Classification of continental halophytic grassland vegetation of Southeastern Europe

Stevanović, Z. D.; Aćić, Svetlana; Luković, Milica; Zlatković, Ivana; Vasin, Jovica; Topisirovic, Goran; Šilc, Urban

doi:10.1127/phyto/2016/0076

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“…Our survey demonstrated that wetland vegetation in the Eastern Pamir share some floristic similarities with halophytic communities known from temperate and Mediterranean climatic zones of Europe (e.g. [ 74 – 79 ]), assigned (according to various approaches) to the classes Juncetea maritimi (or Asteretea tripolium) and Festuco-Puccinellietea (or Puccinellio-Salicornietea). The similarities mentioned include the dominance of grasses from the genus Puccinellia , as well as species like Blysmus rufus , Glaux maritima and Triglochin maritima .…”

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Nature's patchwork: How water sources and soil salinity determine the distribution and structure of halophytic plant communities in arid environments of the Eastern Pamir

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The eastern part of the Pamir Mountains, located in Central Asia, is characterized by great climatic continentality and aridity. Wetlands developed in this hostile region are restricted to spring areas, terraces of shallow lakes or floodplains along rivers, and provide diversified ecosystem services e.g. as water reservoirs, refugia for rare species and pastures for domestic cattle. These ecosystems are particularly susceptible to climate changes, that in the Pamir Mountains result in increased temperatures, intense permafrost/glacial melt and alterations of precipitation patterns. Climatic changes affect pasture management in the mountains, causing overutilization of sites located at lower elevations. Thus, both climate and man-induced disturbances may violate the existing ecological equilibrium in high-mountain wetlands of the Eastern Pamir, posing a serious risk to their biodiversity and to food security of the local population. In this context, we sought to assess how environmental drivers (with special focus on soil features and potential water sources) shape the distribution and diversity of halophytic plant communities developed in valleys in the Eastern Pamir. This task was completed by means of a vegetation survey and comprehensive analyses of habitat conditions. The lake terraces and floodplains studied were covered by a repetitive mosaic of plant communities determined by differences in soil moisture and salinity. On lower, wetter sites, this patchwork was formed by Blysmus rufus dominated salt marshes, saline small sedge meadows and saline meadows with Kobresia royleana and Primula pamirica; and on drier, elevated sites, by endemic grasslands with Hordeum brevisubulatum and Puccinellia species and patches of xerohalophytic vegetation. Continuous instability of water sources and summer droughts occurring in the Pamir Mountains may lead to significant structural and functional transformations of described wetland ecosystems. Species more tolerant to decreased soil moisture and/or increased soil salinity will expand, leading to alterations of ecosystem services provided by the Pamirs’ wetlands. The described research will help to assess the current state of the wetlands and to predict directions of their future changes.

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Nature's patchwork: How water sources and soil salinity determine the distribution and structure of halophytic plant communities in arid environments of the Eastern Pamir

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“…The first one probably represents only the ecotone between the communities of Suaedetum pannonicae and Crypsietum aculeatae, and it was not found during detailed analysis of salt lake beds vegetation (Dítě et al 2017). Three other above communities belong to the class Festuco-Puccinellietea (Mucina 1993;Dajić-Stevanović et al 2016;Dítě et al 2017). 1947Corr.…”

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“…is relatively more common here, while several other species as Crypsis aculeata, Chenopodium chenopodioides, and Salsola soda are rare. The stands are developed on soils of Solonchak type, flooded in spring, heavily dried up, and cracked in summer, with the highest values of salinity in general (Dajić-Stevanović et al 2016;Dítě et al 2017).…”

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Halophytic Vegetation in the Pannonian Basin: Origin, Syntaxonomy, Threat, and Conservation

Eliáš¹,

Dítě²,

Dítě³

2020

Handbook of Halophytes

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After the Pannonian Sea has dried up, the Pannonian Basin has become a major depression in Central Europe. The continental climate and intensive groundwater evaporation from the upper layers of the soil caused the accumulation of salts and the formation of Solonchak and Solonetz soil. A mosaic of very specific halophytic vegetation has developed on these soils. Pioneer, species-poor vegetation of annual succulents of the Therosalicornietea class occupy the exposed bottoms of salt marshes and inland salt lakes. Very similar vegetation of the class Crypsietea aculeatae is developed in periodically flooded bare shores and bottoms of salt lakes, dead oxbows, ponds, and terrain depressions. Typical vegetation of inland salt steppes is included in the class Festuco-Puccinellietea, while

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“…This Special Issue includes four classification studies on natural and semi-natural grasslands. Two of the studies (Zajac et al 2016 andDajić et al 2016) are supra-national syntaxonomic revisions, one (Kuzemko 2016) is a national revision, while the final study (Nowak et al 2016) describes grass steppes of a still under-investigated region (Pamir Alai Mts. in Tajikistan), thus filling an important knowledge gap on the grassland vegetation of Middle Asia.…”

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“…The included studies deal with phytosociological material from ten countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Ukraine), ordered to six phytosociological classes (Astragalo-Brometea, Cleistogenetea squarrosi, Festuco-Puccinellietea, Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, Nardetea strictae, Thero-Salicornietea). Two studies (Dajić et al 2016 andNowak et al 2016) use unsupervised hierarchical clustering, while the other two (Kuzemko 2016 andZajac et al 2016) use supervised classification by expert systems developed on the Cocktail definitions (Bruelheide 2000). A semi-supervised classification (Tichý et al 2014) by K-means algorithm was used by Zajac et al (2016) to apply the classification system developed in one country (Slovakia) for identification of syntaxa in less explored areas of a neighbouring country (Ukraine).…”

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Classification of Palaearctic grasslands

Janišová¹,

Dengler²,

Willner³

2016

phyto

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Along with a brief introduction to the four research articles of the Special Issue "Classification of Palaearctic grasslands", we present a bibliometric analysis of publication trends regarding classification of Palaearctic grasslands in journals included in the Web of Science database. Regional studies (covering only a part of a country's territory) prevailed (51%), but supra-national studies were more numerous (34%) than national overviews (15%). Four European countries (Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy and Slovakia) were included in the highest number of grassland classification studies (12 each). The publication of grassland classification studies in Web of Science journals continuously increased during the last 15 years. Festuco-Brometea and Molinio-Arrhenatheretea were the most frequently studied grassland classes. Phytocoenologia and Tuexenia were the most popular outlets for original grassland classification studies, while Journal of Vegetation Science had a leading position in publishing methodological articles with relation to grassland vegetation. Methods of unsupervised hierarchical classification were most common in grassland classification studies. Publications outside the Web of Science were not analysed although they represent an important source of knowledge in grassland classification.

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Classification of continental halophytic grassland vegetation of Southeastern Europe

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Nature's patchwork: How water sources and soil salinity determine the distribution and structure of halophytic plant communities in arid environments of the Eastern Pamir

Nature's patchwork: How water sources and soil salinity determine the distribution and structure of halophytic plant communities in arid environments of the Eastern Pamir

Halophytic Vegetation in the Pannonian Basin: Origin, Syntaxonomy, Threat, and Conservation

Classification of Palaearctic grasslands

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