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Upland plant community classification in Elk Island national park, Alberta, Canada, using disturbance history and physical site factors

Bork, Edward W., Hudson, Robert J., Bailey, Arthur W.·1997·Plant Ecology
DOI 10.1023/a:1009718908103
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Our objective was to classify upland sites sampled from an area in and around Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada, into community types and interpret them in terms of variation in environmental factors, including fire and wild ungulate herbivory. The vegetation from 36 sites was classified into 6 community types using TWINSPAN. These types could be effectively interpreted and explained with canonical correspondence analysis ordination procedures. Based on a forward regression, topography, ungulate use and prescribed burning related closely to the first two canonical axes, accounting for 47.2 and 21.1% of the species-environment relation among sites, respectively. Unique and meaningful combinations of environmental variables influenced community-type understory composition and structure, as well as the characteristics of the tree overstory. This information provided the basis for a preliminary state and transition model of vegetation dynamics for these rangelands, which could be used to assist Park managers in manipulating plant communities within the landscape using ungulate removal and prescribed burning programs.

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Authors
Bork, E. W., Hudson, R. J., & Bailey, A. W.
Affiliations
University of Alberta (CA)
ORCID
Venue
Plant Ecology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1997-06
Volume
130
Issue
2
Pages
171-190
ISSN
  • 1385-0237 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-5052
DOI
10.1023/a:1009718908103
OpenAlex
W1603139297
Cited by
25
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Plant Ecology (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Plant Ecology and Soil Science
Keywords
community classification, disturbance history, fire, prescribed burning, topography, species-environment relationships, understory composition, state-and-transition models, Elk Island National Park

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Bork, E. W., Hudson, R. J., & Bailey, A. W. (1997). Upland plant community classification in Elk Island national park, Alberta, Canada, using disturbance history and physical site factors. Plant Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1009718908103