Patterns of plant species composition of a temperate floodplain meadow in response to fine-scale topography
Abstract: Floodplains are vital and diverse habitats, providing essential ecosystem services. In Germany, the total surface of floodplain meadows has decreased by over 80% since the 1950s due to human activities such as river channelisation and embankment as well as land use intensification, leading to changes in nutrient and pollutant input. However, effects of these changes on floodplain vegetation remain understudied, primarily due to their recent occurrence. Here we investigate the effects of terrain elevation, flow distance to permanent water bodies (rivers and clay ponds), groundwater-surface distance and thickness of the alluvial clay layer on the plant species composition of the floodplain meadows ‘Papitzer Lachen’ in Northwest Saxony, Germany. We make use of the Ellenberg indicator system to approach statistical results from an ecological point of view. We recorded the vegetation species composition on 20 relevés of 10 m x 10 m (100 m2) each across different floodplain meadow types .... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/3004
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Patterns of plant species composition of a temperate floodplain meadow in response to fine-scale topography ; volume:78 ; number:4 ; year:2024
Erdkunde ; 78, Heft 4 (2024)
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Erzfeld, Lukas
Feilhauer, Hannes
Scholz, Mathias
Hartmann, Timo
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10.3112/erdkunde.2024.04.04
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2501280422271.212811339954
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Feilhauer, Hannes
- Scholz, Mathias
- Hartmann, Timo
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