Elytrigia repens co-occurs with glycophytes rather than characteristic halophytes in low-growing salt meadows on the southern Baltic Sea coast

Pätsch, Ricarda; Bruchmann, Ines; Schellenberg, Jenny; Meisert, Anke; Bergmeier, Erwin

doi:10.2478/s11756-019-00195-1

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“…Abandonment causes changes in species composition and soil properties in grasslands (Swacha et al 2018), and promotes invasion by species with special competitive adaptations (Prévosto et al 2011). In the current Special Issue, Pätsch et al (2019) provide insight into the expansion of Elytrigia repens on Baltic low-growing salt meadows due to the abandonment of grazing. Salt meadows are considered endangered vegetation in the EU (Janssen et al 2016); thus, to protect these grasslands, a monitoring approach has been proposed.…”

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Plant community responses to changes in management

Kącki

Hegedüšová

2019

Biologia

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Plant community responses to changes in management

Kącki

Hegedüšová

2019

Biologia

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“…These species groups can be used to recognize the habitat and to indicate the success of the respective management. They can be applied as an "easyto-use method for monitoring" (Pätsch et al 2019) and an alternative to the survey of the whole floristic composition of the studied habitat types.…”

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Studying local species assemblages of salt-affected vegetation for monitoring Natura 2000 habitats

Gennai¹,

Angiolini²,

Bertacchi³

et al. 2022

Plant Sociology

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This study aims to characterize saline habitats of the Tuscan coast based on the Natura 2000 Habitats Directive 92/43/ECC. These habitats include Atlantic salt meadows (1330), Mediterranean salt meadows (1410) Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (1420), and Mediterranean salt steppes (1510). We compiled vegetation data from a total of 418 plots carried out during our own fieldwork (N = 157) and published scientific literature (N = 261). We performed a Linear Discriminant Analysis to associate species to habitats and used the phi coefficient of association to identify diagnostic species of each habitat. For each habitat, we provide a regional syntaxonomic framework, constant species, cover coefficients, diagnostic species (phi) and “typical species”. We identified groups of species, that we called “local assembly of typical species”, composed by species with a phi coefficient > 20 and/or a cover coefficient > 50 that can be used to identify the habitats and to monitor their conservation status at the local level. This study revealed differences in the “local assembly of typical species” among habitats, characterized by fewer species in habitats 1420 and 1510, and many species in habitats 1410 and 1310. Our results showed that the habitat 1510 was recognizable only for the high cover value of Limonium narbonense and, at least in Tuscany, its syntaxonomic attribution to the order Limonietalia is uncertain. We tested this approach only for a few habitats, but a broader applicability based on other habitats is desirable.

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“…Both HT have larger extensions in the eastern, 'Continental', part of the country (HT 4030 A: 165 km²; C: 325 km²; HT 2310 A: 10 km²; C: 27 km²; BfN 2019). The recent conservation status especially for HT 2310 has been assessed as being unfavourable (BfN2019), and for the EU member states dry heath has been rated as 'vulnerable' in the European Red List of habitats(Janssen et al 2016). The principal reasons for heathland habitat quality decline are abandonment of traditional management, insufficient or wrong management, airborne nitrogen deposition, loss of specific habitat structures and invasive non-native species (BfN 2019).…”

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Vitality of heather (Calluna vulgaris) along gradients of climate, structure and diversity in dry lowland heathland habitats of Northern Germany

Schellenberg¹

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Questions: To improve our knowledge on how environmental conditions determine the development of high-value Calluna vulgaris heathland habitats, we studied the floristic and structural characteristics of heathland plant communities across North Germany and how they are influenced by edaphic, climatic and management factors. We ask how heathland development is related to these factors and what are the implications for conservation management and restoration.Location: North German Plain. Methods:We collected 350 relevés in 18 dry Calluna heathland areas. Plant communities were classified using Isopam, RDA determined effects of environmental conditions. Potential pathways of development and the nature conservation status of the communities were identified on a multifactorial basis. Results:We found nine floristically and structurally distinct heathland plant communities.Heathland vegetation showed distinct patterns along Calluna age development stages and environmental conditions. Soil conditions and related effects of long-term site history and recent management turned out to be the predominant factors influencing species composition and diversity, resulting in three potential heathland succession pathways.Mosaic-like communities with particularly high taxonomic diversity and conservation value occurred on early-successional inland dunes or as regeneration stage growing on nutrientpoor sandy soils without humus accumulation. Conclusions:The study reveals fundamental differences between historically farmed heathland in the oceanic Northwest and former military training areas mainly in northeastern Germany with consequences for restoration ecology. Present nature conservation criteria turned out to be insufficient in predicting habitat quality, as lichens are frequently disregarded. Our findings highlight the need for intense soil disturbance to maintain early-stage soil conditions and a diverse Calluna growth phase composition, as these factors essentially determine species richness in lowland heaths.

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Elytrigia repens co-occurs with glycophytes rather than characteristic halophytes in low-growing salt meadows on the southern Baltic Sea coast

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Plant community responses to changes in management

Plant community responses to changes in management

Studying local species assemblages of salt-affected vegetation for monitoring Natura 2000 habitats

Vitality of heather (Calluna vulgaris) along gradients of climate, structure and diversity in dry lowland heathland habitats of Northern Germany

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