Classification of forest and shrubland vegetation in Mediterranean Turkey

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dc.authoridChytry, Milan/0000-0002-8122-3075
dc.authoridARSLAN, Munevver/0000-0003-2645-1486
dc.authoridBonari, Gianmaria/0000-0002-5574-6067
dc.authoridBalpinar, Neslihan/0000-0002-4469-8629
dc.authoridCarni, Andraz/0000-0002-8909-4298
dc.authoridKAVGACI, Ali/0000-0002-4549-3668
dc.contributor.authorKavgaci, Ali
dc.contributor.authorBalpinar, Neslihan
dc.contributor.authorOner, Hafize Handan
dc.contributor.authorArslan, Munevver
dc.contributor.authorBonari, Gianmaria
dc.contributor.authorChytry, Milan
dc.contributor.authorCarni, Andraz
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:04:36Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:04:36Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractQuestions What are the main vegetation types of forest and shrubland vegetation at the alliance level in Mediterranean Turkey? What is their syntaxonomical position? Can we integrate them into the European vegetation classification system? Which environmental factors are the main drivers of the floristic differentiation of vegetation types? Location Southern and western Turkey. Methods We collected 4,717 vegetation plots of forest and shrubland vegetation in Mediterranean Turkey and performed an unsupervised classification of this data set. We described vegetation types based on the classification results, expert knowledge and information from the literature. We defined diagnostic species and prepared distribution maps for each vegetation type. To support the interpretation of the vegetation types, we determined the most important environmental variables using canonical correspondence analysis. Results The studied vegetation was divided into 21 types related to three vegetation belts: (a) thermo- and meso-mediterranean, comprising coniferous (Pinus brutia, Pinus pinea) and sclerophyllous forests, as well as macchia, garrigue and phrygana; (b) supra-mediterranean, comprising Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana forests, thermophilous deciduous forests dominated by various oak species and Ostrya carpinifolia, and forests dominated by temperate species such as Fagus orientalis; and (c) oro-mediterranean, comprising forests and shrublands dominated by Abies cilicica, Cedrus libani, Juniperus excelsa and Juniperus communis subsp. nana. Elevation was identified as the main environmental driver of the vegetation pattern. Among climatic variables, the most important are the mean temperatures (annual and of driest, coldest, and warmest quarters), minimum temperature of winter, precipitation of warmest and driest quarters and precipitation seasonality. These factors indicate the decreasing effect of the Mediterranean climate with increasing elevation. Conclusions The vegetation of Mediterranean Turkey is arranged along climatic gradients depending on elevation and the distance from the Mediterranean Sea. Most vegetation types in this area correspond to the syntaxa accepted in EuroVegChecklist, while others were described as new.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University [TUBITAK-214O670]; Free University of Bozen-Bolzano [TN201H]; Czech Science Foundation [19-28491X]; Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) [P1-0236]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAK, NB and MA were funded by TUBITAK-214O670, GB by the post-doc programme of the Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, and by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano through the CONplant project (TN201H); MC by the Czech Science Foundation (19-28491X) and AC by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS, P1-0236).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/avsc.12589
dc.identifier.issn1402-2001
dc.identifier.issn1654-109X
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85108957460en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12589
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/6219
dc.identifier.volume24en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000667075000010en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Vegetation Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectconiferous foresten_US
dc.subjectdeciduous foresten_US
dc.subjectgarrigueen_US
dc.subjectmacchiaen_US
dc.subjectMediterraneanen_US
dc.subjectnumerical analysisen_US
dc.subjectphryganaen_US
dc.subjectplant communitiesen_US
dc.subjectshrublanden_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectvegetation-plot databaseen_US
dc.subjectvegetation typesen_US
dc.titleClassification of forest and shrubland vegetation in Mediterranean Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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