Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species composition
Arable fields are among the most widespread habitats in Slovakia, but recently, there have been no studies regarding species composition and structure of weed vegetation in these fields. Therefore, we studied the structure of arable weed vegetation and detected α- and β-diversity. The dataset of 507...
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| author | Jana Májeková Marica Zaliberová Iveta Škodová |
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| description | Arable fields are among the most widespread habitats in Slovakia, but recently, there have been no studies regarding species composition and structure of weed vegetation in these fields. Therefore, we studied the structure of arable weed vegetation and detected α- and β-diversity. The dataset of 507 phytosociological relevés in different crop types contains 407 plant taxa in 46 plant families. Native plants dominated over aliens, archaeophytes dominated over neophytes, and 14 plants belonged to invasive taxa. The most common species in the dataset were Tripleurospermum perforatum, Cirsium arvense, and Viola arvensis. Weeds were mostly therophytes, b- and a-euhemerobic, competitors, and ruderals, reproducing by seeds and pollinated by insects. The β-diversity of weed vegetation decreased with elevation and temperature and was higher in the Pannonicum than the Carpaticum region. The highest β-diversity was established in fodder+fallow fields, followed by that in cereals and root-crop fields, and the smallest diversity was found in stubble. Beta-diversity increased from spring to summer and slightly decreased again in fall. Detrended correspondence analysis indicated that the major compositional turnover of weed vegetation was related to light, temperature, moisture, and elevation. Weed vegetation constitutes an important habitat in the landscape that provides refuge to many threatened plants, and this vegetation has important functions in the agro-ecosystem food chain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-653886164c7d4fdead92aa8016be0d242022-12-22T00:23:34ZengPolish Botanical SocietyActa Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae2083-94802019-11-0188410.5586/asbp.36377026Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species compositionJana Májeková0Marica Zaliberová1Iveta Škodová2Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 23 BratislavaInstitute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 23 BratislavaInstitute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 23 BratislavaArable fields are among the most widespread habitats in Slovakia, but recently, there have been no studies regarding species composition and structure of weed vegetation in these fields. Therefore, we studied the structure of arable weed vegetation and detected α- and β-diversity. The dataset of 507 phytosociological relevés in different crop types contains 407 plant taxa in 46 plant families. Native plants dominated over aliens, archaeophytes dominated over neophytes, and 14 plants belonged to invasive taxa. The most common species in the dataset were Tripleurospermum perforatum, Cirsium arvense, and Viola arvensis. Weeds were mostly therophytes, b- and a-euhemerobic, competitors, and ruderals, reproducing by seeds and pollinated by insects. The β-diversity of weed vegetation decreased with elevation and temperature and was higher in the Pannonicum than the Carpaticum region. The highest β-diversity was established in fodder+fallow fields, followed by that in cereals and root-crop fields, and the smallest diversity was found in stubble. Beta-diversity increased from spring to summer and slightly decreased again in fall. Detrended correspondence analysis indicated that the major compositional turnover of weed vegetation was related to light, temperature, moisture, and elevation. Weed vegetation constitutes an important habitat in the landscape that provides refuge to many threatened plants, and this vegetation has important functions in the agro-ecosystem food chain.https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/8486alien taxaalpha diversitybeta diversitycentral europethreatened plantssegetal vegetation |
| spellingShingle | Jana Májeková Marica Zaliberová Iveta Škodová Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species composition Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae alien taxa alpha diversity beta diversity central europe threatened plants segetal vegetation |
| title | Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species composition |
| title_full | Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species composition |
| title_fullStr | Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species composition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species composition |
| title_short | Weed vegetation of arable land in Slovakia: diversity and species composition |
| title_sort | weed vegetation of arable land in slovakia diversity and species composition |
| topic | alien taxa alpha diversity beta diversity central europe threatened plants segetal vegetation |
| url | https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/8486 |
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