Biogeographic variability of coastal perennial grasslands at the European scale

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Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/avsc.12356" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/avsc.12356</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12356" target="_blank" >10.1111/avsc.12356</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Biogeographic variability of coastal perennial grasslands at the European scale

Original language description

Question: Coastal environments have often been described as azonal. While this characteristic is clear for the foredune system, it seems less evident for more inland fixed dunes, which host habitats of major conservation concern, whose features seem to be more related to local climatic conditions. We hypothesized that, unlike other coastal habitats, dune perennial grasslands differ floristically and structurally across their European range and that patterns of variation are linked to the corresponding climate. Location: European coasts (Atlantic Ocean, Baltic, Mediterranean, Black Sea). Methods: We used a large data set of phytosociological releves, representative of coastal grasslands throughout their European range. The role of climatic variables (temperature, precipitation and continentality) in determining the variability in species composition and vegetation structure (by means of life forms) was investigated through CCA, DCA and GLM. The degree of concentration of species occurrences within groups was calculated through the Phi coefficient. Results: Through multivariate analyses we identified seven major types of coastal grassland, corresponding to different geographic areas. The groups significantly differed in their climatic envelope, as well as in their species composition and community structure. Conclusion: Our results confirm the hypothesis that coastal dune perennial grasslands are subjected to local climate, which exerts significant effects on both floristic composition and community structure. As a consequence, coastal grasslands are particularly prone to the effect of possible climate change, which may alter species composition and distribution, and lead to shifts in the distribution of native plant communities.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Vegetation Science

ISSN

1402-2001

e-ISSN

1654-109X

Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

312-321

UT code for WoS article

000430912500015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85040578366