A higher-level classification of the Pannonian and western
Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe)

J 2017

A higher-level classification of the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe)

WILLNER, Wolfgang, Anna KUZEMKO, Jürgen DENGLER, Milan CHYTRÝ, Norbert BAUER et. al.

Basic information

Original name

A higher-level classification of the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe)

Authors

WILLNER, Wolfgang (40 Austria), Anna KUZEMKO (804 Ukraine), Jürgen DENGLER (276 Germany), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Norbert BAUER (348 Hungary), Thomas BECKER (276 Germany), Claudia BITA-NICOLAE (642 Romania), Zoltán BOTTA-DUKÁT (348 Hungary), Andraz CARNI (705 Slovenia), Janos CSIKY (348 Hungary), Ruzica IGIC (688 Serbia), Zygmunt Walerian KACKI (616 Poland), Iryna KOROTCHENKO (804 Ukraine), Matthias KROPF (40 Austria), Mirjana KRSTIVOJEVIC-CUK (688 Serbia), Daniel KRSTONOSIC (191 Croatia), Tamas REDEI (348 Hungary), Eszter RUPRECHT (642 Romania), Luise SCHRATT-EHRENDORFER (40 Austria), Yuri SEMENISHCHENKOV (643 Russian Federation), Zvjezdana STANCIC (191 Croatia), Yulia VASHENYAK (804 Ukraine), Denys VYNOKUROV (804 Ukraine) and Monika JANIŠOVÁ (703 Slovakia)

Edition

Applied Vegetation Science, NJ USA, Wiley, 2017, 1402-2001

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.331

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095238

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12265

UT WoS

000396473500015

Keywords in English

Brometalia erecti; Diagnostic species; Dry grassland; Festucetalia valesiacae; Festuco- Brometea; Galietalia veri; Phytosociology; Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis; Syntaxonomy; TWINSPAN; Vegetation-plot database

Abstract

V originále

Questions: What are the main floristic patterns in the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands? What are the diagnostic species of the major subdivisions of the class Festuco-Brometea (temperate Euro-Siberian dry and semi-dry grasslands)? - Location: Carpathian Basin (E Austria, SE Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, N Croatia and N Serbia), Ukraine, S Poland and the Bryansk region of WRussia. - Methods: We applied a geographically stratified resampling to a large set of releves containing at least one indicator species of steppe grasslands. The resulting data set of 17 993 releves was classified using the TWINSPAN algorithm.We identified groups of clusters that corresponded to the class Festuco-Brometea. After excluding releves not belonging to our target class, we applied a consensus of three fidelity measures, also taking into account external knowledge, to establish the diagnostic species of the orders of the class. The original TWINSPAN divisionswere revised on the basis of these diagnostic species. - Results: The TWINSPAN classification revealed soilmoisture as themost important environmental factor. Eight out of 16 TWINSPAN groups corresponded to Festuco-Brometea. A total of 80, 32 and 58 species were accepted as diagnostic for the orders Brometalia erecti, Festucetalia valesiacae and Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis, respectively. In the further subdivision of the orders, soil conditions, geographic distribution and altitude could be identified as factors driving the major floristic patterns. - Conclusions: We propose the following classification of the Festuco-Brometea in our study area: (1) Brometalia erecti (semi-dry grasslands) with Scabioso ochroleucae-Poion angustifoliae (steppe meadows of the forest zone of E Europe) and Cirsio- Brachypodion pinnati (meadow steppes on deep soils in the forest-steppe zone of E Central and E Europe); (2) Festucetalia valesiacae (grass steppes) with Festucion valesiacae (grass steppes on less developed soils in the forest-steppe zone of E Central and E Europe) and Stipion lessingianae (grass steppes in the steppe zone); (3) Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis (rocky steppes) with Asplenio septentrionalis-Festucion pallentis (rocky steppes on siliceous and intermediate soils), Bromo-Festucion pallentis (thermophilous rocky steppes on calcareous soils), Diantho-Seslerion (dealpine Sesleria caerulea grasslands of the Western Carpathians) and Seslerion rigidae (dealpine Sesleria rigida grasslands of the Romanian Carpathians).

