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Manuel J. Steinbauer

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Fine-grain beta diversity in Palaearctic open vegetation: variability within and between biomes and vegetation types

2021

Aims: To quantify how fine-grain (within-plot) beta diversity differs among biomes and vegetation types. Study area: Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods: We extracted 4,654 nested-plot series with at least four different grain sizes between 0.0001 m² and 1,024 m² from the GrassPlot database spanning broad geographic and ecological gradients. Next, we calculated the slope parameter (z-value) of the power-law species–area relationship (SAR) to use as a measure of multiplicative beta diversity. We did this separately for vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens and for the three groups combined (complete vegetation). We then tested whether z-values differed between biomes, ecological-physi…

biome bryophyte fine-grain beta diversity GrassPlot lichen mean occupancy Palaearctic grassland phytosociological class species–area relationship (SAR) vascular plant vegetation type z-valueSettore BIO/07 - EcologiaVascular plantGrassPlotPalaearctic grasslandSpecies–area relationship (SAR)LichenVegetation typespecies-area relationship (SAR)Fine-grain beta diversityZ-valuePhytosociological classEnvironmental sciences580: Pflanzen (Botanik)Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataBiomeBryophyteGE1-350Mean occupancyVegetation Classification and Survey (VCS)
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Fine‐grain beta diversity of Palaearctic grassland vegetation

2021

QUESTIONS: Which environmental factors influence fine-grain beta diversity of vegetation and do they vary among taxonomic groups? LOCATION: Palaearctic biogeographic realm. METHODS: We extracted 4,654 nested-plot series with at least four different grain sizes between 0.0001 m² and 1,024 m² from the GrassPlot database, covering a wide range of different grassland and other open habitat types. We derived extensive environmental and structural information for these series. For each series and four taxonomic groups (vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, all), we calculated the slope parameter (z-value) of the power law species–area relationship (SAR), as a beta diversity measure. We tested whe…

0106 biological sciencesCzechAgriculture and Food SciencesFine grainelevation333.7: Landflächen NaturerholungsgebietehabitatPlant ScienceMaster planFine-grain beta diversity01 natural sciencesScale dependenceevolutionaryRICHNESSvascular plantsHABITATMacroecologyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedia_commonMean occupancyProductivity2. Zero hungerdisturbance0303 health sciencesEcologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaEnvironmental researchPalaearctic grasslanddifferentiationenvironmental heterogeneityspecies-area relationship (SAR)gradientDIFFERENTIATION580: Pflanzen (Botanik)disturbance; elevation; fine-grain beta diversity; heterogeneity; land use; macroecology; mean occupancy; Palaearctic grassland; productivity; scale dependence; species–area relationship (SAR); z-valuescale dependencelanguagemacroecologyproductivitymedia_common.quotation_subjectmean occupancyLibrary scienceSpecies–area relationship (SAR)Environmental drivers Grasslands Lichens Mosses Species-area relationship SAR Vascular Plands010603 evolutionary biologySpecies-area curve03 medical and health sciencesspecies–area relationship (SAR)ExcellencePolitical scienceGRADIENTSlovak030304 developmental biologyspatial scalefine-grain beta diversityBiology and Life Sciencesland useDisturbance15. Life on landZ-valuelanguage.human_languageENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITYEarth and Environmental Sciencesz-valueElevationLand useEVOLUTIONARYSPATIAL SCALESPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIPSVASCULAR PLANTS[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyheterogeneityHeterogeneityrichness
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Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0

2023

Aims: To develop a consistent ecological indicator value system for Europe for five of the main plant niche dimensions: soil moisture (M), soil nitrogen (N), soil reaction (R), light (L) and temperature (T). Study area: Europe (and closely adjacent regions). Methods: We identified 31 indicator value systems for vascular plants in Europe that contained assessments on at least one of the five aforementioned niche dimensions. We rescaled the indicator values of each dimension to a continuous scale, in which 0 represents the minimum and 10 the maximum value present in Europe. Taxon names were harmonised to the Euro+Med Plantbase. For each of the five dimensions, we calculated European values fo…

Vascular plantNiche widthLightNitrogenPlant SciencenitrogenmoistureNiche position577: ÖkologieEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsMoistureEllenberg indicator valueEcological indicator valuepHvascular plantTemperaturetemperaturebioindication ; ecological indicator value ; Ellenberg indicator value ; Europe ; light ; moisture ; niche position ; niche width ; nitrogen ; pH ; temperature ; vascular plantAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)bioindicationecological indicator valueBioindicationEurope580: Pflanzen (Botanik)niche widthlightniche position
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Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

