TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chytry, Milan
AU  - Tichy, Lubomir
AU  - Hennekens, Stephan M.
AU  - Knollova, Ilona
AU  - Janssen, John
AU  - Rodwell, John S.
AU  - Peterka, Tomas
AU  - Marceno, Corrado
AU  - Landucci, Flavia
AU  - Danihelka, Jiri
AU  - Hajek, Michal
AU  - Dengler, Juergen
AU  - Novak, Pavel
AU  - Zukal, Dominik
AU  - Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja
AU  - Mucina, Ladislav
AU  - Abdulhak, Sylvain
AU  - Aćić, Svetlana
AU  - Agrillo, Emiliano
AU  - Attorre, Fabio
AU  - Bergmeier, Erwin
AU  - Biurrun, Idoia
AU  - Boch, Steffen
AU  - Boloni, Janos
AU  - Bonari, Gianmaria
AU  - Braslavskaya, Tatiana
AU  - Bruelheide, Helge
AU  - Campos, Juan Antonio
AU  - Carni, Andraz
AU  - Casella, Laura
AU  - Cuk, Mirjana
AU  - Custerevska, Renata
AU  - De Bie, Els
AU  - Delbosc, Pauline
AU  - Demina, Olga
AU  - Didukh, Yakiv
AU  - Dite, Daniel
AU  - Dziuba, Tetiana
AU  - Ewald, Joerg
AU  - Gavilan, Rosario G.
AU  - Gegout, Jean-Claude
AU  - del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso
AU  - Golub, Valentin
AU  - Goncharova, Nadezhda
AU  - Goral, Friedemann
AU  - Graf, Ulrich
AU  - Indreica, Adrian
AU  - Isermann, Maike
AU  - Jandt, Ute
AU  - Jansen, Florian
AU  - Jansen, Jan
AU  - Jaskova, Anni
AU  - Jirousek, Martin
AU  - Kacki, Zygmunt
AU  - Kalnikova, Veronika
AU  - Kavgaci, Ali
AU  - Khanina, Larisa
AU  - Korolyuk, Andrey Yu
AU  - Kozhevnikova, Mariya
AU  - Kuzemko, Anna
AU  - Kuzmić, Filip
AU  - Kuznetsov, Oleg L.
AU  - Laivins, Maris
AU  - Lavrinenko, Igor
AU  - Lavrinenko, Olga
AU  - Lebedeva, Maria
AU  - Lososova, Zdenka
AU  - Lysenko, Tatiana
AU  - Maciejewski, Lise
AU  - Mardari, Constantin
AU  - Marinsek, Aleksander
AU  - Napreenko, Maxim G.
AU  - Onyshchenko, Viktor
AU  - Perez-Haase, Aaron
AU  - Pielech, Remigiusz
AU  - Prokhorov, Vadim
AU  - Rasomavicius, Valerijus
AU  - Rodriguez Rojo, Maria Pilar
AU  - Rusina, Solvita
AU  - Schrautzer, Joachim
AU  - Sibik, Jozef
AU  - Silc, Urban
AU  - Skvorc, Željko
AU  - Smagin, Viktor A.
AU  - Stancić, Zvjezdana
AU  - Stanisci, Angela
AU  - Tikhonova, Elena
AU  - Tonteri, Tiina
AU  - Uogintas, Domas
AU  - Valachović, Milan
AU  - Vassilev, Kiril
AU  - Vynokurov, Denys
AU  - Willner, Wolfgang
AU  - Yamalov, Sergey
AU  - Evans, Douglas
AU  - Lund, Mette Palitzsch
AU  - Spyropoulou, Rania
AU  - Tryfon, Eleni
AU  - Schaminee, Joop H.J.
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5255
AB  - Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification. Our goal was to develop a tool for assigning vegetation-plot records to the habitats of the EUNIS system, use it to classify a European vegetation-plot database, and compile statistically-derived characteristic species combinations and distribution maps for these habitats. Location Europe. Methods We developed the classification expert system EUNIS-ESy, which contains definitions of individual EUNIS habitats based on their species composition and geographic location. Each habitat was formally defined as a formula in a computer language combining algebraic and set-theoretic concepts with formal logical operators. We applied this expert system to classify 1,261,373 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and other databases. Then we determined diagnostic, constant and dominant species for each habitat by calculating species-to-habitat fidelity and constancy (occurrence frequency) in the classified data set. Finally, we mapped the plot locations for each habitat. Results Formal definitions were developed for 199 habitats at Level 3 of the EUNIS hierarchy, including 25 coastal, 18 wetland, 55 grassland, 43 shrubland, 46 forest and 12 man-made habitats. The expert system classified 1,125,121 vegetation plots to these habitat groups and 73,188 to other habitats, while 63,064 plots remained unclassified or were classified to more than one habitat. Data on each habitat were summarized in factsheets containing habitat description, distribution map, corresponding syntaxa and characteristic species combination. Conclusions EUNIS habitats were characterized for the first time in terms of their species composition and distribution, based on a classification of a European database of vegetation plots using the newly developed electronic expert system EUNIS-ESy. The data provided and the expert system have considerable potential for future use in European nature conservation planning, monitoring and assessment.
