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Wetland vegetation of the class Phragmito-Magno-Caricetea in central Italy

Authors

LANDUCCI Flavia GIGANTE Daniela VENANZONI Roberto CHYTRÝ Milan

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Phytocoenologia
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
web http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/phyt/2013/00000043/F0020001/art00005?token=005c1f49b4a02add00234797e2a46762c6b795d7a662570702356467c673f7b2f267738703375686f492d42493fa
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0340-269X/2013/0043-0545
Field Ecology
Keywords COCKTAIL method; Distribution; Ecology; Formalized classification; Marsh vegetation; Phytosociology; Syntaxonomy; Vegetation database
Description A survey and a formalized phytosociological classification of the marsh vegetation of the class Phragmito-Magno-Caricetea in central Italy is presented. Formal definitions of the majority of wetland associations recorded from the Italian territory were defined using the Cocktail method and applied to a large data set of vegetation plots extracted from the database VegItaly (hosted by the web database system "anArchive"). A total of 43 associations belonging to seven alliances and four orders were recognized. Detrended correspondence analysis (DCA), species indicator values and altitude were used to visualize ecological differences between the associations. Altitude, nutrient status and soil reaction were identified as the main environmental gradients responsible for diversification and distribution of the Phragmito-Magno-Caricetea communities in central Italy.

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