Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect
Questions How do plant communities on zonal loamy vs. sandy soils vary across the full maritime Arctic bioclimate gradient? How are plant communities of these areas related to existing vegetation units of the European Vegetation Classification? What are the main environmental factors controlling the...
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Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center 580 Plants (Botany) Ecology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Nature and Landscape Conservation Walker, Donald A Epstein, Howard E Šibík, Jozef Bhatt, Uma Romanovsky, Vladimir E Breen, Amy L Chasnikova, Silvia Daanen, Ronald Druckenmiller, Lisa A Ermokhina, Ksenia Forbes, Bruce C Frost, Gerald V Geml, Jozsef Kaärlejarvi, Elina Khitun, Olga Khomutov, Artem Kumpula, Timo Kuss, Patrick Matyshak, Georgy Moskalenko, Natalya Orekhov, Pavel Peirce, Jana Raynolds, Martha K Timling, Ina Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect |
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Questions How do plant communities on zonal loamy vs. sandy soils vary across the full maritime Arctic bioclimate gradient? How are plant communities of these areas related to existing vegetation units of the European Vegetation Classification? What are the main environmental factors controlling the transitions of vegetation along the bioclimate gradient? Location 1700‐km Eurasia Arctic Transect (EAT), Yamal Peninsula and Franz Josef Land (FJL), Russia. Methods The Braun‐Blanquet approach was used to sample mesic loamy and sandy plots at 14 total study sites at six locations, one in each of the five Arctic bioclimate subzones and the forest‐tundra transition. Trends in soil factors, cover of plant growth forms (PGFs), and species diversity were examined along the summer‐warmth‐index (SWI) gradient and on loamy and sandy soils. Classification and ordination were used to group the plots and to test relationships between vegetation and environmental factors. Results Clear, mostly nonlinear, trends occurred for soil factors, vegetation‐structure, and species diversity along the climate gradient. Cluster analysis revealed seven groups with clear relationships to subzone and soil texture. Clusters at the ends of the bioclimate gradient (forest‐tundra and polar desert) had many highly diagnostic taxa, whereas clusters from the Yamal Peninsula had only a few. Axis 1 of a Detrended Correspondence Analysis was strongly correlated with latitude and summer warmth; Axis 2 was strongly correlated with soil moisture, percentage sand, and landscape age. Conclusions Summer temperature and soil texture have clear effects on tundra canopy structure and species composition, with consequences to ecosystem properties. Each layer of the plant canopy has a distinct region of peak abundance along the bioclimate gradient. The major vegetation types are weakly aligned with described classes of the European Vegetation Checklist indicating a continuous floristic gradient rather than distinct subzone regions. The study provides ground‐based ... |
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Walker, Donald A Epstein, Howard E Šibík, Jozef Bhatt, Uma Romanovsky, Vladimir E Breen, Amy L Chasnikova, Silvia Daanen, Ronald Druckenmiller, Lisa A Ermokhina, Ksenia Forbes, Bruce C Frost, Gerald V Geml, Jozsef Kaärlejarvi, Elina Khitun, Olga Khomutov, Artem Kumpula, Timo Kuss, Patrick Matyshak, Georgy Moskalenko, Natalya Orekhov, Pavel Peirce, Jana Raynolds, Martha K Timling, Ina |
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Walker, Donald A Epstein, Howard E Šibík, Jozef Bhatt, Uma Romanovsky, Vladimir E Breen, Amy L Chasnikova, Silvia Daanen, Ronald Druckenmiller, Lisa A Ermokhina, Ksenia Forbes, Bruce C Frost, Gerald V Geml, Jozsef Kaärlejarvi, Elina Khitun, Olga Khomutov, Artem Kumpula, Timo Kuss, Patrick Matyshak, Georgy Moskalenko, Natalya Orekhov, Pavel Peirce, Jana Raynolds, Martha K Timling, Ina |
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Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect |
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Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect |
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Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect |
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Walker, Donald A; Epstein, Howard E; Šibík, Jozef; Bhatt, Uma; Romanovsky, Vladimir E; Breen, Amy L; Chasnikova, Silvia; Daanen, Ronald; Druckenmiller, Lisa A; Ermokhina, Ksenia; Forbes, Bruce C; Frost, Gerald V; Geml, Jozsef; Kaärlejarvi, Elina; Khitun, Olga; Khomutov, Artem; Kumpula, Timo; Kuss, Patrick; Matyshak, Georgy; Moskalenko, Natalya; Orekhov, Pavel; Peirce, Jana; Raynolds, Martha K; Timling, Ina (2019). Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect. Applied Vegetation Science, 22(1):150-167. |
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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:161503 2024-10-20T14:05:37+00:00 Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect Walker, Donald A Epstein, Howard E Šibík, Jozef Bhatt, Uma Romanovsky, Vladimir E Breen, Amy L Chasnikova, Silvia Daanen, Ronald Druckenmiller, Lisa A Ermokhina, Ksenia Forbes, Bruce C Frost, Gerald V Geml, Jozsef Kaärlejarvi, Elina Khitun, Olga Khomutov, Artem Kumpula, Timo Kuss, Patrick Matyshak, Georgy Moskalenko, Natalya Orekhov, Pavel Peirce, Jana Raynolds, Martha K Timling, Ina 2019-01-01 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/161503/ https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12401 eng eng Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/161503/8/Applied_Vegetation_Science_2019_150-167.pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/161503/1/Applied_Vegetation_Science_2018_accepted-manuscript.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-161503 doi:10.1111/avsc.12401 urn:issn:1402-2001 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Walker, Donald A; Epstein, Howard E; Šibík, Jozef; Bhatt, Uma; Romanovsky, Vladimir E; Breen, Amy L; Chasnikova, Silvia; Daanen, Ronald; Druckenmiller, Lisa A; Ermokhina, Ksenia; Forbes, Bruce C; Frost, Gerald V; Geml, Jozsef; Kaärlejarvi, Elina; Khitun, Olga; Khomutov, Artem; Kumpula, Timo; Kuss, Patrick; Matyshak, Georgy; Moskalenko, Natalya; Orekhov, Pavel; Peirce, Jana; Raynolds, Martha K; Timling, Ina (2019). Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia arctic transect. Applied Vegetation Science, 22(1):150-167. Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center 580 Plants (Botany) Ecology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Nature and Landscape Conservation Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2019 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1240110.5167/uzh-161503 2024-09-25T00:59:10Z Questions How do plant communities on zonal loamy vs. sandy soils vary across the full maritime Arctic bioclimate gradient? How are plant communities of these areas related to existing vegetation units of the European Vegetation Classification? What are the main environmental factors controlling the transitions of vegetation along the bioclimate gradient? Location 1700‐km Eurasia Arctic Transect (EAT), Yamal Peninsula and Franz Josef Land (FJL), Russia. Methods The Braun‐Blanquet approach was used to sample mesic loamy and sandy plots at 14 total study sites at six locations, one in each of the five Arctic bioclimate subzones and the forest‐tundra transition. Trends in soil factors, cover of plant growth forms (PGFs), and species diversity were examined along the summer‐warmth‐index (SWI) gradient and on loamy and sandy soils. Classification and ordination were used to group the plots and to test relationships between vegetation and environmental factors. Results Clear, mostly nonlinear, trends occurred for soil factors, vegetation‐structure, and species diversity along the climate gradient. Cluster analysis revealed seven groups with clear relationships to subzone and soil texture. Clusters at the ends of the bioclimate gradient (forest‐tundra and polar desert) had many highly diagnostic taxa, whereas clusters from the Yamal Peninsula had only a few. Axis 1 of a Detrended Correspondence Analysis was strongly correlated with latitude and summer warmth; Axis 2 was strongly correlated with soil moisture, percentage sand, and landscape age. Conclusions Summer temperature and soil texture have clear effects on tundra canopy structure and species composition, with consequences to ecosystem properties. Each layer of the plant canopy has a distinct region of peak abundance along the bioclimate gradient. The major vegetation types are weakly aligned with described classes of the European Vegetation Checklist indicating a continuous floristic gradient rather than distinct subzone regions. The study provides ground‐based ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Franz Josef Land polar desert Tundra Yamal Peninsula University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive Arctic Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Yamal Peninsula ENVELOPE(69.873,69.873,70.816,70.816) Environmental Pollution 343 123110 |