PB  - Wiley, Hoboken
T2  - Applied Vegetation Science
T1  - EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats
EP  - 675
IS  - 4
SP  - 648
VL  - 23
DO  - 10.1111/avsc.12519
ER  - 

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author = "Chytry, Milan and Tichy, Lubomir and Hennekens, Stephan M. and Knollova, Ilona and Janssen, John and Rodwell, John S. and Peterka, Tomas and Marceno, Corrado and Landucci, Flavia and Danihelka, Jiri and Hajek, Michal and Dengler, Juergen and Novak, Pavel and Zukal, Dominik and Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja and Mucina, Ladislav and Abdulhak, Sylvain and Aćić, Svetlana and Agrillo, Emiliano and Attorre, Fabio and Bergmeier, Erwin and Biurrun, Idoia and Boch, Steffen and Boloni, Janos and Bonari, Gianmaria and Braslavskaya, Tatiana and Bruelheide, Helge and Campos, Juan Antonio and Carni, Andraz and Casella, Laura and Cuk, Mirjana and Custerevska, Renata and De Bie, Els and Delbosc, Pauline and Demina, Olga and Didukh, Yakiv and Dite, Daniel and Dziuba, Tetiana and Ewald, Joerg and Gavilan, Rosario G. and Gegout, Jean-Claude and del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso and Golub, Valentin and Goncharova, Nadezhda and Goral, Friedemann and Graf, Ulrich and Indreica, Adrian and Isermann, Maike and Jandt, Ute and Jansen, Florian and Jansen, Jan and Jaskova, Anni and Jirousek, Martin and Kacki, Zygmunt and Kalnikova, Veronika and Kavgaci, Ali and Khanina, Larisa and Korolyuk, Andrey Yu and Kozhevnikova, Mariya and Kuzemko, Anna and Kuzmić, Filip and Kuznetsov, Oleg L. and Laivins, Maris and Lavrinenko, Igor and Lavrinenko, Olga and Lebedeva, Maria and Lososova, Zdenka and Lysenko, Tatiana and Maciejewski, Lise and Mardari, Constantin and Marinsek, Aleksander and Napreenko, Maxim G. and Onyshchenko, Viktor and Perez-Haase, Aaron and Pielech, Remigiusz and Prokhorov, Vadim and Rasomavicius, Valerijus and Rodriguez Rojo, Maria Pilar and Rusina, Solvita and Schrautzer, Joachim and Sibik, Jozef and Silc, Urban and Skvorc, Željko and Smagin, Viktor A. and Stancić, Zvjezdana and Stanisci, Angela and Tikhonova, Elena and Tonteri, Tiina and Uogintas, Domas and Valachović, Milan and Vassilev, Kiril and Vynokurov, Denys and Willner, Wolfgang and Yamalov, Sergey and Evans, Douglas and Lund, Mette Palitzsch and Spyropoulou, Rania and Tryfon, Eleni and Schaminee, Joop H.J.",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification. Our goal was to develop a tool for assigning vegetation-plot records to the habitats of the EUNIS system, use it to classify a European vegetation-plot database, and compile statistically-derived characteristic species combinations and distribution maps for these habitats. Location Europe. Methods We developed the classification expert system EUNIS-ESy, which contains definitions of individual EUNIS habitats based on their species composition and geographic location. Each habitat was formally defined as a formula in a computer language combining algebraic and set-theoretic concepts with formal logical operators. We applied this expert system to classify 1,261,373 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and other databases. Then we determined diagnostic, constant and dominant species for each habitat by calculating species-to-habitat fidelity and constancy (occurrence frequency) in the classified data set. Finally, we mapped the plot locations for each habitat. Results Formal definitions were developed for 199 habitats at Level 3 of the EUNIS hierarchy, including 25 coastal, 18 wetland, 55 grassland, 43 shrubland, 46 forest and 12 man-made habitats. The expert system classified 1,125,121 vegetation plots to these habitat groups and 73,188 to other habitats, while 63,064 plots remained unclassified or were classified to more than one habitat. Data on each habitat were summarized in factsheets containing habitat description, distribution map, corresponding syntaxa and characteristic species combination. Conclusions EUNIS habitats were characterized for the first time in terms of their species composition and distribution, based on a classification of a European database of vegetation plots using the newly developed electronic expert system EUNIS-ESy. The data provided and the expert system have considerable potential for future use in European nature conservation planning, monitoring and assessment.",
publisher = "Wiley, Hoboken",
journal = "Applied Vegetation Science",
title = "EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats",
pages = "675-648",
number = "4",
volume = "23",
doi = "10.1111/avsc.12519"
}

Chytry, M., Tichy, L., Hennekens, S. M., Knollova, I., Janssen, J., Rodwell, J. S., Peterka, T., Marceno, C., Landucci, F., Danihelka, J., Hajek, M., Dengler, J., Novak, P., Zukal, D., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Mucina, L., Abdulhak, S., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Boloni, J., Bonari, G., Braslavskaya, T., Bruelheide, H., Campos, J. A., Carni, A., Casella, L., Cuk, M., Custerevska, R., De Bie, E., Delbosc, P., Demina, O., Didukh, Y., Dite, D., Dziuba, T., Ewald, J., Gavilan, R. G., Gegout, J., del Galdo, G. P. G., Golub, V., Goncharova, N., Goral, F., Graf, U., Indreica, A., Isermann, M., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jansen, J., Jaskova, A., Jirousek, M., Kacki, Z., Kalnikova, V., Kavgaci, A., Khanina, L., Korolyuk, A. Y., Kozhevnikova, M., Kuzemko, A., Kuzmić, F., Kuznetsov, O. L., Laivins, M., Lavrinenko, I., Lavrinenko, O., Lebedeva, M., Lososova, Z., Lysenko, T., Maciejewski, L., Mardari, C., Marinsek, A., Napreenko, M. G., Onyshchenko, V., Perez-Haase, A., Pielech, R., Prokhorov, V., Rasomavicius, V., Rodriguez Rojo, M. P., Rusina, S., Schrautzer, J., Sibik, J., Silc, U., Skvorc, Ž., Smagin, V. A., Stancić, Z., Stanisci, A., Tikhonova, E., Tonteri, T., Uogintas, D., Valachović, M., Vassilev, K., Vynokurov, D., Willner, W., Yamalov, S., Evans, D., Lund, M. P., Spyropoulou, R., Tryfon, E.,& Schaminee, J. H.J.. (2020). EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. in Applied Vegetation Science
Wiley, Hoboken., 23(4), 648-675.
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Chytry M, Tichy L, Hennekens SM, Knollova I, Janssen J, Rodwell JS, Peterka T, Marceno C, Landucci F, Danihelka J, Hajek M, Dengler J, Novak P, Zukal D, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Mucina L, Abdulhak S, Aćić S, Agrillo E, Attorre F, Bergmeier E, Biurrun I, Boch S, Boloni J, Bonari G, Braslavskaya T, Bruelheide H, Campos JA, Carni A, Casella L, Cuk M, Custerevska R, De Bie E, Delbosc P, Demina O, Didukh Y, Dite D, Dziuba T, Ewald J, Gavilan RG, Gegout J, del Galdo GPG, Golub V, Goncharova N, Goral F, Graf U, Indreica A, Isermann M, Jandt U, Jansen F, Jansen J, Jaskova A, Jirousek M, Kacki Z, Kalnikova V, Kavgaci A, Khanina L, Korolyuk AY, Kozhevnikova M, Kuzemko A, Kuzmić F, Kuznetsov OL, Laivins M, Lavrinenko I, Lavrinenko O, Lebedeva M, Lososova Z, Lysenko T, Maciejewski L, Mardari C, Marinsek A, Napreenko MG, Onyshchenko V, Perez-Haase A, Pielech R, Prokhorov V, Rasomavicius V, Rodriguez Rojo MP, Rusina S, Schrautzer J, Sibik J, Silc U, Skvorc Ž, Smagin VA, Stancić Z, Stanisci A, Tikhonova E, Tonteri T, Uogintas D, Valachović M, Vassilev K, Vynokurov D, Willner W, Yamalov S, Evans D, Lund MP, Spyropoulou R, Tryfon E, Schaminee JH. EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. in Applied Vegetation Science. 2020;23(4):648-675.
doi:10.1111/avsc.12519 .

