TY  - GEN
AU  - Gaberščik,Alenka
AU  - Zelnik,Igor
AU  - Gaberščik,Alenka
AU  - Zelnik,Igor
TI  - Hydrology-Shaped Plant Communities : Diversity and Ecological Function
SN  - books978-3-0365-2969-1
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Basel
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
KW  - Research & information: general
KW  - bicssc
KW  - spatial-temporal dynamics
KW  - aquatic vegetation
KW  - water level fluctuation
KW  - Longgan lake
KW  - Google Earth Engine
KW  - Phragmites australis
KW  - water level fluctuations
KW  - temperature
KW  - morphometric parameters
KW  - biomass allocation
KW  - oospores
KW  - gyrogonites
KW  - Baltic Sea
KW  - wave exposure
KW  - charophyte stands
KW  - seafloor topography
KW  - salinity gradient
KW  - plant communities
KW  - habitat
KW  - meadow
KW  - Pannonian Plain
KW  - Trifolion pallidi
KW  - vegetation
KW  - carbon stocks
KW  - hardwood floodplain forest
KW  - hydrological conditions
KW  - floodplain ecology
KW  - ponds
KW  - small wetlands
KW  - macrophytes
KW  - changes in the water surface
KW  - hydrological variability
KW  - succession
KW  - climate change
KW  - unmanned aerial system
KW  - Danube
KW  - large river
KW  - neophytes
KW  - distribution
KW  - growth forms
KW  - rivers
KW  - streams
KW  - Slovenia
KW  - chromosome number
KW  - climatic niche
KW  - distribution trends
KW  - ecological niche
KW  - fishpond habitats
KW  - genome size
KW  - genetic diversity
KW  - Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
KW  - soil seed bank
KW  - species diversity
KW  - automatic sensor system
KW  - Central Europe
KW  - fish farming
KW  - freshwater algae
KW  - epiphytic diatoms
KW  - functional species groups
KW  - threatened species
KW  - vascular plants
KW  - wave action
KW  - wetland vegetation
KW  - n/a
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Aquatic ecosystems and the water they hold have attracted people over the centuries. With the technological development and increasing needs of human society, the attitude to water and aquatic ecosystems has changed. Consequently, biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems has declined dramatically and it is still decreasing. Anthropogenic exploitation of these ecosystems and alterations of their hydrology has largely influenced hydrology-shaped plant communities. This Special Issue, "Hydrology-Shaped Plant Communities: Diversity and Ecological Function" brings new outcomes about the interactions between hydrological factors and wide spectrum of plant communities. In ecosystems, where human activities directly or indirectly affected the hydrological factors, dependent plant communities have also changed or even disappeared. These plant communities have multiple ecological functions, and one of the most important are the maintenance of water quality and enhancement of local and regional diversity of other biotic communities like diatoms, invertebrates or fish. Thus, detailed knowledge and suitable management of hydrology-shaped plant communities is a prerequisite for their unconstrained ecological functions and high diversity of aquatic ecosystems in the widest sense. The Special Issue consists of ten peer-reviewed papers on plant communities in a variety of ecosystems - from the small kettle-holes in the lowlands of northern Germany to the river Danube - the largest river within the European Union, and from different wetland types in Central Europe to the Donggting Lake - fourth largest lake in China
UR  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4918
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78823
ER  -