Arcto-alpine species at their niche margin: The Western
Carpathian refugia of Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis in
Slovakia

J 2017

Arcto-alpine species at their niche margin: The Western Carpathian refugia of Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis in Slovakia

DÍTĚ, Daniel, Tomáš PETERKA, Zuzana DÍTĚTOVÁ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Michal HÁJEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Arcto-alpine species at their niche margin: The Western Carpathian refugia of Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis in Slovakia

Authors

DÍTĚ, Daniel (703 Slovakia), Tomáš PETERKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zuzana DÍTĚTOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Petra HÁJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Annales Botanici Fennici, Helsinki, Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, 2017, 0003-3847

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Finland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.872

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094676

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000402048600011

Keywords in English

relicts; vegetation; wetlands

Abstract

V originále

Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis are umbrella species of moist calcareous tundra and arctic-alpine initial fens (the Caricion atrofusco-saxatilis alliance), considered to be glacial relicts in the central-European Mts. Here we report new findings from the Western Carpathians (Slovakia). We analysed species composition of plant communities with the target Juncus species in a wide geographical context, using 20 available vegetation-plot records from the Carpathians, 711 records from other European regions, and formal definitions of fen alliances taken from a pan-European vegetation synthesis. The first gradient of non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) differentiated alpine and arctic samples. The second principal gradient between Caricion atrofusco-saxatilis and other vegetation types was of similar importance. Records from the Western Carpathians assumed a marginal position in the gradient space, while records from the Eastern Carpathians (Romania) appeared to be similar to those from the Alps. Generally, Carpathian records did not match the formal definition of the Caricion atrofusco-saxatilis alliance. Although the arctic-alpine rush species persist occasionally in spring, fen and tundra microrefugia in the Carpathians, they do not belong in similar plant communities as in the Alps or in the Arctic.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

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

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

MUNI/A/1048/2015, interní kód MU

Name: Velkoplošná analýza druhové variability evropských biotopů, jejich holocénní vývoj a dynamika (Acronym: VADVEB)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

MUNI/A/1301/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Diverzita, dynamika a fylogenetické vztahy klíčových společenstev významných evropských biotopů (Acronym: DIDYF)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

DÍTĚ, Daniel, Tomáš PETERKA, Zuzana DÍTĚTOVÁ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ and Michal HÁJEK. Arcto-alpine species at their niche margin: The Western Carpathian refugia of Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis in Slovakia. Annales Botanici Fennici. Helsinki: Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, 2017, vol. 54, 1-3, p. 67-82. ISSN 0003-3847.

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DÍTĚ, Daniel, Tomáš PETERKA, Zuzana DÍTĚTOVÁ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ and Michal HÁJEK. Arcto-alpine species at their niche margin: The Western Carpathian refugia of Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis in Slovakia. \textit{Annales Botanici Fennici}. Helsinki: Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, 2017, vol.~54, 1-3, p.~67-82. ISSN~0003-3847.

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