Chytry, Milan, Tichy, Lubomir, Hennekens, Stephan M., Knollova, Ilona, Janssen, John, Rodwell, John S., Peterka, Tomas, Marceno, Corrado, Landucci, Flavia, Danihelka, Jiri, Hajek, Michal, Dengler, Juergen, Novak, Pavel, Zukal, Dominik, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Mucina, Ladislav, Abdulhak, Sylvain, Aćić, Svetlana, Agrillo, Emiliano, Attorre, Fabio, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Boch, Steffen, Boloni, Janos, Bonari, Gianmaria, Braslavskaya, Tatiana, Bruelheide, Helge, Campos, Juan Antonio, Carni, Andraz, Casella, Laura, Cuk, Mirjana, Custerevska, Renata, De Bie, Els, Delbosc, Pauline, Demina, Olga, Didukh, Yakiv, Dite, Daniel, Dziuba, Tetiana, Ewald, Joerg, Gavilan, Rosario G., Gegout, Jean-Claude, del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso, Golub, Valentin, Goncharova, Nadezhda, Goral, Friedemann, Graf, Ulrich, Indreica, Adrian, Isermann, Maike, Jandt, Ute, Jansen, Florian, Jansen, Jan, Jaskova, Anni, Jirousek, Martin, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kalnikova, Veronika, Kavgaci, Ali, Khanina, Larisa, Korolyuk, Andrey Yu, Kozhevnikova, Mariya, Kuzemko, Anna, Kuzmić, Filip, Kuznetsov, Oleg L., Laivins, Maris, Lavrinenko, Igor, Lavrinenko, Olga, Lebedeva, Maria, Lososova, Zdenka, Lysenko, Tatiana, Maciejewski, Lise, Mardari, Constantin, Marinsek, Aleksander, Napreenko, Maxim G., Onyshchenko, Viktor, Perez-Haase, Aaron, Pielech, Remigiusz, Prokhorov, Vadim, Rasomavicius, Valerijus, Rodriguez Rojo, Maria Pilar, Rusina, Solvita, Schrautzer, Joachim, Sibik, Jozef, Silc, Urban, Skvorc, Željko, Smagin, Viktor A., Stancić, Zvjezdana, Stanisci, Angela, Tikhonova, Elena, Tonteri, Tiina, Uogintas, Domas, Valachović, Milan, Vassilev, Kiril, Vynokurov, Denys, Willner, Wolfgang, Yamalov, Sergey, Evans, Douglas, Lund, Mette Palitzsch, Spyropoulou, Rania, Tryfon, Eleni, Schaminee, Joop H.J., "EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats" in Applied Vegetation Science, 23, no. 4 (2020):648-675,
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519 . .

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AU  - Wagner, Viktoria
AU  - Dembicz, Iwona
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AU  - Naqinezhad, Alireza
AU  - Boch, Steffen
AU  - Chiarucci, Alessandro
AU  - Conradi, Timo
AU  - Filibeck, Goffredo
AU  - Guarino, Riccardo
AU  - Janisova, Monika
AU  - Steinbauer, Manuel J.
AU  - Aćić, Svetlana
AU  - Acosta, Alicia T.R.
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AU  - Allers, Marc-Andre
AU  - Apostolova, Iva
AU  - Axmanova, Irena
AU  - Bakan, Branko
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AU  - Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred
AU  - Bartha, Sandor
AU  - Baumann, Esther
AU  - Becker, Thomas
AU  - Becker, Ute
AU  - Belonovskaya, Elena
AU  - Bengtsson, Karin
AU  - Benito Alonso, Jose Luis
AU  - Berastegi, Asun
AU  - Bergamini, Ariel
AU  - Bonini, Ilaria
AU  - Bruun, Hans Henrik
AU  - Budzhak, Vasyl
AU  - Bueno, Alvaro
AU  - Antonio Campos, Juan
AU  - Cancellieri, Laura
AU  - Carboni, Marta
AU  - Chocarro, Cristina
AU  - Conti, Luisa
AU  - Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta
AU  - De Frenne, Pieter
AU  - Deak, Balazs
AU  - Didukh, Yakiv
AU  - Diekmann, Martin
AU  - Dolnik, Christian
AU  - Dupre, Cecilia
AU  - Ecker, Klaus
AU  - Ermakov, Nikolai
AU  - Erschbamer, Brigitta
AU  - Escudero, Adrian
AU  - Etayo, Javier
AU  - Fajmonova, Zuzana
AU  - Felde, Vivian A.
AU  - Fernandez Calzado, Maria Rosa
AU  - Finckh, Manfred
AU  - Fotiadis, Georgios
AU  - Fracchiolla, Mariano
AU  - Ganeva, Anna
AU  - Garcia-Magro, Daniel
AU  - Gavilan, Rosario G.
AU  - Germany, Markus
AU  - Giladi, Itamar
AU  - Gillet, Francois
AU  - Giusso del Galdo, Gian Pietro
AU  - Gonzalez, Jose M.
AU  - Grytnes, John-Arvid
AU  - Hajek, Michal
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AU  - Helm, Aveliina
AU  - Herrera, Mercedes
AU  - Hettenbergerova, Eva
AU  - Hobohm, Carsten
AU  - Huellbusch, Elisabeth M.
AU  - Ingerpuu, Nele
AU  - Jandt, Ute
AU  - Jeltsch, Florian
AU  - Jensen, Kai
AU  - Jentsch, Anke
AU  - Jeschke, Michael
AU  - Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja
AU  - Kacki, Zygmunt
AU  - Kakinuma, Kaoru
AU  - Kapfer, Jutta
AU  - Kavgaci, Ali
AU  - Kelemen, Andras
AU  - Kiehl, Kathrin
AU  - Koyama, Asuka
AU  - Koyanagi, Tomoyo F.
