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Habitat types key navigation

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You can use the 'key navigation' function to identify a specific habitat by answering a set of questions. Starting from first question to next questions you select one of the possible answers. Here are samples of possible answers:
  • No ( 002 ) - Leading to question named '002'
  • Yes [ G ] - Leading to another questions subset of level G
  • No Factsheet icon[ E6 ] - Links directly to factsheet for E6
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Category : (G2 )Broadleaved evergreen woodland
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Question g10 :   Highly artificial?
   Highly artificial broadleaved evergreen forests (often of exotic species) of uniform age and structure, completely dependent on man’s operations and with impoverished associated communities (path = <strong>Yes</strong>) are separated from less highly managed habitats.
Answers:
Yes (Question g11 ) No (Question g12 )


Question g11 :   Usage
   Highly artificial evergreen forestry plantations normally primarily used for <strong>timber production</strong> are separated from those used for <strong>other</strong> purposes (including olive groves and palm plantations).
Answers:
timber production Factsheet icon [ G2.8 ] other Factsheet icon [ G2.9 ]


Question g12 :   Dominant species
   Habitats are separated according to their dominant species: evergreen <strong>oaks</strong> (<strong>Quercus</strong>); <strong>laurels</strong> (<strong>Laurus</strong>); <strong>holly</strong> (<strong>Ilex</strong>); <strong>palms</strong> (<strong>Phoenix</strong>); <strong>olive</strong> (<strong>Olea europea</strong>) or <strong>carob</strong> (<strong>Ceratonia siliqua</strong>); and <strong>other</strong> very tall, forest-like formations dominated by <strong>Erica arborea, Myrica faya, Arbutus canariensis</strong> or <strong>Visnea mocanera</strong>.
Answers:
oaks Factsheet icon [ G2.1 ] laurels (Question g13 ) holly Factsheet icon [ G2.6 ] palms Factsheet icon [ G2.5 ] olive or carob Factsheet icon [ G2.4 ] other Factsheet icon [ G2.7 ]


Question g13 :   Biogeographic region
   Laurel (<strong>Laurus</strong>)-dominated habitats characteristic of the <strong>Macaronesian</strong> biogeographic region are separated from those of the Mediterranean and Atlantic regions (path = <strong>other</strong>).
Answers:
other Factsheet icon [ G2.2 ] Macaronesian Factsheet icon [ G2.3 ]

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