Ellenberg-type indicator values for European vascular plant species

Lubomír Tichý; Irena Axmanová; Jürgen Dengler; Riccardo Guarino; Florian Jansen; Gabriele Midolo; Michael P. Nobis; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Svetlana Aćić; Fabio Attorre; Erwin Bergmeier; Idoia Biurrun; Gianmaria Bonari; Helge Bruelheide; Juan Antonio Campos; Andraž Čarni; Alessandro Chiarucci; Mirjana Ćuk; Renata Ćušterevska; Yakiv Didukh; Daniel Dítě; Zuzana Dítě; Tetiana Dziuba; Giuliano Fanelli; Eduardo Fernández-Pascual; Emmanuel Garbolino; Rosario G. Gavilán; Jean Claude Gégout; Ulrich Graf; Behlül Güler; Michal Hájek; Stephan M. Hennekens; Ute Jandt; Anni Jašková; Borja Jiménez-Alfaro; Philippe Julve; Stephan Kambach; Dirk Nikolaus Karger; Gerhard Karrer; Ali Kavgacı; Ilona Knollová; Anna Kuzemko; Filip Küzmič; Flavia Landucci; Attila Lengyel; Jonathan Lenoir; Corrado Marcenò; Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund; Pavel Novák; Aaron Pérez-Haase; Tomáš Peterka; Remigiusz Pielech; Alessandro Pignatti; Valerijus Rašomavičius; Solvita Rūsiņa; Arne Saatkamp; Urban Šilc; Željko Škvorc; Jean Paul Theurillat; Thomas Wohlgemuth; Milan Chytrý

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Ellenberg-type indicator values for European vascular plant species

Lubomír Tichý^*, Irena Axmanová, Jürgen Dengler, Riccardo Guarino, Florian Jansen, Gabriele Midolo, Michael P. Nobis, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Svetlana Aćić, Fabio Attorre, Erwin Bergmeier, Idoia Biurrun, Gianmaria Bonari, Helge Bruelheide, Juan Antonio Campos, Andraž Čarni, Alessandro Chiarucci, Mirjana Ćuk, Renata Ćušterevska, Yakiv DidukhDaniel Dítě, Zuzana Dítě, Tetiana Dziuba, Giuliano Fanelli, Eduardo Fernández-Pascual, Emmanuel Garbolino, Rosario G. Gavilán, Jean Claude Gégout, Ulrich Graf, Behlül Güler, Michal Hájek, Stephan M. Hennekens, Ute Jandt, Anni Jašková, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Philippe Julve, Stephan Kambach, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Gerhard Karrer, Ali Kavgacı, Ilona Knollová, Anna Kuzemko, Filip Küzmič, Flavia Landucci, Attila Lengyel, Jonathan Lenoir, Corrado Marcenò, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Pavel Novák, Aaron Pérez-Haase, Tomáš Peterka, Remigiusz Pielech, Alessandro Pignatti, Valerijus Rašomavičius, Solvita Rūsiņa, Arne Saatkamp, Urban Šilc, Željko Škvorc, Jean Paul Theurillat, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Milan Chytrý

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Aims: Ellenberg-type indicator values are expert-based rankings of plant species according to their ecological optima on main environmental gradients. Here we extend the indicator-value system proposed by Heinz Ellenberg and co-authors for Central Europe by incorporating other systems of Ellenberg-type indicator values (i.e., those using scales compatible with Ellenberg values) developed for other European regions. Our aim is to create a harmonized data set of Ellenberg-type indicator values applicable at the European scale. Methods: We collected European data sets of indicator values for vascular plants and selected 13 data sets that used the nine-, ten- or twelve-degree scales defined by Ellenberg for light, temperature, moisture, reaction, nutrients and salinity. We compared these values with the original Ellenberg values and used those that showed consistent trends in regression slope and coefficient of determination. We calculated the average value for each combination of species and indicator values from these data sets. Based on species’ co-occurrences in European vegetation plots, we also calculated new values for species that were not assigned an indicator value. Results: We provide a new data set of Ellenberg-type indicator values for 8908 European vascular plant species (8168 for light, 7400 for temperature, 8030 for moisture, 7282 for reaction, 7193 for nutrients, and 7507 for salinity), of which 398 species have been newly assigned to at least one indicator value. Conclusions: The newly introduced indicator values are compatible with the original Ellenberg values. They can be used for large-scale studies of the European flora and vegetation or for gap-filling in regional data sets. The European indicator values and the original and taxonomically harmonized regional data sets of Ellenberg-type indicator values are available in the Supporting Information and the Zenodo repository.

Original language	English
Article number	e13168
Journal	Journal of Vegetation Science
Volume	34
Issue	1
ISSN	1100-9233
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13168
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

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bioindication
Ellenberg indicator values
light
moisture
nutrients
reaction
salinity
temperature
vascular plants

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Tichý, L., Axmanová, I., Dengler, J., Guarino, R., Jansen, F., Midolo, G., Nobis, M. P., Van Meerbeek, K., Aćić, S., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Bruelheide, H., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Chiarucci, A., Ćuk, M., Ćušterevska, R., ... Chytrý, M. (2023). Ellenberg-type indicator values for European vascular plant species. Journal of Vegetation Science, 34(1), Article e13168. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13168

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AU - Tichý, Lubomír

AU - Axmanová, Irena

AU - Dengler, Jürgen

AU - Guarino, Riccardo

AU - Jansen, Florian

AU - Midolo, Gabriele

AU - Nobis, Michael P.

AU - Van Meerbeek, Koenraad

AU - Aćić, Svetlana

AU - Attorre, Fabio

AU - Bergmeier, Erwin

AU - Biurrun, Idoia

AU - Bonari, Gianmaria

AU - Bruelheide, Helge

AU - Campos, Juan Antonio

AU - Čarni, Andraž

AU - Chiarucci, Alessandro

AU - Ćuk, Mirjana

AU - Ćušterevska, Renata

AU - Didukh, Yakiv

AU - Dítě, Daniel

AU - Dítě, Zuzana

AU - Dziuba, Tetiana

AU - Fanelli, Giuliano

AU - Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo

AU - Garbolino, Emmanuel

AU - Gavilán, Rosario G.

AU - Gégout, Jean Claude

AU - Graf, Ulrich

AU - Güler, Behlül

AU - Hájek, Michal

AU - Hennekens, Stephan M.

AU - Jandt, Ute

AU - Jašková, Anni

AU - Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja

AU - Julve, Philippe

AU - Kambach, Stephan

AU - Karger, Dirk Nikolaus

AU - Karrer, Gerhard

AU - Kavgacı, Ali

AU - Knollová, Ilona

AU - Kuzemko, Anna

AU - Küzmič, Filip

AU - Landucci, Flavia

AU - Lengyel, Attila

AU - Lenoir, Jonathan

AU - Marcenò, Corrado

AU - Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold

AU - Novák, Pavel

AU - Pérez-Haase, Aaron

AU - Peterka, Tomáš

AU - Pielech, Remigiusz

AU - Pignatti, Alessandro

AU - Rašomavičius, Valerijus

AU - Rūsiņa, Solvita

AU - Saatkamp, Arne

AU - Šilc, Urban

AU - Škvorc, Željko

AU - Theurillat, Jean Paul

AU - Wohlgemuth, Thomas

AU - Chytrý, Milan

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