AU  - Kozub, Lukasz
AU  - Kuzemko, Anna
AU  - Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen
AU  - Landi, Sara
AU  - Langer, Nancy
AU  - Lastrucci, Lorenzo
AU  - Lazzaro, Lorenzo
AU  - Lelli, Chiara
AU  - Leps, Jan
AU  - Loebel, Swantje
AU  - Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.
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AU  - Magnes, Martin
AU  - Malicki, Marek
AU  - Marceno, Corrado
AU  - Mardari, Constantin
AU  - Mauchamp, Leslie
AU  - May, Felix
AU  - Michelsen, Ottar
AU  - Mesa, Joaquin Molero
AU  - Molnar, Zsolt
AU  - Moysiyenko, Ivan Y.
AU  - Nakaga, Yuko K.
AU  - Natcheva, Rayna
AU  - Noroozi, Jalil
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AU  - Palpurina, Salza
AU  - Partel, Meelis
AU  - Paetsch, Ricarda
AU  - Pauli, Harald
AU  - Pedashenko, Hristo
AU  - Peet, Robert K.
AU  - Pielech, Remigiusz
AU  - Pipenbaher, Nataša
AU  - Pirini, Chrisoula
AU  - Pleskova, Zuzana
AU  - Polyakova, Mariya A.
AU  - Prentice, Honor C.
AU  - Reinecke, Jennifer
AU  - Reitalu, Triin
AU  - Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo, Maria
AU  - Rolecek, Jan
AU  - Ronkin, Vladimir
AU  - Rosati, Leonardo
AU  - Rosen, Ejvind
AU  - Ruprecht, Eszter
AU  - Rusina, Solvita
AU  - Sabovljević, Marko
AU  - Maria Sanchez, Ana
AU  - Savchenko, Galina
AU  - Schuhmacher, Oliver
AU  - Skornik, Sonja
AU  - Sperandii, Marta Gaia
AU  - Staniaszek-Kik, Monika
AU  - Dajić-Stevanović, Zora
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AU  - Swacha, Grzegorz
AU  - Sykes, Martin
AU  - Szabo, Anna
AU  - Talebi, Amir
AU  - Tanase, Catalin
AU  - Terzi, Massimo
AU  - Tolgyesi, Csaba
AU  - Torca, Marta
AU  - Torok, Peter
AU  - Tothmeresz, Bela
AU  - Tsarevskaya, Nadezda
AU  - Tsiripidis, Ioannis
AU  - Tzonev, Rossen
AU  - Ushimaru, Atushi
AU  - Valko, Orsolya
AU  - van der Maarel, Eddy
AU  - Vanneste, Thomas
AU  - Vashenyak, Iuliia
AU  - Vassilev, Kiril
AU  - Viciani, Daniele
AU  - Villar, Luis
AU  - Virtanen, Risto
AU  - Vitasović-Kosić, Ivana
AU  - Wang, Yun
AU  - Weiser, Frank
AU  - Went, Julia
AU  - Wesche, Karsten
AU  - White, Hannah
AU  - Winkler, Manuela
AU  - Zaniewski, Piotr T.
AU  - Zhang, Hui
AU  - Ziv, Yaron
AU  - Znamenskiy, Sergey
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UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4651
AB  - GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). GrassPlot collects plot records (releves) from grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm. It focuses on precisely delimited plots of eight standard grain sizes (0.0001; 0.001;... 1,000 m(2)) and on nested-plot series with at least four different grain sizes. The usage of GrassPlot is regulated through Bylaws that intend to balance the interests of data contributors and data users. The current version (v. 1.00) contains data for approximately 170,000 plots of different sizes and 2,800 nested-plot series. The key components are richness data and metadata. However, most included datasets also encompass compositional data. About 14,000 plots have near-complete records of terricolous bryophytes and lichens in addition to vascular plants. At present, GrassPlot contains data from 36 countries throughout the Palaearctic, spread across elevational gradients and major grassland types. GrassPlot with its multi-scale and multi-taxon focus complements the larger international vegetationplot databases, such as the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and the global database " sPlot". Its main aim is to facilitate studies on the scale-and taxon-dependency of biodiversity patterns and drivers along macroecological gradients. GrassPlot is a dynamic database and will expand through new data collection coordinated by the elected Governing Board. We invite researchers with suitable data to join GrassPlot. Researchers with project ideas addressable with GrassPlot data are welcome to submit proposals to the Governing Board.
PB  - Gebruder Borntraeger, Stuttgart
T2  - Phytocoenologia
T1  - GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands
EP  - 347
IS  - 3
SP  - 331
VL  - 48
DO  - 10.1127/phyto/2018/0267
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author = "Dengler, Juergen and Wagner, Viktoria and Dembicz, Iwona and Garcia-Mijangos, Itziar and Naqinezhad, Alireza and Boch, Steffen and Chiarucci, Alessandro and Conradi, Timo and Filibeck, Goffredo and Guarino, Riccardo and Janisova, Monika and Steinbauer, Manuel J. and Aćić, Svetlana and Acosta, Alicia T.R. and Akasaka, Munemitsu and Allers, Marc-Andre and Apostolova, Iva and Axmanova, Irena and Bakan, Branko and Baranova, Alina and Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred and Bartha, Sandor and Baumann, Esther and Becker, Thomas and Becker, Ute and Belonovskaya, Elena and Bengtsson, Karin and Benito Alonso, Jose Luis and Berastegi, Asun and Bergamini, Ariel and Bonini, Ilaria and Bruun, Hans Henrik and Budzhak, Vasyl and Bueno, Alvaro and Antonio Campos, Juan and Cancellieri, Laura and Carboni, Marta and Chocarro, Cristina and Conti, Luisa and Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta and De Frenne, Pieter and Deak, Balazs and Didukh, Yakiv and Diekmann, Martin and Dolnik, Christian and Dupre, Cecilia and Ecker, Klaus and Ermakov, Nikolai and Erschbamer, Brigitta and Escudero, Adrian and Etayo, Javier and Fajmonova, Zuzana and Felde, Vivian A. and Fernandez Calzado, Maria Rosa and Finckh, Manfred and Fotiadis, Georgios and Fracchiolla, Mariano and Ganeva, Anna and Garcia-Magro, Daniel and Gavilan, Rosario G. and Germany, Markus and Giladi, Itamar and Gillet, Francois and Giusso del Galdo, Gian Pietro and Gonzalez, Jose M. and Grytnes, John-Arvid and Hajek, Michal and Hajkova, Petra and Helm, Aveliina and Herrera, Mercedes and Hettenbergerova, Eva and Hobohm, Carsten and Huellbusch, Elisabeth M. and Ingerpuu, Nele and Jandt, Ute and Jeltsch, Florian and Jensen, Kai and Jentsch, Anke and Jeschke, Michael and Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja and Kacki, Zygmunt and Kakinuma, Kaoru and Kapfer, Jutta and Kavgaci, Ali and Kelemen, Andras and Kiehl, Kathrin and Koyama, Asuka and Koyanagi, Tomoyo F. and Kozub, Lukasz and Kuzemko, Anna and Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen and Landi, Sara and Langer, Nancy and Lastrucci, Lorenzo and Lazzaro, Lorenzo and Lelli, Chiara and Leps, Jan and Loebel, Swantje and Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L. and Maccherini, Simona and Magnes, Martin and Malicki, Marek and Marceno, Corrado and Mardari, Constantin and Mauchamp, Leslie and May, Felix and Michelsen, Ottar and Mesa, Joaquin Molero and Molnar, Zsolt and Moysiyenko, Ivan Y. and Nakaga, Yuko K. and Natcheva, Rayna and Noroozi, Jalil and Pakeman, Robin J. and Palpurina, Salza and Partel, Meelis and Paetsch, Ricarda and Pauli, Harald and Pedashenko, Hristo and Peet, Robert K. and Pielech, Remigiusz and Pipenbaher, Nataša and Pirini, Chrisoula and Pleskova, Zuzana and Polyakova, Mariya A. and Prentice, Honor C. and Reinecke, Jennifer and Reitalu, Triin and Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo, Maria and Rolecek, Jan and Ronkin, Vladimir and Rosati, Leonardo and Rosen, Ejvind and Ruprecht, Eszter and Rusina, Solvita and Sabovljević, Marko and Maria Sanchez, Ana and Savchenko, Galina and Schuhmacher, Oliver and Skornik, Sonja and Sperandii, Marta Gaia and Staniaszek-Kik, Monika and Dajić-Stevanović, Zora and Stock, Marin and Suchrow, Sigrid and Sutcliffe, Laura M.E. and Swacha, Grzegorz and Sykes, Martin and Szabo, Anna and Talebi, Amir and Tanase, Catalin and Terzi, Massimo and Tolgyesi, Csaba and Torca, Marta and Torok, Peter and Tothmeresz, Bela and Tsarevskaya, Nadezda and Tsiripidis, Ioannis and Tzonev, Rossen and Ushimaru, Atushi and Valko, Orsolya and van der Maarel, Eddy and Vanneste, Thomas and Vashenyak, Iuliia and Vassilev, Kiril and Viciani, Daniele and Villar, Luis and Virtanen, Risto and Vitasović-Kosić, Ivana and Wang, Yun and Weiser, Frank and Went, Julia and Wesche, Karsten and White, Hannah and Winkler, Manuela and Zaniewski, Piotr T. and Zhang, Hui and Ziv, Yaron and Znamenskiy, Sergey and Biurrun, Idoia",
year = "2018",
abstract = "GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). GrassPlot collects plot records (releves) from grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm. It focuses on precisely delimited plots of eight standard grain sizes (0.0001; 0.001;... 1,000 m(2)) and on nested-plot series with at least four different grain sizes. The usage of GrassPlot is regulated through Bylaws that intend to balance the interests of data contributors and data users. The current version (v. 1.00) contains data for approximately 170,000 plots of different sizes and 2,800 nested-plot series. The key components are richness data and metadata. However, most included datasets also encompass compositional data. About 14,000 plots have near-complete records of terricolous bryophytes and lichens in addition to vascular plants. At present, GrassPlot contains data from 36 countries throughout the Palaearctic, spread across elevational gradients and major grassland types. GrassPlot with its multi-scale and multi-taxon focus complements the larger international vegetationplot databases, such as the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and the global database " sPlot". Its main aim is to facilitate studies on the scale-and taxon-dependency of biodiversity patterns and drivers along macroecological gradients. GrassPlot is a dynamic database and will expand through new data collection coordinated by the elected Governing Board. We invite researchers with suitable data to join GrassPlot. Researchers with project ideas addressable with GrassPlot data are welcome to submit proposals to the Governing Board.",
publisher = "Gebruder Borntraeger, Stuttgart",
journal = "Phytocoenologia",
title = "GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands",
pages = "347-331",
number = "3",
volume = "48",
doi = "10.1127/phyto/2018/0267"
}

Dengler, J., Wagner, V., Dembicz, I., Garcia-Mijangos, I., Naqinezhad, A., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., Conradi, T., Filibeck, G., Guarino, R., Janisova, M., Steinbauer, M. J., Aćić, S., Acosta, A. T.R., Akasaka, M., Allers, M., Apostolova, I., Axmanova, I., Bakan, B., Baranova, A., Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Bartha, S., Baumann, E., Becker, T., Becker, U., Belonovskaya, E., Bengtsson, K., Benito Alonso, J. L., Berastegi, A., Bergamini, A., Bonini, I., Bruun, H. H., Budzhak, V., Bueno, A., Antonio Campos, J., Cancellieri, L., Carboni, M., Chocarro, C., Conti, L., Czarniecka-Wiera, M., De Frenne, P., Deak, B., Didukh, Y., Diekmann, M., Dolnik, C., Dupre, C., Ecker, K., Ermakov, N., Erschbamer, B., Escudero, A., Etayo, J., Fajmonova, Z., Felde, V. A., Fernandez Calzado, M. R., Finckh, M., Fotiadis, G., Fracchiolla, M., Ganeva, A., Garcia-Magro, D., Gavilan, R. G., Germany, M., Giladi, I., Gillet, F., Giusso del Galdo, G. P., Gonzalez, J. M., Grytnes, J., Hajek, M., Hajkova, P., Helm, A., Herrera, M., Hettenbergerova, E., Hobohm, C., Huellbusch, E. M., Ingerpuu, N., Jandt, U., Jeltsch, F., Jensen, K., Jentsch, A., Jeschke, M., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Kacki, Z., Kakinuma, K., Kapfer, J., Kavgaci, A., Kelemen, A., Kiehl, K., Koyama, A., Koyanagi, T. F., Kozub, L., Kuzemko, A., Kyrkjeeide, M. O., Landi, S., Langer, N., Lastrucci, L., Lazzaro, L., Lelli, C., Leps, J., Loebel, S., Luzuriaga, A. L., Maccherini, S., Magnes, M., Malicki, M., Marceno, C., Mardari, C., Mauchamp, L., May, F., Michelsen, O., Mesa, J. M., Molnar, Z., Moysiyenko, I. Y., Nakaga, Y. K., Natcheva, R., Noroozi, J., Pakeman, R. J., Palpurina, S., Partel, M., Paetsch, R., Pauli, H., Pedashenko, H., Peet, R. K., Pielech, R., Pipenbaher, N., Pirini, C., Pleskova, Z., Polyakova, M. A., Prentice, H. C., Reinecke, J., Reitalu, T., Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo, M., Rolecek, J., Ronkin, V., Rosati, L., Rosen, E., Ruprecht, E., Rusina, S., Sabovljević, M., Maria Sanchez, A., Savchenko, G., Schuhmacher, O., Skornik, S., Sperandii, M. G., Staniaszek-Kik, M., Dajić-Stevanović, Z., Stock, M., Suchrow, S., Sutcliffe, L. M.E., Swacha, G., Sykes, M., Szabo, A., Talebi, A., Tanase, C., Terzi, M., Tolgyesi, C., Torca, M., Torok, P., Tothmeresz, B., Tsarevskaya, N., Tsiripidis, I., Tzonev, R., Ushimaru, A., Valko, O., van der Maarel, E., Vanneste, T., Vashenyak, I., Vassilev, K., Viciani, D., Villar, L., Virtanen, R., Vitasović-Kosić, I., Wang, Y., Weiser, F., Went, J., Wesche, K., White, H., Winkler, M., Zaniewski, P. T., Zhang, H., Ziv, Y., Znamenskiy, S.,& Biurrun, I.. (2018). GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. in Phytocoenologia
Gebruder Borntraeger, Stuttgart., 48(3), 331-347.
