J. Schrautzer, H. Bork, Lydia Christ, Nadja El-Balti, T. Martens, Max Kempke, Clemens von Scheffer, I. Unkel
{"title":"Classification, ecological characterization and development of montane mires (Kleinwalsertal, Austria)","authors":"J. Schrautzer, H. Bork, Lydia Christ, Nadja El-Balti, T. Martens, Max Kempke, Clemens von Scheffer, I. Unkel","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0307","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49394677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Novák, Dominik Zukal, Veronika Kalníková, K. Chytrý, A. Kavgacı
{"title":"Ecology and syntaxonomy of Colchic forests in south-western Georgia (Caucasus region)","authors":"P. Novák, Dominik Zukal, Veronika Kalníková, K. Chytrý, A. Kavgacı","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46267990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Czerwik-Marcinkowska, A. Wojciechowska, T. Mrozińska, A. Wojtal
{"title":"Algal diversity and community composition of peat bogs in Poland (Central Europe)","authors":"J. Czerwik-Marcinkowska, A. Wojciechowska, T. Mrozińska, A. Wojtal","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0278","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45754680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bonari Gianmaria, Ilona Knollová, P. Vlčková, F. Xystrakis, S. Çoban, C. Sağlam, Y. Didukh, S. Hennekens, A. Acosta, C. Angiolini, E. Bergmeier, Andrea Bertacchi, J. Costa, E. Fanfarillo, D. Gigante, R. Guarino, M. Landi, C. Neto, S. Pesaresi, L. Rosati, F. Selvi, A. Sotiriou, A. Stinca, C. Turcato, R. Tzonev, D. Viciani, M. Chytrý
Large thematic databases of vegetation plots are increasingly needed for vegetation studies and biodiversity research. In this paper, we present the CircumMed Pine Forest Database (GIVD ID: EU-00-026), which in November 2018, comprised records from 6317 pine-dominated vegetation plots (releves) and associated vegetation types from 20 countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Near East and Crimea. These vegetation plots were collected through a detailed literature search for plots not previously included in the European Vegetation Archive (EVA), in order to fill geographic gaps in data coverage. The database comprises Mediterranean (including Oromediterranean) pine-forest vegetation plots from both published and unpublished sources. All vegetation plots are georeferenced, although coordinates vary in accuracy. The database is accessible through EVA or from its Custodian. We anticipate the CircumMed Pine Forest Database will be a valuable resource for various types of broad-scale studies in the fields of vegetation classification, plant invasion ecology, macroecology and biological conservation.
{"title":"CircumMed Pine Forest Database: an electronic archive for Mediterranean and Submediterranean pine forest vegetation data","authors":"Bonari Gianmaria, Ilona Knollová, P. Vlčková, F. Xystrakis, S. Çoban, C. Sağlam, Y. Didukh, S. Hennekens, A. Acosta, C. Angiolini, E. Bergmeier, Andrea Bertacchi, J. Costa, E. Fanfarillo, D. Gigante, R. Guarino, M. Landi, C. Neto, S. Pesaresi, L. Rosati, F. Selvi, A. Sotiriou, A. Stinca, C. Turcato, R. Tzonev, D. Viciani, M. Chytrý","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0311","url":null,"abstract":"Large thematic databases of vegetation plots are increasingly needed for vegetation studies and biodiversity research. In this paper, we present the CircumMed Pine Forest Database (GIVD ID: EU-00-026), which in November 2018, comprised records from 6317 pine-dominated vegetation plots (releves) and associated vegetation types from 20 countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Near East and Crimea. These vegetation plots were collected through a detailed literature search for plots not previously included in the European Vegetation Archive (EVA), in order to fill geographic gaps in data coverage. The database comprises Mediterranean (including Oromediterranean) pine-forest vegetation plots from both published and unpublished sources. All vegetation plots are georeferenced, although coordinates vary in accuracy. The database is accessible through EVA or from its Custodian. We anticipate the CircumMed Pine Forest Database will be a valuable resource for various types of broad-scale studies in the fields of vegetation classification, plant invasion ecology, macroecology and biological conservation.","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0311","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41980738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Gigante, A. Čarni, H. Bültmann, F. Fernández‐González, L. Mucina, J. Theurillat, W. Willner
{"title":"Decision on Nomenclatural Proposals (1), (16) and (18)","authors":"D. Gigante, A. Čarni, H. Bültmann, F. Fernández‐González, L. Mucina, J. Theurillat, W. Willner","doi":"10.1127/phyto/2019/0330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2019/0330","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45393524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Fanfarillo, A. Scoppola, Zdeňka Lososová, G. Abbate
