The most species-rich plant communities in the Czech Republic
and Slovakia (with new world records)

J 2015

The most species-rich plant communities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (with new world records)

CHYTRÝ, Milan, Tomáš DRAŽIL, Michal HÁJEK, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, Zdenka PREISLEROVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The most species-rich plant communities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (with new world records)

Name in Czech

Druhově nejbohatší rostlinná společenstva České republiky a Slovenska (s novými světovými rekordy)

Authors

CHYTRÝ, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Tomáš DRAŽIL (703 Slovakia), Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdenka PREISLEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jozef ŠIBÍK (703 Slovakia), Karol UJHÁZY (703 Slovakia), Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dana BERNÁTOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Drahoš BLANÁR (703 Slovakia), Martin DANČÁK (203 Czech Republic), Pavel DŘEVOJAN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Karel FAJMON (203 Czech Republic), Dobromil GALVÁNEK (703 Slovakia), Petra HÁJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš HERBEN (203 Czech Republic), Richard HRIVNÁK (703 Slovakia), Štěpán JANEČEK (203 Czech Republic), Monika JANIŠOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Šárka JIRÁSKÁ (203 Czech Republic), Ján KLIMENT (703 Slovakia), Judita KOCHJAROVÁ (703 Slovakia), Jan LEPŠ (203 Czech Republic), Anna LESKOVJANSKÁ (703 Slovakia), Kristina MERUNKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan MLÁDEK (203 Czech Republic), Michal SLEZÁK (703 Slovakia), Ján ŠEFFER (703 Slovakia), Viera ŠEFFEROVÁ (703 Slovakia), Iveta ŠKODOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Jana UHLÍŘOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Mariana UJHÁZYOVÁ (703 Slovakia) and Marie VYMAZALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Preslia, Praha, Česká botanická společnost, 2015, 0032-7786

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.711

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00081413

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000364105800001

Keywords in English

alpha diversity; base-rich forests; fine-scale species richness; meadows; releves; semi-natural grasslands; vegetation database; vegetation plots; Western Carpathians; White Carpathians

Abstract

V originále

We provide an inventory of the sites and vegetation types in the Czech Republic and Slovakia that contain the highest numbers of vascular plant species in small areas of up to 625 m2. The highest numbers of species were recorded in semi-natural grasslands, in which we report four new world records for fine-scale species richness: 17 species of vascular plants in 0.0044 m2 in a mountain meadow in the Krkonoše Mts, 52 and 63 species in 0.25 and 0.5 m2, respectively, in the Kopanecké lúky meadows in the Slovak Paradise (Slovenský raj), and 109 species in 16 m2 in the Porážky meadows in the White Carpathians (Bílé Karpaty). The previous world record of 43 species in 0.1 m2 was equalled in the Čertoryje meadows in the White Carpathians, however, the previous record referred to shoot presence while the new record considers only the species rooted in the plot.We interpreted and corrected the data from the Czech Republic thatWilson et al. (2012) used to compile a list of world records and provide an updated list. The updated list contains five world records from the Czech Republic and two from Slovakia. The most species-rich grasslands and forests in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are concentrated in regions with base-rich soils in the Western Carpathians, especially in the flysch zone in SE Moravia and the Czech-Slovak borderland, and in limestone and volcanic areas in central Slovakia. The richest types of non-forest vegetation include semi-dry base-rich meadows (Bromion erecti and Cirsio-Brachypodion pinnati), base-rich pastures and mesic meadows (Cynosurion cristati and Arrhenatherion elatioris), Nardus stricta grasslands (Violion caninae and Nardo strictae-Agrostion tenuis) and some wet meadows and natural subalpine grasslands. A special type of species-rich herbaceous to open woodland vegetation develops as successional stages on gravel accumulations in Carpathian rivers after severe flooding. The maximum counts of vascular plant species in non-forest vegetation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are 7 species/0.0009 m2, 11/0.0011 m2, 12/0.004 m2, 17/0.0044 m2, 23/0.01 m2, 37/0.04 m2, 43/0.1 m2, 52/0.25 m2, 63/0.5 m2, 82/1 m2, 88/4 m2, 109/16 m2, 116/25 m2, 131/49m2 and 133/100m2.While themaximum counts for plots smaller than 0.5m2 are from various regions and probably mainly depend on appropriate management, the maximum counts for plots larger than 0.5m2 are for two areas only, the south-eastern part of theWhite Carpathians and Kopanecké lúky meadows, suggesting the importance of regionally specific landscape processes for high species richness at such scales. Czech and Slovak forest vegetation is much poorer than grasslands, reaching maxima of 100, 109 and 118 species in plots of 100, 400 and 500 m2, which are considerably smaller than global maxima for temperate forests. Most of the species-rich sites occur on base-rich soils, in habitats with intermediate values of environmental factors, are subject to low-intensity management or natural disturbance, occur in landscapes with large areas of natural and semi-natural vegetation and probably have a long historical continuity.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

Name: Centrum analýzy a syntézy rostlinné diverzity (PLADIAS) (Acronym: PLADIAS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

CHYTRÝ, Milan, Tomáš DRAŽIL, Michal HÁJEK, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, Zdenka PREISLEROVÁ, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Karol UJHÁZY, Irena AXMANOVÁ, Dana BERNÁTOVÁ, Drahoš BLANÁR, Martin DANČÁK, Pavel DŘEVOJAN, Karel FAJMON, Dobromil GALVÁNEK, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Tomáš HERBEN, Richard HRIVNÁK, Štěpán JANEČEK, Monika JANIŠOVÁ, Šárka JIRÁSKÁ, Ján KLIMENT, Judita KOCHJAROVÁ, Jan LEPŠ, Anna LESKOVJANSKÁ, Kristina MERUNKOVÁ, Jan MLÁDEK, Michal SLEZÁK, Ján ŠEFFER, Viera ŠEFFEROVÁ, Iveta ŠKODOVÁ, Jana UHLÍŘOVÁ, Mariana UJHÁZYOVÁ and Marie VYMAZALOVÁ. The most species-rich plant communities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (with new world records). Preslia. Praha: Česká botanická společnost, 2015, vol. 87, No 3, p. 217-278. ISSN 0032-7786.

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CHYTRÝ, Milan, Tomáš DRAŽIL, Michal HÁJEK, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, Zdenka PREISLEROVÁ, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Karol UJHÁZY, Irena AXMANOVÁ, Dana BERNÁTOVÁ, Drahoš BLANÁR, Martin DANČÁK, Pavel DŘEVOJAN, Karel FAJMON, Dobromil GALVÁNEK, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Tomáš HERBEN, Richard HRIVNÁK, Štěpán JANEČEK, Monika JANIŠOVÁ, Šárka JIRÁSKÁ, Ján KLIMENT, Judita KOCHJAROVÁ, Jan LEPŠ, Anna LESKOVJANSKÁ, Kristina MERUNKOVÁ, Jan MLÁDEK, Michal SLEZÁK, Ján ŠEFFER, Viera ŠEFFEROVÁ, Iveta ŠKODOVÁ, Jana UHLÍŘOVÁ, Mariana UJHÁZYOVÁ and Marie VYMAZALOVÁ. The most species-rich plant communities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (with new world records). \textit{Preslia}. Praha: Česká botanická společnost, 2015, vol.~87, No~3, p.~217-278. ISSN~0032-7786.

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