Species richness, community specialization and soil-vegetation
relationships of managed grasslands in a geologically
heterogeneous landscape

J 2012

Species richness, community specialization and soil-vegetation relationships of managed grasslands in a geologically heterogeneous landscape

CACHOVANOVÁ, Lucia, Michal HÁJEK, Zuzana FAJMONOVÁ and Rob MARRS

Basic information

Original name

Species richness, community specialization and soil-vegetation relationships of managed grasslands in a geologically heterogeneous landscape

Name in Czech

Druhová bohatost, specializace společenstev a vztahy mezi půdou a vegetací na obhospodařovaných loukách v geologicky heterogenní krajině

Authors

CACHOVANOVÁ, Lucia (703 Slovakia), Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Zuzana FAJMONOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Rob MARRS (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Edition

Folia Geobotanica, Springer, 2012, 1211-9520

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.565

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057875

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9131-3

UT WoS

000311392400001

Keywords (in Czech)

specialisti; gradienty prostředí; chemismus půdy

Keywords in English

specialists; environmental gradients; soil chemistry

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

In the Strážovské vrchy Mountains we sampled the species composition of vascular plants and bryophytes and measured soil chemistry, slope angle, heat index, altitude and soil depth. We classified species into community specialists or generalists based on the analysis of a large phytosociological database. We delimited five vegetation types that clearly differed in response to soil characteristics. The main compositional gradient correlated with measured soil pH and calcium, but species richness was not significantly correlated with these factors. Soil available phosphorus was not associated with species composition, but it did correlate negatively with species richness and the richness of specialists. Overall, species richness was largely driven by the number of specialists in the plot and particular vegetation types differed conspicuously in their number. We further found significant effects of iron, potassium and sodium on species richness and composition.

In Czech

Ve Strážovských vrších jsme zjistili vliv vápníku, fosforu, železa a dalších prvků na druhové složení a druhovou bohatost luční vegetace. Celková druhové bohatost korelovala se zastoupením specialistů.

Links

GD526/09/H025, research and development project

Name: Evolučně-ekologická analýza společenstev a populací

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Evolutionary ecological analysis of communities and populations

Citovat

CACHOVANOVÁ, Lucia, Michal HÁJEK, Zuzana FAJMONOVÁ and Rob MARRS. Species richness, community specialization and soil-vegetation relationships of managed grasslands in a geologically heterogeneous landscape. Folia Geobotanica. Springer, 2012, vol. 47, No 4, p. 349-371. ISSN 1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9131-3.

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CACHOVANOVÁ, Lucia, Michal HÁJEK, Zuzana FAJMONOVÁ and Rob MARRS. Species richness, community specialization and soil-vegetation relationships of managed grasslands in a geologically heterogeneous landscape. \textit{Folia Geobotanica}. Springer, 2012, vol.~47, No~4, p.~349-371. ISSN~1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9131-3.

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