Using Ellenberg Indicator Values to Assess Soil Quality in British Forests from Ground Vegetation: A Pilot Study

Hawkes, JC; Pyatt, D. G.; White, Ian

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“…Renberg & Hellberg 1982). Diekmann (2003) provides a thorough review of species indicator values as a tool in applied ecology, and additional excellent examples of their use include Dzwonko (2001), Hawkes et al (1997), Carey (1997), andHoltland et al (2010). The underlying mathematical basis for the use of indicator values is outlined by ter Braak and Barendregt (1986) and ter Braak and Gremmen (1987).…”

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantitative Climate Reconstructions Based on Late-Quaternary Biological Proxies

Birks

2011

TOECOLJ

339

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Abstract:The importance of reconstructing past environments quantitatively in palaeoecology is reviewed by showing that many ecological questions asked of palaeoecological data commonly involve the reconstructions of past environment. Three basic approaches to reconstructing past climate from palaeoecological data are outlined and discussed in terms of their assumptions, strengths, and weaknesses. These approaches are the indicator-species approach involving bioclimateenvelope modelling; the assemblage approach involving modern analogue techniques and response surfaces; and the multivariate calibration-function approach. Topics common to all approaches are reviewed -presentation and interpretation, evaluation and validation, comparison, and general limitations of climate reconstructions. Challenges and possible future developments are presented and the potential future role of quantitative climate reconstructions in palaeoecology is summarised.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantitative Climate Reconstructions Based on Late-Quaternary Biological Proxies

Birks

2011

TOECOLJ

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“…Indicator species system has many advantages in vegetation analysis and has been used widely in applied plant ecology, forestry and agriculture, especially in Europe (Ter Braak and Gremmen, 1987;Hill and Carey, 1997;Hawkes et al, 1997;Dzwonko, 2001;Diekmann, 2003;Klaus et al, 2012). These values were derived from field experience of plant ecologists and reflect the realised optima of species.…”

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Ecological indicator values of forest communities in Zonguldak-Çitdere region

Çoban¹

2016

J FAC FOR ISTANBUL U

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Indicator species system, which has been used widely in Europe, has many advantages in vegetation analysis. It allows quick interpretation of ecological conditions using floristic data without doing any measurements about site conditions. Considering the amount of phytosociological studies carried out in Turkey, this system may provide important information about plants or plant communities if required modifications are done. In this study, PignattiEllenberg indicator values (EIVs) modified for the check list of Flora Europea were used to analyse and compare forest communities of Çitdere region in terms of light (radiation), temperature, moisture, continentality, soil reaction and soil nutrient in order to test how effectively mean EIVs indicate ecological conditions. Main differences were found between communities which occur on sunny and shady exposures in terms of moisture, soil nutrient, light and temperature indicator values. When normal and original permutation tests were used, all of six indicator values were significant. With the modified permutation test, only mean temperature and light indicator values showed significant differences among 8 forest communities of the region. Pinus sylvestris and Quercus petraea forest communities which have relatively narrow distribution area showed higher correlation with temperature and continentality indicator values when weighted average by species cover was used. Keywords: Ellenberg indicator values, ecology, plant sociology, vegetation analysis, site conditionÇitdere bölgesi (Yenice-Karabük) orman toplumlarının ekolojik gösterge değerleri Özet: Vejetasyon analizi çalışmalarında, Avrupa'da yaygın olarak kullanılan gösterge tür sisteminin pek çok avantajı bulunmaktadır. Bu sistem, floristik veriler kullanılarak ekolojik koşullar hakkında herhangi bir ölçüm yapmadan kolayca yorum yapma imkanı sunmaktadır. Türkiye'de yapılmış olan çok sayıdaki bitki sosyolojisi çalışmaları dikkate alındığında, gösterge türlerle ilgili bazı değişiklerin yapılması durumunda bitki toplumlarının ya da türlerin gösterge değerleri hakkında önemli bilgiler elde edilebilir. Bu çalışmada, Avrupa florası için düzenlenmiş olan PignattiEllenberg gösterge değerleri (EIVs) yardımıyla Çitdere bölgesindeki orman toplumlarını; ışık, sıcaklık, nem, karasallık, toprak reaksiyonu ve toprak besin maddesi kriterleri bakımından karşılaştırarak, ortalama gösterge değerlerin ekolojik koşulları ne oranda yansıttığı test edilmiştir. Güneşli ve gölgeli bakılarda yayılış gösteren toplumlar; nem, toprak besin maddesi, ışık ve sıcaklık gösterge değerleri bakımında farklılıklar göstermiştir. Normal parametrik ve permütasyon testleri kullanıldığında 6 gösterge değerinin tamamı, modifiye edilmiş permütasyon testi kullanıldığında ise sadece sıcaklık ve ışık ortalama gösterge değerleri bölgedeki 8 orman toplumu için istatistiksel olarak farklılık göstermiştir. Nispeten daha dar alanlarda yayılış gösteren Pinus sylvestris ve Quercus petraea orman toplumları, örtme derecelerine göre ağırlıklandırılmış verinin ku...

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“…Limitation and strengths of the Ellenberg's approach have been long debated (e.g., Ewald 2003), though a number of studies showed a good agreement between indicators and environmental variables (e.g., Fanelli et al 2007, Schaffers & Sykora 2000, Schmidtlein & Ewald 2003, Southall et al 2003, Kaiser & Käding 2005. EIVs represent a first model of bioindication applied for the first time to the flora of Germany (Ellenberg 1974), and then extended to Netherlands (van der Maarel et al 1985), Norway (Vevle & Aase 1980), Sweden (Diekmann 1995), Estonia (Pärtel et al 1996(Pärtel et al , 1999, Poland (Roo-Zieliska & Solon 1988), Great Britain (Hawkes et al 1997), northeastern France (Thimonier et al 1994) and Italy (Celesti Grapow et al 1993, Pignatti 2005, Fanelli et al 2006b. EIVs have been shown to successfully describe the ecological patterns of plant communities and to be related to important functional traits (Schaffers & Sykora 2000, Pignatti et al 2001, Testi et al 2004.…”

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Assessing the habitat conservation status by soil parameters and plant ecoindicators

Sicuriello¹,

Nicola²,

Dowgiallo³

et al. 2014

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Using Ellenberg Indicator Values to Assess Soil Quality in British Forests from Ground Vegetation: A Pilot Study

Cited by 68 publications

References 13 publications

Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantitative Climate Reconstructions Based on Late-Quaternary Biological Proxies

Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantitative Climate Reconstructions Based on Late-Quaternary Biological Proxies

Ecological indicator values of forest communities in Zonguldak-Çitdere region

Assessing the habitat conservation status by soil parameters and plant ecoindicators

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