This study attempts to identify the consequences of grazing abandonment for changes in
floristic and functional vegetation composition in dehesa systems. Species cover was
quantified in plots on grazed and abandoned dehesas in Central Spain. Using literature and
field measurements, we analysed plant attributes linked to dispersal, establishment, and
persistence for the 85 most abundant species. A Detrended Correspondence Analysis of the
species× plots matrix and the traits× plots matrix was used to describe differences in species …