Threatened plant species in the river ports of Central Europe: a potential for nature conservation

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00027073:_____/16:N0000070

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-015-0510-4" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-015-0510-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-015-0510-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11252-015-0510-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Threatened plant species in the river ports of Central Europe: a potential for nature conservation

Original language description

Industrialized areas represent a special group of urbanized areas, but sufficient attention has not been given to them concerning plant species richness and its importance for biodiversity conservation. These sites are considered the main drivers of biological invasions and biotic homogenization on a global scale, but the question of how and to what degree they contribute to biodiversity has yet to be raised. Data for 62 river ports (16 German, 26 Czech, 7 Hungarian, 4 Slovak, and 9 Austrian) on two important Central European waterways (the Elbe-Vltava and Danube waterways) were gathered for 40 years. In total, 1 240 plant species were found. Of these, 371 were classified as threatened and protected, nearly one third of the total number of species found in all of the studied Elbe, Vltava, and Danube ports. Significant differences in the proportion of threatened species in ports and cities were not found. More threatened species were found in the Danube ports than in the other ports, but their numbers fluctuated depending on the size of the port and the region (country). The results showed that the ports must be regarded as special types of species-rich industrial areas; thus, they should not be considered to be only sources of spreading invasive alien species. When planning port development, uniformity and vegetation management that is too intensive should be avoided. Extensively managed open areas and habitat diversity should be maintained.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Urban Ecosystems

ISSN

1083-8155

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

999-1012

UT code for WoS article

000382671000030

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84946867184