scholarly journals The application of association analysis for phytosociological interpretation of plant communities in Las Piwnicki Nature Reserve near Toruń

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
A. Nienartowicz
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Association Analysis ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Herb Layer ◽  
Numerical Classification ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Classification Technique

The paper contains the results of analysis of the herb layer carried out under different habitat conditions of two forest associations. Camparative studies of the floristic content and an analysis of the homogeneity of the herb layer were conducted with the use of objective statistical methods and a numerical classification technique.

scholarly journals The vegetation of the alkali granite and bordering quartzite in the Vredefort Dome north-west of Parys

1988 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bezuidenhout ◽  
G. J. Bredenkamp ◽  
J. H. Elsenbroek
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Rock Type ◽  
Alkali Granite ◽  
Numerical Classification ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
North West ◽  
Classification Technique ◽  
North And South

An investigation was made to determine the influence of alkali granite and bordering rocks on the distribution of plant species and plant communities. Six plant communities were successfully distinguished in the study area by using the TWINSPAN numerical classification technique, followed by refinement using the Braun-Blanquet technique. The plant communities could easily be correlated with specific habitat types. The results show that rock type as well as aspect (north and south facing slopes) influence the distribution of plant communities strongly. Groups of species which are reliable indicators for specific habitat conditions were also identified.

Improvement of association-analysis classification by Braun-Blanquet technique

Bothalia ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Association Analysis ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Nodal Analysis ◽  
Association Analyses ◽  
Table Method ◽  
Group Relationships

Normal association-analysis was carried out on data collected in the Jack Scott Nature Reserve in the Central Bankenveld of the Transvaal. As the method was found inadequate for obtaining optimal definition and arrangement of plant communities, it was supplemented by the Braun-Blanquet Table Method, which served as a substitute for inverse and nodal analyses. This led to a better understanding of the vegetation of the Reserve. Because association-analysis is strictly hierarchical, presentation of inter-group relationships and interpretation of vegetation-habitat relationships are limited. It is argued that the monothetic character of normal and inverse association-analyses is a further limitation and although this is com­pensated for by nodal-analysis, valuable information is discarded as peripheral in the latter process.

scholarly journals Vcgetation of barren agricultural areas in Czyrnianka basin (Beskid Niski Mts)

2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 269-307
Author(s):  
Beata Barbasz-Krasny ◽  
Joann Puła
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cirsium Arvense ◽  
Numerical Classification ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Indicator Values ◽  
Phytosociological Relevés ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Vegetative Season

The investigations of meadow and pasture fallows in Czyrnianka catchment area, during vegetative season of year 2002, were carried out. The purposes of these investigations were qualifications of plant communities, characterisation of their habitat conditions and making habitats for constant protection. 53 phytosociological relevés by classic Braun-Blanquet method were performed and taken under numerical classification. As a result of classification the types of <i>Gladiolo-Agrostietum</i> and <i>Epilo bio-Juncetum</i> associations and <i>Cirsium arvense-Agropyron</i> repens community were originated. For characterisation of habitat conditions the indicator values by Ellenberg were used. The Detrendent Correspondence Analysis showed that moisture was responsible for differentiation of community composition. A dry variant <i>Gladiolo-Agrostetum</i> association, which contains species characteristic for xerothermical grasslands, is the most interesting from botanical point of view. This community is also protection worth.

scholarly journals Vegetation dynamics in fallow agricultural areas on Przemyśl Foothills (southeastern Poland)

2011 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Barabasz-Krasny
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Vegetation Dynamics ◽  
Soil Reaction ◽  
Numerical Classification ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
State Farm ◽  
Fallow Lands ◽  
Dry Out ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Insight Into

The studies of fallow lands were undertaken on the Przemyśl hills in the area of Cisowa locality which, till very recently, have been owned by a State Farm (PGR). The objective was to gain insight into the composition and diversification of plant communities on meadows, pastures and fields laid fallow, in context of habitat conditions prevailing after the use had ceased. The study utilised an old cadastral map showing the type of communities by category of use: meadows, pasture, and cultivated fields. The study material consisted of 180 relevés, obtained in the period 1998-2000 using the Braun-Blanquet method. By employing numerical classification, eight plant communities were distinguished, including only two of the association rank: Epilobio-Juncetum effusi, Arrhenatheretum elatioris. The analysis of Ellenberg’s habitat indices proved that all the communities belonged to the half-light vegetation group, occurring mostly on fresh soils, under intermediate moisture-content conditions, more rarely on moist soils which do not dry out. The soil reaction was most often neutral or slightly acidic, and in most of the soils the nitrogen content was in the intermediate range. The two principal trends in the succession of communities in the area, after its farming management has ceased, are: marked increase in species richness resulting from the expansion of species, and the process of overgrowing by woody vegetation.

