MIDOLO, Gabriele, Irena AXMANOVÁ, Jan DIVÍŠEK, Pavel DŘEVOJAN, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Martin VEČEŘA, Dirk Nikolaus KARGER, Wilfried THUILLER, Helge BRUELHEIDE, Svetlana ACIC, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Steffen BOCH, Gianmaria BONARI, Andraz CARNI, Alessandro CHIARUCCI, Renata CUSTEREVSKA, Juergen DENGLER, Tetiana DZIUBA, Emmanuel GARBOLINO, Ute JANDT, Jonathan LENOIR, Corrado MARCENO, Solvita RUSINA, Jozef SIBIK, Zeljko SKVORC, Zvjezdana STANCIC, Milica STANISIC-VUJACIC, Jens-Christian SVENNING, Grzegorz SWACHA, Kiril VASSILEV and Milan CHYTRÝ. Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science. HOBOKEN: International Association for Vegetation Science, Wiley, 2024, vol. 35, No 1, p. "e13229", 15 pp. ISSN 1100-9233. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229.
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Original name Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation
Authors MIDOLO, Gabriele (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan DIVÍŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel DŘEVOJAN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin VEČEŘA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dirk Nikolaus KARGER, Wilfried THUILLER, Helge BRUELHEIDE, Svetlana ACIC, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Steffen BOCH, Gianmaria BONARI, Andraz CARNI, Alessandro CHIARUCCI, Renata CUSTEREVSKA, Juergen DENGLER, Tetiana DZIUBA, Emmanuel GARBOLINO, Ute JANDT, Jonathan LENOIR, Corrado MARCENO, Solvita RUSINA, Jozef SIBIK, Zeljko SKVORC, Zvjezdana STANCIC, Milica STANISIC-VUJACIC, Jens-Christian SVENNING, Grzegorz SWACHA, Kiril VASSILEV and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of Vegetation Science, HOBOKEN, International Association for Vegetation Science, Wiley, 2024, 1100-9233.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.800 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229
UT WoS 001157157500001
Keywords in English annual plant; growth form; plant functional trait; plant life span; shrub; species richness; tree
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
AimsThe Raunki AE r's system classifies vascular plants into life forms based on the position of renewal buds during periods unfavourable for plant growth. Despite the importance of Raunki AE r's system for ecological research, a study exploring the diversity and distribution of life forms on a continental scale is missing. We aim to (i) map the diversity and distribution of life forms in European vegetation and (ii) test for effects of bioclimatic variables while controlling for habitat-specific responses.LocationEurope.MethodsWe used data on life forms of 8883 species recorded in 546,501 vegetation plots of different habitats (forest, grassland, scrub and wetland). For each plot, we calculated: (i) the proportion of species of each life form and (ii) the richness and evenness of life forms. We mapped these plot-level metrics averaged across 50 km x 50 km grid cells and modelled their response to bioclimatic variables.ResultsHemicryptophytes were the most widespread life form, especially in the temperate zone of Central Europe. Conversely, therophyte and chamaephyte species were more common in the Mediterranean as well as in the dry temperate regions. Moreover, chamaephytes were also more common in the boreal and arctic zones. Higher proportions of phanerophytes were found in the Mediterranean. Overall, a higher richness of life forms was found at lower latitudes while evenness showed more spatially heterogeneous patterns. Habitat type was the main discriminator for most of the responses analysed, but several moisture-related predictors still showed a marked effect on the diversity of therophytes and chamaephytes.ConclusionsOur maps can be used as a tool for future biogeographic and macro-ecological research at a continental scale. Habitat type and bioclimatic conditions are key for regulating the diversity and distribution of plant life forms, with concomitant consequences for the response of functional diversity in European vegetation to global environmental changes.
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