Journal of Environmental Biology

Ecological attributes and distribution of Anatolian black pine [Pinus nigra Arnold. subsp. pallasiana Lamb.Holmboe] in Turkey

 

Author Details

 

Ibrahim Atalay

Department of Geography, Buca Faculty of Education, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir-35150,Turkey

Recep Efe

(Corresponding author)

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Balikesir University, Balikesir-10145, Turkey

e-mail: recepefe@hotmail.com

 

 

Publication Data

Paper received:

17 November 2010

 

Revised received:

05 July 2011

 

Accepted:

30 July 2011

 

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine ecoregions and the effect of ecological properties on natural distribution of Anatolian black pine [Pinus nigra Arnold. subsp. pallasiana Lamb. (Holmboe)] in Turkey. The results suggest that 6 ecoregions exist and climate, parent material, topography, anthropogenic factors, floristic composition, competition are ecological factors that determine the distribution of Black pine in Turkey. But, climatic elements such as precipitation and temperature are the dominant factors. The six ecoregions with different characteristics have been identified and distribution of Anatolian black pine revealed depending on ecological features of each region. Each region has its own characteristics that affect the growth and distribution of black pine. Productive black pine forest are found on the subhumid-semiarid areas receiving humid air mass coming from the seas either on northern or southern coastal mountains of Turkey. The poor and/or lowest productive stands occur in the semiarid parts of Inner Anatolia. Black pine can grow on all material in the semi-arid and sub-humid cold climates, but deep weatheared parent materials are the best for growing of black pine.

 

Key words

Ecology, Forest, Pinus nigra, Turkey  

 

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