Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method
The aim of our study is to establish the determinant ecological factors that have the greatest differential impact on the distribution of meadow steppe plant communities of Western Podolia (Ukraine) on the base of a synphytoindication analysis. There were 8 study sites within the study area in the L...
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doaj-808fe55bb18f47af83f9de9d0a66bec72021-09-06T19:22:16ZengSciendoHacquetia1854-98292021-06-0120119721610.2478/hacq-2020-0018Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication methodLysenko Henadii M.0Danylyk Ivan M.1Iemelianova Svitlana M.2Borsukevych Liubov M.3Sosnovska Svitlana V.4Gogol State University of Nizhyn, 2, Kropyvyansky St., Nizhyn, Chernigiv Region, 16600, Ukraine.Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians N.A.S. of Ukraine, 4, Kozelnytska St., L’viv 79026, Ukraine.M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany N.A.S. of Ukraine, 2, Tereshchenkivska St., Kyiv, 01004, Ukraine.Botanical Garden of Ivan Franco National University of L’viv, 44, M. Cheremshyny St., L’viv, 79014, Ukraine.Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians N.A.S. of Ukraine, 4, Kozelnytska St., L’viv 79026, Ukraine.The aim of our study is to establish the determinant ecological factors that have the greatest differential impact on the distribution of meadow steppe plant communities of Western Podolia (Ukraine) on the base of a synphytoindication analysis. There were 8 study sites within the study area in the L’viv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. To determine the coenotic affinity of the studied species, 48 relevés were analyzed. Numerical classification based on the Modified TWINSPAN algorithm divided the dataset into five clusters, which have been identified as the associations Pastinaco sativae-Arrhenatheretum elatioris, Geranio sanguinei-Trifolietum alpestris, Inuletum ensifoliae, Jurineo calcareae-Stipetum capillatae and Lembotropio nigricans-Potentilletum arenariae. The results of gradient analyses indicate that the distribution of meadow steppe communities in the Podolia Upland closely correlates with a number of climatic (thermoregime and continentality of climate) and especially edaphic (soil humidity, soil acidity and carbonate content) ecological factors.https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2020-0018climatic and edaphic factorsmeadow steppesordinationpodolia uplandphytoindication scalessyntaxonomytwinspanvegetation |
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Lysenko Henadii M. Danylyk Ivan M. Iemelianova Svitlana M. Borsukevych Liubov M. Sosnovska Svitlana V. Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method Hacquetia climatic and edaphic factors meadow steppes ordination podolia upland phytoindication scales syntaxonomy twinspan vegetation |
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Lysenko Henadii M. Danylyk Ivan M. Iemelianova Svitlana M. Borsukevych Liubov M. Sosnovska Svitlana V. |
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Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method |
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Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method |
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Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method |
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Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method |
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Comparative assessment of Western Podolia meadow steppes (Ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method |
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comparative assessment of western podolia meadow steppes (ukraine) based on the synphytoindication method |
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The aim of our study is to establish the determinant ecological factors that have the greatest differential impact on the distribution of meadow steppe plant communities of Western Podolia (Ukraine) on the base of a synphytoindication analysis. There were 8 study sites within the study area in the L’viv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. To determine the coenotic affinity of the studied species, 48 relevés were analyzed. Numerical classification based on the Modified TWINSPAN algorithm divided the dataset into five clusters, which have been identified as the associations Pastinaco sativae-Arrhenatheretum elatioris, Geranio sanguinei-Trifolietum alpestris, Inuletum ensifoliae, Jurineo calcareae-Stipetum capillatae and Lembotropio nigricans-Potentilletum arenariae. The results of gradient analyses indicate that the distribution of meadow steppe communities in the Podolia Upland closely correlates with a number of climatic (thermoregime and continentality of climate) and especially edaphic (soil humidity, soil acidity and carbonate content) ecological factors. |
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climatic and edaphic factors meadow steppes ordination podolia upland phytoindication scales syntaxonomy twinspan vegetation |
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