Diversity of beech forest vegetation in the Eastern Alps,
Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians

J 2016

Diversity of beech forest vegetation in the Eastern Alps, Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians

UJHÁZYOVÁ, Mariana, Karol UJHÁZY, Milan CHYTRÝ, Wolfgang WILLNER, Marek ČILIAK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Diversity of beech forest vegetation in the Eastern Alps, Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians

Name in Czech

Diverzita vegetace bučin ve Východních Alpách, Českém masivu a Západních Karpatech

Authors

UJHÁZYOVÁ, Mariana (703 Slovakia), Karol UJHÁZY (703 Slovakia), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Wolfgang WILLNER (40 Austria), Marek ČILIAK (703 Slovakia), František MÁLIŠ (703 Slovakia) and Michal SLEZÁK (703 Slovakia)

Edition

Preslia, PRAHA 2, Česká botanická společnost, 2016, 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

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.000

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00088675

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000392354200002

Keywords in English

altitude; bedrock; beta diversity; central Europe; Fagus sylvatica; spatial pattern; species pool; species richness

Abstract

V originále

This study compares species composition, local species richness, beta diversity and species pool of beech-dominated forests in three main mountain systems in central Europe. We used a recently compiled representative data set of 5946 vegetation plots recorded in the Eastern Alps, Bohemian Massif and Western Carpathians. Effects of bedrock type, region, altitude and spatial variables represented by PCNM (principal coordinates of neighbour matrices) axes were analyzed. All the predictor variables studied had highly significant effects on species composition. Effect of altitude was largely independent of effects of bedrock and regions, which shared the majority of explained variation in species composition. Spatial (PCNM) variables together accounted for the largest part of the variation in species composition. Communities on carbonate bedrock were differentiated by numerous calcicolous species. Within the group of silicate bedrock types, beech forests on volcanic rocks were differentiated by occurrence of a set of eutrophic and nitrophilous species. The Alps and the Carpathians were similar in species pool size, beta diversity and increasing species richness with altitude, which is related to extensive areas of carbonate bedrock at high altitudes in these mountain systems. The highest local species richness occurred at high altitudes in the Alps. Beech forests in the Alps were floristically well differentiated from the other regions by a group of species restricted to this region, which is probably a consequence of the postglacial migration history. Limited species richness and species pool were found to be typical of the Bohemian Massif; they seem to be partly linked to predominance of siliceous bedrock in this region and partly to the greater distance to beech-forest glacial refugia.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

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

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

UJHÁZYOVÁ, Mariana, Karol UJHÁZY, Milan CHYTRÝ, Wolfgang WILLNER, Marek ČILIAK, František MÁLIŠ and Michal SLEZÁK. Diversity of beech forest vegetation in the Eastern Alps, Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians. Preslia. PRAHA 2: Česká botanická společnost, 2016, vol. 88, No 4, p. 435-457. ISSN 0032-7786.

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UJHÁZYOVÁ, Mariana, Karol UJHÁZY, Milan CHYTRÝ, Wolfgang WILLNER, Marek ČILIAK, František MÁLIŠ and Michal SLEZÁK. Diversity of beech forest vegetation in the Eastern Alps, Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians. \textit{Preslia}. PRAHA 2: Česká botanická společnost, 2016, vol.~88, No~4, p.~435-457. ISSN~0032-7786.

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