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2021
Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification
KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika, Kryštof CHYTRÝ, Claudia BITA-NICOLAE, Francesco BRACCO, Xavier FONT et. al.Basic information
Original name
Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification
Authors
KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Kryštof CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Claudia BITA-NICOLAE, Francesco BRACCO, Xavier FONT, Dmytro IAKUSHENKO, Zygmunt KACKI, Helmut KUDRNOVSKY, Flavia LANDUCCI (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Pavel LUSTYK (203 Czech Republic), Dordije MILANOVIC, Jozef SIBIK, Urban SILC, Aldona K. UZIEBLO, Mariacristina VILLANI and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Applied Vegetation Science, Hoboken, Wiley, 2021, 1402-2001
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.431
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/21:00118834
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000603152900001
Keywords in English
association; Europe; phytosociology; riparian vegetation; river gravel bars; syntaxonomy; threatened habitat; vegetation classification; vegetation database; vegetation succession
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 18/3/2021 14:09, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Aims River gravel bars are endangered habitats in Europe. However, classification schemes of their vegetation and habitat types differ among European countries, and they are even ignored in some national schemes. This causes problems in conservation planning, monitoring and management. Hence we aimed at building the first unified vegetation classification for river gravel-bar habitats across European mountain systems. Location Europe. Methods In total 4,769 vegetation plot records of river gravel-bar plant communities were collected from national, regional or private databases, digitized from the literature and newly collected in the field. A hierarchical classification expert system with formal definitions of vegetation types was created. The definitions combined the criteria of presence or cover of groups of species with similar ecology or single species narrowly specialized to a particular gravel-bar habitat. The TWINSPAN classification was applied to early-successional vegetation types to check whether the classification based on formal definitions was supported by the results of unsupervised classification. Similarity patterns among vegetation types were visualized using the detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) ordination. Results Early-successional and scrub gravel-bar vegetation types were respectively classified into two classes: Thlaspietea rotundifolii and Salicetea purpureae. Eleven associations and four alliances (Calamagrostion pseudophragmitae, Epilobion fleischeri, Salicion cantabricae and Salicion eleagno-daphnoidis) were defined formally. Based on a critical revision, some associations or alliances defined in the previous literature were merged or discarded. The main gradient in variability within the gravel-bar vegetation is connected with the altitudinal gradient, biogeographical variation, local hydromorphological processes and various successional changes. Conclusions The first unified and formalized classification system of the European mountain river gravel-bar vegetation was created, and species composition, ecology and distribution of these types were characterized. The syntaxonomical nomenclature of these types was checked and revised. This study provides a base for conservation planning of these threatened and rapidly disappearing habitats.
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