Verification of the occurrence of some plant species as indicators of landfill impact on the environment

An ecological study was conducted on landfill site in Kuchyňky, Czech Republic. Our paper focuses on verification of research into the issue of waste disposal and the possibilities of using bioindicators to assess landfill impact on the surroundings. The subject of research was surface area of the landfill and its immediate surroundings. Sampling was carried out in 2010–2012 and compared with simple floristic list prepared in 2007. Floristic composition was explored in individual segments. Species abundance was established by valuating the simple presence of the species: 1 yes, 0 no, N not identified – irrespective of population abundance. During the floristic research conducted in 2010, we detected 88 plant species, in 2011 – 105 and in 2012 – 105 plant species, which were compared with 94 species listed in 2007. Based on repeated research we did not find any considerable influence of the landfill on the biotic composition of the environment.

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Floristic composition, plant species abundance, and soil properties of montane savannas in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Flora ◽

10.1016/j.flora.2006.07.005 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 202 (4) ◽

pp. 316-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Nelson Ramírez ◽

Nelda Dezzeo ◽

Noemí Chacón

Keyword(s):

Soil Properties ◽

Plant Species ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Floristic Composition

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Short Communication: Floristic composition and relationships between plant species abundance and soil properties in common hazel (Corylus avellana) mountainous forest of northern Iran

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d190535 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (5) ◽

pp. 1835-1841

Author(s):

GHADER POURRAHMATI ◽

ASADOLLAH MATAJI ◽

HASSAN POURBABAEI ◽

ALI SALEHI

Keyword(s):

Soil Properties ◽

Plant Species ◽

Short Communication ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Floristic Composition ◽

Woody Species ◽

Corylus Avellana ◽

Herbaceous Species ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Total N

Pourrahmati G, Mataji A, Pourbabaei H, Salehi A. 2018. Short Communication: Floristic composition and relationships between plant species abundance and soil properties in common hazel (Corylus avellana) mountainous forest of northern Iran. Biodiversitas 19: 1835-1841. Mountainous forests are valuable terrestrial ecosystems because of their useful services for the human being. Here, we explored the floristic composition and the relationships between plant species abundance distribution and soil physical and chemical properties in common hazel (Corylus avellana L.) in the mountainous forest of northern Iran. Within the forest stand, 30 quadrats (20 m × 20 m and 1 m × 1 m for woody and herbaceous species, respectively) were selectively sampled along an altitudinal range from 1300 m to 1800 m a.s.l. to assess plant species composition and abundance, and soil samples were taken to perform chemical and physical analyses. The results showed that a total of 43 herbaceous and 15 woody species belonging to 23 and 8 families were identified. The abundance of herbaceous species was significantly correlated with soil properties (pH and total N). Furthermore, the abundance of woody species had a non-significant correlation with soil properties.

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Short Communication: Plant species richness and diversity in Karangsambung-Karangbolong National Geopark, Indonesia

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d210457 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Angga Yudaputra ◽

Puguh Rahardjo

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Plant Species ◽

Short Communication ◽

Diversity Index ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Floristic Composition ◽

Plant Species Richness ◽

Ageratum Conyzoides ◽

Medicinal Uses ◽

Species Richness And Diversity

Abstract. Yudaputra A, Rahardjo P. 2020. Short Communication: Plant species richness and diversity in Karangsambung-Karangbolong National Geopark, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 1735-1742. The information on plant species richness and diversity in Karangsambung-Karangbolong National Geopark, Central Java is very limited. This study aimed: (1) to investigate plant species richness and abundance as well as floristic composition in Karangsambung-Karangbolong National Geopark; (2) to reveal the potential uses of plant species recorded in the area. Square sampling plots were applied for nine sampling locations. Square plot of 10 x 10 m was applied to record tree, while nested plots of 5 x 5 m and 2 x 2 m were applied to record sapling and understorey plants including shrubs and herbs, respectively. The highest plant species richness was found in the location with higher elevation and mountainous topography. The species abundance reaches its maximum values at low to moderate elevation. Shannon Diversity Index (H) showed that tree and sapling have moderate diversity, whereas understorey plant has high diversity. Melastoma malabathricum, Clidemia hirta, Zingiber zerumbet, and Ageratum conyzoides are the most abundant plants in this Geopark. Most of plants recorded have potential benefit as medicinal uses.

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The Development of the Communication Skills of Individuals Living in Homes for People with Disabilities

Lifelong Learning ◽

10.11118/lifele2012020256 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 56-70

Author(s):

Petr Kopečný

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Case Studies ◽

Social Services ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Speech Therapy ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

Educational Support ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Subject ◽

The Given

This paper concentrates on the area of special educational support provided to individuals living in homes for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic and presents partial research results illustrating the state of the provision of speech therapy to users of social services facilities falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The subject of the research is an analysis of support for the development of the communication skills of pupils living in social services facilities. The partial results of the research outline the approaches employed by the managerial staff of the given facilities in implementing special educational procedures, describe forms of speech therapy provision in homes for people with disabilities, and compare the attitudes of teachers and social services staff to the development of communication with the importance attributed to it by speech therapists and demonstrated by the case studies performed.

