Relict occurrences of boreal brown-moss quaking rich fens in
the Carpathians and adjacent territories

J 2018

Relict occurrences of boreal brown-moss quaking rich fens in the Carpathians and adjacent territories

PETERKA, Tomáš, Michal HÁJEK, Daniel DÍTĚ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Salza PALPURINA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Relict occurrences of boreal brown-moss quaking rich fens in the Carpathians and adjacent territories

Authors

PETERKA, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Daniel DÍTĚ (703 Slovakia), Petra HÁJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Salza PALPURINA (100 Bulgaria, belonging to the institution), Irina GOIA (642 Romania), Vít GRULICH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zuzana PLESKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Anna ŠÍMOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Táňa ŠTECHOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Folia Geobotanica, Springer, 2018, 1211-9520

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.046

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101387

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9318-3

UT WoS

000449764100003

Keywords in English

Classification; Macrofossil; Mires; Plant communities; Vegetation; Wetlands

Abstract

V originále

Quaking rich fens dominated by boreal semi-aquatic brown-mosses such as Scorpidium scorpioides and Calliergon trifarium are extremely rare in the Carpathians. These fens harbour endangered species persisting at few localities in the region. However, their phytosociological classification has not been sufficiently solved yet, because they lack Sphagnum species as well as calcicole species characteristic for the Caricion davallianae alliance. A recent pan-European synthesis on fen vegetation suggests that these fens belong to the Stygio-Caricion limosae alliance (boreal rich fen vegetation). The isolated occurrence of this alliance southward of the boreal zone and outside the Alps is rather exceptional and might represent a relict from an early post-glacial period. In this study, we compared phytosociological data for the Stygio-Caricion limosae alliance between Northern Europe and the Carpathians plus adjacent regions (the Bohemian Massif, the Dinaric Alps) using NMDS and cluster analysis. We found that the species composition of brown-moss quaking rich fens in Central and Southeastern Europe corresponds well with that in Northern Europe, confirming their assignment to Stygio-Caricion limosae. We further reconstructed the potential past distribution of the alliance in Czech Republic and Slovakia using available floristic and macrofossil data. Macrofossil data suggest that this vegetation type had been much more common in Central Europe and that today it persists only in ancient fens, showing the long-term stability of environmental conditions. The main causes of its present-day rarity are Middle-Holocene woodland phases in fens and recent water table decreases caused by anthropogenic deterioration of the water regime in the landscape.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

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

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

MUNI/A/0979/2017, interní kód MU

Name: Biondikace a vegetační typologie významných evropských biotopů (Acronym: BATEB)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

PETERKA, Tomáš, Michal HÁJEK, Daniel DÍTĚ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Salza PALPURINA, Irina GOIA, Vít GRULICH, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, Zuzana PLESKOVÁ, Anna ŠÍMOVÁ and Táňa ŠTECHOVÁ. Relict occurrences of boreal brown-moss quaking rich fens in the Carpathians and adjacent territories. Folia Geobotanica. Springer, 2018, vol. 53, No 3, p. 265-276. ISSN 1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9318-3.

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PETERKA, Tomáš, Michal HÁJEK, Daniel DÍTĚ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Salza PALPURINA, Irina GOIA, Vít GRULICH, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, Zuzana PLESKOVÁ, Anna ŠÍMOVÁ and Táňa ŠTECHOVÁ. Relict occurrences of boreal brown-moss quaking rich fens in the Carpathians and adjacent territories. \textit{Folia Geobotanica}. Springer, 2018, vol.~53, No~3, p.~265-276. ISSN~1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9318-3.

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