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Table 14.2
Data on the aboveground (Ab) and the belowground (Bb) biomass values (g/m
2
;
°
=
g/individual) of Italian shrubland plant communities and WS obtained from investigations
carried out within the national territory or obtained through comparisons with similar European
study cases
Considered phytosociological
units
Considered dominant-characteristic WS
Sarcocornietea fruticosae
Ab: 952 (Curc et al.
2002
);
Ab: 302 (Garc￭a et al.
1993
)
Sarcocornia fruticosa
Ab: 678 (Scarton et al.
2002
); 1,297
(Scarton
2006
); 588-1,198-3,448 (Curc et al. 2002); 581-
1,297-1,800 (Scarton
2006
); 598 (Laffoley and Grimsditch
2009
); Bb: 2,829 (Scarton et al.
2002
); 1,601 (Laffoley and
Grimsditch
2009
)
Sarcocornia perennis
Ab: 450-550-600 (Curc et al. 2002)
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
Ab: 311-400-872 (Curc
et al. 2002); 190-683-840 (Laffoley and Grimsditch
2009
)
928
79 (Neves et al.
2010
); Bb: 50-340-1,260 (Laffoley and
Grimsditch
2009
); 1,070
50 (Neves et al.
2010
)
Halimione portulacoides
Ab: 561-1,270-1,541 (Scarton
2006
);
598 (Neves et al.
2007
); Bb: 1,601 (Neves et al.
2007
)
Phlomis fruticosa
Ab: 366.5 (Margaris
1976
)
Sarcopoterium spinosum
Ab: 143.5 (Margaris
1976
)
Coridothymus capitatus
Ab: 36.0 (Margaris
1976
);
226.12 313.8° (La Mantia unpubl.); 10.0 (Bianchi et al.
2002
); Bb: 69.34 84.6° (La Mantia unpubl.)
Cistus
spp. Ab: 83.5 (Margaris
1976
)
Helianthemum
spp. Ab: 80.3 (Margaris
1976
)
Asparagus aphyllus
Ab: 11.6 (Margaris
1976
)
Micromeria fruticulosa
Ab: 200.53 199° (La Mantia
unpubl.); Bb: 96.12 74.0° (La Mantia unpubl.)
Cisto cretici
-
Micromerietea
julianae
Bb: 1,618 (Margaris
1976
)
Rosmarinus officinalis
Ab: 111.4° (Us et al.
1997
);
46.5-1,828° (Blanco Oyonarte and Navarro Cerrillo
2003
)
Genista cinerea
: 307.9-6,745° (Blanco Oyonarte and Navarro
Cerrillo
2003
)
Helichrysum stoechas
Ab: 128.7° (Us et al.
1997
)
Cistus albidus
Ab: 100.5° (Us et al.
1997
); 74.6-762°
(Blanco Oyonarte and Navarro Cerrillo
2003
)
Teline linifolia
Ab: 64.4-923.4° (Blanco Oyonarte and Navarro
Cerrillo
2003
)
Rosmarinetea officinalis
Ab: 2,142-3,106 and <2,500
(Navarro Cerrillo and Blanco
Oyonarte
2006
); 433-827
(Calvo
2007
)
Cistus ladanifer
: 788
232; 3,030 (Navarro Cerrillo and
Blanco Oyonarte
2006
)
Helichrysum stoechas
: 30.0 (Bianchi et al.
2002
)
Lavandula stoechas
: 49.5-636.8° (Blanco Oyonarte and
Navarro Cerrillo
2003
)
Cistus monspeliensis
: 10.0-80.0 (Bianchi et al.
2002
);
177.5-2,776° (Blanco Oyonarte and Navarro Cerrillo
2003
)
Cistus salvifolius
: 50.0-80.0 (Bianchi et al.
2002
)
Genista corsica
: 90-130 (Bianchi et al.
2002
)
Halimium halimifolium
: 30 (Bianchi et al.
2002
)
Cisto ladaniferi
-
Lavanduletea
stoechadis
Ab: 447 135; 2,482
(Navarro Cerrillo and
Blanco Oyonarte
2006
);
194.71-1,164.89 (Castro and
Freitas
2009
)
Calluno vulgaris-Ulicetea
minoris
Ab 1,143 736; 1,404 215
(Navarro Cerrillo and Blanco
Oyonarte
2006
)
(continued)
