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SupportingInformationtothepaperBiurrunI.etal.BenchmarkingplantdiversityofPalaearcticgrasslandsandotheropenhabitats.JournalofVegetation
Science.
AppendixS1.DatasetswithGrassPlotcode,representativesofeachdataset(contactpersonsinbold),numberofplotsusedforbenchmarkcalculations
andreferences.Nall=totalnumberofplots;Nind=numberofindependentobservations.DatasetsfromEDGGFieldWorkshopsareadministeredthroughtheEDGG
FieldWorkshopCoordinator,sonocontactpersonisindicated.
Dataset
IDShortdatasetnameRepresentativesNallNindReferences
AM_ADembiczArmeniaIwonaDembicz137
AM_BEDGG_FW_Armenia
AllaAleksanyan,BeataCykowska‐Marzencka,George
Fayvush,HelmutMayrhofer,IdoiaBiurrun,Jürgen
Dengler,MarineOganesian
430256Aleksanyanetal.(2020)
AT_AJentschHerbDivNet
PitztalAustriaAnkeJentsch40812Fraseretal.(2015)
AT_BGLORIASchrankogelHaraldPauli,ManfredBardy‐Durchhalter,Manuela
Winkler10551055Gottfriedetal.(1999;2011);Paulietal.(2007)
AT_CGLORIAHochswabHaraldPauli,ManfredBardy‐Durchhalter,Manuela
Winkler5964123Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016)
AT_DEssl,AustriaoldplotsFranzEssl2929
AT_EEDGGAustriaElíasAfif,ChristianBerg,PhilippKirschner,Martin
Magnes,ErminMašić,HelmutMayrhofer232142Magnesetal.(2020)
AT_FMayer_ObergurglRolandMayer,BrigittaErschbamer216216Mayeretal.(2009;2017)
AZ_AEtzoldCaucasusJonathanEtzold,TobiasDahms,MichaelManthey,
JanPeters10131013Etzoldetal.(2016)
AZ_BPeperGobustanJanPeper,MichaelManthey10201020Peperetal.(2010a;2010b)
BE_AVanMeerbeek_FlandersKoenraadVanMeerbeek9090VanMeerbeeketal.(2014)
BG_AEDGGBulgariaIvaApostolova,SteffenBoch,JürgenDengler,Anna
Ganeva,HristoPedashenko,KirilVassilev263173Pedashenkoetal.(2013)

BG_BBioBio_BulgariaIdoiaBiurrun6868Lüscheretal.(2016)
BY_ADembiczBelarusIwonaDembicz99
CH_AJeschkeMerishausener
GräteMichaelJeschke,KathrinKiehl9212Jeschke&Kiehl(2008)
CH_BBergaminiSwitzerlandArielBergamini,SteffenBoch,KlausEcker 47794779Bergaminietal.(2013;2016);Tillé&Ecker(2014);
Bochetal.(2018;2019a;2019b)
CH_CDenglerWädenswilJürgenDengler,StefanWidmer227125Dengler&Widmer(2018)
CH_DEDGG_Switzerland_2018‐
2019
JürgenDengler,BeataCykowska‐Marzencka,Iwona
Dembicz,JamyraGehler,ManuelBabbi,Miro
Bergauer,SteffenBoch
578374Dengleretal.(2019;2020)
CH_EDenglerAlpGliversJürgenDengler,DanielHepenstrick,StefanWidmer3921Hepenstricketal.(2018)
CH_FBioBio_SwitzerlandPhilippeJeanneret6565Lüscheretal.(2016)
CH_GMeierSwitzerlandElianeMeier540540Meier&Hofer(2016)
CH_HDengler_SummerSchool
2019
JürgenDengler,IwonaDembicz,PatrykCzortek,
RegulaBilleter11668Dengler(2020)
CH_IVladimirOnychpenko
_DavosVladimirOnipchenko350110Onipchenko&Semenova(1995)
CH_JDengler_Zürich‐
WollishofenJürgenDengler2222Brenneisenetal.(2019)
CH_KDengler_Grisons_PredaJürgenDengler,JamyraGehler2121Hochreuteneretal.(2019);Dengleretal.(2020)
CH_LDengler_Grison_
AlpGliversJürgenDengler,StefanWidmer2424
CH_MDengler&
Zürcher_FribourgRahelZürcher,JürgenDengler,JamyraGehler7147Zürcher(2019)
CH_NDengler&Büchler_
ZurichMarc‐OlivierBüchler,JürgenDengler8181Büchler(2019)
CN_AWangTibetYunWang,KarstenWesche173173Wangetal.(2017;2018)

