Abstract
Summary The proposed site classification should assist in choice when creating or rehabilitating native woodlands on site types of different quality. Eight climatic zones are defined by warmth and wetness factors. Eight soil moisture regimes are defined by water table depth and the amount of available water in summer. Six soil nutrient regimes are defined by soil acidity and nitrogen availability. Woodland and scrub sub-communities of the National Vegetation Classification are ordinated by their preferences for soil moisture and soil nutrients, using Ellenberg ecological indicator values. After stratification by climatic zone, the communities are then located on the grid of soil moisture and nutrient regimes. The actual and relative positions of the communities and sub-communities are discussed in relation to existing knowledge of their distribution in relation to climate and soil types.
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Claim · model-written summary
The classification defines eight climatic zones by warmth and wetness.
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e0“Eight climatic zones are defined by warmth and wetness factors”
t0“Scottish native woodlands”
Claim · model-written summary
The classification defines eight soil moisture regimes by water table depth and summer available water.
Verbatim
e0“Eight soil moisture regimes are defined by water table depth and the amount of available water in summer”
t0“Scottish native woodlands”
Claim · model-written summary
The classification defines six soil nutrient regimes by acidity and nitrogen availability.
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e0“Six soil nutrient regimes are defined by soil acidity and nitrogen availability”
t0“Scottish native woodlands”
Claim · model-written summary
Woodland and scrub communities were ordered by soil moisture and nutrient preference using Ellenberg indicator values.
- Taxon
- Scottish native woodlandst0
- Outcome
- ordinated by their preferences for soil moisture and soil nutrientse0
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e0“Woodland and scrub sub-communities of the National Vegetation Classification are ordinated by their preferences for soil moisture and soil nutrients, using Ellenberg ecological indicator values”
t0“Scottish native woodlands”
Claim · model-written summary
After stratifying by climatic zone, communities were located on a soil moisture and nutrient grid.
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e0“After stratification by climatic zone, the communities are then located on the grid of soil moisture and nutrient regimes”
t0“Scottish native woodlands”
Claim · model-written summary
The proposed site classification is intended to guide selection of sites for creating or rehabilitating native woodlands.
Verbatim
e0“The proposed site classification should assist in choice when creating or rehabilitating native woodlands on site types of different quality”