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Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification
| العنوان: | Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification |
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| المؤلفون: | Kalnikova V., Chytry K., Bita-Nicolae C., Bracco F., Font X., Iakushenko D., Kacki Z., Kudrnovsky H., Landucci F., Lustyk P., Milanovic D., Sibik J., Silc U., Uzieblo A. K., Villani M., Chytry M. |
| المساهمون: | Kalnikova, V., Chytry, K., Bita-Nicolae, C., Bracco, F., Font, X., Iakushenko, D., Kacki, Z., Kudrnovsky, H., Landucci, F., Lustyk, P., Milanovic, D., Sibik, J., Silc, U., Uzieblo, A. K., Villani, M., Chytry, M. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | IRIS UNIPV (Università degli studi di Pavia) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | association, Europe, phytosociology, riparian vegetation, river gravel bar, syntaxonomy, threatened habitat, vegetation classification, vegetation database, vegetation succession |
| الوصف: | Aims: River gravel bars are endangered habitats in Europe. However, classification schemes of their vegetation and habitat types differ among European countries, and they are even ignored in some national schemes. This causes problems in conservation planning, monitoring and management. Hence we aimed at building the first unified vegetation classification for river gravel-bar habitats across European mountain systems. Location: Europe. Methods: In total 4,769 vegetation plot records of river gravel-bar plant communities were collected from national, regional or private databases, digitized from the literature and newly collected in the field. A hierarchical classification expert system with formal definitions of vegetation types was created. The definitions combined the criteria of presence or cover of groups of species with similar ecology or single species narrowly specialized to a particular gravel-bar habitat. The TWINSPAN classification was applied to early-successional vegetation types to check whether the classification based on formal definitions was supported by the results of unsupervised classification. Similarity patterns among vegetation types were visualized using the detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) ordination. Results: Early-successional and scrub gravel-bar vegetation types were respectively classified into two classes: Thlaspietea rotundifolii and Salicetea purpureae. Eleven associations and four alliances (Calamagrostion pseudophragmitae, Epilobion fleischeri, Salicion cantabricae and Salicion eleagno-daphnoidis) were defined formally. Based on a critical revision, some associations or alliances defined in the previous literature were merged or discarded. The main gradient in variability within the gravel-bar vegetation is connected with the altitudinal gradient, biogeographical variation, local hydromorphological processes and various successional changes. Conclusions: The first unified and formalized classification system of the European mountain river gravel-bar vegetation was ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | ELETTRONICO |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | volume:24; issue:1; firstpage:1; lastpage:27; numberofpages:27; journal:APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE; http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1373880; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85098184578 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/avsc.12542 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1373880 https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12542 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.591890C9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1111/avsc.12542 |
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