Vernal pool vegetation of California: Communities of long-inundated deep habitats

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 177-200

  Barbour, Michael G ^a,b   Solomeshch, Ayzik I ^a,b,c   Holland, Robert F ^a   Witham, Carol W ^a   Macdonald, Roderick L ^a   Cilliers, Sarel S ^a,d   Molina, Jose A ^a,e   Buck, Jennifer J ^a,b   Hillman, Janell M ^a  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Downingio Lasthenietea; Eleocharis macrostachya; Ephemeral wetland vegetation; Great Central Valley; Lasthenia glaberrima; Lasthenietalia glaberrimae

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL POOL; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS; LASTHENIA GLABERRIMA;

EID: 31344442579     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2005/0035-0177     Document Type: Review

References (38)

1. Barbour, M., Solomeshch, A., Witham, C., Holland, R., Macdonald, R., Cilliers, S., Molina, J. A., Buck, J. & Hillman, J. (2003): Vernal pool vegetation of California: variation within pools. - Madroño 50: 129-146.
2. Bates, L. A. (1997): Soil survey of Solano County, California. - U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 112 pp. + 54 maps 1:24, 000 scale.
3. Bauder, E. T. (2000): Inundation effects on small-scale distributions in San Diego, California vernal pools. - Aquatic Ecology 34: 43-61.
4. Bliss, S. A. & Zedler, P. A. (1998): The germination process in vernal pools: sensitivity to environmental conditions and effects on community structure. - Oecologia 113: 67-73.
5. Bliss, S. A., Zedler, P. A., Keeley, J. E. & Arroyo, M. T. K. (1998): A floristic survey of the temporary wetlands in the Mediterranean-climate region of Chile. - In: McComb, A. J. & Davis, J. A. (eds.): Wetlands for the Future: pp. 219-228. - Adelaide.
6. Braun-Blanquet, J. (1965): Plant sociology: The study of plant communities. (Transi, rev. and ed. by C. D. Fuller and H. S. Conard). - Hafner, London. 439 pp.
7. Brullo, S. & Minissale, P. (1998): Considerazioni sintassonomiche sulla classe Isoeto-Nanojuncetea. - Itinera Geobotanica 11: 263-29
8. Crowe, E. A., Busacca, A. J., Reganold, J. P. & Zamora, B. A. (1994): Vegetation zones and soil characteristics in vernal pools in the channeled scrubland of Eastern Washington. - Great Basin Naturalist 54: 234-247.
9. Deil, U., Bogenrieder, A. & Bergmeier, E. (eds.) (1999): Ökologische und populationsbiologische Forschungen zu Isoeto-Nanojuncetea- und Isoeto-Littorelletea-Arten und Gesellschaften. - Mitteilungen des badischen Landesvereins für Naturkunde und Naturschutz Freiburg i. Br. N. F. 17(2): 219-507.
10. Helley, E. J. & Harwood, D.S. (1985): Geologic map of the late Cenozoic deposits of the Sacramento Valley and northern Sierran foothills, California. - US Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map. 24 pp.
11. Hennekens, S. M. & Schaminee, J. H. J. (2001): TURBOVEG, a comprehensive data base management system for vegetation data. - J. Vegetation Sci. 12: 589-591.
12. Hickman, J. C. (ed.) (1993): The Jepson Manual: higher plants of California. - University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
13. Holland, R. F. (1976): The vegetation of vernal pools: a survey. - In: Jain, S. (ed.): Vernal pools: their ecology and conservation. Publication No. 9, pp. 11-15. - University of California, Davis, CA
14. _ (1986): Preliminary descriptions of the terrestrial natural communities of California. State of California. - The Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game, Natural Heritage Division, Sacramento, CA. 186 pp.
15. _ (1998): Great Valley vernal pool distribution, photorevised 1996. - In: Witham, C. W., Bauder, E. T., Belk, D., Ferren, W. R., Jr. & Ornduff, R. (eds.): Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems. Proceedings from a 1996 Conference, pp. 71-75. - California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA.
16. _ (2003): Distribution of vernal pools in five counties of California's southern Coast Ranges. - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento, CA. 23 pp.