Classification of woody-shrub vegetation of the forest-steppe complex of Privolzhskaya Upland

2009 ◽  
pp. 27-53
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Kudryavtsev
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Vegetation Mapping ◽  
Vegetation Classification ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Mapping Data

Diversity of plant communities in the nature reserve “Privolzhskaya Forest-Steppe”, Ostrovtsovsky area, is analyzed on the basis of the large-scale vegetation mapping data from 2000. The plant community classi­fication based on the Russian ecologic-phytocoenotic approach is carried out. 12 plant formations and 21 associations are distinguished according to dominant species and a combination of ecologic-phytocoenotic groups of species. A list of vegetation classification units as well as the characteristics of theshrub and woody communities are given in this paper.

scholarly journals Disentangling the Ecological Determinants of Species and Functional Trait Diversity in Herb-Layer Plant Communities in European Temperate Forests

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 552
Author(s):  
Janez Kermavnar ◽  
Lado Kutnar ◽  
Aleksander Marinšek
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Functional Trait ◽  
Forest Stand ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Herb Layer ◽  
Bud Bank ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Stand Characteristics

Forest herb-layer vegetation responds sensitively to environmental conditions. This paper compares drivers of both taxonomic, i.e., species richness, cover and evenness, and functional herb-layer diversity, i.e., the diversity of clonal, bud bank and leaf-height-seed plant traits. We investigated the dependence of herb-layer diversity on ecological determinants related to soil properties, climatic parameters, forest stand characteristics, and topographic and abiotic and biotic factors associated with forest floor structure. The study was conducted in different forest types in Slovenia, using vegetation and environmental data from 50 monitoring plots (400 m2 each) belonging to the ICP Forests Level I and II network. The main objective was to first identify significant ecological predictors and then quantify their relative importance. Species richness was strongly determined by forest stand characteristics, such as richness of the shrub layer, tree layer shade-casting ability as a proxy for light availability and tree species composition. It showed a clear positive relation to soil pH. Variation in herb-layer cover was also best explained by forest stand characteristics and, to a lesser extent, by structural factors such as moss cover. Species evenness was associated with tree species composition, shrub layer cover and soil pH. Various ecological determinants were decisive for the diversity of below-ground traits, i.e., clonal and bud bank traits. For these two trait groups we observed a substantial climatic signal that was completely absent for taxonomy-based measures of diversity. In contrast, above-ground leaf-height-seed (LHS) traits were driven exclusively by soil reaction and nitrogen availability. In synthesis, local stand characteristics and soil properties acted as the main controlling factors for both species and trait diversity in herb-layer communities across Slovenia, confirming many previous studies. Our findings suggest that the taxonomic and functional facets of herb-layer vegetation are mainly influenced by a similar set of ecological determinants. However, their relative importance varies among individual taxonomy- and functional trait-based diversity measures. Integrating multi-faceted approaches can provide complementary information on patterns of herb-layer diversity in European forest plant communities.

scholarly journals Vegetation of the Witbank Nature Reserve and its importance for conservation of threatened Rocky Highveld Grassland

Koedoe ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.M. Smit ◽  
G.J. Bredenkamp ◽  
N. Van Rooyen ◽  
A.E. Van Wyk ◽  
J.M. Combrinck
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Diversity Indices ◽  
Moisture Gradient ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Soil Moisture Gradient ◽  
Great Escarpment

A vegetation survey of the Witbank Nature Reserve, comprising 847 hectares, was conducted. Phytosociological data were used to identify plant communities, as well as to determine alpha and beta diversities. Eleven plant communities were recognised, two of these are subdivided into sub- communities, resulting in 14 vegetation units. These communities represent four main vegetation types, namely grassland, woodland, wetland and disturbed vegetation. Grassland communities have the highest plant diversity and wetland vegetation the lowest. Floristic composition indicates that the vegetation of the Rocky Highveld Grassland has affinities to the grassland and savanna biomes and also to the Afromontane vegetation of the Great Escarpment. An ordination scatter diagram shows the distribution of the 14 plant communities or sub-communities along a soil moisture gradient, as well as along a soil depth/surface rock gradient. The sequence of communities along the soil moisture gradient is used for calculating beta-diversity indices. It is concluded that the relatively small size of the Witbank Nature Reserve is unlikely to have significant negative effects on the phytodiversity of the various plant communities. This nature reserve is therefore of considerable importance in conserving a representative sample of the Rocky Highveld Grassland.

scholarly journals Fruit yield of european cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris Pers.) in different plant communities of peatlands (northern Wielkopolska, Poland)

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Adamczak ◽  
Maciej Gąbka ◽  
Waldemar Buchwald
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Leaf Size ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Fruit Yield ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Fruit Number ◽  
Oxycoccus Palustris

The aim of this study was to determine fruit yield of <i>Oxycoccus palustris</i> under the climatic and habitat conditions of northern Wielkopolska (the Greater Poland region), depending on the type of occupied plant community. Total fruit number and fruit weight as well as average cranberry leaf size were determined on 33 plots with an area of 1 m<sup>2</sup>, located on 7 peatlands. On the study areas, European cranberry produced crops from 9.2 up to 242.0 g &#56256;&#56457;&#56256;&#56323; m<sup>-2</sup>, which gives 92-2420 kg &#56256;&#56457;&#56256;&#56323;ha<sup>-1</sup>. It has been demonstrated that on the peatlands of northern Wielkopolska <i>O. palustris</i> reaches its generative and vegetative optimum in the communities of the class <i>Scheuchzerio- Caricetea fuscae</i>, in particular in the community <i>Sphagno recurvi-Eriophoretum angustifolii</i>.

scholarly journals Die plantgemeenskappe van die Ba-landtipe in die Mooirivieropvanggebied, Transvaal

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bezuidenhout
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Numerical Classification ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Land Type ◽  
Vegetation Gradients

The aim of this study was to identify, characterize and interpret ecologically, by using habitat characteristics, the major vege­tation units and their variations of the Ba land type. Six plant communities were successfully distinguished through applying a numerical classification (TWINSPAN) and Braun-Blanquet procedures. The plant communities could easily be correlated with specific habitat types. A clear distinction could be made between plant communities of the upland and lowland areas. Vegetation gradients and associated gradients in habitat were identified by using an ordination technique (DECORANA). The studv emphasized the importance of topography and soil type for the delimitation of management units for farming or nature conservation practices.

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