Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation
Aims: The Raunkiær's system classifies vascular plants into life forms based on the position of renewal buds during periods unfavourable for plant growth. Despite the importance of Raunkiær's system for ecological research, a study exploring the diversity and distribution of life forms on...
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ftzhawzuerich:oai:digitalcollection.zhaw.ch:11475/29659 2024-02-27T08:38:22+00:00 Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation Midolo, Gabriele Axmanová, Irena Divíšek, Jan Dřevojan, Pavel Lososová, Zdeňka Večeřa, Martin Karger, Dirk Nikolaus Thuiller, Wilfried Bruelheide, Helge Aćić, Svetlana Attorre, Fabio Biurrun, Idoia Boch, Steffen Bonari, Gianmaria Čarni, Andraž Chiarucci, Alessandro Ćušterevska, Renata Dengler, Jürgen Dziuba, Tetiana Garbolino, Emmanuel Jandt, Ute Lenoir, Jonathan Marcenò, Corrado Rūsiņa, Solvita Šibík, Jozef Škvorc, Željko Stančić, Zvjezdana Stanišić‐Vujačić, Milica Svenning, Jens‐Christian Swacha, Grzegorz Vassilev, Kiril Chytrý, Milan 2024-01-19 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11475/29659 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229 https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29659 https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29659 en eng Wiley https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229 https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29659 doi:10.1111/jvs.13229 doi:10.21256/zhaw-29659 https://hdl.handle.net/11475/29659 https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29659 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ISSN:1100-9233 ISSN:1654-1103 Journal of Vegetation Science Annual plant Growth form Plant functional trait Plant life span Shrub Species richness Tree info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/580 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift Text 2024 ftzhawzuerich https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.1322910.21256/zhaw-29659 2024-01-29T00:49:21Z Aims: The Raunkiær's system classifies vascular plants into life forms based on the position of renewal buds during periods unfavourable for plant growth. Despite the importance of Raunkiær's system for ecological research, a study exploring the diversity and distribution of life forms on a continental scale is missing. We aim to (i) map the diversity and distribution of life forms in European vegetation and (ii) test for effects of bioclimatic variables while controlling for habitat-specific responses. Location: Europe. Methods: We used data on life forms of 8883 species recorded in 546,501 vegetation plots of different habitats (forest, grassland, scrub and wetland). For each plot, we calculated: (i) the proportion of species of each life form and (ii) the richness and evenness of life forms. We mapped these plot-level metrics averaged across 50 km × 50 km grid cells and modelled their response to bioclimatic variables. Results: Hemicryptophytes were the most widespread life form, especially in the temperate zone of Central Europe. Conversely, therophyte and chamaephyte species were more common in the Mediterranean as well as in the dry temperate regions. Moreover, chamaephytes were also more common in the boreal and arctic zones. Higher proportions of phanerophytes were found in the Mediterranean. Overall, a higher richness of life forms was found at lower latitudes while evenness showed more spatially heterogeneous patterns. Habitat type was the main discriminator for most of the responses analysed, but several moisture-related predictors still showed a marked effect on the diversity of therophytes and chamaephytes. Conclusions: Our maps can be used as a tool for future biogeographic and macro-ecological research at a continental scale. Habitat type and bioclimatic conditions are key for regulating the diversity and distribution of plant life forms, with concomitant consequences for the response of functional diversity in European vegetation to global environmental changes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic ZHAW digitalcollection (Repository of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences) Arctic |
