Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 541 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1100 g
Reihe: Phytocoenologia
Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 541 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1100 g
Reihe: Phytocoenologia
ISBN: 978-3-443-02009-5
Verlag: Borntraeger
Vegetation ecologists prefer to study plants in extreme environments, because selective forces are strong and adaptations are more obvious than under mesic conditions. Concerning the environmental factor "water", most scientists cluster either to the "permanent wet group" or to the "dry fraction". There is however a third, small party of colleagues dealing with sites, which switch every year from the littoral to the terrestrial phase (ephemeral wetlands). These habitats are extreme environments, too. Favourable edaphic conditions exist only for a very short time of the growing season (during the limosal ecophase) and year-to-year variability is high. It is a plant life between inundation and desiccation, shifting periodically from flooding to water shortage. The aim of this thematic volume is to enhance the knowledge about these fascinating "ephemeral wetlands" ecosystems and to compile studies from all over the world. The papers of this thematic issue cover a broad spectrum of topics such as habitat typology, vegetation classification, seasonal and year-to-year dynamics, ecophysiology of resurrection plants, seed banks, experimental approaches for habitat restoration and conservation aspects.
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Deil, U.: Vegetation and ecology of ephemeral wetlands – an introduction 171
Barbour, M.G., Solomeshch, A.I., Holland, R.F., Witham, C.W., Macdonald, R.L., Cilliers, S.S., Molina, J.A, Buck, J.J. & Hillman, J.M.: Vernal pool vegetation of California: communities of long-inundated deep habitats 177
Pignatti, E. & Pignatti, S.: Ephemeral wetland vegetation of Western Australia 201
Molina, J.A.: The vegetation of temporary ponds with Isoetes in the Iberian Peninsula 219
Rudner, M.: Environmental patterns and plant communities of the ephemeral wetland vegetation in two areas of the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula 231
Espírito Santo, D. & Arsénio, P.: Influence of land use on the composition of plant communities from seasonal pond ecosystems in the Guadiana Valley Natural Park (Portugal) 267
Popiela, A.: Isoeto-Nanojuncetea species and plant communities in their eastern distribution range (Poland) 283
Shimoda, M.: Emerged shore vegetation of irrigation ponds in western Japan 305
Müller, J.V. & Deil, U.: The ephemeral vegetation of seasonal and semi-permanent ponds in tropical West Africa 327
Porembski, S. & Watve, A.: Remarks on the species composition of ephemeral flush communities on paleotropical rock outcrops 389
Rudner, M.: Seasonal and interannual dynamics in dwarf rush vegetation in the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula 403
Sumberová, K., Horáková, V. & Lososová, Z.: Vegetation dynamics on exposed pond bottoms in the Ceskobudejovická basin (Czech Republic) 421
Heilmeier, H., Durka, W., Woitke, M. & Hartung, W.: Ephemeral pools as stressful and isolated habitats for the endemic aquatic resurrection plant Chamaegigas intrepidus 449
Bissels, S., Donath, T.W., Hölzel, N. & Otte, A.: Ephemeral wetland vegetation in irregularly flooded arable fields along the northern Upper Rhine: the importance of persistent seedbanks 469
Rhazi, M., Grillas, P., Médail, F. & Rhazi, L.: Consequences of shrub clearing on the richness of aquatic vegetation in oligotrophic seasonal pools in Southern France 489
Urban, K.E.: Plant species dynamics during restoration of heath ponds in northwestern Germany 511
Deil, U.: A review on habitats, plant traits and vegetation of ephemeral wetlands - a global perspective 533
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