Can vegetation indicate landfill cover features?

Tintner, Johannes; Klug, Brigitte

doi:10.1016/j.flora.2011.01.005

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“…On the other hand, some of our seres certainly approached their endpoints rather closely after a few decades. In general, we agree with Loidi & Fern andez-Gonz ales (2012) that potential natural vegetation may represent a more probable outcome of successional trajectories, and that the concept of potential natural vegetation is tentatively useful for predicting the outcomes of restoring disturbed sites (Tinter & Klug 2011). This conclusion is strengthened by the fact that all species recorded in potential natural vegetation were also recorded in seral vegetation in our study.…”

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Does succession run towards potential natural vegetation? An analysis across seres

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Tichý

Lencová

et al. 2016

J Vegetation Science

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Questions: (1) Do 17 seres studied proceed towards corresponding potential natural vegetation;(2) what are the similarities between seral and potential natural vegetation, and is it possible to estimate how long it takes to reach potential natural vegetation; and (3) do primary and secondary seres differ?Location: Extracted peatlands, corridors of the former iron curtain, artificial fishpond islands and barriers, sedimentary basins, various spoil heaps after mining, various stone quarries, forest clearings, burned-down forests, road verges, sand and gravel-sand pits, river gravel bars and abandoned arable fields located in various parts of the Czech Republic.Methods: Seral stages were sampled by phytosociological relev es (2602). The following categories of successional age were considered: early (1-10 yrs), intermediate (11-25 yrs) and late (>25 yrs). Phytosociological relev es (386) representing corresponding potential natural vegetation were extracted from the National Phytosociological Database. DCA and CCA ordinations were performed to compare the pattern of seral stages with potential natural vegetation and between primary and secondary seres. Dissimilarity between seral stages of primary and secondary successions and the corresponding potential natural vegetation was further assessed using the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity measure. Extrapolation was performed to estimate when the seres will reach the stage corresponding to potential natural vegetation. Results:The ordination showed that successions proceeded towards the corresponding potential natural vegetation and reflected substrate pH, site moisture and successional age. The estimated average time needed to reach potential natural vegetation was about 180 yrs for primary successions and about 260 yrs for secondary successions, considering presence-absence species data, and 200 and 250 yrs, respectively, considering cover data. All species recorded in potential natural vegetation (421) were also recorded in seral vegetation. Conclusions:In the general view across the high number of seres spread over the whole country, successions advanced in the direction of the corresponding potential natural vegetation. The extrapolated recovery of potential natural vegetation is faster in primary seres than in secondary ones, and seres sooner resemble the corresponding potential natural vegetation in species composition than in vegetation structure.

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Does succession run towards potential natural vegetation? An analysis across seres

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Lencová

et al. 2016

J Vegetation Science

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“…The resulting parameter set for the PCA comprised the F-values "1" to "4" and "8" to "12", the R-values "1" to "4" and "8" to "9", the N-values "1" to "4" and "8" to "9". Life traits were indicated in ranges from "1" to "4" as reported by Tintner and Klug (2011).…”

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Early Successions in the Floodplain of the Kamp River (Austria)

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2013

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Abstract:In 2002, large riparian parts of the river Kamp in Lower Austria were affected by a flood which eradicated almost all vegetation at the riverside. From 2003 to 2012 the authors documented early stages of succession at five specific sites with characteristic vertical and horizontal distances to the river. Phytosociological relevés were performed. Ecological indicator values, life traits, diversity indices (species number, evenness) and Sørensen index were used to describe the development within this period. The results demonstrate that, after five years, succession had usually reached a stage where highly competitive species like Phalaris arundinacea or Alnus glutinosa dominate. The first year after the flood annuals, lots of them common ruderals, dominated. The second year a change to biennial species took place. This transition was paralleled by a numeral maximum of species in the second year. Differences were only evident at a site where vegetation had not been completely eradicated by the flood. At this site a rudimentary stage of annuals was directly followed by an increase of Phalaris arundinacea that had been formerly present as well. Succession dynamics were stronger where conditions did not favor competitive species, which led to higher evenness values. Evenness values decreased, whenever Phalaris or Alnus achieved the dominance. As a matter of fact, these vegetation types showed a minimum in biodiversity. Maxima of evenness were found in vegetation with a high percentage of ruderals and shortliving species.

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“…It is evident from previous studies (Tintner & Klug 2011;Tintner et al 2012) on Central European landfills that aboveground vegetation differs visually and measurably from natural or semi-natural vegetation in the surrounding habitat. Plant communities respond to external influences and the importance of site factors to plant species composition has been demonstrated repeatedly (Goslee & Sanderson 2010).…”

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Vegetation as the Bioindicator of Human-induced Degradation in Karst Landscape: Case Study of Waste-filled Dolines

Valjavec

Ribeiro

Čarni

2017

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etation as the bioindicator of human�induced degradation in karst landscape: case study of waste�filled dolines Mismanagement practices, such as unsustainable waste disposal, created many degraded sites. In karst landscapes, old uncontrolled landfills are often located in dolines (sinkholes). Buried waste material in dolines represents degradation of landform, habitats and a potential danger of groundwater pollution. Buried waste provides heterogeneous ecological conditions on the surface, thus plant communities or individual plant species that developed on the surface of landfills can be used as a bioindicators of waste-filled doline sites and therefore indicators of land degradation. we aimed to discover the potential of vegetation to detect unknown locations of old dumpsites in suffusion dolines in Logaško polje (Dinaric Karst, Slovenia), either by plant communities or by plant species. we aimed to ascertain whether vegetation can indicate the dumping period by estimation of community succession stage. Locations and the age of waste-filled dolines (doline-dumps) were preliminary identified by a historical landscape study. Thus, we used time series of aerial photographs and digital photogrammetry tools for 3D modelling of historical terrain. Ecological evaluation was based on sampling the floristic composition of plots (5x5 m). we analysed ecological conditions by Ellenberg bioindicator values, structure by life history traits and naturalness by hemerobic levels of plants. we studied in detail 30 up to 50-years-old waste-filled dolines that are interspersed by dry and mesic grasslands. Ecological evaluation demonstrated that the main driver of ecological diversity at doline-dumps is the time at which the doline was backfilled and succession started. Annual and eutrophic communities dominate the youngest doline-dumps, middle aged doline-dumps are covered by ni-ACTA CARSOLOGICA 46/1-2017 96 MATEJA BREG VALJAVEC, DANIELA RIBEIRO & ANDRAž ČARNI trophilous perennial forbs and, finally, communities developed towards mesic grassland. we conclude that plant communities in combination with diagnostic plant species can be used as a bioindicators of doline-dumps in agricultural landscape of Logaško polje and can therefore indicate the sites of potential groundwater pollution sources but not the type of long-time buried waste.

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Can vegetation indicate landfill cover features?

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Does succession run towards potential natural vegetation? An analysis across seres

Does succession run towards potential natural vegetation? An analysis across seres

Early Successions in the Floodplain of the Kamp River (Austria)

Vegetation as the Bioindicator of Human-induced Degradation in Karst Landscape: Case Study of Waste-filled Dolines

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