Aims: We present the results of a phytosociological investigation of segetal plant communities colonizing winter arable fields, olive groves, and vineyards in selected traditional agricultural areas of central Italy. Some of these communities have great environmental and cultural value and are threatened by changes in agriculture. Given the lack of knowledge, this paper aims to introduce the recent diversity of traditional agriculture weed vegetation in this part of Italy by means of the collection of original data. Study area: Latium and Abruzzo regions (central Italy). Methods: Hierarchical classification of 132 unpublished releves, carried out with fixed area plots in 44 cultivated patches, and their characterization in phytosociological, chorological, structural, and ecological terms. Results: The numerical analyses detected the presence of 10 vegetation types, attributable to four phytosociological classes: Chenopodietea, Festuco-Ononidetea striatae, Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, and Papaveretea rhoeadis. Two Natura 2000 Habitats were recognized. Conclusions: The study allowed the detection and classification of well-preserved communities of traditional agricultural systems, some of which are disappearing in Europe.
{"title":"Segetal plant communities of traditional agroecosystems: a phytosociological survey in central Italy","authors":"E. Fanfarillo, A. Scoppola, Zdeňka Lososová, G. Abbate","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0282","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: We present the results of a phytosociological investigation of segetal plant communities colonizing winter arable fields, olive groves, and vineyards in selected traditional agricultural areas of central Italy. Some of these communities have great environmental and cultural value and are threatened by changes in agriculture. Given the lack of knowledge, this paper aims to introduce the recent diversity of traditional agriculture weed vegetation in this part of Italy by means of the collection of original data. Study area: Latium and Abruzzo regions (central Italy). Methods: Hierarchical classification of 132 unpublished releves, carried out with fixed area plots in 44 cultivated patches, and their characterization in phytosociological, chorological, structural, and ecological terms. Results: The numerical analyses detected the presence of 10 vegetation types, attributable to four phytosociological classes: Chenopodietea, Festuco-Ononidetea striatae, Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, and Papaveretea rhoeadis. Two Natura 2000 Habitats were recognized. Conclusions: The study allowed the detection and classification of well-preserved communities of traditional agricultural systems, some of which are disappearing in Europe.","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0282","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47133763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aims: To identify shrubland types of the Bolivian Altiplano based on their floristic composition and on ecological factors. Location: Central and southern Bolivian Altiplano (Bolivia, central-western South America). Methods: Vascular plants were recorded in a field survey of 101 releves (10 m2). Releves were subjected to hierarchical agglomerative classification to define numerical vegetation groups. Classification techniques were based on the β-flexible linkage method (β = -0.25) with Sorensen distance. The highest crispness values defined the level of the main number of clusters identified. Diagnostic species were identified by means of the phi coefficient of fidelity. Canonical Correspondence Analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis test and a Z test were performed to assess the key ecological drivers of diversity in the Altiplano shrubland vegetation. Results: Based on numerical analyses of phytosociological releves, our work proposes four vegetation types of shrublands in the dry central and southern Bolivian Altiplano. They correspond to the following: tolillares – thickets of Fabiana densa – of the central-southern Altiplano with Junellia seriphioides; tolillares of the central-northern Altiplano with Lobivia pentlandii; lampayares – thickets of Lampayo castellani – with Parastrephia quadrangularis; and tolares – thickets of Parastrephia sp. pl. – with Parastrephia lepidophylla and Junellia minima. The bioclimatic variables were the ones best explaining the distribution patterns of the shrubland vegetation in the dry Bolivian Altiplano. Specifically, they separate the tolillares of the central-northern Altiplano with Lobivia pentlandii – at localities with a higher annual precipitation, annual ombrothermic index, and ombrothermic index of the wettest quarter – from the tolillares of the central-southern Altiplano with Junellia seriphioides. These bioclimatic gradients also position lampayares at localities with a lower than average value of annual precipitation, annual ombrothermic index, and ombrothermic index of the wettest quarter. Significant differences were found when comparing the topographic position, the degree of soil drainage and the frequency of flooding between the vegetation of tolillares on the one hand, and the vegetation of lampayares and tolares, on the other. Lampayares were exclusively related to sandy soils. Conclusions: Our four groups characterize variation within the habitat and elucidate bioclimatic gradients and soil features with related habitats. This knowledge could provide basic information on the vulnerability of different Altiplano shrubland habitats to climatic fluctuations, as this area is highly vulnerable to extreme periods of drought associated with the regional effects of climate change as well as to anthropogenic factors. Taxonomic reference: Bolivia Catalogue (2014; http://www.tropicos.org/Project/BC). Syntaxonomic reference: Navarro (1993, 2002, 2011). Abbreviations: CCA = Canonical correspondence analysis; Io
