Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands in central and eastern Europe

2019
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Willner, Wolfgang
Rolecek, Jan

Korolyuk, Andrey
Dengler, Juergen

Chytry, Milan

Janisova, Monika
Lengyel, Attila
Aćić, Svetlana

Becker, Thomas
Cuk, Mirjana
Demina, Olga
Jandt, Ute

Kacki, Zygmunt

Kuzemko, Anna
Kropf, Matthias
Lebedeva, Mariya
Semenishchenkov, Yuri
Silc, Urban

Stancić, Zvjezdana
Staudinger, Markus
Vassilev, Kiril
Yamalov, Sergey
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European semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich vegetation types in the northern hemisphere and form an important part of the habitat mosaics in the forest-steppe zone. However. there is no comprehensive evaluation of the variation in their composition and the phytosocio-logical classification of these grasslands. For the syntaxonomic revision, we used a dataset of 34,173 vegetation plot records (releves) from central and eastern Europe. which were assigned to the class Fesiuco-Bromeiea using the diagnostic species listed in the EuroVegChecklist. To determine the diagnostic species of the orders, we used a TWINSPAN classification of the whole dataset. Of the total dataset, 15,449 releves were assigned to the order Brachypodietalia pinnati. which corresponds to semi-dry grasslands. This subset was again classified using TWINSPAN. Formal definitions of the following alliances were established: Mesobromion erecti, Cirsio-Brachypodion pinnati (incl. Fragario-Trifolion montani.... Agrosiio-Avenulion schellianae, Scabioso ochroleucae-Poion angustifoliae and Adonido vernalis-Stipion iirsae), Scorzonerion villosae and Chrysopogono-Danshonion. Another alliance, Armerion elongatae (=Koelerio-Phleion phleoidis p.p.). is transitional towards the class Koelerio-Corynephoreiea and its status needs further evaluation. We also established formal definitions of all of the associations of Mesobromion and Cirsio-Brachypodion within the area studied. Associations were identified using (i) a TWINSPAN classification of the whole order, (ii) TWINSPAN classifications of regionally restricted data sets (usually all Brachypodietalia plots in one country) and (iii) existing national classification schemes. All formal definitions were written in the expert system language of the JUICE program. To obtain a more complete picture of the floristic similarities and gradients. we performed a DCA ordination of the associations. Our results revealed that meadow steppes in the forest-steppe zone in eastern Europe are very similar to semi-dry grasslands in central Europe.
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Brachypodietalia pinnati / Cirsio-Brachypodion / Festuco-Brometea / meadow steppe / Mesobromion / semi-dry grassland / syntaxonomy / vegetation classificationSource:
Preslia, 2019, 91, 1, 25-49Publisher:
- Czech Botanical Soc, Praha 2
Funding / projects:
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 27955-B29]
- long-term developmental project of the Czech Academy of Sciences [RVO 67985939]
- Czech Science FoundationGrant Agency of the Czech Republic [18-03028S]
- National Science Centre (Poland) [2016/23/P/NZ8/04260]
- Improvement of genetic potential and technologies in forage crops production in function of sustainable animal husbandry development (RS-31057)
- [VEGA 02/0027/15]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 27955] Funding Source: researchfish
DOI: 10.23855/preslia.2019.025
ISSN: 0032-7786
WoS: 000458295200002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85063968638
