Transcript BIOFLOR – a database on biological and ecological traits

UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle
BIOFLOR – a database on biological and
ecological traits of vascular plants in Germany:
applications with vegetation and distribution data
Ingolf Kühn, Walter Durka &
Stefan Klotz
UZF – Centre for Environmental Research Halle,
Department of Community Ecology
BiolFlor: General Information
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A relational database with HSQL database engine (CDVersion) or Oracle (Internet-Presentation)
Derived from projects of UFZ during the past ten years
3659 species (all natives, naturalized and frequent casuals
of Germany)
66 traits with numerous states
Incorporates Frank & Klotz (1990)
BiolFlor: Content I
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Taxonomy and Synonymy: Taxonomy after Jäger & Werner
(2002: “Rothmaler”), Synonymy after Wisskirchen &
Haeupler (1998), German names
Floristic status and alien species: Floristic status, species
origin/evolution (anecophytes), endemism, mode of
introduction, time of introduction, degree of naturalization
Chromosome numbers, ploidy levels, and DNA contents:
Chromosome number, ploidy level and type, DNA content
Phylogeny: Phylogenetic supertree covering all BIOLFLOR
species, compiled from over 200 sources
BiolFlor: Content II
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Morphology of vegetative organs: Life form, life span and number
of generative reproduction cycles, vegetative propagation and
dispersal, storage organs, shoot metamorphoses, root
metamorphoses, rosette types, climbing behaviour, nutritional
adaptations, leaf form, leaf anatomy, leaf persistence
Flowering phenology: Start, end, and duration of flowering phase,
symphenological groups after the system of Dierschke (1995)
Floral and reproductive biology: Types of reproduction, types of
seed production, types of apomixis, types of spatial separation of
generative organs (dicliny), temporal separation of generative
organs (dichogamy), types of heterostyly, self-incompatibility (SI),
SI mechanisms, pollen vectors, mating systems, types of reward
for visiting pollinators, colors of flowers, Classes and respective
percentages of UV-reflection, Flower classes according to
MÜLLER and main pollinators after KNUTH, Blossom types (after
KUGLER)
BiolFlor: Content III
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Ecological strategy types after the system of Grime (1979)
Grassland utilization indicator values for vascular plant
species: Main habitat structure types, and guilds; indicator
values for: mowing tolerance, grazing tolerance, trampling
tolerance, forage values for cattle, and forage values for
deer
Components of a species’ range: Floristic zones, altitudinal
levels, oceanity and the corresponding amplitude, floristic
regions
Indicators of human impact onto vegetation: Urbanity,
hemeroby
Habitats of the plants after Haeupler & Muer (2000)
Phytosociological affiliation after Schubert/Hilbig/Klotz 2002
Online Presentation BiolFlor
See http://www.ufz.de/biolflor (soon)
Response of vegetation to Elbe flood 2002:
Morphological traits for vegetative dispersal
% 75
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before flood
From Stumpf 2002, diploma thesis
after flood
Runner
Rhizome ***
Shoot tuber
Root shoot ***
Rhizome-like
pleiocorm
Phyllogenous shoot
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Moran's I
Moran's I
Autocorrelation structure of
Species and morphological traits in Germany
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Euclidean Distance (Ordnance Survey Maps)
Euclidean Distance (Ordnance Survey Maps)
Number of Native Species
Number of Traits
Source: FLORKART (BfN) and BiolFlor)
Trait distribution: Proportion of pollination types
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(0.185,0.199] (0.199,0.214] (0.214,0.292]
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Insect Pollination
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-20
Self-Pollination
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Wind Pollination
[0,0.224]
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(0.224,0.233] (0.233,0.241] (0.241,0.385]
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(0.49,0.513] (0.513,0.536]
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(0.536,1]
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Source: FLORKART (BfN) and BiolFlor)
Environmental correlates of pollination types
Wind Pollination
Altitude
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Geodiversity
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Urbanization
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Loess
- ***
Oceanity
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Sand
+ ***
Self Pollination
Altitude
Geodiversity
Urbanization
Loess
Oceanity
Sand
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- **
+*
Insect Pollination
Altitude
+ ***
Geodiversity
+ ***
Urbanization
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Loess
+ ***
Oceanity
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Sand
- ***
BiolFlor: General Reference
Klotz, S., Kühn, I. & Durka, W. [eds.] (2002): BIOLFLOR – Eine
Datenbank zu biologisch-ökologischen Merkmalen der
Gefäßpflanzen in Deutschland. – Schriftenreihe für
Vegetationskunde 38. Bonn (Bundesamt für Naturschutz).
333 S. (Book and Information System on CD-ROM)
Order from www.landwirtschaftsverlag.com/bfnen
Will be available soon in German.
Internet presentation will be launched soon: www.ufz.de/biolflor
Provides English version as download for registered users
Acknowledgments
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Collaborators:
Gottfried Briemle, Henning Haeupler, Anselm Krumbiegel,
Lothar Nitsche, Sieglinde Nitsche, Berit Otto, Andreas Prinzing,
Annette Trefflich
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German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, namely Hans
Fink and Rudolf May, who funded programming and publishing
and provided FLORKART
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Harald Auge, Mark Frenzel, Lars Götzenberger, Anja Stumpf
(UFZ, Dept. Community Ecology) for discussion and assistance
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The organizers of this symposium!!!