Distribution of habitat specialists in semi-natural grasslands

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Authors	FAJMONOVÁ Zuzana ZELENÝ David SYROVÁTKA Vít VONČINA Grzegorz HÁJEK Michal
Year of publication	2013
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Vegetation Science
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12005/abstract
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12005
Field	Ecology
Keywords	Community specificity;Habitat history;Habitat specialist;Hay meadow;Nutrient availability;Pasture;Vegetation;West Carpathians
Description	We found that some plant communities have higher representation of habitat specialists than expected by chance, mainly semi-dry grasslands in the Outer West Carpathians, and calcareous fens and higher-altitude meadows in the Inner West Carpathians. Habitats that have occurred in the region since the early postglacial period are rich in habitat-specialized grassland species. Habitat specialists tend to occur in nutrient-poor habitats and generalists in nutrient-rich habitats. Nevertheless, some communities on productive habitats and with a relatively short history also show high level of community specificity.
Related projects:	Evolutionary ecological analysis of communities and populations Environmental gradients, vegetation dynamics and landscape changes in the West Carpathians from the Late Glacial up to the present time Generalized supervised classification in community ecology Beta diversity of plant communities along constrained environmental gradients