Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-17798
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective : the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland)
Authors: Dengler, Jürgen
Widmer, Stefan
Staubli, Eline
Babbi, Manuel
Gehler, Jamyra
Hepenstrick, Daniel
Bergamini, Ariel
Billeter, Regula
Boch, Steffen
Rohrer, Sven
Dembicz, Iwona
et. al: No
DOI: 10.2478/hacq-2019-0008
10.21256/zhaw-17798
Published in: Hacquetia
Volume(Issue): 18
Issue: 2
Page(s): 155
Pages to: 177
Issue Date: Jul-2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Založba ZRC
ISSN: 1581-4661
1854-9829
Language: English
Subjects: Trockenrasen; Wallis
Subject (DDC): 577: Ecology
Abstract: The upper Rhone valley in the Swiss canton of Valais is one of the driest and most continental of the inner-alpine valleys and harbours a rich xerothermic flora. We studied syntaxonomy and ecology of dry grasslands and their species richness patterns. In 2018 we recorded 28 vegetation plots (10 m²) and three nested-plot series of 0.0001 to 100 m² on the south-facing slopes above the village of Ausserberg. Mean richness of all species ranged from 1.7 on 1 cm² to 47.3 on 100 m², with little contribution of bryophytes and lichens. The species-area relationship for total richness closely followed a power function. Modified TWINSPAN yielded a three-cluster solution, which could easily be matched with three orders of the class Festuco- Brometea: Stipo pulcherrimae-Festucetalia pallentis (xeric, rocky), Festucetalia valesiacae (xeric, non-rocky) and Brachypodietalia pinnati (meso-xeric). The subdivision of the xeric types into two orders is new for Swiss dry grasslands, where these types up to now had been joined in a single alliance Stipo-Poion within the Festucetalia valesiacae.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17798
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Dengler, J., Widmer, S., Staubli, E., Babbi, M., Gehler, J., Hepenstrick, D., Bergamini, A., Billeter, R., Boch, S., Rohrer, S., & Dembicz, I. (2019). Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective : the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland). Hacquetia, 18(2), 155–177. https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0008
Dengler, J. et al. (2019) ‘Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective : the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland)’, Hacquetia, 18(2), pp. 155–177. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0008.
J. Dengler et al., “Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective : the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland),” Hacquetia, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 155–177, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.2478/hacq-2019-0008.
DENGLER, Jürgen, Stefan WIDMER, Eline STAUBLI, Manuel BABBI, Jamyra GEHLER, Daniel HEPENSTRICK, Ariel BERGAMINI, Regula BILLETER, Steffen BOCH, Sven ROHRER und Iwona DEMBICZ, 2019. Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective : the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland). Hacquetia. Juli 2019. Bd. 18, Nr. 2, S. 155–177. DOI 10.2478/hacq-2019-0008
Dengler, Jürgen, Stefan Widmer, Eline Staubli, Manuel Babbi, Jamyra Gehler, Daniel Hepenstrick, Ariel Bergamini, et al. 2019. “Dry Grasslands of the Central Valleys of the Alps from a European Perspective : The Example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland).” Hacquetia 18 (2): 155–77. https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0008.
Dengler, Jürgen, et al. “Dry Grasslands of the Central Valleys of the Alps from a European Perspective : The Example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland).” Hacquetia, vol. 18, no. 2, July 2019, pp. 155–77, https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0008.


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