Abstract.-From an ecological point of view, gypsum outcrops and their corresponding vegetation are not yet fully understood. Most of the studies have concentrated on merely describing these plant communities. However, some researchers have tried to differentiate between these scrublands not only in terms of their geographical location, but also in terms of their ecological behaviour. Our botanical, edaphic and ecophysiological study, which adopts this last approach, makes use of chlorophyll fluorescence to distinguish the small-sized and sparse scrublands growing on gypsum barrens from the very different shrublike Ononis tridentata communities in the gypsum outcrop of the karst in Sorbas (Almería, Spain). In the three gypsophytes used to measure chlorophyll fluorescence values (Gypsophila struthium, Helianthemum squamatum and Teucrium turredanum), the records reveal that the environment has an impact on the F v/ F m minimum values, however different the reaction of the species may be.Key words : chlorophyll fluorescence -F v -F m -F 0 -PAR -photoinhibitiongypsophily -stress -restoration.Résumé.-Les gypses et leur végétation ne sont pas bien compris du point de vue écologique. La plupart des études realisées se sont concentrées sur la description des communautés végétales. Toutefois, quelques auteurs ont essayé de différencier ces broussailles, non seulement par leur distribution géographique mais aussi par leur comportement écologique. Ici, nous essayons d'approfondir cet aspect par une étude botanique, édaphique et écophysiologique. Nous utilisons la fluorescence de la chlorophylle pour différencier entre les broussailles ouvertes basses des barres de gypse et les communautés broussailleuses très différentes à Ononis tridentata des affleurements gypseux du karst de Sorbas (Almería, Espagne). Dans les trois gypsophytes pour lesquelles on a mesuré cette fluorescence (Gypsophila struthium, Helianthemum squamatum and Teucrium turredanum), l'environnement agit sur les valeurs minimales de F v /F m , mais toutes les espèces ne répondent pas de la même façon.
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