https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0267

Dengler J, Wagner V, Dembicz I, Garcia-Mijangos I, Naqinezhad A, Boch S, Chiarucci A, Conradi T, Filibeck G, Guarino R, Janisova M, Steinbauer MJ, Aćić S, Acosta AT, Akasaka M, Allers M, Apostolova I, Axmanova I, Bakan B, Baranova A, Bardy-Durchhalter M, Bartha S, Baumann E, Becker T, Becker U, Belonovskaya E, Bengtsson K, Benito Alonso JL, Berastegi A, Bergamini A, Bonini I, Bruun HH, Budzhak V, Bueno A, Antonio Campos J, Cancellieri L, Carboni M, Chocarro C, Conti L, Czarniecka-Wiera M, De Frenne P, Deak B, Didukh Y, Diekmann M, Dolnik C, Dupre C, Ecker K, Ermakov N, Erschbamer B, Escudero A, Etayo J, Fajmonova Z, Felde VA, Fernandez Calzado MR, Finckh M, Fotiadis G, Fracchiolla M, Ganeva A, Garcia-Magro D, Gavilan RG, Germany M, Giladi I, Gillet F, Giusso del Galdo GP, Gonzalez JM, Grytnes J, Hajek M, Hajkova P, Helm A, Herrera M, Hettenbergerova E, Hobohm C, Huellbusch EM, Ingerpuu N, Jandt U, Jeltsch F, Jensen K, Jentsch A, Jeschke M, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Kacki Z, Kakinuma K, Kapfer J, Kavgaci A, Kelemen A, Kiehl K, Koyama A, Koyanagi TF, Kozub L, Kuzemko A, Kyrkjeeide MO, Landi S, Langer N, Lastrucci L, Lazzaro L, Lelli C, Leps J, Loebel S, Luzuriaga AL, Maccherini S, Magnes M, Malicki M, Marceno C, Mardari C, Mauchamp L, May F, Michelsen O, Mesa JM, Molnar Z, Moysiyenko IY, Nakaga YK, Natcheva R, Noroozi J, Pakeman RJ, Palpurina S, Partel M, Paetsch R, Pauli H, Pedashenko H, Peet RK, Pielech R, Pipenbaher N, Pirini C, Pleskova Z, Polyakova MA, Prentice HC, Reinecke J, Reitalu T, Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo M, Rolecek J, Ronkin V, Rosati L, Rosen E, Ruprecht E, Rusina S, Sabovljević M, Maria Sanchez A, Savchenko G, Schuhmacher O, Skornik S, Sperandii MG, Staniaszek-Kik M, Dajić-Stevanović Z, Stock M, Suchrow S, Sutcliffe LM, Swacha G, Sykes M, Szabo A, Talebi A, Tanase C, Terzi M, Tolgyesi C, Torca M, Torok P, Tothmeresz B, Tsarevskaya N, Tsiripidis I, Tzonev R, Ushimaru A, Valko O, van der Maarel E, Vanneste T, Vashenyak I, Vassilev K, Viciani D, Villar L, Virtanen R, Vitasović-Kosić I, Wang Y, Weiser F, Went J, Wesche K, White H, Winkler M, Zaniewski PT, Zhang H, Ziv Y, Znamenskiy S, Biurrun I. GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. in Phytocoenologia. 2018;48(3):331-347.
doi:10.1127/phyto/2018/0267 .

