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Alien flora on walls in southern and western Moravia

SIMONOVÁ, Deana

Basic information

Original name

Alien flora on walls in southern and western Moravia

Name in Czech

Nepůvodní flóra na zdech jižní a západní Moravy

Authors

SIMONOVÁ, Deana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Leiden, Nizozemí, Plant Invasions: Human perception, ecological impacts and management, p. 317-332, 16 pp. 2008

Publisher

Backhuys Publishers

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00024942

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

9783823615286

Keywords in English

alien species; wall flora

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 8/10/2008 10:32, Mgr. Deana Láníková, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Walls are specific man-made habitats, typical of human settlements and exposed to strong antropogenous influences. Nevertheless, they provide new ecological niches and can be occupied by different types of synanthropic vegetation. Colonization of walls by vascular plants strongly depends on the availability of diaspores from the surrounding ruderal or semi-natural vegetation types. This study focuses on the wall vegetation in southern and western Moravia, Czech Republic. In total, species composition of 302 plots was recorded on vertical and horizontal wall surfaces in villages, towns and on castle ruins together with the information about local conditions, walls surroundings and macroclimate. Altogether, 288 species of vascular plants and 39 bryophytes were recorded. Flora of the studied walls included 40 % of alien species. Compared with the representation of alien species on walls reported from other parts of the Czech Republic, this proportion is rather high and results from presence of several garden-escapes, deliberate introductions by man for ornamental purposes and higher annual temperature in the study area. The representation of archaeophytes was 24 % and the most common species were Chelidonium majus, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Bromus sterilis, Ballota nigra and Sonchus oleraceus. Neophytes made up 16 % of the total species number and the most frequent species were Conyza canadensis, Syringa vulgaris, Sisymbrium loeselii, Erigeron annuus and Sedum spurium. The ratio of native species, archaeophytes and neophytes was assessed with regard to the wall microhabitats, type of human settlement and altitudinal gradient in the study region. Moreover, the composition of families, life forms, life strategies and dispersal strategies of plants colonizing walls was described. The relationship between species composition and enviromental factors was analyzed with canonical correspondence analysis.

In Czech

Na zdech jižní a západní Moravy bylo ve 302 fytocenologických snímcích zaznamenáno 288 druhů cévnatých rostlin. Nepůvodní druhy tvořily celkem 40%, z nichž 24 % bylo archeofytů a 16 % neofytů. Zastoupení archeofytů a neofytů bylo zkoumáno z hlediska typu stanoviště (horizontální koruna vs. vertikální stěna zdi)a typu sídla (vesnice, město, hradní zřícenina). Významný vliv na výskyt nepůvodních druhů na zdech měla nadmořská výška.

Links

GA206/05/0020, research and development project
Name: Vegetace České republiky: formalizovaná typizace, monografie a expertní systém
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Vegetation of the Czech Republic: formalized typology, monograph and expert system
MSM0021622416, plan (intention)
Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time