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Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe

PREISLEROVÁ, Zdenka, Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Ladislav MUCINA, Christian BERG, Gianmaria BONARI et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe

Authors

PREISLEROVÁ, Zdenka (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Ladislav MUCINA (40 Austria), Christian BERG, Gianmaria BONARI (380 Italy), Anna KUZEMKO (804 Ukraine, belonging to the institution), Flavia LANDUCCI (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Corrado MARCENO' (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Tiago MONTEIRO-HENRIQUES, Pavel NOVÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Denys VYNOKUROV (804 Ukraine, belonging to the institution), Erwin BERGMEIER, Jürgen DENGLER, Iva APOSTOLOVA (100 Bulgaria), Frederic BIORET, Idoia BIURRUN, Juan Antonio CAMPOS, Jorge CAPELO, Andraž ČARNI (705 Slovenia), Suleyman COBAN, János CSIKY, Mirjana ĆUK, Renata ĆUŠTEREVSKA, Fred J. A. DANIËLS, Michele DE SANCTIS, Yakiv DIDUKH, Daniel DÍTĚ (703 Slovakia), Giuliano FANELLI, Yaroslav GOLOVANOV, Valentin GOLUB, Riccardo GUARINO, Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dmytro IAKUSHENKO (804 Ukraine), Adrian INDREICA, Florian JANSEN, Anni JAŠKOVÁ (246 Finland, belonging to the institution), Martin JIROUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ali KAVGACI, Ilya KUCHEROV, Filip KUZMIČ, Maria LEBEDEVA, Javier LOIDI, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tatiana LYSENKO, Djordjije MILANOVIČ, Viktor ONYSHCHENKO, Gwenhael PERRIN, Tomáš PETERKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS, Maria Pilar RODRIGUEZ-ROJO, John S. RODWELL, Solvita RUSINA, Daniel SÁNCHEZ-MATA, Joop H. J. SCHAMINÉE, Yuri SEMENISHCHENKOV, Nikolay SHEVCHENKO, Jozef ŠIBÍK (703 Slovakia), Željko ŠKVORC, Viktor SMAGIN, Danijela STEŠEVIĆ, Vladimir STUPAR, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Jean-Paul THEURILLAT, Elena TIKHONOVA, Rossen TZONEV, Milan VALACHOVIČ (703 Slovakia), Kiril VASSILEV (100 Bulgaria), Wolfgang WILLNER (40 Austria), Sergey YAMALOV, Martin VEČEŘA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Applied Vegetation Science, Hoboken, Wiley, 2022, 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: 2.800

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00129153

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000774733000008

Keywords in English

alliance; distribution; Europe; EuroVegChecklist; map; phytosociology; syntaxon; vegetation survey; vegetation type

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 11/3/2023 07:44, prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Aim The first comprehensive checklist of European phytosociological alliances, orders and classes (EuroVegChecklist) was published by Mucina et al. (2016, Applied Vegetation Science, 19 (Suppl. 1), 3-264). However, this checklist did not contain detailed information on the distribution of individual vegetation types. Here we provide the first maps of all alliances in Europe. Location Europe, Greenland, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cyprus and the Caucasus countries. Methods We collected data on the occurrence of phytosociological alliances in European countries and regions from literature and vegetation-plot databases. We interpreted and complemented these data using the expert knowledge of an international team of vegetation scientists and matched all the previously reported alliance names and concepts with those of the EuroVegChecklist. We then mapped the occurrence of the EuroVegChecklist alliances in 82 territorial units corresponding to countries, large islands, archipelagos and peninsulas. We subdivided the mainland parts of large or biogeographically heterogeneous countries based on the European biogeographical regions. Specialized alliances of coastal habitats were mapped only for the coastal section of each territorial unit. Results Distribution maps were prepared for 1,105 alliances of vascular-plant dominated vegetation reported in the EuroVegChecklist. For each territorial unit, three levels of occurrence probability were plotted on the maps: (a) verified occurrence; (b) uncertain occurrence; and (c) absence. The maps of individual alliances were complemented by summary maps of the number of alliances and the alliance-area relationship. Distribution data are also provided in a spreadsheet. Conclusions The new map series represents the first attempt to characterize the distribution of all vegetation types at the alliance level across Europe. There are still many knowledge gaps, partly due to a lack of data for some regions and partly due to uncertainties in the definition of some alliances. The maps presented here provide a basis for future research aimed at filling these gaps.

Links

GX19-28491X, research and development project
Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation