Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Book chapters |
| URL | https://www.dgl-ev.de/publikationen/dgl-tagungsbaende/tagungsberichte.html |
| Title (Primary) | Influence of lateral connectivity on floodplain vegetation along the Elbe River |
| Title (Secondary) | Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung 2022 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL) und der deutschen und österreichischen Sektion der Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) an der Universität Konstanz vom 19.–23. September 2022, Konstanz |
| Author | Hecht, C.
; Hering, D.; Horchler, P.; Hoyer, M.; Januschke, K.; Kaden, U.S.
; Rieland, G.; Rumm, A.; Struller, F.; Weber, A.; Scholz, M.
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| Year | 2023 |
| Department | BZF; NSF |
| Page From | 82 |
| Page To | 84 |
| Language | deutsch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | lateral connectivity; riverbed incision; biodiversity; floodplain vegetation; traits |
| Abstract | Riverbed incision (erosion) from anthropogenic impacts disturbs the natural lateral connectivity of the river floodplain, reducing natural flooded areas and thus leading to a loss of typical floodplain vegetation. The way in which differential lateral connectivity affects plant communities and phytodiversity is however still poorly understood. Therefore, the influence of connectivity on plant species composition was investigated in four study areas (each with 20 survey plots) along the river Elbe within the project “ElBiota - Lateral connectivity and biodiversity of the Elbe floodplains”. Two of the study areas (Elsnig and Bösewig on the upper middle Elbe) are largely disconnected from the Elbe (area with strong riverbed incision/erosion). Two other study areas (Schönberg Deich and Jasebeck) on the lower middle Elbe still show relatively good lateral connectivity of floodplain and river (area without riverbed incision/erosion). A large number of plot-specific environmental variables were recorded or modelled and finally multivariate statistical analyses were performed to determine which variables were best associated with plant community differentiation. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=27069 |
| Hecht, C., Hering, D., Horchler, P., Hoyer, M., Januschke, K., Kaden, U.S., Rieland, G., Rumm, A., Struller, F., Weber, A., Scholz, M. (2023): Influence of lateral connectivity on floodplain vegetation along the Elbe River Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung 2022 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL) und der deutschen und österreichischen Sektion der Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) an der Universität Konstanz vom 19.–23. September 2022, Konstanz Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie, Essen, S. 82 - 84 |
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