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@article{1730960,
author = {Kalníková, Veronika and Chytrý, Kryštof and BitaandNicolae, Claudia and Bracco, Francesco and Font, Xavier and Iakushenko, Dmytro and Kacki, Zygmunt and Kudrnovsky, Helmut and Landucci, Flavia and Lustyk, Pavel and Milanovic, Dordije and Sibik, Jozef and Silc, Urban and Uzieblo, Aldona K. and Villani, Mariacristina and Chytrý, Milan},
article_location = {Hoboken},
article_number = {1},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12542},
keywords = {association; Europe; phytosociology; riparian vegetation; river gravel bars; syntaxonomy; threatened habitat; vegetation classification; vegetation database; vegetation succession},
language = {eng},
issn = {1402-2001},
journal = {Applied Vegetation Science},
title = {Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12542},
volume = {24},
year = {2021}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1730960
AU - Kalníková, Veronika - Chytrý, Kryštof - Bita-Nicolae, Claudia - Bracco, Francesco - Font, Xavier - Iakushenko, Dmytro - Kacki, Zygmunt - Kudrnovsky, Helmut - Landucci, Flavia - Lustyk, Pavel - Milanovic, Dordije - Sibik, Jozef - Silc, Urban - Uzieblo, Aldona K. - Villani, Mariacristina - Chytrý, Milan
PY - 2021
TI - Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification
JF - Applied Vegetation Science
VL - 24
IS - 1
SP - "e12542"
EP - "e12542"
PB - Wiley
SN - 14022001
KW - association
KW - Europe
KW - phytosociology
KW - riparian vegetation
KW - river gravel bars
KW - syntaxonomy
KW - threatened habitat
KW - vegetation classification
KW - vegetation database
KW - vegetation succession
UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12542
L2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12542
N2 - 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.
ER -
KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika, Kryštof CHYTRÝ, Claudia BITA-NICOLAE, Francesco BRACCO, Xavier FONT, Dmytro IAKUSHENKO, Zygmunt KACKI, Helmut KUDRNOVSKY, Flavia LANDUCCI, Pavel LUSTYK, Dordije MILANOVIC, Jozef SIBIK, Urban SILC, Aldona K. UZIEBLO, Mariacristina VILLANI and Milan CHYTRÝ. Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification. \textit{Applied Vegetation Science}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021, vol.~24, No~1, p.~''e12542'', 27 pp. ISSN~1402-2001. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12542.
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