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Dehesa

English name: Dehesa

Description (English)

A characteristic landscape of the southwestern quadrant of the Iberian peninsula in which crops, pasture land or Mediterranean scrub, in juxtaposition or rotation, are shaded by a fairly closed to very open canopy of native oaks, Quercus suber, Quercus rotundifolia, Quercus pyrenaica, Quercus faginea. It is an important habitat of raptors, including the threatened Iberian endemic eagle Aquila adalberti, of the crane Grus grus, of large insects and their predators and of the endangered Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code E7.3
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp	6310	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Birds Aquila adalberti

Birds Grus grus

Flowering Plants Quercus faginea

Flowering Plants Quercus pyrenaica

Flowering Plants Quercus rotundifolia

Flowering Plants Quercus suber

Mammals Lynx pardinus

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Aquila adalberti	Spanish Imperial Eagle	Birds
Grus grus	Crane	Birds
Quercus faginea		Flowering Plants
Quercus pyrenaica		Flowering Plants
Quercus rotundifolia		Flowering Plants
Quercus suber		Flowering Plants
Lynx pardinus	Iberian lynx	Mammals

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	91.2	Dehesa	same
CORINE Land Cover	2.4.4.	Agro-forestry areas	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	15	Mediterranean broad-leaved sclerophyllous forests and shrub	wider

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	E7.3	Dehesa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	E7.3	Dehesa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	E7.3	Dehesa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	X17	Dehesa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	X18	Dehesa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	X10	Dehesa	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	91.2	Dehesa	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	91.2	Dehesa	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	91.2		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	91.2		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	84.6		same

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