Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune
vegetation

J 2018

Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation

MARCENÓ, Corrado, Riccardo GUARINO, Javier LOIDI, Mercedes HERRERA, Maike ISERMANN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation

Authors

MARCENÓ, Corrado (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Riccardo GUARINO (380 Italy), Javier LOIDI (724 Spain), Mercedes HERRERA (724 Spain), Maike ISERMANN (276 Germany), Ilona KNOLLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Rossen T. TZONEV (100 Bulgaria), Alicia Teresa Rosario ACOSTA (380 Italy), Úna FITZPATRICK (372 Ireland), Dmytro IAKUSHENKO (616 Poland), John A. M. JANSSEN (528 Netherlands), Francisco De Borja JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ (724 Spain, belonging to the institution), Zygmunt Walerian KACKI (616 Poland), Iva KEIZER-SEDLAKOVÁ (528 Netherlands), Vitaliy KOLOMIYCHUK (804 Ukraine), John S. RODWELL (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Joop H. J. SCHAMINÉE (528 Netherlands), Urban ŠILC (705 Slovenia) and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Applied Vegetation Science, Wiley, 2018, 1402-2001

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.568

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101643

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12379

UT WoS

000442660900015

Keywords in English

Ammophiletea; biogeography; expert system; Honckenyo-Elymetea; Koelerio-Corynephoretea canescentis; phytosociology; sand dune; vegetation classification

Abstract

V originále

Aims: Although many phytosociological studies have provided detailed local and regional descriptions of coastal dune vegetation, a unified classification of this vegetation in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin has been missing. Our aim is to produce a formalized classification of this vegetation and to identify the main factors driving its plant species composition at a continental scale. LocationAtlantic and Baltic coasts of Europe, Mediterranean Basin and the Black Sea region. - Methods: We compiled a database of 30,759 plots of coastal vegetation, which were resampled to reduce unbalanced sampling effort, obtaining a data set of 11,769 plots. We classified these plots with TWINSPAN, interpreted the resulting clusters and used them for developing formal definitions of phytosociological alliances of coastal dune vegetation, which were included in an expert system for automatic vegetation classification. We related the alliances to climatic factors and described their biogeographic features and their position in the coastal vegetation zonation. We examined and visualized the floristic relationships among these alliances by means of DCA ordination. - Results: We defined 18 alliances of coastal dune vegetation, including the newly described Centaureo cuneifoliae-Verbascion pinnatifidi from the Aegean region. The main factors underlying the differentiation of these alliances were biogeographic and macroclimatic contrasts between the Atlantic-Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, along with ecological differences between shifting and stable dunes. The main difference in species composition was between the Atlantic-Baltic and Mediterranean-Black Sea regions. Within the former region, the main difference was driven by the different ecological conditions between shifting and stable dunes, whereas within the latter, the main difference was biogeographic between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. - Conclusions: The first formal classification of the European coastal dune vegetation was established, accompanied by an expert system containing the formal definitions of alliances, which can be applied to new data sets. The new classification system critically revised the previous concepts and integrated them into a consistent framework, which reflects the main gradients in species composition driven by biogeographic influences, macroclimate and the position of the sites in the coast-inland zonation of the dune systems. A revision of the class concept used in EuroVegChecklist is also proposed.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

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

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

MARCENÓ, Corrado, Riccardo GUARINO, Javier LOIDI, Mercedes HERRERA, Maike ISERMANN, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Rossen T. TZONEV, Alicia Teresa Rosario ACOSTA, Úna FITZPATRICK, Dmytro IAKUSHENKO, John A. M. JANSSEN, Francisco De Borja JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Zygmunt Walerian KACKI, Iva KEIZER-SEDLAKOVÁ, Vitaliy KOLOMIYCHUK, John S. RODWELL, Joop H. J. SCHAMINÉE, Urban ŠILC and Milan CHYTRÝ. Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science. Wiley, 2018, vol. 21, No 3, p. 533-559. ISSN 1402-2001. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12379.

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MARCENÓ, Corrado, Riccardo GUARINO, Javier LOIDI, Mercedes HERRERA, Maike ISERMANN, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Rossen T. TZONEV, Alicia Teresa Rosario ACOSTA, Úna FITZPATRICK, Dmytro IAKUSHENKO, John A. M. JANSSEN, Francisco De Borja JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Zygmunt Walerian KACKI, Iva KEIZER-SEDLAKOVÁ, Vitaliy KOLOMIYCHUK, John S. RODWELL, Joop H. J. SCHAMINÉE, Urban ŠILC and Milan CHYTRÝ. Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation. \textit{Applied Vegetation Science}. Wiley, 2018, vol.~21, No~3, p.~533-559. ISSN~1402-2001. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12379.

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