2019

Aim Species-area relationships (SARs) are fundamental scaling laws in ecology although their shape is still disputed. At larger areas, power laws best represent SARs. Yet, it remains unclear whether SARs follow other shapes at finer spatial grains in continuous vegetation. We asked which function describes SARs best at small grains and explored how sampling methodology or the environment influence SAR shape. Location Palaearctic grasslands and other non-forested habitats. Taxa Vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. Methods We used the GrassPlot database, containing standardized vegetation-plot data from vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens spanning a wide range of grassland types throu…

curvesshapesspecies– area relationship (SAR)Michaelis–Menten functionBiomeGrasslandVegetation typelogarithmic functionTaxonomic rankLichenNested‐plot Samplinggeography.geographical_feature_categorypower lawEcologyVDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900biologyEcologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaPalaearctic grasslandspecies-area relationship (SAR)Grasslandddc:nonlinear regressionscale dependenceMichaelis–Menten Functionlogarithmic function; Michaelis–Menten function; minimal area; nested-plot sampling; nonlinear regression; Palaearctic grassland; plant biodiversity; power law; scaling law; species–area relationship (SAR)environmentnested‐plot sampling570Evolutionscaling lawSpecies-area relationshipminimal areadiversityspecies–area relationship (SAR)Behavior and Systematicsspecies- area relationship (SAR)ddc:570577: Ökologienested-plot samplingEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics580geographymodelfungiBiology and Life Sciences500Species diversityPlant communitySpecies–area Relationship (SAR)Earth and Environmental SciencesMichaelis-Menten functionplant biodiversitySpecies richnessrichness
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Scale- and taxon-dependent patterns of plant diversity in steppes of Khakassia, South Siberia (Russia)

2016

The drivers of plant richness at fine spatial scales in steppe ecosystems are still not sufficiently understood. Our main research questions were: (i) How rich in plant species are the natural steppes of Southern Siberia compared to natural and semi-natural grasslands in other regions of the Palaearctic? (ii) What are the main environmental drivers of the diversity patterns in these steppes? (iii) What are the diversity-environment relationships and do they vary between spatial scales and among different taxonomic groups? We sampled the steppe vegetation (vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens) in Khakassia (Russia) with 39 nested-plot series (0.0001-100-m(2) plot size) and 54 additional 1…

0106 biological sciencesVascular plantSpecies richneBiodiversity; Bryophyte; Environmental factor; Lichen; Species richness; Species–area relationship; Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics; Ecology; Nature and Landscape ConservationIMPACTRange (biology)SteppeSPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIPBiodiversitySEMINATURAL GRASSLANDSLichen010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesRICHNESSEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSNature and Landscape ConservationSpecies–area relationshipgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryPRODUCTIVITYLANDSCAPEEcologybiologyEcologyDRY GRASSLANDSSpecies diversityBiodiversityVegetationEAST-CENTRAL-EUROPE15. Life on landbiology.organism_classificationEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicEnvironmental factorCLIMATETaxonBryophyteVEGETATION-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPSSpecies richness[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologySpecies richness010606 plant biology & botany
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Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants

2019

Endemics–Area Relationships (EARs)are fundamental in theoretical and applied biogeography for understanding distribution patterns and promoting biodiversity conservation. However, calculating EARs for vascular plant species from existing data is problematic because of biased knowledge of endemic species distributions and differences between taxonomies. We aimed to overcome these challenges by developing a new standardized global dataset based on expert knowledge to produce a set of global EARs. We developed a nested circle design, with grain sizes of 10 4 , 10 5 , 10 6 , 10 7 , and 10 8 km 2 , respectively, and a global distribution of plots based on a stratified random scheme. The number …

0106 biological sciencesVascular plantZero-endemic plotslcsh:QH1-199.5Range (biology)Biogeographylcsh:General. Including nature conservation geographical distributionManagement Monitoring Policy and Law010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesMinimum and maximum estimatelcsh:QH540-549.5StatisticsEndemismZero-endemic plotNature and Landscape ConservationEstimationbiologyEcology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologySampling (statistics)Minimum and maximum estimatesbiology.organism_classificationGeographyGlobal referenceExpert knowledgelcsh:EcologySpecies richnessScale (map)Distribution of land and sea
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GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands

2018

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 (relevés) 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 m²) 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 a…

0106 biological sciencesBiodiversityPlant Sciencecomputer.software_genre01 natural sciencesGrasslandSAMPLING-DESIGNRICHNESSEcoinformaticsddc:550biodiversity; European Vegetation Archive (EVA); Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG); grassland vegetation; GrassPlot; macroecology; multi-taxon; nested plot; scale-dependence; species-area relationship (SAR); sPlot; vegetation-plot databasescale-dependenceMacroecologybiodiversity2. Zero hungerSCALE DEPENDENCEgeography.geographical_feature_categoryDatabaseVegetationspecies-area relationship (SAR)Grasslandnested plotGeographymacroecologyInstitut für GeowissenschaftenEurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG)vegetation-plot database.EUROPEGrassPlotbiodiversity ; European Vegetation Archive (EVA) ; Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) ; grassland vegetation ; GrassPlot ; macroecology ; multi-taxon ; nested plot scale-dependence ; species-area relationship (SAR) ; sPlot ; vegetation-plot database010603 evolutionary biologyEcoinformaticsmulti-taxon577: ÖkologieMETAANALYSISENVIRONMENTData collectionsPlotgrass- land vegetationDRY GRASSLANDSgrassland vegetationvegetation-plot database15. Life on landbiodiversity • European Vegetation Archive (EVA) • Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) • grassland vegetation • GrassPlot • macroecology • multi-taxon • nested plot • scale-dependence • species-area relationship (SAR) • sPlot • vegetation-plot databaseMetadataPATTERNSSPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIPSNested plot scale-dependenceVEGETATIONSpecies richnesscomputerbiodiversity; European Vegetation Archive (EVA); Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG); grassland vegetation; GrassPlot; macroecology; multi-taxon; nested plot scale-dependence; species-area relationship (SAR); sPlot; vegetation-plot database.010606 plant biology & botanyEuropean Vegetation Archive (EVA)
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