Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names

Abstract Ecotones are areas of biodiversity, across which the complexity of vegetation cover may increase. Diverse forest and shrub communities, belonging to different bioclimatic levels or potential physiognomic types, grow in narrow fringes or meet and integrate in a given area. Place-naming relat...

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Autores: López Leiva, César, Tort i Donada, Joan, 1958-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Nomenclàtors de topònims
Biogeografia
Gazetteers
Biogeography
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spelling Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-namesLópez Leiva, CésarTort i Donada, Joan, 1958-Nomenclàtors de topònimsBiogeografiaGazetteersBiogeographyAbstract Ecotones are areas of biodiversity, across which the complexity of vegetation cover may increase. Diverse forest and shrub communities, belonging to different bioclimatic levels or potential physiognomic types, grow in narrow fringes or meet and integrate in a given area. Place-naming related to the vegetation covering such enclaves tends to be strongly influenced by the toponymic principles of significativeness and exceptionality at a very small scale, although these principles may eventually become blurred. In mountainous countries, especially transition areas, in which altitude, slope and aspect determine variations in the landscape units, the toponymy can reveal interesting information about the distribution of the vegetation and the importance of the plant covers based on the local inhabitants' perceptions over time. We select a number of areas with these characteristics in the Iberian peninsula (Spain) to illustrate how links between natural and cultural landscapes are forged and how place-names are subsequently coined. We examine specifically the Montseny in Catalonia, some comarcas of the pre-Pyrenees, the northern province of Burgos, the southern slopes of the Cantabrian range in the province of Palencia, the sierras of the Central System and the ecotone formed by the deserts and adjacent mountains in Eastern Sierra Nevada. Above all, the 'scale factor' appears to be a highly relevant determinant of the toponymy of these areas. Keywords: place-names and vegetation, natural and cultural landscapes, Iberian peninsulaDebreceni Egyetem2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/160589Articles publicats en revistes (Geografia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/onomural/kotetek/ou11/10.pdfOnomastica Uralica, 2018, vol. 11, p. 117-130(c) López Leiva, César et al., 2018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1605892026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
title Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
spellingShingle Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
López Leiva, César
Nomenclàtors de topònims
Biogeografia
Gazetteers
Biogeography
title_short Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
title_full Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
title_fullStr Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
title_full_unstemmed Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
title_sort Toponyms related to plants in transitional vegetation areas: How diversity is conveyed by place-names
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Leiva, César
Tort i Donada, Joan, 1958-
author López Leiva, César
author_facet López Leiva, César
Tort i Donada, Joan, 1958-
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author2 Tort i Donada, Joan, 1958-
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Nomenclàtors de topònims
Biogeografia
Gazetteers
Biogeography
topic Nomenclàtors de topònims
Biogeografia
Gazetteers
Biogeography
description Abstract Ecotones are areas of biodiversity, across which the complexity of vegetation cover may increase. Diverse forest and shrub communities, belonging to different bioclimatic levels or potential physiognomic types, grow in narrow fringes or meet and integrate in a given area. Place-naming related to the vegetation covering such enclaves tends to be strongly influenced by the toponymic principles of significativeness and exceptionality at a very small scale, although these principles may eventually become blurred. In mountainous countries, especially transition areas, in which altitude, slope and aspect determine variations in the landscape units, the toponymy can reveal interesting information about the distribution of the vegetation and the importance of the plant covers based on the local inhabitants' perceptions over time. We select a number of areas with these characteristics in the Iberian peninsula (Spain) to illustrate how links between natural and cultural landscapes are forged and how place-names are subsequently coined. We examine specifically the Montseny in Catalonia, some comarcas of the pre-Pyrenees, the northern province of Burgos, the southern slopes of the Cantabrian range in the province of Palencia, the sierras of the Central System and the ecotone formed by the deserts and adjacent mountains in Eastern Sierra Nevada. Above all, the 'scale factor' appears to be a highly relevant determinant of the toponymy of these areas. Keywords: place-names and vegetation, natural and cultural landscapes, Iberian peninsula
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Onomastica Uralica, 2018, vol. 11, p. 117-130
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