J 2023

Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0

DENGLER, J., F. JANSEN, O. CHUSOVA, E. HÜLLBUSCH, M.P. NOBIS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0

Authors

DENGLER, J. (guarantor), F. JANSEN, O. CHUSOVA, E. HÜLLBUSCH, M.P. NOBIS, K. VAN MEERBEEK, Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), H.H. BRUUN, Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), R. GUARINO, G. KARRER, K. MOEYS, T. RAUS, M.J. STEINBAUER, Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), T. TYLER, K. BATSATSASHVILI, C. BITA-NICOLAE, Y. DIDUKH, M. DIEKMANN, T. ENGLISCH, E. FERNÁNDEZ-PASCUAL, D. FRANK, U. GRAF, Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), S.D. JELASKA, B. JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, P. JULVE, G. NAKHUTSRISHVILI, W.A. OZINGA, E.-K. RUPRECHT, U. ŠILC, J.-P. THEURILLAT and F. GILLET

Edition

Vegetation Classification and Survey, Pensoft Publishers, 2023, 2683-0671

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

Bulgaria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130778

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

001219275100002

Keywords in English

bioindication; ecological indicator value; Ellenberg indicator value; Europe; light; moisture; niche position; niche width; nitrogen; pH; temperature; vascular plant

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 27/6/2024 11:17, Mgr. Michal Petr

Abstract

V originále

Aims: To develop a consistent ecological indicator value system for Europe for five of the main plant niche dimensions: soil moisture (M), soil nitrogen (N), soil reaction (R), light (L) and temperature (T). Study area: Europe (and closely adjacent regions). Methods: We identified 31 indicator value systems for vascular plants in Europe that contained assessments on at least one of the five aforementioned niche dimensions. We rescaled the indicator values of each dimension to a continuous scale, in which 0 represents the minimum and 10 the maximum value present in Europe. Taxon names were harmonised to the Euro+Med Plantbase. For each of the five dimensions, we calculated European values for niche position and niche width by combining the values from the individual EIV systems. Using T values as an example, we externally validated our European indicator values against the median of bioclimatic conditions for global occurrence data of the taxa. Results: In total, we derived European indicator values of niche position and niche width for 14,835 taxa (14,714 for M, 13,748 for N, 14,254 for R, 14,054 for L, 14,496 for T). Relating the obtained values for temperature niche position to the bioclimatic data of species yielded a higher correlation than any of the original EIV systems (r = 0.859). The database: The newly developed Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0, together with all source systems, is available in a flexible, harmonised open access database. Conclusions: EIVE is the most comprehensive ecological indicator value system for European vascular plants to date. The uniform interval scales for niche position and niche width provide new possibilities for ecological and macroecological analyses of vegetation patterns. The developed workflow and documentation will facilitate the future release of updated and expanded versions of EIVE, which may for example include the addition of further taxonomic groups, additional niche dimensions, external validation or regionalisation. Abbreviations: EIV = Ecological indicator value; EIVE = Ecological Indicator Values for Europe; EVA = European Vegetation Archive; GBIF = Global Biodiversity Information Facility; i = index for taxa; j = index for EIV systems; L = ecological indicator for light; M = ecological indicator for moisture; N = ecological indicator for nitrogen availability; R = ecological indicator for reaction; T = ecological indicator for temperature.