scholarly journals Disentangling environmental correlates of vascular plant biodiversity in a Mediterranean hotspot

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (14) ◽  
pp. 4849-4849
Author(s):  
Rafael Molina-Venegas ◽  
Abelardo Aparicio ◽  
Francisco José Pina ◽  
Benito Valdés ◽  
Juan Arroyo
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Environmental Correlates

scholarly journals Disentangling environmental correlates of vascular plant biodiversity in a M editerranean hotspot

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 3879-3894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Molina‐Venegas ◽  
Abelardo Aparicio ◽  
Francisco José Pina ◽  
Benito Valdés ◽  
Juan Arroyo
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Environmental Correlates

scholarly journals Vascular Plant Diversity in Burned and Unburned Alvar Woodland: More Evidence of the Importance of Disturbance to Biodiversity and Conservation

2009 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Catling
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity ◽  
The Creation

Vascular plant biodiversity was compared in an unburned semi-open alvar woodland dominated by conifers and an equivalent woodland that had burned nine years previously and had developed into a long-lasting successional shrubland. The comparison, based on 30 quadrats 1 m2 at each of two sites, revealed less than 25% similarity in the vegetation cover of the two sites. The successional alvar shrubland that developed following fire had twice as many species and more regionally rare species than the corresponding woodland site. The shrubland also had higher values for various biodiversity measures that take heterogeneity and evenness into account. These data provide additional evidence for the importance of fire and disturbance in the creation of successional habitat upon which biodiversity depends. A cautious use of fire in management of alvars is supported.

scholarly journals Vegetation Structural Complexity and Biodiversity Across Elevation Gradients in the Great Smoky Mountains

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Walter ◽  
Atticus Stovall ◽  
Jeff Atkins
Keyword(s):  
Forest Structure ◽  
Vegetation Structure ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Structural Variations ◽  
Elevation Gradients ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Complexity Metrics ◽  
Smoky Mountains

Questions: Elevation, biodiversity, and forest structure are commonly correlated, but their relationships near the positive extremes of biodiversity and elevation are unclear. We asked 1) How does forest structure vary with elevation in a high biodiversity, high topographic complexity region? 2) Does forest structure predict vascular plant biodiversity? 3) Is plant biodiversity more strongly related to elevation or to forest structure? Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USAMethods: We used terrestrial LiDAR scanning (TLS) to characterize vegetation structure in 12 forest plots. We combined two new canopy structural complexity metrics with traditional TLS-derived forest structural metrics and vascular plant biodiversity data to investigate correlations among forest structure metrics, biodiversity, and elevation. Results: Forest structure varied widely across plots spanning the elevational range of GRSM. Our new measures of canopy density (Depth) and structural complexity (σDepth) were sensitive to structural variations and effectively summarized horizontal and vertical dimensions of structural complexity. Vascular plant biodiversity was negatively correlated with elevation, and more strongly positively correlated with vegetation structure variables. Conclusions: The strong correlations we observed between canopy structural complexity and biodiversity suggest that structural complexity metrics could be used to assay plant biodiversity over large areas in concert with airborne and spaceborne platforms.

Changes in Vascular Plant Biodiversity in the Netherlands in the 20th Century Explained by their Climatic and other Environmental Characteristics

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wil L. M. Tamis ◽  
Maarten Van't Zelfde ◽  
Ruud Van Der Meijden ◽  
Helias A. Udo De Haes
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Environmental Characteristics

scholarly journals Vascular plant biodiversity of floodplain forest geobiocoenosis in Lower Morava river Basin (forest district Tvrdonice), Czech Republic

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Maděra ◽  
Radomír Řepka ◽  
Jan Šebesta ◽  
Tomáš Koutecký ◽  
Martin Klimánek
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Forest Stand ◽  
Floodplain Forest ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Average Area ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Morava River ◽  
Forest District ◽  
Morava River Basin

ABSTRACT This paper presents an evaluation of full-area floristic mapping of floodplain forest in Tvrdonice forest district (Židlochovice Forest Enterprise) based on a single forest stand inventory. The study area encompasses 2,200 ha of forests, where 769 segments were inventoried, and 46,886 single records about presence of vascular plant species were catalogued. We found 612 species (incl. subspecies and hybrids), out of which 514 were herbs, 98 were woody plants, 113 were endangered species and 170 were adventive species. The average area of a segment is 2.86 ha. The mean number of species per segment is 60.97 in a range of 4-151.

scholarly journals The Impact of Exotic Tamarix Species on Riparian Plant Biodiversity

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 395
Author(s):  
Kgalalelo Tshimologo Annie Setshedi ◽  
Solomon Wakshom Newete
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Riparian Ecosystems ◽  
Agricultural Ecosystem ◽  
Faunal Diversity ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated the impact of exotic Tamarix species on vascular plant biodiversity in riparian ecosystems in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Vegetation was sampled, using 5 m wide belt transects, along the Leeu, Swart, and Olifants riparian areas, which had varying invasion intensities. Each transect was split into three zones (Zone 1: 0–15 m; Zone 2: 15–35, and Zone 3: >35 m), which were identified at each site based on species composition across each riparian zone. Woody plant species were identified, counted, and their heights measured within the transects that were laid out from the waterpoint (Zone 1) outwards (Zone 2 and 3). Herbaceous aerial cover (HAC) was determined subjectively and objectified using the Walker aerial cover scale. Leeu River had the highest species richness (Dmg = 2.79), diversity (H′ = 2.17; −lnλ = 1.91; N1 = 8.76 and α = 4.13), and evenness (J′= 0.80). The Swart River had the lowest species richness, which declined from Dmg = 1.96 (Zone 1) to Dmg = 1.82 (Zone 3). Exotic Tamarix species ranked in the top three most abundant woody vascular plant species along the Swart and Olifants rivers, where they ranked first and third, respectively. The Jaccard’s and Sorenson’s coefficients of similarity indicated that species differed greatly between the different sites, x¯ < 27% for both indices. The indices also indicated that the Swart River had the lowest level of species distinctness between zones (x¯ > 80%) while the Leeu River had the highest level of species distinctness (x¯ < 50%) between the different zones. These findings suggest a possible displacement of herbaceous and woody tree species by exotic Tamarix invasion, inter alia, a decrease in ecosystem functions and services associated with the loss in biodiversity, as well as significant bearings on the agricultural ecosystem by reducing the faunal diversity such as crop pollinators, inter alia.

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