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Effect of Soil Diversity on Forest Plant Species Abundance: A Case Study from Central-European Highlands

Forests ◽

10.3390/f12050534 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 534

Author(s):

Pavel Samec ◽

Jiří Volánek ◽

Miloš Kučera ◽

Pavel Cudlín

Keyword(s):

Soil Properties ◽

Plant Species ◽

Plant Diversity ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Plant Distribution ◽

Soil Diversity ◽

Abiotic Environment ◽

Soil Group ◽

Biogeographical Regions ◽

Forest Distribution

Plant distribution is most closely associated with the abiotic environment. The abiotic environment affects plant species’ abundancy unevenly. The asymmetry is further deviated by human interventions. Contrarily, soil properties preserve environmental influences from the anthropogenic perturbations. The study examined the supra-regional similarities of soil effects on plant species’ abundance in temperate forests to determine: (i) spatial relationships between soil property and forest-plant diversity among geographical regions; (ii) whether the spatial dependencies among compared forest-diversity components are influenced by natural forest representation. The spatial dependence was assessed using geographically weighted regression (GWR) of soil properties and plant species abundance from forest stands among 91 biogeographical regions in the Czech Republic (Central Europe). Regional soil properties and plant species abundance were acquired from 7550 national forest inventory plots positioned in a 4 × 4 km grid. The effect of natural forests was assessed using linear regression between the sums of squared GWR residues and protected forest distribution in the regions. Total diversity of forest plants is significantly dependent on soil-group representation. The soil-group effect is more significant than that of bedrock bodies, most of all in biogeographical regions with protected forest representation >50%. Effects of soil chemical properties were not affected by protected forest distribution. Spatial dependency analysis separated biogeographical regions of optimal forest plant diversity from those where inadequate forest-ecosystem diversity should be increased alongside soil diversity.

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Assessing Habitat Vulnerability and Loss of Naturalness: Applying the GLOBIO3 Model in the Czech Republic

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13105355 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 5355

Author(s):

Vilém Pechanec ◽

Ondřej Cudlín ◽

Miloš Zapletal ◽

Jan Purkyt ◽

Lenka Štěrbová ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Habitat Quality ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Biodiversity Loss ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Natural Habitats ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

New Equation ◽

The Impact

Global and regional biodiversity loss is caused by several drivers including urban development, land use intensification, overexploitation of natural resources, environmental pollution, and climate change. The main aim of our study was to adapt the GLOBIO3 model to the conditions of the Czech Republic (CR) to assess loss of naturalness and biodiversity vulnerability at the habitat level on a detailed scale across the entire CR. An additional aim was to assess the main drivers affecting the biodiversity of habitat types. The GLOBIO3 model was adapted to CZ-GLOBIO by adapting global to local scales and using habitat quality and naturalness data instead of species occurrence data. The total mean species abundance (MSA) index of habitat quality, calculated from the spatial overlay of the four MSA indicators by our new equation, reached the value 0.62. The total value of MSA for natural and near-natural habitats was found to be affected mainly by infrastructure development and fragmentation. Simultaneously, intensity of land use change and atmospheric nitrogen deposition contributed primarily to the low total value of MSA for distant natural habitats. The CZ-GLOBIO model can be an important tool in political decision making to reduce the impact of the main drivers on habitat biodiversity in the CR.

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Life-history traits controlling the survival of Tillaea aquatica: a threatened wetland plant species in intensively managed fishpond landscapes of the Czech Republic

Hydrobiologia ◽

10.1007/s10750-011-0857-3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 689 (1) ◽

pp. 91-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Kateřina Šumberová ◽

Michal Ducháček ◽

Zdeňka Lososová

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Plant Species ◽

Life History Traits ◽

Wetland Plant ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Intensively Managed

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Caution Is Needed When Using Niche Models to Infer Changes in Species Abundance: The Case of Two Sympatric Raptor Populations

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11072020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 2020

Author(s):

Adrián Regos ◽

Luis Tapia ◽

Alberto Gil-Carrera ◽

Jesús Domínguez

Keyword(s):

Habitat Suitability ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Peat Bogs ◽

Population Abundance ◽

Ecological Niche Models ◽

Landsat Images ◽

Sympatric Populations ◽

Circus Pygargus ◽

Hen Harrier ◽

Niche Models

Despite the mounting evidence supporting positive relationships between species abundance and habitat suitability, the capacity of ecological niche models (ENMs) to capture variations in population abundance remains largely unexplored. This study focuses on sympatric populations of hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) and Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus), surveyed in 1997 and 2017 in an upland moor area in northwestern Spain. The ENMs performed very well for both species (with area under the ROC curve and true skill statistic values of up to 0.9 and 0.75). The presence of both species was mainly correlated with heathlands, although the normalized difference water index derived from Landsat images was the most important for hen harrier, indicating a greater preference of this species for wet heaths and peat bogs. The findings showed that ENM-derived habitat suitability was significantly correlated with the species abundance, thus reinforcing the use of ENMs as a proxy for species abundance. However, the temporal variation in species abundance was not significantly explained by changes in habitat suitability predicted by the ENMs, indicating the need for caution when using these types of models to infer changes in population abundance.

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