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2023
Classification of European oak-hornbeam forests and related vegetation types
NOVÁK, Pavel, Wolfgang WILLNER, Idoia BIURRUN, Hamid GHOLIZADEH, Thilo HEINKEN et. al.Basic information
Original name
Classification of European oak-hornbeam forests and related vegetation types
Authors
NOVÁK, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Wolfgang WILLNER, Idoia BIURRUN, Hamid GHOLIZADEH, Thilo HEINKEN, Ute JANDT, Jozef KOLLÁR, Maria KOZHEVNIKOVA, Alireza NAQINEZHAD, Viktor ONYSHCHENKO, Remigiusz PIELECH, Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS, Pavel SHIROKIKH, Kiril VASSILEV, Thomas WOHLGEMUTH, Martin VEČEŘA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Applied Vegetation Science, Hoboken, Wiley, 2023, 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 in 2022
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/23:00134093
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000946286800001
Keywords in English
biogeography; Carpinetalia betuli; Europe; expert system; habitat; oak-hornbeam forest; phytosociology; syntaxonomy; vegetation classification; vegetation-plot database
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 20/6/2023 15:57, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Aims: Oak-hornbeam forests and related vegetation types (phytosociological order Carpinetalia betuli) are widespread in temperate western Eurasia. However, their national classification systems are poorly compatible, and a broad-scale classification based on numerical analyses is lacking. Therefore, we aimed to establish a unified formalized classification system based on a large data set of vegetation plots covering the entire range of these forests. Location: Europe, Anatolia, Caucasus and northern Iran. Methods: We compiled a data set of 15,817 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive and the Hyrcanian Forest Vegetation Database, using the formal definition of the EUNIS habitat type T1E Carpinus and Quercus mesic deciduous forest. We classified the data set using TWINSPAN. Biogeographically and ecologically similar plot clusters were merged into oak-hornbeam forest types, which were interpreted as alliances. We also developed expert systems for automatically classifying vegetation at the alliance level for both the EuroVegChecklist (EVC) system and the revised classification. In addition, we calculated ordinations to show the major gradients in the species composition of the data set. Results: We present a revised classification system of the order Carpinetalia betuli with nine alliances, including basic descriptions of their species composition, distribution, ecology and syntaxonomy. The analyses largely supported the biogeographic concept of classification, analogous to EVC. Compared to EVC, we recognized an additional alliance Physospermo verticillati-Quercion cerridis (southern Italy) but found no support for the alliances Astrantio-Carpinion, Erythronio-Carpinion and Scillo-Quercion. The greatest difference in species composition was found between the southern and northern-northeastern Carpinetalia types. Expert systems for the revised classification system (similar to 89% of plots classified) and the EVC system (similar to 72%) are also included. Conclusions: We provide the first comprehensive overview of alliances of the order Carpinetalia betuli across its whole distribution range. The associated expert systems allow consistent application of the classification of these forests in nature conservation, habitat monitoring, and biodiversity and ecological research.
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