Evaluation of woody plants' responses to grazing with the use of morphometric and genetic analysis methods

Abstract

The effects of different levels of grazing pressure by goats were examined on two dominant species of evergreen sclerophyllous shrublands, Olea europaea L. var oleaster, and Pistacia lentiscus L by morphometric analysis using developmental instability expressed as translational asymmetry, fluctuating asymmetry and fractal dimension as well as genetic analysis through isoenzymes. Levels of grazing pressure included heavy grazing and a control for genetic analysis as well as an additional level of light grazing for morphometric analysis. The translational asymmetry indices, fluctuating asymmetry indices and fractal dimension were also compared, along with the within plant variation, by taking measures on both parts, upper and lower, inaccessible and accessible by goats respectively, of O.europaea shrubs. O.europaea proved to be more stable when grazed. Although the lower grazed parts of the shrubs seemed to have more asymmetric leaves and less complex branches than the upper ones, they b ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/28199
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/28199
ND
28199
Alternative title
Αξιολόγηση των αντιδράσεων ξυλωδών ειδών στη βόσκηση με μεθόδους μορφομετρικής και γενετικής ανάλυσης
Author
Σίρκου, Δήμητρα (Πατρώνυμο: Ιωάννης)
Date
2009
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Παπαναστάσης Βασίλειος
Αραβανόπουλος Φίλιππος
Ισπικούδης Ιωάννης
Νοϊτσάκης Βασίλειος
Τσιουβάρας Κωνσταντίνος
Σκαλτσογιάννης Απόστολος
Σγαρδέλης Στέφανος
Discipline
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Keywords
Fluctuating asymmetry; Fractals; Plant architectural structure; Grazing; Mediterranean shrublands; Translational asymmetry; Isoenzymes; Heterozygosity
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
159 σ., im., tbls., fig.
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