Classification of European bog vegetation of the Oxycocco-Sphagnetea class

0556369 - BÚ 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Jiroušek, M. - Peterka, T. - Chytrý, M. - Jiménez-Alfaro, B. - Kuznetsov, O. L. - Pérez-Haase, A. - Aunina, L. - Biurrun, I. - Dítě, D. - Goncharova, N. - Hájková, Petra - Jirouskova, Jana … Total 40 authors
Classification of European bog vegetation of the Oxycocco-Sphagnetea class.
Applied vegetation science. Roč. 25, č. 1 (2022), č. článku e12646. ISSN 1402-2001. E-ISSN 1654-109X
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : water chemistry * formalized classification * ecological gradients * fens * terminology * diversity * checklist * databases * mires * blanket mires * Braun-Blanquet approach * expert system * ombrotrophic mire * palsa mire * polygon mire * raised bog * vegetation classification * vegetation-plot database
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 2.8, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12646

A data set of vegetation-plot records was compiled to include various bog types over most of the European continent. An unsupervised classification (beta-flexible linkage method, Sørensen distance measure) and detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) ordination were applied. Formal definitions of syntaxa based on species presence and covers, and respecting the results of the unsupervised classification, were developed and included in a classification expert system. The Oxycocco-Sphagnetea class, its two orders (Sphagno-Ericetalia tetralicis and Sphagnetalia medii) and seven compositionally distinct alliances were formally defined. In addition to the syntaxa included in EuroVegChecklist, three new alliances were distinguished: Rubo chamaemori-Dicranion elongati (subarctic polygon and palsa mires), Erico mackaianae-Sphagnion papillosi (blanket bogs of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula), and Sphagno baltici-Trichophorion cespitosi (boreal bog lawns). The latter alliance is newly described in this article.
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