%0 Journal Article
%T Importance of low perennial plant formations to the sustainability of forest ecosystems in the Saida Mountains (Algeria)
%A Adda-Hanifi Nadia Nora
%A Terras Mohamed
%A Mellal Tahar
%A Labani Abderrahmane
%J World Journal of Environmental Biosciences
%@ 2277-8047
%D 2020
%V 9
%N 2
%P 71-76
%X The forest ecosystems of the Saida Mountains are subject to several pressures (range, cut, fire) inducing a strong presence of low formations. Out of a total area of 174,300 hectares or 26.17% of the total area, matorrals represent 73% of the total forest area. Adaptation to edaphic, climatic, and pressure conditions has resulted in low forest formations composed of resistant and strain-rejecting species. The light matorral dominates about 30% in the area and evolves towards the disappearance of all the forest cover. All forest groups are: Pinetum halepensis, Tetraclinis articulata, Quercetum ilicis, Olé-lenticetum, and Juniperus oxycedrus. Forest cover rehabilitation involves the selection of resilient and resistant species such as Quercus rotundifolia, Tetraclinis articulata, Olea europaea, Quercus coccifera, and Phillyrea angustifolia.
%U https://environmentaljournals.org/article/importance-of-low-perennial-plant-formations-to-the-sustainability-of-forest-ecosystems-in-the-saida-mountains-algeria