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

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

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

WILLNER, Wolfgang, Anna KUZEMKO, Jürgen DENGLER, Milan CHYTRÝ, Norbert BAUER, Thomas BECKER, Claudia BITA-NICOLAE, Zoltán BOTTA-DUKÁT, Andraz CARNI, Janos CSIKY, Ruzica IGIC, Zygmunt Walerian KACKI, Iryna KOROTCHENKO, Matthias KROPF, Mirjana KRSTIVOJEVIC-CUK, Daniel KRSTONOSIC, Tamas REDEI, Eszter RUPRECHT, Luise SCHRATT-EHRENDORFER, Yuri SEMENISHCHENKOV, Zvjezdana STANCIC, Yulia VASHENYAK, Denys VYNOKUROV and Monika JANIŠOVÁ. A higher-level classification of the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe). Applied Vegetation Science. NJ USA: Wiley, 2017, vol. 20, No 1, p. 143-158. ISSN 1402-2001. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12265.

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N2  - Questions: What are the main floristic patterns in the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands? What are the diagnostic species of the major subdivisions of the class Festuco-Brometea (temperate Euro-Siberian dry and semi-dry grasslands)? - Location: Carpathian Basin (E Austria, SE Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, N Croatia and N Serbia), Ukraine, S Poland and the Bryansk region of WRussia. - Methods: We applied a geographically stratified resampling to a large set of releves containing at least one indicator species of steppe grasslands. The resulting data set of 17 993 releves was classified using the TWINSPAN algorithm.We identified groups of clusters that corresponded to the class Festuco-Brometea. After excluding releves not belonging to our target class, we applied a consensus of three fidelity measures, also taking into account external knowledge, to establish the diagnostic species of the orders of the class. The original TWINSPAN divisionswere revised on the basis of these diagnostic species. - Results: The TWINSPAN classification revealed soilmoisture as themost important environmental factor. Eight out of 16 TWINSPAN groups corresponded to Festuco-Brometea. A total of 80, 32 and 58 species were accepted as diagnostic for the orders Brometalia erecti, Festucetalia valesiacae and Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis, respectively. In the further subdivision of the orders, soil conditions, geographic distribution and altitude could be identified as factors driving the major floristic patterns. - Conclusions: We propose the following classification of the Festuco-Brometea in our study area: (1) Brometalia erecti (semi-dry grasslands) with Scabioso ochroleucae-Poion angustifoliae (steppe meadows of the forest zone of E Europe) and Cirsio- Brachypodion pinnati (meadow steppes on deep soils in the forest-steppe zone of E Central and E Europe); (2) Festucetalia valesiacae (grass steppes) with Festucion valesiacae (grass steppes on less developed soils in the forest-steppe zone of E Central and E Europe) and Stipion lessingianae (grass steppes in the steppe zone); (3) Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis (rocky steppes) with Asplenio septentrionalis-Festucion pallentis (rocky steppes on siliceous and intermediate soils), Bromo-Festucion pallentis (thermophilous rocky steppes on calcareous soils), Diantho-Seslerion (dealpine Sesleria caerulea grasslands of the Western Carpathians) and Seslerion rigidae (dealpine Sesleria rigida grasslands of the Romanian Carpathians).
ER  -

WILLNER, Wolfgang, Anna KUZEMKO, Jürgen DENGLER, Milan CHYTRÝ, Norbert BAUER, Thomas BECKER, Claudia BITA-NICOLAE, Zoltán BOTTA-DUKÁT, Andraz CARNI, Janos CSIKY, Ruzica IGIC, Zygmunt Walerian KACKI, Iryna KOROTCHENKO, Matthias KROPF, Mirjana KRSTIVOJEVIC-CUK, Daniel KRSTONOSIC, Tamas REDEI, Eszter RUPRECHT, Luise SCHRATT-EHRENDORFER, Yuri SEMENISHCHENKOV, Zvjezdana STANCIC, Yulia VASHENYAK, Denys VYNOKUROV and Monika JANIŠOVÁ. A higher-level classification of the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe). \textit{Applied Vegetation Science}. NJ USA: Wiley, 2017, vol.~20, No~1, p.~143-158. ISSN~1402-2001. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12265.

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