CN_BBaranovaQilian
mountainsAlinaBaranova6464Baranovaetal.(2016)
CN_CZhangTibetHuiZhang1103Zhang(2013)
CN_DDeng_MuUsdesertLeiDeng3636Dengetal.(2014)
CN_EDeng_LoessPlataeuLeiDeng330330Dengetal.(2016)
CN_FLi_MongolianPlateauFrankYonghongLi,WenhongMa,LuWen,Liqing
Zhao2626
CN_GRiccardo&Frank_Inner
MongoliaRiccardoGuarino,FrankYonghongLi1818Guarino&Li(2019)
CN_HVladimirOnychpenko
_SichuanVladimirOnipchenko18060Onipchenkoetal.(2014)
CN_IJianshuang_TibetJianshuangWu 4545Zhouetal.(2016)
CZ_ADenglerWhite
CarpathiansJürgenDengler77
CZ_BHajekHuteNature
ReserveMichalHájek4747Hájeketal.(2017)
CZ_CRolečekWhite
CarpathiansJanRoleček,ZuzanaPlesková2121Rolečeketal.(2012)
CZ_DHajekKlimesMichalHájek16856Klimeš(1997)
CZ_EMilan_CentralBohemiaKristinaMerunková,MilanChytrý 2424Merunkováetal.(2014);Palpurinaetal.(2017);
Wagneretal.(2017)
CZ_FMilan_NorthernBohemiaZdenkaPreislerová,MilanChytrý 2828Merunkováetal.(2014);Palpurinaetal.(2017);
Wagneretal.(2017)
CZ_GMilan_SouthernMoraviaKristinaMerunková,ZdenkaPreislerová,MilanChytrý6666Merunkováetal.(2012);Palpurinaetal.(2017);
Wagneretal.(2017)
CZ_HMilan_WhiteCarpathiansZdenkaPreislerová,KristinaMerunková,MilanChytrý 8282Merunkováetal.(2012);Palpurinaetal.(2017);
Wagneretal.(2017)
CZ_ILepsSouthernBohemiaJanLepš31224Lepš(2014)
CZ_JDolezalSumavaJiriDolezal15030Maskovaetal.(2009);Dolezaletal.(2011)

CZ_KDolezal_BenesovJiriDolezal,JanLepš6060Lepšetal.(2007)
DE_ADenglerUpperFranconiaJürgenDengler137Hopp&Dengler(2015)
DE_BDenglerBRSchorfheide‐
ChorinJürgenDengler70070Dengleretal.(2004)
DE_CDenglerWaddenSeaJürgenDengler,KaiJensen695395
DE_DDenglerLenzenJürgenDengler,KaiJensen243135Jensenetal.(2013)
DE_EDenglerBRMiddleElbeJürgenDengler,OliverSchuhmacher194116Schuhmacher&Dengler(2013)
DE_FDenglerBayreuthJürgenDengler234126Dengler(2016)
DE_GKiehlHamburgerHallig
saltmarshesKathrinKiehl235235Wanneretal.(2014)
DE_HLangerBayreuthNancyLanger,JuliaWent286154Langer(2016);Went(2016)
DE_IJeschkeGarchingerHeideMichaelJeschke,KathrinKiehl29688Kiehl&Jeschke(2005);Jeschke&Kiehl(2006);
Jeschke(2008)
DE_JJeschkeKissingerHeideMichaelJeschke,KathrinKiehl8024Jeschke(2008)
DE_KAllersLüneburgMarc‐AndreAllers11074Dengler&Allers(2006);Allers(2007)
DE_LDenglerUckermarkJürgenDengler,FranziskaHauch,NancyLanger322184Langeretal.(2017)
DE_MDenglerBrodowinJürgenDengler6828Dengler&Allers(2006)
DE_NDiekmannLowerSaxonyMartinDiekmann,CeciliaDupré 125125Diekmannetal.(2014)
DE_OConradiSouthernBavariaTimoConradi296296Conradi&Kollmann(2016);Conradietal.(2017)
DE_PHobohmLowerSaxonyCarstenHobohm3030Hobohm(1998)
DE_QHüllbuschGabower
HängeElisabethM.Hüllbusch1616Hüllbuschetal.(2016)

