Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Remotely sensing variation in ecological strategies and plant traits of willows in perialpine floodplains
Authors: Milani, G.
Kneubühler, M.
Tonolla, D.
Doering, M.
Schaepman, M. E.
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1029/2018JG004969
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Volume(Issue): 124
Issue: 7
Page(s): 2090
Pages to: 2106
Issue Date: Jul-2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Wiley
ISSN: 2169-8953
2169-8961
Language: English
Subjects: Imaging spectroscopy; CSR; StrateFy; APEX; Alluvial vegetation
Subject (DDC): 333.7: Land, natural recreational areas
Abstract: Natural floodplains are characterized by a complex habitat mosaic. However, damming, water storage, and hydropower production affect many floodplains by altering their natural habitat diversity. Field sampling data and imaging spectroscopy are used in combination with statistical models to assess resource allocation strategies of willow stands in perialpine floodplains. Three contrasting floodplain reaches located along two rivers in Switzerland serve as test beds: The Sarine River is partitioned into an upstream and downstream segment under the influence of a dam and a hydropower plant, while the Sense River represents an undisturbed, natural floodplain. Airborne imaging spectrometer data allow mapping of spatially distributed Competitor/Stress tolerator/Ruderal (CSR) strategies using a partial least square modeling approach. Using cross validation, we demonstrate that a statistical modeling approach can reveal variations in CSR scores based on the StrateFy model. Such intraspecific variation of CSR scores cannot be captured by a strategy categorization based solely on the species. Results reveal that willows shifted toward more competition and less stress tolerance along hydrologically altered reaches compared to the willows strategy along the natural control. Moreover, the overall distribution of strategies indicates that stress factors (i.e., limiting growth factors), rather than disturbance (i.e., events leading to partial or total destruction), shape the plant traits of alluvial willow trees. Detailed assessments of resource allocation strategies contribute to a more complete understanding of the continuous and reciprocal shaping between flow regimes, landforms, and alluvial vegetation.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17972
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Milani, G., Kneubühler, M., Tonolla, D., Doering, M., & Schaepman, M. E. (2019). Remotely sensing variation in ecological strategies and plant traits of willows in perialpine floodplains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(7), 2090–2106. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004969
Milani, G. et al. (2019) ‘Remotely sensing variation in ecological strategies and plant traits of willows in perialpine floodplains’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(7), pp. 2090–2106. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004969.
G. Milani, M. Kneubühler, D. Tonolla, M. Doering, and M. E. Schaepman, “Remotely sensing variation in ecological strategies and plant traits of willows in perialpine floodplains,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 124, no. 7, pp. 2090–2106, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.1029/2018JG004969.
MILANI, G., M. KNEUBÜHLER, D. TONOLLA, M. DOERING und M. E. SCHAEPMAN, 2019. Remotely sensing variation in ecological strategies and plant traits of willows in perialpine floodplains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. Juli 2019. Bd. 124, Nr. 7, S. 2090–2106. DOI 10.1029/2018JG004969
Milani, G., M. Kneubühler, D. Tonolla, M. Doering, and M. E. Schaepman. 2019. “Remotely Sensing Variation in Ecological Strategies and Plant Traits of Willows in Perialpine Floodplains.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124 (7): 2090–2106. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004969.
Milani, G., et al. “Remotely Sensing Variation in Ecological Strategies and Plant Traits of Willows in Perialpine Floodplains.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 124, no. 7, July 2019, pp. 2090–106, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004969.


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