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A novel dataset of permanent plots in extremely species-rich temperate grasslands
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SYSNO ASEP 0540610 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title A novel dataset of permanent plots in extremely species-rich temperate grasslands Author(s) Hájek, M. (CZ)
Hájková, Petra (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Roleček, Jan (BU-J) ORCID, RID, SAISource Title Folia Geobotanica. - : Springer - ISSN 1211-9520
Roč. 55, č. 3 (2020), s. 257-268Number of pages 12 s. Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords extreme species richness ; permanent plots ; temperate grasslands Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour OECD category Ecology R&D Projects GA20-09895S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support BU-J - RVO:67985939 UT WOS 000583136300001 EID SCOPUS 85094839451 DOI 10.1007/s12224-020-09372-6 Annotation The extreme species richness of some temperate grasslands is a globally relevant yet understudied phenomenon. Until now, few records from thoroughly sampled, though not permanently fixed, vegetation plots were available. We therefore established a network of 40 permanent 4 x 4-m(2) plots in species-rich grasslands of the White Carpathians (Czechia), Ukraine, Hungary and Romania. Thirty-one of them form the main dataset comprising plots from discrete forest-steppe grasslands (the Brachypodio-Molinietum association of the Cirsio-Brachypodion pinnati alliance), while nine of them forms the local dataset from a single locality in the White Carpathians, whose vegetation lacks most forest-steppe species and is transitional between the Bromion erecti and Arrhenatherion elatioris alliances (the Anthoxantho-Agrostietum and Anthyllido vulnerariae-Trifolietum montani associations). The permanent plots contain a nested subplot of 1 m(2), except for five plots from Ukraine and Romania. Most plots harboured at least 80 vascular plant species per 16 m(2), with the mean richness of 16-m(2) plots was 95.3 species in the main dataset and 84 species in the local dataset. Mean richness of the 1-m(2) subplots, presumably reflecting local environmental conditions and competitive relationships more than that of 16 m(2) plots, did not vary between the two datasets, with a general mean of 57.6 species. Species counts of 16-m(2) plots and 1-m(2) subplots correlated, albeit only moderately, only in the main dataset. The presented datasets may be used for comparative analyses as well as for a future revisiting of the plots and may bring novel insights into the dynamics of extreme species richness. Workplace Institute of Botany Contact Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8 Year of Publishing 2021 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-020-09372-6
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