Causes and Consequences of Alpine Vascular Plant Diversity in the Rocky Mountains

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Bowman ◽  
Mary Damm
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

Vascular Plant Diversity of Forested Wetlands in Southern New England

Rhodora ◽  
10.3119/19-21 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 122 (990) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Green ◽  
Marlyse Duguid
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Forested Wetlands ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

Vegetation and vascular plant diversity of islands surrounding Port Shelter, Hong Kong, China

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-609
Author(s):  
Hu Puwei ◽  
Xing Fuwu ◽  
Chen Lin ◽  
Wang Meina ◽  
Wang Faguo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

The significance of deadwood for total bryophyte, lichen, and vascular plant diversity in an old-growth spruce forest

Plant Ecology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 215 (10) ◽  
pp. 1123-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Dittrich ◽  
Mascha Jacob ◽  
Claudia Bade ◽  
Christoph Leuschner ◽  
Markus Hauck
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Spruce Forest ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

scholarly journals Relationship between moth (night active Lepidoptera) diversity and vegetation characteristics in southern Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1005-1015
Author(s):  
Torbjörn Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Vegetation Composition ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity ◽  
Site Characteristics ◽  
Tree Canopy Cover ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract The diversity and community composition of moths (both macro- and micromoths) at 32 sites, representing a wide range of habitat types (forests, grasslands, wetlands, agricultural and urban areas) within a restricted region in central Scania, southern-most Sweden, was investigated by use of light moth traps and compared with vascular plant species richness and habitat characteristics. The results revealed a highly significant general association between vegetation composition and the composition of the moth community and multivariate (CCA) analyses indicated light availability and soil fertility parameters (pH and macronutrients) to be the habitat characteristics that best correlated with moth community composition. Less strong, but still significant, positive relationships between moth abundance and local vascular plant diversity were also revealed. Moth species richness was positively correlated with diversity of woody plant genera in the neighborhood, but not with local vascular plant diversity in general. As for more general site characteristics, there were tendencies for higher moth richness and abundance at sites with more productive soils (well-drained, high pH, high nutrient availability), while shading/tree canopy cover, management, soil disturbance regimes and nectar production appeared unrelated to moth community parameters. It is concluded that local moth assemblages are strongly influenced by site characteristics and vegetation composition. Implications for insect conservation: The results show that obtaining moth data on a local scale is useful for conservation planning and does not need to be very cumbersome. Local moth assemblages monitored are indeed related to local site characteristics of conservation relevance.

scholarly journals Bryophyte diversity is related to vascular plant diversity and microhabitat under disturbance in karst caves

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 106947
Author(s):  
Hai Ren ◽  
Faguo Wang ◽  
Wen Ye ◽  
Qianmei Zhang ◽  
Taotao Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Karst Caves ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

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 Monitoring of vascular plant diversity in a changing climate in the alpine zone of the Central Greater Caucasus

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1104-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khatuna GIGAURI ◽  
Maia AKHALKATSI ◽  
George NAKHUTSRISHVILI ◽  
Otar ABDALADZE
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Alpine Zone ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

scholarly journals The Future of Vascular Plant Diversity Under Four Global Scenarios

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Detlef P. van Vuuren ◽  
Osvaldo E. Sala ◽  
Henrique M. Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity ◽  
The Future
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