Dengler, Juergen, Wagner, Viktoria, Dembicz, Iwona, Garcia-Mijangos, Itziar, Naqinezhad, Alireza, Boch, Steffen, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Conradi, Timo, Filibeck, Goffredo, Guarino, Riccardo, Janisova, Monika, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Aćić, Svetlana, Acosta, Alicia T.R., Akasaka, Munemitsu, Allers, Marc-Andre, Apostolova, Iva, Axmanova, Irena, Bakan, Branko, Baranova, Alina, Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred, Bartha, Sandor, Baumann, Esther, Becker, Thomas, Becker, Ute, Belonovskaya, Elena, Bengtsson, Karin, Benito Alonso, Jose Luis, Berastegi, Asun, Bergamini, Ariel, Bonini, Ilaria, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Budzhak, Vasyl, Bueno, Alvaro, Antonio Campos, Juan, Cancellieri, Laura, Carboni, Marta, Chocarro, Cristina, Conti, Luisa, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, De Frenne, Pieter, Deak, Balazs, Didukh, Yakiv, Diekmann, Martin, Dolnik, Christian, Dupre, Cecilia, Ecker, Klaus, Ermakov, Nikolai, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Escudero, Adrian, Etayo, Javier, Fajmonova, Zuzana, Felde, Vivian A., Fernandez Calzado, Maria Rosa, Finckh, Manfred, Fotiadis, Georgios, Fracchiolla, Mariano, Ganeva, Anna, Garcia-Magro, Daniel, Gavilan, Rosario G., Germany, Markus, Giladi, Itamar, Gillet, Francois, Giusso del Galdo, Gian Pietro, Gonzalez, Jose M., Grytnes, John-Arvid, Hajek, Michal, Hajkova, Petra, Helm, Aveliina, Herrera, Mercedes, Hettenbergerova, Eva, Hobohm, Carsten, Huellbusch, Elisabeth M., Ingerpuu, Nele, Jandt, Ute, Jeltsch, Florian, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Jeschke, Michael, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kakinuma, Kaoru, Kapfer, Jutta, Kavgaci, Ali, Kelemen, Andras, Kiehl, Kathrin, Koyama, Asuka, Koyanagi, Tomoyo F., Kozub, Lukasz, Kuzemko, Anna, Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen, Landi, Sara, Langer, Nancy, Lastrucci, Lorenzo, Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Lelli, Chiara, Leps, Jan, Loebel, Swantje, Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L., Maccherini, Simona, Magnes, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Marceno, Corrado, Mardari, Constantin, Mauchamp, Leslie, May, Felix, Michelsen, Ottar, Mesa, Joaquin Molero, Molnar, Zsolt, Moysiyenko, Ivan Y., Nakaga, Yuko K., Natcheva, Rayna, Noroozi, Jalil, Pakeman, Robin J., Palpurina, Salza, Partel, Meelis, Paetsch, Ricarda, Pauli, Harald, Pedashenko, Hristo, Peet, Robert K., Pielech, Remigiusz, Pipenbaher, Nataša, Pirini, Chrisoula, Pleskova, Zuzana, Polyakova, Mariya A., Prentice, Honor C., Reinecke, Jennifer, Reitalu, Triin, Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo, Maria, Rolecek, Jan, Ronkin, Vladimir, Rosati, Leonardo, Rosen, Ejvind, Ruprecht, Eszter, Rusina, Solvita, Sabovljević, Marko, Maria Sanchez, Ana, Savchenko, Galina, Schuhmacher, Oliver, Skornik, Sonja, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Staniaszek-Kik, Monika, Dajić-Stevanović, Zora, Stock, Marin, Suchrow, Sigrid, Sutcliffe, Laura M.E., Swacha, Grzegorz, Sykes, Martin, Szabo, Anna, Talebi, Amir, Tanase, Catalin, Terzi, Massimo, Tolgyesi, Csaba, Torca, Marta, Torok, Peter, Tothmeresz, Bela, Tsarevskaya, Nadezda, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Tzonev, Rossen, Ushimaru, Atushi, Valko, Orsolya, van der Maarel, Eddy, Vanneste, Thomas, Vashenyak, Iuliia, Vassilev, Kiril, Viciani, Daniele, Villar, Luis, Virtanen, Risto, Vitasović-Kosić, Ivana, Wang, Yun, Weiser, Frank, Went, Julia, Wesche, Karsten, White, Hannah, Winkler, Manuela, Zaniewski, Piotr T., Zhang, Hui, Ziv, Yaron, Znamenskiy, Sergey, Biurrun, Idoia, "GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands" in Phytocoenologia, 48, no. 3 (2018):331-347,
https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0267 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Douda, Jan
AU  - Boublik, Karel
AU  - Slezak, Michal
AU  - Biurrun, Idoia
AU  - Nociar, Josef
AU  - Havrdova, Alena
AU  - Doudova, Jana
AU  - Aćić, Svetlana
AU  - Brisse, Henry
AU  - Brunet, Joerg
AU  - Chytry, Milan
AU  - Claessens, Hugues
AU  - Csiky, Janos
AU  - Didukh, Yakiv
AU  - Dimopoulos, Panayotis
AU  - Dullinger, Stefan
AU  - FitzPatrick, Una
AU  - Guisan, Antoine
AU  - Horchler, Peter J.
AU  - Hrivnak, Richard
AU  - Jandt, Ute
AU  - Kacki, Zygmunt
AU  - Kevey, Balazs
AU  - Landucci, Flavia
AU  - Lecomte, Hugues
AU  - Lenoir, Jonathan
AU  - Paal, Jaanus
AU  - Paternoster, David
AU  - Pauli, Harald
AU  - Pielech, Remigiusz
AU  - Rodwell, John S.
AU  - Roelandt, Bart
AU  - Svenning, Jens-Christian
AU  - Sibik, Jozef
AU  - Silc, Urban
AU  - Skvorc, Željko
AU  - Tsiripidis, Ioannis
AU  - Tzonev, Rossen T.
AU  - Wohlgemuth, Thomas
AU  - Zimmermann, Niklaus E.
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4130
AB  - Aim: Formalized classifications synthesizing vegetation data at the continental scale are being attempted only now, although they are of key importance for nature conservation planning. Therefore, we aim to provide a vegetation classification and to describe the main biogeographical patterns of floodplain forests and alder carrs in Europe. Location: Europe. Methods: A database of more than 40 000 vegetation plots of floodplain forests and alder carrs across Europe was compiled. After geographic stratification, 16 392 plots were available for classification, which was performed using the supervised method Cocktail. We also searched for new associations using semi-supervised K-means classification. The main biogeographic patterns and climate-related gradients in species composition were determined using detrended correspondence analysis and cluster analysis. Results: Thirty associations of floodplain forests and alder carrs were distinguished, which belong to five alliances. The Alnion incanae includes riparian, seepage and hardwood floodplain forests in the nemoral and hemiboreal zones (dominated by Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior) and in the boreal zone (dominated by A. incana). The Osmundo-Alnion represents oceanic vegetation dominated by Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus angustifolia and F. excelsior distributed mostly on the Iberian Peninsula and composed of species with Atlantic distribution and Iberian endemics. The Populion albae comprises floodplain forests frequently dominated by Fraxinus angustifolia, Populus alba and P. nigra that are widespread in floodplains of large rivers under summer-dry climates in the Mediterranean region. The Platanion orientalis represents eastern Mediterranean floodplain forests dominated by Platanus orientalis. The Alnion glutinosae includes forest swamps dominated by Alnus glutinosa distributed mostly in the nemoral and hemiboreal zones. The main biogeographic patterns within European floodplain forests and alder carrs reflect the climatic contrasts between the Mediterranean, nemoral, boreal and mountain regions. Oceanic floodplain forests differ from those in the rest of Europe. The hydrological regime appears to be the most important factor influencing species composition within regions. Conclusions: This study is the first applying a formalized classification at the association level for a broad vegetation type at the continental scale. The proposed classification provides the scientific basis for the necessary improvement of the habitat classification systems used in European nature conservation.
