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2021
Classification of forest and shrubland vegetation in Mediterranean Turkey
KAVGACI, Ali, Neslihan BALPINAR, Hafize Handan ÖNER, Münevver ARSLAN, Gianmaria BONARI et. al.Basic information
Original name
Classification of forest and shrubland vegetation in Mediterranean Turkey
Authors
KAVGACI, Ali, Neslihan BALPINAR, Hafize Handan ÖNER, Münevver ARSLAN, Gianmaria BONARI (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Andraž ČARNI
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/00216224:14310/21:00119073
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000667075000010
Keywords in English
coniferous forest; deciduous forest; garrigue; macchia; Mediterranean; numerical analysis; phrygana; plant communities; shrubland; Turkey; vegetation-plot database; vegetation types
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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 19/7/2021 10:37, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Questions What are the main vegetation types of forest and shrubland vegetation at the alliance level in Mediterranean Turkey? What is their syntaxonomical position? Can we integrate them into the European vegetation classification system? Which environmental factors are the main drivers of the floristic differentiation of vegetation types? Location Southern and western Turkey. Methods We collected 4,717 vegetation plots of forest and shrubland vegetation in Mediterranean Turkey and performed an unsupervised classification of this data set. We described vegetation types based on the classification results, expert knowledge and information from the literature. We defined diagnostic species and prepared distribution maps for each vegetation type. To support the interpretation of the vegetation types, we determined the most important environmental variables using canonical correspondence analysis. Results The studied vegetation was divided into 21 types related to three vegetation belts: (a) thermo- and meso-mediterranean, comprising coniferous (Pinus brutia, Pinus pinea) and sclerophyllous forests, as well as macchia, garrigue and phrygana; (b) supra-mediterranean, comprising Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana forests, thermophilous deciduous forests dominated by various oak species and Ostrya carpinifolia, and forests dominated by temperate species such as Fagus orientalis; and (c) oro-mediterranean, comprising forests and shrublands dominated by Abies cilicica, Cedrus libani, Juniperus excelsa and Juniperus communis subsp. nana. Elevation was identified as the main environmental driver of the vegetation pattern. Among climatic variables, the most important are the mean temperatures (annual and of driest, coldest, and warmest quarters), minimum temperature of winter, precipitation of warmest and driest quarters and precipitation seasonality. These factors indicate the decreasing effect of the Mediterranean climate with increasing elevation. Conclusions The vegetation of Mediterranean Turkey is arranged along climatic gradients depending on elevation and the distance from the Mediterranean Sea. Most vegetation types in this area correspond to the syntaxa accepted in EuroVegChecklist, while others were described as new.
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