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Article Title: Recent shifts in plant species suggest bipolar land-use changes in alpine pastures
Journal Name: Alpine Botany
Author Names: Nicolas Strebel, Christoph Bühler
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ESM1 Vegetation types according to Delarze et al. (1999)
Vegetation type / Description / Code COR / Codes CH / nCalthion palustris / Vigorous pasture or meadow vegetation of nutrient-rich wetland / 37.21 / 232 / 3
Mesobromion / Moderately vigorous meadow or pasture vegetation on poor soil, dominated by drought resistant grasses and herbs / 34.32 / 424 / 5
Seslerion caeruleae / Short turf vegetation on dry, sunny, rocky slopes over calcareous bedrock / 36.431 / 431 / 18
Caricion ferrugineae / Dense and high growing vegetation of meadow-like structure, typically growing on calcareous, humid soils on slopes / 36.412 / 433 / 11
Nardion strictae / Short turf vegetation on acidic soils; vegetation structure dominated by matgrass Nardus stricta; mostly pastures / 36.31 / 435 / 44
Caricion curvulae / Short and open turf vegetation on shallow acidic soils; climax vegetation at alpine altitudes; structure dominated by curved sedge Carex curvula / 36.34 / 437 / 17
Salicion herbaceae / Very short, dense snow-bed vegetation on humid, acidic soils; poor in gramineous species, rich in cryptogams / 36.12 / 442 / 11
Poion alpinae / Dense and short pasture vegetation growing on fertile, humid soils / 36.52 / 454 / 16
Juniperion nanae / Dwarf shrub heath on dry, rocky, acidic soils, intermingled with grassland / 31.431, 31.47 / 544 / 7
Rhododendro-Vaccinion / Dwarf shrub heath on humid soils, intermingled with grassland, often Nardion strictae / 31.42 / 545 / 5
Caricion fuscae/davallianae / Short turf fen vegetation, typically dominated by several short growing sedges / 54.4, 54.2 / 222, 223 / 4
Tall forbs and wood / Several kind of tall forb vegetation and shrubbery, typically on fertile soils / 37.81, 37.82, etc. / 51x, 52x, 53x, 6xx / 7
Rumicion alpini and the like / Vegetation highly disturbed by the presence of cattle i.e. trampling and feces / 87.1, 37.88 / 712, 713, 717 / 2
Codes COR = Corresponding habitat codes according to the Commission of the European Communities (1991)
Codes CH = Corresponding habitat codes according to the definitions by Delarze et al. (1999)
n = number of plots assigned in this study
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