PB  - Wiley, Hoboken
T2  - Applied Vegetation Science
T1  - Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs
EP  - 163
IS  - 1
SP  - 147
VL  - 19
DO  - 10.1111/avsc.12201
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author = "Douda, Jan and Boublik, Karel and Slezak, Michal and Biurrun, Idoia and Nociar, Josef and Havrdova, Alena and Doudova, Jana and Aćić, Svetlana and Brisse, Henry and Brunet, Joerg and Chytry, Milan and Claessens, Hugues and Csiky, Janos and Didukh, Yakiv and Dimopoulos, Panayotis and Dullinger, Stefan and FitzPatrick, Una and Guisan, Antoine and Horchler, Peter J. and Hrivnak, Richard and Jandt, Ute and Kacki, Zygmunt and Kevey, Balazs and Landucci, Flavia and Lecomte, Hugues and Lenoir, Jonathan and Paal, Jaanus and Paternoster, David and Pauli, Harald and Pielech, Remigiusz and Rodwell, John S. and Roelandt, Bart and Svenning, Jens-Christian and Sibik, Jozef and Silc, Urban and Skvorc, Željko and Tsiripidis, Ioannis and Tzonev, Rossen T. and Wohlgemuth, Thomas and Zimmermann, Niklaus E.",
year = "2016",
abstract = "Aim: Formalized classifications synthesizing vegetation data at the continental scale are being attempted only now, although they are of key importance for nature conservation planning. Therefore, we aim to provide a vegetation classification and to describe the main biogeographical patterns of floodplain forests and alder carrs in Europe. Location: Europe. Methods: A database of more than 40 000 vegetation plots of floodplain forests and alder carrs across Europe was compiled. After geographic stratification, 16 392 plots were available for classification, which was performed using the supervised method Cocktail. We also searched for new associations using semi-supervised K-means classification. The main biogeographic patterns and climate-related gradients in species composition were determined using detrended correspondence analysis and cluster analysis. Results: Thirty associations of floodplain forests and alder carrs were distinguished, which belong to five alliances. The Alnion incanae includes riparian, seepage and hardwood floodplain forests in the nemoral and hemiboreal zones (dominated by Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior) and in the boreal zone (dominated by A. incana). The Osmundo-Alnion represents oceanic vegetation dominated by Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus angustifolia and F. excelsior distributed mostly on the Iberian Peninsula and composed of species with Atlantic distribution and Iberian endemics. The Populion albae comprises floodplain forests frequently dominated by Fraxinus angustifolia, Populus alba and P. nigra that are widespread in floodplains of large rivers under summer-dry climates in the Mediterranean region. The Platanion orientalis represents eastern Mediterranean floodplain forests dominated by Platanus orientalis. The Alnion glutinosae includes forest swamps dominated by Alnus glutinosa distributed mostly in the nemoral and hemiboreal zones. The main biogeographic patterns within European floodplain forests and alder carrs reflect the climatic contrasts between the Mediterranean, nemoral, boreal and mountain regions. Oceanic floodplain forests differ from those in the rest of Europe. The hydrological regime appears to be the most important factor influencing species composition within regions. Conclusions: This study is the first applying a formalized classification at the association level for a broad vegetation type at the continental scale. The proposed classification provides the scientific basis for the necessary improvement of the habitat classification systems used in European nature conservation.",
publisher = "Wiley, Hoboken",
journal = "Applied Vegetation Science",
title = "Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs",
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Douda, J., Boublik, K., Slezak, M., Biurrun, I., Nociar, J., Havrdova, A., Doudova, J., Aćić, S., Brisse, H., Brunet, J., Chytry, M., Claessens, H., Csiky, J., Didukh, Y., Dimopoulos, P., Dullinger, S., FitzPatrick, U., Guisan, A., Horchler, P. J., Hrivnak, R., Jandt, U., Kacki, Z., Kevey, B., Landucci, F., Lecomte, H., Lenoir, J., Paal, J., Paternoster, D., Pauli, H., Pielech, R., Rodwell, J. S., Roelandt, B., Svenning, J., Sibik, J., Silc, U., Skvorc, Ž., Tsiripidis, I., Tzonev, R. T., Wohlgemuth, T.,& Zimmermann, N. E.. (2016). Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs. in Applied Vegetation Science
Wiley, Hoboken., 19(1), 147-163.
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12201

Douda J, Boublik K, Slezak M, Biurrun I, Nociar J, Havrdova A, Doudova J, Aćić S, Brisse H, Brunet J, Chytry M, Claessens H, Csiky J, Didukh Y, Dimopoulos P, Dullinger S, FitzPatrick U, Guisan A, Horchler PJ, Hrivnak R, Jandt U, Kacki Z, Kevey B, Landucci F, Lecomte H, Lenoir J, Paal J, Paternoster D, Pauli H, Pielech R, Rodwell JS, Roelandt B, Svenning J, Sibik J, Silc U, Skvorc Ž, Tsiripidis I, Tzonev RT, Wohlgemuth T, Zimmermann NE. Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs. in Applied Vegetation Science. 2016;19(1):147-163.
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Douda, Jan, Boublik, Karel, Slezak, Michal, Biurrun, Idoia, Nociar, Josef, Havrdova, Alena, Doudova, Jana, Aćić, Svetlana, Brisse, Henry, Brunet, Joerg, Chytry, Milan, Claessens, Hugues, Csiky, Janos, Didukh, Yakiv, Dimopoulos, Panayotis, Dullinger, Stefan, FitzPatrick, Una, Guisan, Antoine, Horchler, Peter J., Hrivnak, Richard, Jandt, Ute, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kevey, Balazs, Landucci, Flavia, Lecomte, Hugues, Lenoir, Jonathan, Paal, Jaanus, Paternoster, David, Pauli, Harald, Pielech, Remigiusz, Rodwell, John S., Roelandt, Bart, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Sibik, Jozef, Silc, Urban, Skvorc, Željko, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Tzonev, Rossen T., Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Zimmermann, Niklaus E., "Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs" in Applied Vegetation Science, 19, no. 1 (2016):147-163,
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