Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands of central and eastern Europe
Authors: Willner, Wolfgang
Roleček, Jan
Korolyuk, Andrey
Dengler, Jürgen
Chytrý, Milan
Janišová, Monika
Lengyel, Attila
Aćić, Svetlana
Becker, Thomas
Ćuk, Mirjana
Demina, Olga
Jandt, Ute
Kącki, Zygmunt
Kuzemko, Anna
Kropf, Matthias
Lebedeva, Mariya
Semenishchenkov, Yuri
Šilc, Urban
Stančić, Zvjezdana
Staudinger, Markus
Vassilev, Kiril
Yamalov, Sergey
DOI: 10.23855/preslia.2019.025
Published in: Preslia
Volume(Issue): 91
Issue: 1
Page(s): 25
Pages to: 49
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Czech Botanical Society
ISSN: 0032-7786
Language: English
Subjects: Dry grassland; Vegetation classification
Subject (DDC): 580: Plants (Botany)
Abstract: The European semi-dry grasslands belong to the most species-rich vegetation types of the northern hemisphere and form an important part of habitat mosaics of the forest-steppe zone. However, a comprehensive evaluation of compositional variation and phytosociological classification of these grasslands is still missing. For our syntaxonomic revision, we used a dataset of 34,173 vegetation plot records (relevés) from Central and Eastern Europe which were assigned to the class Festuco-Brometea 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. 15,449 relevés were assigned to the order Brachypodietalia pinnati, which corresponds to semi-dry grasslands. This subset was again classified with TWINSPAN. We established formal definitions for the following alliances: Mesobromion erecti, Cirsio-Brachypodion pinnati (incl. Fragario-Trifolion montani, Agrostio-Avenulion schellianae, Scabioso ochroleucae-Poion angustifoliae and Adonido vernalis-Stipion tirsae), Scorzonerion villosae and Chrysopogono-Danthonion. Another alliance, Armerion elongatae (= Koelerio-Phleion phleoidis p.p.), is transitional towards the class Koelerio-Corynephoretea and its status needs further evaluation. We also established formal definitions of all associations of the Mesobromion and Cirsio-Brachypodion within the study area. Associations were identified using (i) the TWINSPAN classification of the whole order, (ii) TWINSPAN classifications of regionally restricted data sets (usually all Brachypodietalia plots of one country) and (iii) existing national classification schemes. All formal definitions were written in the expert system language of the JUICE program. To get a more complete picture of the floristic similarities and gradients, we performed a DCA ordination of the associations. Our results show that meadow steppes of the forest-steppe zone of Eastern Europe are very similar to semi-dry grasslands of Central Europe.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/15357
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Not specified
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Willner, W., Roleček, J., Korolyuk, A., Dengler, J., Chytrý, M., Janišová, M., Lengyel, A., Aćić, S., Becker, T., Ćuk, M., Demina, O., Jandt, U., Kącki, Z., Kuzemko, A., Kropf, M., Lebedeva, M., Semenishchenkov, Y., Šilc, U., Stančić, Z., et al. (2019). Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands of central and eastern Europe. Preslia, 91(1), 25–49. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.025
Willner, W. et al. (2019) ‘Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands of central and eastern Europe’, Preslia, 91(1), pp. 25–49. Available at: https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.025.
W. Willner et al., “Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands of central and eastern Europe,” Preslia, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 25–49, 2019, doi: 10.23855/preslia.2019.025.
WILLNER, Wolfgang, Jan ROLEČEK, Andrey KOROLYUK, Jürgen DENGLER, Milan CHYTRÝ, Monika JANIŠOVÁ, Attila LENGYEL, Svetlana AĆIĆ, Thomas BECKER, Mirjana ĆUK, Olga DEMINA, Ute JANDT, Zygmunt KĄCKI, Anna KUZEMKO, Matthias KROPF, Mariya LEBEDEVA, Yuri SEMENISHCHENKOV, Urban ŠILC, Zvjezdana STANČIĆ, Markus STAUDINGER, Kiril VASSILEV und Sergey YAMALOV, 2019. Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands of central and eastern Europe. Preslia. 2019. Bd. 91, Nr. 1, S. 25–49. DOI 10.23855/preslia.2019.025
Willner, Wolfgang, Jan Roleček, Andrey Korolyuk, Jürgen Dengler, Milan Chytrý, Monika Janišová, Attila Lengyel, et al. 2019. “Formalized Classification of Semi-Dry Grasslands of Central and Eastern Europe.” Preslia 91 (1): 25–49. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.025.
Willner, Wolfgang, et al. “Formalized Classification of Semi-Dry Grasslands of Central and Eastern Europe.” Preslia, vol. 91, no. 1, 2019, pp. 25–49, https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.025.


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