Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities
Aims Vegetation classification consistent with the Braun‐Blanquet approach is widely used in Europe for applied vegetation science, conservation planning and land management. During the long history of syntaxonomy, many concepts and names of vegetation units have been proposed, but there has been no...
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| Vydáno v: | Applied vegetation science Ročník 19; číslo S1; s. 3 - 264 |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.11.2016
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| ISSN: | 1402-2001, 1654-109X |
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Vegetation classification consistent with the Braun‐Blanquet approach is widely used in Europe for applied vegetation science, conservation planning and land management. During the long history of syntaxonomy, many concepts and names of vegetation units have been proposed, but there has been no single classification system integrating these units. Here we (1) present a comprehensive, hierarchical, syntaxonomic system of alliances, orders and classes of Braun‐Blanquet syntaxonomy for vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen, and algal communities of Europe; (2) briefly characterize in ecological and geographic terms accepted syntaxonomic concepts; (3) link available synonyms to these accepted concepts; and (4) provide a list of diagnostic species for all classes.
Location
European mainland, Greenland, Arctic archipelagos (including Iceland, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya), Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Caucasus, Cyprus.
Methods
We evaluated approximately 10 000 bibliographic sources to create a comprehensive list of previously proposed syntaxonomic units. These units were evaluated by experts for their floristic and ecological distinctness, clarity of geographic distribution and compliance with the nomenclature code. Accepted units were compiled into three systems of classes, orders and alliances (EuroVegChecklist, EVC) for communities dominated by vascular plants (EVC1), bryophytes and lichens (EVC2) and algae (EVC3).
Results
EVC1 includes 109 classes, 300 orders and 1108 alliances; EVC2 includes 27 classes, 53 orders and 137 alliances, and EVC3 includes 13 classes, 24 orders and 53 alliances. In total 13 448 taxa were assigned as indicator species to classes of EVC1, 2087 to classes of EVC2 and 368 to classes of EVC3. Accepted syntaxonomic concepts are summarized in a series of appendices, and detailed information on each is accessible through the software tool EuroVegBrowser.
Conclusions
This paper features the first comprehensive and critical account of European syntaxa and synthesizes more than 100 yr of classification effort by European phytosociologists. It aims to document and stabilize the concepts and nomenclature of syntaxa for practical uses, such as calibration of habitat classification used by the European Union, standardization of terminology for environmental assessment, management and conservation of nature areas, landscape planning and education. The presented classification systems provide a baseline for future development and revision of European syntaxonomy.
This is the first comprehensive and critical account of the hierarchical syntaxonomic system of communities of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, and algae in Europe, synthesizing more than 100 years of research in classification of vegetation. It aims at documenting standardization of concepts and terminology of syntaxa and informing calibration of habitat classifications for environmental assessment, nature management, conservation, landscape planning, and education. |
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| Bibliografie: | Forum Plinianum, Rome Slovenian Research Agency - No. P1-0236 ArticleID:AVSC12257 Appendix S1. Sources of taxonomic concepts and nomenclature of the EVC1, EVC2 and EVC3 (and accompanying species lists feeding the EuroVegBrowser - ESL1, ESL2, ESL3).Appendix S2. Overview of survey and overview work that served as major literature sources of the EuroVegChecklist.Appendix S3. Glossary of vegetation - scientific, ecological, geographic terminology used in the verbal diagnoses of the syntaxa.Appendix S4. Hierarchical systems structuring the conspecti EVC1, EVC2 and EVC3.Appendix S5. Manual for the installation and use of the EuroVegBrowser.Appendix S6. ESL1: List of diagnostic species of classes of the plant communities dominated by vascular plants (EVC1). Appendix S7. ESL2: List of diagnostic species of classes of the plant communities dominated by mosses and lichens (EVC2). Appendix S8. ESL2: List of diagnostic species of classes of the plant communities dominated by algae (EVC3). Appendix S9. Selected references linked to the classes of the EuroVegChecklist 1 (see EuroVegBrowser application). Appendix S10. Selected references linked to the classes of the EuroVegChecklist 2 (see EuroVegBrowser application). Appendix S11. Selected references linked to the classes of the EuroVegChecklist 3 (see EuroVegBrowser application). Appendix S12. Manual for the EuroVegChecklist Expert System. No. RVO 67985939 istex:4C068458C87709C02ADAEC6E58276CC61DC1DB01 ark:/67375/WNG-1PXLRJTG-P Czech Science Foundation - No. 14-36079G; No. 505/11/0732 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1402-2001 1654-109X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/avsc.12257 |