17. Holland, R. F. & Jain, S. (1988): Vernal pools. - In: Barbour, M. G. & Major, J. (eds.): Terrestrial vegetation of California, pp. 515-533. - California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA.
18. Keeler-Wolf, T., Elam, D., Lewis, K. & Flint, S. (1998): California vernal pool assessment: a preliminary report. - State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. 160 pp.
19. Keeley, J. E. (1983): Crassulacean acid metabolism in the seasonally submerged aquatic Isoetes howellii. - Oecologia 58: 57-62.
20. Keeley, J. E. & Zedler, P. H. (1998): Characterization and global distribution of vernal pools. - In: Witham, C. W., Bauder, E. T., Belk, D., Ferren, W. R., Jr. & Ornduff, R. (eds.): Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems. Proceedings from a 1996 Conference, pp. 1-14. - California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA.
21. Knapp, R. (1957): Über die Gliederung der Vegetation in Nord-Amerika. Höhere Vegetationseinheiten. - Geobotanische Mitteilungen 4(3): 1-63
22. _(1965): Die Vegetation von Nord- und Mittelamerika und der Hawaii-Inseln. - G. Fischer, Stuttgart. 373 pp.
23. Kopecko, K. J. P. & Lathrop, E. W. (1975): Vegetation zonation in a vernal marsh on the Santa Rosa Plateau of Riverside County, California. - Aliso 8: 281-288.
24. Marchand, D. E. & Allwardt, A. (1981): Late Cenozoic stratigraphic units, northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California. - US Geol. Surv. Bull. 1470. 70 pp.
25. Mirkin, B. M., Naumova, L. G. & Solomeshch, A. I. (2001): Modern vegetation science. - Logos, Moscow. 264 pp.
26. Mueller-Dombois, D. & Ellenberg, H. (1974): Aims and methods of vegetation ecology. - John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY. 547 pp.
27. Owenby, J. R. & Ezell, D. S. (eds.) (1992): Climatography of the United States: California, No. 81. - U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.
28. Philippi, G. (1977): Klasse Isoeto-Nanojuncetea. - In: Oberdorfer, E. (ed.): Süddeutsche Pflanzengesellschaften. Teil 1, pp. 166-181. - Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, Stuttgart, New York.
29. Pietsch, W. (1973): Beitrag zur Gliederung der Europäischen Zwergbinsengesellschaften (Isoeto-Nanojuncetea Br.-Bl. & Tx. 1943). - Vegetatio 28: 401-438.
30. Ramirez, C. G., San Martin, C. P., Contreras, D. F. & San Martin, B. A. (1994): Estudio fitosociologico de la vegetación pratense del Valle del rio Chol-Chol (Cautin, Chile). - Agro Sur 22: 41-56.
31. Raven, P. H. & Axelrod, D. F. (1978): Origin and relationships of the California flora. - University of California Publications in Botany, Vol. 72. 134 pp.
32. San Martin C. P., Ramirez C. G. & Ojeda, P. N. (1998): La vegetación de lagunas primaverales en la cercanías de Temuco (Cautín, Chile). - Acta Botanica Malacitana 23: 99-120.
33. Sawyer, J. O. & Keeler-Wolf, T. (1995): A manual of California vegetation. - California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA. 471 pp.
34. Solomeshch, A. I. & Zhuravljova, S. E. (1988): Criteria for distinguishing and peculiarities of syntaxa in different vegetation types. - In: Kull, K. & Ksenofontova, T. (eds.): Perspectives in Theory of Phytocoenology, pp. 41-45. - Valgus, Tartu.
35. rd ed. - J. Vegetation Sci. 11: 739-768.
36. Westhoff, V. & van der Maarel, E. (1978): The Braun-Blanquet approach. - In: Wittaker, R. H. (ed.): Classification of plant communities, pp. 278-399. - Junk, The Hague.
37. Zedler, P. H. (1984): Micro-distribution of vernal pool plants of Kearny Mesa, San Diego County. - In: Jain, S. & Moyle, P. (eds.): Vernal pools and intermittent streams, pp. 185-197. - Institute of Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA.
38. _ (1987): The ecology of southern California vernal pools: a community profile. - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biol. Rep. 85 (7.11). U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. 137 pp.