Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe

Abstract Aim The first comprehensive checklist of European phytosociological alliances, orders and classes (EuroVegChecklist) was published by Mucina et al. (2016, Applied Vegetation Science , 19 (Suppl. 1), 3–264). However, this checklist did not contain detailed information on the distribution of...

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Published in:Applied Vegetation Science
Main Authors: Preislerová, Zdenka, Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja, Mucina, Ladislav, Berg, Christian, Bonari, Gianmaria, Kuzemko, Anna, Landucci, Flavia, Marcenò, Corrado, Monteiro‐Henriques, Tiago, Novák, Pavel, Chytrý, Milan
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spelling ftsubgoettingen:oai:publications.goettingen-research-online.de:2/135797 2023-11-05T03:42:22+01:00 Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe Preislerová, Zdenka Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja Mucina, Ladislav Berg, Christian Bonari, Gianmaria Kuzemko, Anna Landucci, Flavia Marcenò, Corrado Monteiro‐Henriques, Tiago Novák, Pavel Chytrý, Milan Preislerová, Zdenka Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja Mucina, Ladislav Berg, Christian Bonari, Gianmaria Kuzemko, Anna Landucci, Flavia Marcenò, Corrado Monteiro‐Henriques, Tiago Novák, Pavel Chytrý, Milan 2022 https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/135797 https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12642 en eng https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/135797 doi:10.1111/avsc.12642 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article journal_article yes 2022 ftsubgoettingen https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12642 2023-10-08T16:58:21Z Abstract Aim The first comprehensive checklist of European phytosociological alliances, orders and classes (EuroVegChecklist) was published by Mucina et al. (2016, Applied Vegetation Science , 19 (Suppl. 1), 3–264). However, this checklist did not contain detailed information on the distribution of individual vegetation types. Here we provide the first maps of all alliances in Europe. Location Europe, Greenland, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cyprus and the Caucasus countries. Methods We collected data on the occurrence of phytosociological alliances in European countries and regions from literature and vegetation‐plot databases. We interpreted and complemented these data using the expert knowledge of an international team of vegetation scientists and matched all the previously reported alliance names and concepts with those of the EuroVegChecklist. We then mapped the occurrence of the EuroVegChecklist alliances in 82 territorial units corresponding to countries, large islands, archipelagos and peninsulas. We subdivided the mainland parts of large or biogeographically heterogeneous countries based on the European biogeographical regions. Specialized alliances of coastal habitats were mapped only for the coastal section of each territorial unit. Results Distribution maps were prepared for 1,105 alliances of vascular‐plant dominated vegetation reported in the EuroVegChecklist. For each territorial unit, three levels of occurrence probability were plotted on the maps: (a) verified occurrence; (b) uncertain occurrence; and (c) absence. The maps of individual alliances were complemented by summary maps of the number of alliances and the alliance–area relationship. Distribution data are also provided in a spreadsheet. Conclusions The new map series represents the first attempt to characterize the distribution of all vegetation types at the alliance level across Europe. There are still many knowledge gaps, partly due to a lack of data for some regions and partly due to uncertainties in the definition of some ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: GoeScholar Applied Vegetation Science 25 1
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description Abstract Aim The first comprehensive checklist of European phytosociological alliances, orders and classes (EuroVegChecklist) was published by Mucina et al. (2016, Applied Vegetation Science , 19 (Suppl. 1), 3–264). However, this checklist did not contain detailed information on the distribution of individual vegetation types. Here we provide the first maps of all alliances in Europe. Location Europe, Greenland, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cyprus and the Caucasus countries. Methods We collected data on the occurrence of phytosociological alliances in European countries and regions from literature and vegetation‐plot databases. We interpreted and complemented these data using the expert knowledge of an international team of vegetation scientists and matched all the previously reported alliance names and concepts with those of the EuroVegChecklist. We then mapped the occurrence of the EuroVegChecklist alliances in 82 territorial units corresponding to countries, large islands, archipelagos and peninsulas. We subdivided the mainland parts of large or biogeographically heterogeneous countries based on the European biogeographical regions. Specialized alliances of coastal habitats were mapped only for the coastal section of each territorial unit. Results Distribution maps were prepared for 1,105 alliances of vascular‐plant dominated vegetation reported in the EuroVegChecklist. For each territorial unit, three levels of occurrence probability were plotted on the maps: (a) verified occurrence; (b) uncertain occurrence; and (c) absence. The maps of individual alliances were complemented by summary maps of the number of alliances and the alliance–area relationship. Distribution data are also provided in a spreadsheet. Conclusions The new map series represents the first attempt to characterize the distribution of all vegetation types at the alliance level across Europe. There are still many knowledge gaps, partly due to a lack of data for some regions and partly due to uncertainties in the definition of some ...
author2 Preislerová, Zdenka
Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja
Mucina, Ladislav
Berg, Christian
Bonari, Gianmaria
Kuzemko, Anna
Landucci, Flavia
Marcenò, Corrado
Monteiro‐Henriques, Tiago
Novák, Pavel
Chytrý, Milan
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author Preislerová, Zdenka
Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja
Mucina, Ladislav
Berg, Christian
Bonari, Gianmaria
Kuzemko, Anna
Landucci, Flavia
Marcenò, Corrado
Monteiro‐Henriques, Tiago
Novák, Pavel
Chytrý, Milan
spellingShingle Preislerová, Zdenka
Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja
Mucina, Ladislav
Berg, Christian
Bonari, Gianmaria
Kuzemko, Anna
Landucci, Flavia
Marcenò, Corrado
Monteiro‐Henriques, Tiago
Novák, Pavel
Chytrý, Milan
Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe
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Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja
Mucina, Ladislav
Berg, Christian
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Landucci, Flavia
Marcenò, Corrado
Monteiro‐Henriques, Tiago
Novák, Pavel
Chytrý, Milan
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title_short Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe
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