Transition along gradient from warm to mesic temperate forests evaluated by GAMM

Čarni, Andraž; Matevski, Vlado; Juvan, Nina; Kostadinovski, Mitko; Košir, Petra; Marinšek, Aleksander; Paušič, Andrej; Šilc, Urban

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“…The north–south gradient (spanning the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean floristic regions) and the steep elevation gradient generate a bioclimatic pattern underpinning vegetation zonation patterns in both horizontal and vertical directions. From the point of view of altitudinal zonation, the region of south‐central Balkans is where the cool‐temperate vegetation belts are transformed into warm‐temperate vegetation belts (Čarni et al., ). Logically, this must occur in the region called “sub‐mediterranean”.…”

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Syntaxonomy and biogeography of dry grasslands on calcareous substrates in the central and southern Balkans

Matevski

Čarni

Ćušterevska

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Applied Vegetation Science

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Questions: Which major syntaxa of dry grasslands supported by carbonate bedrock occur in the central and southern Balkans? What is their position along major ecological gradients and in the context of phytogeographic patterns of the region?Location: Central and southern Balkans, including western Bulgaria, northern Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia (FYROM) and Serbia. Methods:We compiled a matrix of 660 relevés of dry grasslands over lime-rich bedrock, previously classified in the Festuco-Brometea. We applied clustering techniques to classify separately synoptic and relevé data, and applied NMDS with passive projection of indicator values, climatic data and biogeographic geo-elements onto ordination diagrams to assist interpretation of the syntaxonomic patterns. We constructed elevation distribution profiles for alliances and classes of grasslands of several grassland classes from a broader study area to elucidate the relationship of the elevational sorting of the syntaxa in relation to latitude. Results: The analysis revealed six major vegetation types, classified into four orders: (1) Stipo pulcherrimae-Festucetalia pallentis, incl. (sub)montane rocky steppic grasslands of the Saturejion montanae of central Balkans, and the Koelerio-Festucion dalmaticae -submontane rocky grasslands of southern Serbia and Kosovo; (2) Astragalo onobrychidis-Potentilletalia represented by the Saturejo-Thymion (low-elevation steppic grasslands of southern Balkans); (3) Festucetalia valesiacae represented by grasslands on deep soil and low elevation of northern Greece, and finally (4) high-elevation rocky grasslands of southern Balkans, classified as a new alliance -Diantho haematocalycis-Festucion hirtovaginatae, that might belong to a new, yet undescribed, syntaxonomic order. Ordination suggests that the major differentiation of the high-rank syntaxa follows north-south geographic and low-high elevation gradients. Conclusions: Because of the transitional biogeographic position of the studied region, as well as considerable large elevation span across latitudes, the diversity of vegetation types is high. The indication a putative new dry grassland order, the midhigh altitudes of the southern Balkans points to a need to re-assess the Balkan vegetation occupying the community niche between the low-elevation dry grasslands (Festuco-Brometea) and those typical of high elevations (Elyno-Seslerietea and Daphno-Festucetea), seeking parallels to patterns described from the western Alps, Pyrenees, | 489

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Syntaxonomy and biogeography of dry grasslands on calcareous substrates in the central and southern Balkans

Matevski

Čarni

Ćušterevska

et al. 2018

Applied Vegetation Science

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“…These forests are dominated by various species from the genus Quercus, Ostyra carpinifolia, Carpinus orientalis etc. [20]. …”

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“…Evidence exists that in the southern Balkans there were macro refugia of warm temperate forests and also cryptic (smaller) refugia of mesic temperate forests. The macro refugia were more species rich but cryptic refugia also had their floristic individuality [20,37,38].Most research of the history of forests has been done by people from outside the region and the focus has been on the location of refugia and the time needed for temperate trees to migrate from these areas to northern Europe [39]. The vegetation history of the Balkans has much greater significance for the development of forests than this.…”

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Vegetation of Deciduous Forests in the Balkan Peninsula*