DE_RSuchrowWaddenSeaSigridSuchrow,KaiJensen,MarinStock26912691Suchrow&Jensen(2010);Suchrowetal.(2012;
2015);Wanneretal.(2014)
DE_SBioBioCSRGermanySebastianWolfrum4141Lüscheretal.(2016)
DE_TMantheyGreifswaldMichaelManthey913498
DK_ABruunDenmarkHansHenrikBruun848Bruun(1998)
EE_ABochSaaremaaSteffenBoch496112Boch(2005);Boch&Dengler(2006);Dengler&
Boch(2008)
EE_BHelmAlvarrestorationAveliinaHelm,NeleIngerpuu124124Helm(2017);Prangel(2017)
ES_AEDGGNavarre
ItziarGarcía‐Mijangos,AsunBerastegi,IdoiaBiurrun,
JürgenDengler,JavierEtayo,UteJandt,Rayna
Natcheva
504294Biurrunetal.(2014)
ES_BRodriguez‐RojoSW
IberianSystemMariaPilarRodríguez‐Rojo141141Rodríguez‐Rojoetal.(2012;2013)
ES_CChocarroPyreneesCristinaChocarro160160Reinéetal.(2014);Chocarroetal.(2010)
ES_DCamposDunesBizkaiaDanielGarcía‐Magro,JuanAntonioCampos660660Herreraetal.(2016)
ES_ECamposGorbeaJuanAntonioCampos,DanielGarcía‐Magro,Itziar
García‐Mijangos6060García‐Mijangosetal.(2016)
ES_FBiurrunLifeTremedalIdoiaBiurrun,JuanAntonioCampos159159Campos&Biurrun(2015)
ES_GLuzuriagaAranjuezArantzazuL.Luzuriaga,AdriánEscudero,AnaMaría
Sánchez 30012Luzuriagaetal.(2012);Peraltaetal.(2016)
ES_HLuzuriagaBelinchonArantzazuL.Luzuriaga,AdriánEscudero,AnaMaría
Sánchez 500500Luzuriagaetal.(2018)
ES_ILuzuriagaTitulcia‐OcañaArantzazuL.Luzuriaga,AdriánEscudero,JoseM.
González91070Luzuriagaetal.(2015)
ES_JGLORIAOrdesaJoséLuisBenitoAlonso,LuisVillar6464128Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016)
ES_KGLORIASouthPyreneesJoséLuisBenitoAlonso,LuisVillar6464Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016)
ES_LGLORIAMoncayoJoséLuisBenitoAlonso,LuisVillar6464Winkleretal.(2016)

ES_MGLORIASistemaCentralRosarioG.Gavilán324880Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016)
ES_NGLORIASierraNevada
EastMariaRosaFernándezCalzado,JoaquínMoleroMesa6464128Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016)
ES_OGLORIASierraNevada
NorthMariaRosaFernándezCalzado,JoaquínMoleroMesa6464128Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016)
ES_PAlfaroPicosdeEuropaBorjaJiménez‐Alfaro,AlvaroBueno,Corrado
Marcenò 161632Jímenez‐Alfaroetal.(2010)
ES_QLöbelTenerifeSwantjeLöbel,JürgenDengler1818
ES_RdeBelloNESpainFrancescodeBello,MariaTeresaSebastià,JanLepš 300300deBelloetal.(2007)
ES_SBiurrunUrumeaIdoiaBiurrun3434Aramburu(2017)
ES_TCamposZalamaJuanAntonioCampos2424
ES_UPladevallPyreneanfensEulàliaPladevall‐Izard,AaronPérez‐Haase859859
ES_VBiurrunDarkDivGorbeiaIdoiaBiurrun,JuanAntonioCampos,ItziarGarcía‐
Mijangos,DanielGarcía‐Magro,DiegoLiendo201147
EU_AHajekWestCarpathian
fensZuzanaFajmonová,MichalHájek,PetraHájková106106Rozbrojová(2005);Rozbrojová&Hájek(2008)
EU_BHajekWhiteCarpathian
grasslandsZuzanaFajmonová,MichalHájek 5050Fajmonová&Hájek(2011)
EU_CHajekspringfennested
series
EvaŠmerdová,ZuzanaFajmonová,MichalHájek,
PetraHájková,ZuzanaPlesková 7474Hájková&Hájek(2003);Náhlíková(2009)
EU_DReitaluBalticSeaRegion
TriinReitalu,KarinBengtsson,AveliinaHelm,Meelis
Pärtel,HonorC.Prentice,EjvindRosén,Sergey
Znamenskiy
12231223Bengtssonetal.(1988);Znameskiyetal.(2006);
Reitaluetal.(2014)
EU_ERolečekHungary‐
RomaniaJanRoleček,PavelDřevojan,MichalHájek55Rolečeketal.(2016);Rolečeketal.(2019)
EU_FTorcaBayofBiscay
dunes
JuanAntonioCampos,MercedesHerrera,Marta
Torca3272998Torcaetal.(2019a;2019b)
EU_GPalpurinaBulgariaand
Romania
SalzaPalpurina,IrenaAxmanová,MilanChytrý,Jiří
Danihelka,RossenTzonev 329329Palpurinaetal.(2015;2017);Wagneretal.(2017)
EU_HVirtanenSvalbardand
LaplandRistoVirtanen3030Virtanen(2018)

