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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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Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe

2022

Aim The first comprehensive checklist of European phytosociological alliances, orders and classes (EuroVegChecklist) was published by Mucina et al. (2016, Applied Vegetation Science, 19 (Suppl. 1), 3-264). However, this checklist did not contain detailed information on the distribution of individual vegetation types. Here we provide the first maps of all alliances in Europe. Location Europe, Greenland, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cyprus and the Caucasus countries. Methods We collected data on the occurrence of phytosociological alliances in European countries and regions from literature and vegetation-plot databases. We interpreted and complemented these data using the expert knowledge…

VegetationEcologyalliancesyntaxonphytosociologyBos- en LandschapsecologiePlant Ecology and Nature ConservationManagement Monitoring Policy and LawPE&RCEuropeEuroVegChecklist580: Pflanzen (Botanik)classificationvegetation surveyvegetation typemapSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicatadistributionPlantenecologie en NatuurbeheerVegetatie Bos- en LandschapsecologieForest and Landscape EcologyVegetation Forest and Landscape EcologyVegetatieAlliance Distribution Europe EuroVegChecklist Map Phytosociology Syntaxon Vegetation survey Vegetation typeNature and Landscape Conservation
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Diversity and distribution of Phytophthora species in protected natural areas in Sicily

2019

: The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence, diversity, and distribution of Phytophthora species in Protected Natural Areas (PNAs), including forest stands, rivers, and riparian ecosystems, in Sicily (Italy), and assessing correlations with natural vegetation and host plants. Fifteen forest stands and 14 rivers in 10 Sicilian PNAs were studied. Phytophthora isolations from soil and stream water were performed using leaf baitings. Isolates were identified using both morphological characters and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. A rich community of 20 Phytophthora species from eight phylogenetic clades, including three new Phytophthora taxa, was …

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