@misc{10481/73587,
year = {2022},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/73587},
abstract = {The presence of Cedrus atlantica on the European continent, including, especially, the determination
of the time of its disappearance from the Iberian Peninsula, is one of the most controversial
issues in recent decades regarding the successive extinction of conifers in the Western Mediterranean.
This work propounds the possibility that C. atlantica and Pinus nigra could have co-habited in the
past, mutually excluding each other in the areas with suitable conditions for both species, where,
ultimately, the one that was the most competitive would have remained. The niche overlap in the
two-dimensional ecological space was analyzed. In addition, the potential distribution of both species
in theWestern Mediterranean today and two past periods (Last Glacial Maximum and Mid-Holocene)
was modeled to identify their common geographic area of distribution. The species showed very
well differentiated niches and a distribution of their habitats virtually segregated by continents since
the Mid-Holocene (P. nigra in Europe and C. atlantica in Africa), which responds to differences in
climatic affinities. However, the contact of the bordering areas of their distributions in the Baetic
mountain range suggests that C. atlantica could have maintained its presence in the Iberian Peninsula
until recent times. P. nigra would have displace it in later stages due to its greater prevalence on the
continent, so it would have had greater opportunities to occupy the available space.},
organization = {Spanish government, State R&D Program Oriented to the Challenges of the Society	RTI2018-101714-B-I00},
organization = {Andalusian Plan for Research, Development and Innovation, OROMEDREFUGIA Research Project	P18-RT-4963},
organization = {ERDF Operational Programme in Andalusia (EU regional programme)	B-RNM-404-UGR18},
organization = {State Program for the Promotion of Scientific Research and Excellence Technique, PALEOPINSAPO Research Project	CSO2017-83576-P},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Black pine},
keywords = {Cedar},
keywords = {Competition},
keywords = {Ecological niche},
keywords = {Paleoecology},
title = {Biological Interaction as a Possible Ultimate Driver in the Local Extinction of Cedrus atlantica in the Iberian Peninsula},
doi = {10.3390/d14020136},
author = {González Hernández, Antonio and Alba Sánchez, María Francisca and Peñas De Giles, Julio},
}