{"title":"A floristic-ecological classification of the shrublands of the dry Bolivian Altiplano","authors":"G. Navarro, J. A. Molina","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0240","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: To identify shrubland types of the Bolivian Altiplano based on their floristic composition and on ecological factors. Location: Central and southern Bolivian Altiplano (Bolivia, central-western South America). Methods: Vascular plants were recorded in a field survey of 101 releves (10 m2). Releves were subjected to hierarchical agglomerative classification to define numerical vegetation groups. Classification techniques were based on the β-flexible linkage method (β = -0.25) with Sorensen distance. The highest crispness values defined the level of the main number of clusters identified. Diagnostic species were identified by means of the phi coefficient of fidelity. Canonical Correspondence Analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis test and a Z test were performed to assess the key ecological drivers of diversity in the Altiplano shrubland vegetation. Results: Based on numerical analyses of phytosociological releves, our work proposes four vegetation types of shrublands in the dry central and southern Bolivian Altiplano. They correspond to the following: tolillares – thickets of Fabiana densa – of the central-southern Altiplano with Junellia seriphioides; tolillares of the central-northern Altiplano with Lobivia pentlandii; lampayares – thickets of Lampayo castellani – with Parastrephia quadrangularis; and tolares – thickets of Parastrephia sp. pl. – with Parastrephia lepidophylla and Junellia minima. The bioclimatic variables were the ones best explaining the distribution patterns of the shrubland vegetation in the dry Bolivian Altiplano. Specifically, they separate the tolillares of the central-northern Altiplano with Lobivia pentlandii – at localities with a higher annual precipitation, annual ombrothermic index, and ombrothermic index of the wettest quarter – from the tolillares of the central-southern Altiplano with Junellia seriphioides. These bioclimatic gradients also position lampayares at localities with a lower than average value of annual precipitation, annual ombrothermic index, and ombrothermic index of the wettest quarter. Significant differences were found when comparing the topographic position, the degree of soil drainage and the frequency of flooding between the vegetation of tolillares on the one hand, and the vegetation of lampayares and tolares, on the other. Lampayares were exclusively related to sandy soils. Conclusions: Our four groups characterize variation within the habitat and elucidate bioclimatic gradients and soil features with related habitats. This knowledge could provide basic information on the vulnerability of different Altiplano shrubland habitats to climatic fluctuations, as this area is highly vulnerable to extreme periods of drought associated with the regional effects of climate change as well as to anthropogenic factors. Taxonomic reference: Bolivia Catalogue (2014; http://www.tropicos.org/Project/BC). Syntaxonomic reference: Navarro (1993, 2002, 2011). Abbreviations: CCA = Canonical correspondence analysis; Io ","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0240","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49050249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Tardella, Nicola Postiglione, Alessandro Bricca, M. Cutini, A. Catorci
{"title":"Altitude and aspect filter the herb layer functional structure of sub-Mediterranean forests","authors":"F. Tardella, Nicola Postiglione, Alessandro Bricca, M. Cutini, A. Catorci","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2019/0226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49208727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Tomaselli, B. Foggi, M. Carbognani, M. Gennai, A. Petraglia
{"title":"The rock-face vegetation in the northern Apennines and neighbouring mountain areas, from the coast line to the highest summits","authors":"M. Tomaselli, B. Foggi, M. Carbognani, M. Gennai, A. Petraglia","doi":"10.1127/PHYTO/2018/0117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/PHYTO/2018/0117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54607,"journal":{"name":"Phytocoenologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1127/PHYTO/2018/0117","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47501586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}