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. 2023 Nov 13;11:102486. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102486

Table 12.

Selected species with different species-specific EIVs for the patchy landscape, their ecological characteristics and the number (#) of the patch type where the species should, become dominant after some time. The EIVs are taken from plant sociological literature [12,44].

Species Ecological characteristics # Species EIVs
L T M R N
Lolium perenne Grass native to Europe and North Africa with medium site requirements, also widely distributed by anthropogenic seeding. (0) 8 6 5 7 7
Agrostis stricta Silicate and pioneer grassland characteristic species (1) 9 7 2 2 1
Bromus erectus Characteristic species of meager, calcareous, dry and semi-dry grasslands. (2) 8 5 3 8 3
Alopecurus geniculatus Characteristic species of floodplain grasslands, which are characterized by alternate periods of drought and flooding. (3) 9 6 8 7 7
Eriophorum angustifolium Acidophilic, characteristic species of acidic bogs. (4) 8 x 9 4 2
Carex davalliana Characteristic species of calcareous fen communities, representing alkaline or calcareous and low-nutrient wetland habitats. (5) 9 4 9 8 2
Poa nemoralis Half-shade plant, characteristic species of mixed deciduous woods, especially in open areas. (6) 5 x 5 5 4
Carex sylvatica Characteristic species of moderately dry to moderately moist central European broadleaf forests. (7) 2 5 5 6 5
Luzula luzuloides Acidophilic and characteristic species of the association of acidic red beech forests. (8) 4 x 5 3 4
Carex alba Distinctive species of lime-beech and pine forests on dry soils. (9) 5 5 4 8 2
Campanula trachelium Distinctive species of lime-beech forests on eutrophic and moderately dry to moderately moist soils. (10) 4 x 6 8 8

L: light value, T: temperature value, M: soil moisture value, R: reaction value (soil pH), N: soil nutrient value and x: indifferent ecological behavior of this species.