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Vegetation and ecology of ephemeral wetlands

Ed.: Ulrich Deil

2005. 541 pages, 94 figures, 61 tables, 24x16cm, 1200 g
Language: English

(Phytocoenologia, Band 35 Heft 2-3)

ISBN 978-3-443-02009-5, paperback, price: 378.00 €

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Vegetation ecologists prefer to study plants in extreme environments, because selective forces are strong and adaptations are more obvious than under mesic conditions. Concerning the environmental factor "water", most scientists cluster either to the "permanent wet group" or to the "dry fraction". There is however a third, small party of colleagues dealing with sites, which switch every year from the littoral to the terrestrial phase (ephemeral wetlands). These habitats are extreme environments, too. Favourable edaphic conditions exist only for a very short time of the growing season (during the limosal ecophase) and year-to-year variability is high. It is a plant life between inundation and desiccation, shifting periodically from flooding to water shortage.

The aim of this thematic volume is to enhance the knowledge about these fascinating "ephemeral wetlands" ecosystems and to compile studies from all over the world. The papers of this thematic issue cover a broad spectrum of topics such as habitat typology, vegetation classification, seasonal and year-to-year dynamics, ecophysiology of resurrection plants, seed banks, experimental approaches for habitat restoration and conservation aspects.

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Deil, U.: Vegetation and ecology of ephemeral wetlands - an
introduction 171

Barbour, M.G., Solomeshch, A.I., Holland, R.F., Witham, C.W.,
Macdonald, R.L., Cilliers, S.S., Molina, J.A, Buck, J.J. & Hillman,
J.M.: Vernal pool vegetation of California: communities of
long-inundated deep habitats 177

Pignatti, E. & Pignatti, S.: Ephemeral wetland vegetation of Western
Australia 201

Molina, J.A.: The vegetation of temporary ponds with Isoetes in the
Iberian Peninsula 219

Rudner, M.: Environmental patterns and plant communities of the
ephemeral wetland vegetation in two areas of the Southwestern Iberian
Peninsula 231

Espírito Santo, D. & Arsénio, P.: Influence of land use on the
composition of plant communities from seasonal pond ecosystems in the
Guadiana Valley Natural Park (Portugal) 267

Popiela, A.: Isoeto-Nanojuncetea species and plant communities in
their eastern distribution range (Poland) 283

Shimoda, M.: Emerged shore vegetation of irrigation ponds in western
Japan 305

Müller, J.V. & Deil, U.: The ephemeral vegetation of seasonal and
semi-permanent ponds in tropical West Africa 327

Porembski, S. & Watve, A.: Remarks on the species composition of
ephemeral flush communities on paleotropical rock outcrops 389

Rudner, M.: Seasonal and interannual dynamics in dwarf rush vegetation
in the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula 403

Sumberová, K., Horáková, V. & Lososová, Z.: Vegetation dynamics on
exposed pond bottoms in the Ceskobudejovická basin (Czech Republic)
421

Heilmeier, H., Durka, W., Woitke, M. & Hartung, W.: Ephemeral pools as
stressful and isolated habitats for the endemic aquatic resurrection
plant Chamaegigas intrepidus 449

Bissels, S., Donath, T.W., Hölzel, N. & Otte, A.: Ephemeral wetland
vegetation in irregularly flooded arable fields along the northern
Upper Rhine: the importance of persistent seedbanks 469

Rhazi, M., Grillas, P., Médail, F. & Rhazi, L.: Consequences of shrub
clearing on the richness of aquatic vegetation in oligotrophic
seasonal pools in Southern France 489

Urban, K.E.: Plant species dynamics during restoration of heath ponds
in northwestern Germany 511

Deil, U.: A review on habitats, plant traits and vegetation of
ephemeral wetlands - a global perspective 533

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