Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Compositional and ecological diversity of Cansiglio forest (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy) |
| Authors: |
Flavia Sicuriello, Fabrizio Ferretti, Paolo Colangelo, Bruno De Cinti |
| Source: |
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), Vol 5, Iss , Pp 225-236 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Pensoft Publishers, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Environmental sciences |
| Subject Terms: |
Environmental sciences, GE1-350 |
| More Details: |
Aim: The aim of this study is to describe the compositional and ecological diversity of the Natura 2000 Site ‘Cansiglio Forest’ (IT3310006). Study area: The study area is located in the South-Eastern Prealps between the Venetian-Friulian plain and the Cansiglio plateau, a typical karstic system. Methods: A total of 25 vegetation relevés, each of 250 m2, were sampled in the LIFE SPAN (LIFE19 NAT/IT/000104) project plots and were subjected to cluster analysis (Bray-Curtis, Ward) and NMDS ordination. Variables such as Ellenberg Indicator Values, environmental parameters, life forms, chorotypes, and phytosociological units were tested using ANOVA and the Kruskal-Wallis test to assess significant differences between clusters. The indicspecies package was applied to study the association between species patterns and combinations of clusters. Results: We distinguished three clusters. Cluster A, characterized by several species, including Chaerophyllum hirsutum and Phegopteris connectilis, shows higher EIVs for moisture, acidic soil reaction and lower temperature, a more open canopy and mainly Circumboreal and Euro Asian species of Vaccinio-Piceetea. Cluster B1, a mixed forest of Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba with Circaea alpina, has intermediate EIVs, a closed canopy, low herbaceous layer cover, and higher cover of SE-European species. Cluster B2, a pure Fagus sylvatica forest with Lathyrus venetus, has lower EIVs for humidity and higher for temperature, and mainly Central European species of Carpino-Fagetea. Conclusion: The anthropogenic spruce forest is developing in the Cansiglio plateau and is favored by thermal inversion. It could be identified with Senecioni cacaliaster-Piceetum, but further study is needed to confirm. The mixed forest of Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba and the pure beech forest represent two facies of the Cardamino pentaphylli-Fagetum fagetosum, with the first one dominating on the coldest slopes and the second one on the highest and warmer belt. This community can be included in the Aremonio-Fagion alliance. Taxonomic reference: Euro+Med PlantBase (2023). Syntaxonomic references: Mucina et al. (2016) for classes, orders and alliances; Willner et al. (2017) for suballiances. Abbreviations: ANOVA = analysis of variance; EIV = Ellenberg indicator value; FVG = Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia-Giulia; HSD = honestly significant difference; NMDS = non-metric multidimensional scaling. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2683-0671 |
| Relation: |
https://vcs.pensoft.net/article/118821/download/pdf/; https://vcs.pensoft.net/article/118821/download/xml/; https://vcs.pensoft.net/article/118821/; https://doaj.org/toc/2683-0671 |
| DOI: |
10.3897/VCS.118821 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/fa2ad1209ebb4dc6b8261030b32c2b17 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.fa2ad1209ebb4dc6b8261030b32c2b17 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
