afo_06: Obergurgl, AT, Monitoring_vegetation 2000-ongoing

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Obergurgl - Austria
Abstract
The long-term monitoring project has the aim of recording the vegetational development in subalpine to alpine altitudes in aspects on the effect of grazing, grazing exclusion and pedogenesis. In the year 2000 permanent plots were established along an altitudinal gradient from 1960 m to 2790 m a.s.l. Besides the altitudinal gradient, the sites differ in locations and communities: subalpine area, timberline area, lower alpine area, upper alpine area and bogs. Also the effect of grazing was measured due to established fences at each site to exclude grazers (domestic herbivores).

Keywords
alpine
Alpine and subalpine grasslands
biodiversity
electric exclusion
grazing
long term monitoring
Contact
Nikolaus Schallhart
Owner/Creator
University of Innsbruck
Brigitta Erschbamer
UUID
207594c0-d79d-11e4-8676-005056ab003f
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Date Range
Post date
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 13:57
Last modified
Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 15:21
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Science DirectInstitute of Botany, University of Innsbruck Eco.mont
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Science DirectInstitute of Botany, University of Innsbruck Eco.mont
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Science DirectInstitute of Botany, University of Innsbruck Eco.mont
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Method Description
At each untreated site, six permanent plots of 1 m² were marked. At each grazing exclusion site, three plots of 1 m² were marked within each exclosure (EX) and three outside as controls (CO), resulting in a total of 108 plots of 1 m². Each permanent plot was monitored once during the growing season by means of a frequency frame, divided into 100 subplots of 10 cm x 10 cm. The frequency of the species was given in percent related to the 100 subplots. The frequencies were summed up into functional groups, i. e. dwarf shrubs, herbs, legumes, graminoids, bryophytes and lichens.
Instrumentation
metal frame with 1 m²
Sampling Time Unit
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Sampling Time Span
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Spatial Design
block design
Species Groups
Achillea millefolium
Achillea moschata
Agrostis alpina
Agrostis capillaris
Agrostis rupestris
Ajuga pyramidalis
Alchemilla fissa
Alchemilla vulgaris
Alectoria ochroleucra
Androsace obtusifolia
Antennaria dioica
Anthoxanthum alpinum
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Anthyllis vulneraria ssp alpicola
Arabis soyeri
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arenaria biflora
Arenaria ciliata
Arnica montana
Artemisia genipi
Artemisia mutellina
Aster alpinus
Astragalus alpinus
Astragalus austriacus
Astragalus species
Avenella flexuosa
Avenula versicolor
Bartsia alpina
Botrychium lunaria
Brachypodium pinnatum
Bryophyta species
Calliergon stramineum
Calluna vulgaris
Campanula barbata
Campanula scheuchzeri
Campylium stellatum
Cardamine alpina
Cardamine resedifolia
Carex atrata
Carex canescens
Carex capillaris
Carex curvula
Carex echinata
Carex ericetorum
Carex leporina
Carex montana
Carex nigra
Carex ornithopoda
Carex pallescens
Carex parviflora
Carex paupercula
Carex rostrata
Carex sempervirens
Cerastium cerastioides
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium holosteoides
Cerastium uniflorum
Cetraria ericetorum
Cetraria islandica
Cetraria nivalis
Cladonia arbuscula
Cladonia gracilis
Cladonia rangiferina
Cladonia species
Cladonia stellaris
Coeloglossum viride
Comastoma tenellum
Crepis aurea
Crocus albiflorus
Dactylis glomerata
Deschampsia cespitosa
Diphasiastrum alpinum
Draba aizoides
Drepanocladus exannulatus
Empetrum hermaphroditum
Epilobium nutans
Epilobium species
Equisetum arvense
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum variegatum
Erigeron uniflorus
Eriophorum angustifolium
Euphrasia minima
Euphrasia rostkoviana
Festuca halleri
Festuca pumila
Festuca rubra
Galium anisophyllon
Gentiana acaulis
Gentiana bavarica
Gentiana brachyphylla
Gentiana nivalis
Gentiana orbicularis
Gentiana prostrata
Gentiana punctata
Gentianella anisodonta
Gentianella germanica
Geranium sylvaticum
Geum montanum
Gnaphalium supinum
Helianthemum nummularium agg.
Hieracium alpinum
Hieracium sp.
Homogyne alpina
Juncus filiformis
Juncus jacquinii
Juncus trifidus
Juniperus communis ssp. nana
Kobresia myosuroides
Leontodon helveticus
Leontodon hispidus
Leontopodium alpinum
Leucanthemopsis alpina
Lichen
Ligusticum mutellina
Loiseleuria procumbens
Lomatogonium carinthiacum
Lotus corniculatus
Luzula lutea
Luzula multiflora
Luzula spicata
Luzula sudetica
Luzula sylvatica ssp. sieberi
Melampyrum sylvaticum
Minuartia gerardii
Minuartia recurva
Myosotis alpestris
Nardus stricta
Oreochloa disticha
Oxytropis lapponica
Parnassia palustris
Pedicularis kerneri
Pedicularis tuberosa
Peltigera aphthosa
Persicaria vivipara
Phleum alpinum
Phleum commutatum
Phleum rhaeticum
Phyteuma hemisphaericum
Pinguicula leptoceras
Poa alpina
Polygala chamaebuxus
Polytrichum sp.
Potentilla aurea
Potentilla erecta
Primula glutinosa
Prunella vulgaris
Pseudorchis albida
Pulsatilla alpina ssp. apiifolia
Pulsatilla vernalis
Pyrola minor
Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus montanus
Rhinanthus glacialis
Rhododendron ferrugineum
Rumex acetosella
Rumex alpestris
Rumex alpinus
Sagina saginoides
Salix herbacea
Salix retusa
Salix serpillifolia
Saxifraga bryoides
Saxifraga moschata
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Saxifraga paniculata
Sedum alpestre
Sedum atratum
Selaginella selaginoides
Sempervivum montanum
Senecio incanum
Sibbaldia procumbens
Silene acaulis agg.
Silene nutans
Silene vulgaris
Soldanella pusilla
Solidago virgaurea
Solorina crocea
Sphagnum species
Stereocaulon alpinum
Taraxacum officinale
Thamnolia vermicularis
Thesium alpinum
Thymus praecox agg.
Thymus pulegioides
Trichophorum cespitosum
Trifolium alpinum
Trifolium badium
Trifolium pallescens
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Vaccinium gaultherioides
Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Veronica alpina
Veronica bellidioides
Veronica fruticans
Veronica species
Viola biflora
Viola palustris
Willemetia stipitata
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