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Table 6 Description and origin of land-use parameter and abiotic factors

From: Narrow environmental niches predict land-use responses and vulnerability of land snail assemblages

Habitat

Land-use parameter

Desciption/unit

Range

References

Dataset ID

Source/owner

Year used

Grassland

Mowing

Frequency per year

0–3

Blüthgen et al. 2012 [41]

19266 version 1.15.12

Katrin Lorenzen

Mean of 2015/2016

 

Grazing

Livestock units × days of grazing × ha−1 × year−1

0–851

Blüthgen et al. 2012 [41]

 

Wolfgang Weisser

Mean of 2015/2016

 

Fertilization

Kg nitrogen × ha−1 × year−1

0–433

Blüthgen et al. 2012 [41]

 

Manfred Ayasse

Mean of 2015/2016

 

Land-use index LUI

The compound LUI index adds fertilization plus mowing plus grazing intensities. Each individual LUI component (fertilization, mowing and grazing) was standardized relative to its mean within the corresponding model region

0.53–4.52

Blüthgen et al. 2012 [41]

 

Markus Fischer Juliane Vogt

Mean of 2015/2016

Forest

Proportion of non-native trees

Estimated as the proportion of harvested, living and dead wood volume of non-natural tree species to the sum volume of all tree species

0–1

Kahl and Bauhus 2014 [40]

24646 version 1.2.8

Peter Schall Christian Ammer Jürgen Bauhus

2017

 

Proportion of dead-wood with saw cuts

Represents the proportion of dead wood with saw cuts to the total amount of dead wood

0–1

Kahl and Bauhus 2014 [40]

  

2017

 

Proportion of wood harvested

Describes the proportion of harvested tree volume within a stand and is estimated by the presence of cut stumps and calculated as the ratio of harvested volume to the sum of standing, harvested and dead wood volume

0–1

Kahl and Bauhus 2014 [40]

  

2017

 

Forest management index Formi

The Formi is the sum of three components taking into account: 1. the proportion of harvested tree volume, 2. the proportion of tree species that are not part of the natural forest community and 3. the proportion of dead wood showing signs of saw cuts. Each component ranges between 0 (no sign of management) and 1 (intensive management)

0–2.82

Kahl and Bauhus 2014 [40]

  

2017

Grassland/forest

Soil pH

 

3.0–6.7

 

22246 Verion 1.1.9

Ingo Schöning

Mean 2017

      

Theresa Klotzing

 
      

Antonios Apostolakis

 
      

Susan Trumbore

 
 

Soil moisture

Soil moisture in 10 cm depth, as percentage of the volumemetric water content

8.55–55.22

 

Weather station

Marion Schrumpf

Mean May 2017

     

Climate tool

Falk Hänsel

 
      

Stephan Wöllauer

 
      

Thomas Nauss

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