes this landscape particularly biodiverse and, therefore, an ecosystem of great scientific and social interest. It is precisely this interest which leads us to characterise the pastures in the province of Ciudad Real through the LANBIOEVA (Landscape Biogeographic Evaluation) methodology. In this sense, we apply this method over these cultural woods in a systematic way, so that we obtain data from each one of these criteria and can be compared with others obtained from other formations and areas on a global scale. The assessment of these unique landscapes is aimed at testing this method under such conditions. The results reflect that the most environmental or ecological criteria show figures which are very similar to those of the best preserved woodlands in the Iberian area. The cultural values, on the other hand, show higher scores, which makes that, in general, the sum of the natural, cultural and structural criteria is quite high. In this sector, the threats are not very high so that the final value, in turn, shows lower figures.