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Willner, Wolfgang AU - Rolecek, Jan AU - Korolyuk, Andrey AU - Dengler, Juergen AU - Chytry, Milan AU - Janisova, Monika AU - Lengyel, Attila AU - Aćić, Svetlana AU - Becker, Thomas AU - Cuk, Mirjana AU - Demina, Olga AU - Jandt, Ute AU - Kacki, Zygmunt AU - Kuzemko, Anna AU - Kropf, Matthias AU - Lebedeva, Mariya AU - Semenishchenkov, Yuri AU - Silc, Urban AU - Stancić, Zvjezdana AU - Staudinger, Markus AU - Vassilev, Kiril AU - Yamalov, Sergey PY - 2019 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5037 AB - European semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich vegetation types in the northern hemisphere and form an important part of the habitat mosaics in the forest-steppe zone. However. there is no comprehensive evaluation of the variation in their composition and the phytosocio-logical classification of these grasslands. For the syntaxonomic revision, we used a dataset of 34,173 vegetation plot records (releves) from central and eastern Europe. which were assigned to the class Fesiuco-Bromeiea using the diagnostic species listed in the EuroVegChecklist. To determine the diagnostic species of the orders, we used a TWINSPAN classification of the whole dataset. Of the total dataset, 15,449 releves were assigned to the order Brachypodietalia pinnati. which corresponds to semi-dry grasslands. This subset was again classified using TWINSPAN. Formal definitions of the following alliances were established: Mesobromion erecti, Cirsio-Brachypodion pinnati (incl. Fragario-Trifolion montani. Agrosiio-Avenulion schellianae, Scabioso ochroleucae-Poion angustifoliae and Adonido vernalis-Stipion iirsae), Scorzonerion villosae and Chrysopogono-Danshonion. Another alliance, Armerion elongatae (=Koelerio-Phleion phleoidis p.p.). is transitional towards the class Koelerio-Corynephoreiea and its status needs further evaluation. We also established formal definitions of all of the associations of Mesobromion and Cirsio-Brachypodion within the area studied. Associations were identified using (i) a TWINSPAN classification of the whole order, (ii) TWINSPAN classifications of regionally restricted data sets (usually all Brachypodietalia plots in one country) and (iii) existing national classification schemes. All formal definitions were written in the expert system language of the JUICE program. To obtain a more complete picture of the floristic similarities and gradients. we performed a DCA ordination of the associations. Our results revealed that meadow steppes in the forest-steppe zone in eastern Europe are very similar to semi-dry grasslands in central Europe. PB - Czech Botanical Soc, Praha 2 T2 - Preslia T1 - Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands in central and eastern Europe EP - 49 IS - 1 SP - 25 VL - 91 DO - 10.23855/preslia.2019.025 ER -
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Willner, W., Rolecek, J., Korolyuk, A., Dengler, J., Chytry, M., Janisova, M., Lengyel, A., Aćić, S., Becker, T., Cuk, M., Demina, O., Jandt, U., Kacki, Z., Kuzemko, A., Kropf, M., Lebedeva, M., Semenishchenkov, Y., Silc, U., Stancić, Z., Staudinger, M., Vassilev, K.,& Yamalov, S.. (2019). Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands in central and eastern Europe. in Preslia Czech Botanical Soc, Praha 2., 91(1), 25-49. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.025
Willner W, Rolecek J, Korolyuk A, Dengler J, Chytry M, Janisova M, Lengyel A, Aćić S, Becker T, Cuk M, Demina O, Jandt U, Kacki Z, Kuzemko A, Kropf M, Lebedeva M, Semenishchenkov Y, Silc U, Stancić Z, Staudinger M, Vassilev K, Yamalov S. Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands in central and eastern Europe. in Preslia. 2019;91(1):25-49. doi:10.23855/preslia.2019.025 .
Willner, Wolfgang, Rolecek, Jan, Korolyuk, Andrey, Dengler, Juergen, Chytry, Milan, Janisova, Monika, Lengyel, Attila, Aćić, Svetlana, Becker, Thomas, Cuk, Mirjana, Demina, Olga, Jandt, Ute, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kuzemko, Anna, Kropf, Matthias, Lebedeva, Mariya, Semenishchenkov, Yuri, Silc, Urban, Stancić, Zvjezdana, Staudinger, Markus, Vassilev, Kiril, Yamalov, Sergey, "Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands in central and eastern Europe" in Preslia, 91, no. 1 (2019):25-49, https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.025 . .