Čarni¹

2017

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The article provides an overview of deciduous forests of the Balkan Peninsula. It presents riverine, floodplain and moor forests, dominated by Alnus incana, A. glutinosa, Fraxinus excelsior, F. angustifolia , Quercus robur, Salix alba, Ulmus laevis, U. minor; acidophilous forests dominated by Betula pendula, Castanea sativa, Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea; thermophilous forests dominated by Carpinus orientalis, Ostrya carpinifolia, Quercus cerris, Q. farainetto, Q. petraea, Q. pubescens and mesophilous forests dominated by Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica, F. orientalis, Fraxinus excelsior, Tilia argentea, T. cordata, T. platyphyllos, Ulmus glabra.At the same time, forests were classified into the synsystematic framework of the standard Central European system to the level of an alliance. Keywords: Balkan; forest; vegetation; classificationNomenclatural source: Euro+Med Plantbase (http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed) INTRODUCTIONResearch into vegetation in southeastern Europe has a long tradition. The first fundamental works about vegetation in the region were based on the so-called physiognomic-ecological approach and originate from the beginning of the 20 th century, when Gabriel Beck-Mannagetta published his work Vegetationsverhältnisse der illyrischen Län-der [1] and Lujo Adamović his work Vegetationsverhälnisse der Balkanländer [2]. At the beginning of the 20 th century, a new science -phytosociology -was established [3]. Soon after its beginning in Europe, research in the Balkans began according to this method [4] and the new science was widely accepted among researchers in the region. Our presentation is based on the standard Braun-Blanquet method and its hierarchy; so we group associations (ending -etum) into alliances (ending -ion), alliances into orders (ending -etalia) and those into classes (ending -etea) [5]. As a result of long and intensive research in the region, during recent years some important surveys of forest vegetation of some parts of the region has appeared, e.g. Slovenia [6], Croatia [7], Serbia [8], Kosovo [9], Bulgaria [10] and Greece [11,12]. These and many other studies have enabled us to make an overview of forest vegetation of the region.The large number of publications all over Europe encouraged a group of authors guided by Ladislav Mucina to start preparation of an overview over all vegetation types of the whole of Europe to the alliance level, from the Canary Islands to the Urals and from Cyprus to Greenland [13]. It is based on a list of vegetation classes [14] and on a preliminary overview of alliances [15]. During the procedure, literature sources all over Europe have been checked and many nomenclature corrections and some revisions of individual syntaxa have been published, for instance [16,17]. This paper is intended to give an overview of deciduous forests of the region on the alliance lev- DESCRIPTION OF AREAThe Balkan Peninsula has a large altitudinal diversity, since a great part of the territory has an altitude of over 1000 m, and provides a large altitudinal range t...

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“…pannosum, etc.) In the lowland belt to 1000 (1200) above sea level, in the belt of oak forests (Fraxino orniQuercetum petraeae, Ostryo carpinifoliaeQuercetum cerris and Fraxino orni-Quercetum cerris), and some in the lower belt of beech forest, on the altitude of 700-1200 m [4], [5], with their degradation (uprooting, burning or prolonged use of forests for firewood or other uses), these habitats are gradually transformed into dry grasslands which are secondary phytocenoses maintained through grazing and other anthropogenic activities. The communities of this vegetation type from the central and southern parts of the Balkan Peninsula belong to the class Festuco-Brometea, order Astragalo-Potentilletalia Micevski [1] Matevski [6].…”

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Dry Grassland Vegetation on Galičica Mountain (Sw Macedonia)

Ćušterevska¹

2017

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This paper presents the dry grassland vegetation (Festuco-Brometea) on the Galičica Mountain. The research underlying this study was carried out in the period of 2009-2010 at several localities, on carbonate substrate from Ohrid and Prespa sides. Registered community of this type is subordinate to xerophilous vegetation of the Festuco-Brometea the order Astragalo-Potentilletalia Micevski [1] and alliance Saturejo-Thymion Micevski [2]. From the floristic composition and the detailed phytocoenological analysis of the investigated vegetation it was concluded that it is represented by ass. Siderito montanae-Trifolietum dalmaticae ass. nova subass. erodietosum guicciardii subass. nova.

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Transition along gradient from warm to mesic temperate forests evaluated by GAMM

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Syntaxonomy and biogeography of dry grasslands on calcareous substrates in the central and southern Balkans

Syntaxonomy and biogeography of dry grasslands on calcareous substrates in the central and southern Balkans

Vegetation of Deciduous Forests in the Balkan Peninsula*

Dry Grassland Vegetation on Galičica Mountain (Sw Macedonia)

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