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Annual plant Growth form Plant functional trait Plant life span Shrub Species richness Tree info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/580 Midolo, Gabriele Axmanová, Irena Divíšek, Jan Dřevojan, Pavel Lososová, Zdeňka Večeřa, Martin Karger, Dirk Nikolaus Thuiller, Wilfried Bruelheide, Helge Aćić, Svetlana Attorre, Fabio Biurrun, Idoia Boch, Steffen Bonari, Gianmaria Čarni, Andraž Chiarucci, Alessandro Ćušterevska, Renata Dengler, Jürgen Dziuba, Tetiana Garbolino, Emmanuel Jandt, Ute Lenoir, Jonathan Marcenò, Corrado Rūsiņa, Solvita Šibík, Jozef Škvorc, Željko Stančić, Zvjezdana Stanišić‐Vujačić, Milica Svenning, Jens‐Christian Swacha, Grzegorz Vassilev, Kiril Chytrý, Milan Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation |
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Aims: The Raunkiær's system classifies vascular plants into life forms based on the position of renewal buds during periods unfavourable for plant growth. Despite the importance of Raunkiær's system for ecological research, a study exploring the diversity and distribution of life forms on a continental scale is missing. We aim to (i) map the diversity and distribution of life forms in European vegetation and (ii) test for effects of bioclimatic variables while controlling for habitat-specific responses. Location: Europe. Methods: We used data on life forms of 8883 species recorded in 546,501 vegetation plots of different habitats (forest, grassland, scrub and wetland). For each plot, we calculated: (i) the proportion of species of each life form and (ii) the richness and evenness of life forms. We mapped these plot-level metrics averaged across 50 km × 50 km grid cells and modelled their response to bioclimatic variables. Results: Hemicryptophytes were the most widespread life form, especially in the temperate zone of Central Europe. Conversely, therophyte and chamaephyte species were more common in the Mediterranean as well as in the dry temperate regions. Moreover, chamaephytes were also more common in the boreal and arctic zones. Higher proportions of phanerophytes were found in the Mediterranean. Overall, a higher richness of life forms was found at lower latitudes while evenness showed more spatially heterogeneous patterns. Habitat type was the main discriminator for most of the responses analysed, but several moisture-related predictors still showed a marked effect on the diversity of therophytes and chamaephytes. Conclusions: Our maps can be used as a tool for future biogeographic and macro-ecological research at a continental scale. Habitat type and bioclimatic conditions are key for regulating the diversity and distribution of plant life forms, with concomitant consequences for the response of functional diversity in European vegetation to global environmental changes. |
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Midolo, Gabriele Axmanová, Irena Divíšek, Jan Dřevojan, Pavel Lososová, Zdeňka Večeřa, Martin Karger, Dirk Nikolaus Thuiller, Wilfried Bruelheide, Helge Aćić, Svetlana Attorre, Fabio Biurrun, Idoia Boch, Steffen Bonari, Gianmaria Čarni, Andraž Chiarucci, Alessandro Ćušterevska, Renata Dengler, Jürgen Dziuba, Tetiana Garbolino, Emmanuel Jandt, Ute Lenoir, Jonathan Marcenò, Corrado Rūsiņa, Solvita Šibík, Jozef Škvorc, Željko Stančić, Zvjezdana Stanišić‐Vujačić, Milica Svenning, Jens‐Christian Swacha, Grzegorz Vassilev, Kiril Chytrý, Milan |
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Midolo, Gabriele Axmanová, Irena Divíšek, Jan Dřevojan, Pavel Lososová, Zdeňka Večeřa, Martin Karger, Dirk Nikolaus Thuiller, Wilfried Bruelheide, Helge Aćić, Svetlana Attorre, Fabio Biurrun, Idoia Boch, Steffen Bonari, Gianmaria Čarni, Andraž Chiarucci, Alessandro Ćušterevska, Renata Dengler, Jürgen Dziuba, Tetiana Garbolino, Emmanuel Jandt, Ute Lenoir, Jonathan Marcenò, Corrado Rūsiņa, Solvita Šibík, Jozef Škvorc, Željko Stančić, Zvjezdana Stanišić‐Vujačić, Milica Svenning, Jens‐Christian Swacha, Grzegorz Vassilev, Kiril Chytrý, Milan |
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Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation |
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Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation |
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Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation |
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Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation |
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Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation |
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diversity and distribution of raunkiær's life forms in european vegetation |
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