EU_IPätschBalticSeasalt
marshesRicardaPätsch8181Pätsch(2014)
EU_JJanišováCarpathiansMonikaJanišová,MartinMagnes204119
EU_KEsslEuropeFranzEssl14301430
EU_LPerezHaase_Pyrenean
miresAaronPérez‐Haase,JosepMariaNinot376376
EU_MIwona_Norwayand
Sweden
IwonaDembicz,ŁukaszKozub,MartaCzarnocka‐
Ciaciura3939
FR_AGilletJuraFrançoisGillet,LeslieMauchamp816192Mauchampetal.(2014;2016)
FR_BVan
Mechelen_LanguedocCarmenVanMechelen253253VanMechelenetal.(2014)
GR_AEDGGGreeceIoannisTsiripidis,SteffenBoch,JürgenDengler,
GeorgiosFotiadis,ChrisoulaPirini185101Dengler&Demina(2012)
GR_BMilan_CreteMilanChytrý,Ching‐FengLi,LubomírTichý,David
Zelený112112Chytrýetal.(2010)
HR_AVitasovicCroatiaIvanaVitasovićKosić 9898VitasovićKosić&Britvec(2014);VitasovićKosićet
al.(2011;2012;2014)
HU_ATölgyesiCentralHungaryCsabaTölgyesi520520Tölgyesietal.(2016)
HU_BBarthaHungarysandy
grasslandsSándorBartha78030Bartha(2016)
HU_CTörökHortobágy‐
KiskunságNationalParks
OrsolyaValkó,BalázsDeák,AndrásKelemen,Péter
Török,BélaTóthmérész568568Töröketal.(2010;2014);Deáketal.(2014;2015);
Valkóetal.(2016;2017)
HU_DTöröknestedseriesAndrásKelemen,OrsolyaValkó,BalázsDeák,Péter
Török,BélaTóthmérész6060Godóetal.(2017)
HU_EMolnárKiskunsagZsoltMolnár10781078Feketeetal.(2002)
HU_FBioBio_HungaryIdoiaBiurrun7979Lüscheretal.(2016)
HU_GBátoriHungariandolinesZoltánBátori,TündeFarkas,AndrásVojtkó356356Bátorietal.(2017)
HU_HSonkoly_drysand
grasslandnestedJuditSonkoly,PéterTörök6535

HU_ITörök_loessgrasslandsPéterTörök,BalázsTeleki225225
IL_AGiladiSouthernJudeaItamarGiladi,FlorianJeltsch,FelixMay,YaronZiv 48982Giladietal.(2011)
IN_ADolezalLadakh
unpublishedJiriDolezal369369Dvorskýetal.(2011)
IN_BDolezalLadakhnestedJiriDolezal384384
IR_ANaqinezhadCentral
AlborzAlirezaNaqinezhad,AmirTalebi 405216Talebi(2017)
IR_BNorooziAlborzJalilNoroozi155155Noroozietal.(2010;2014;2017);Noroozi(2013)
IR_CGLORIAAlborzJalilNoroozi6464128Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016)
IR_DMoradi_CentralAlborzHalimeMoradi,JensOldeland798798Moradietal.(2020)
IR_EEsslIranFranzEssl7676
IR_FSanaei_AlborzAnvarSanaei,ArshadAli,SaharGhafari,Parvaneh
Ashouri,MansourehKargar,ZuoqiangYuan14931493Sanaeietal.(2018)
IR_GRahmanian_KhorasanSoroorRahmanian,HamidEjtehadi,Mohammad
Farzam,FarshidMermariani200200Rahmanianetal.(2020)
IT_AEDGGSicily
RiccardoGuarino,ThomasBecker,IwonaDembicz,
JürgenDengler,ChristianDolnik,GianPietroGiusso
delGaldo
298172Guarinoetal.(2012)
IT_BFilibeckAbruzzoGoffredoFilibeck,LauraCancellieri 567243Filibecketal.(2015);Cancellierietal.(2017)
IT_CBaumannGranParadisoEstherBaumann,JürgenDengler,AnkeJentsch,Frank
Weiser18298Baumannetal.(2016)
IT_DDenglerAostaJürgenDengler2614Wiesneretal.(2015)
IT_ETerziAltaMurgiaMassimoTerzi,MarianoFracchiolla7020Cianietal.(2012)
IT_FMaccheriniMonte
LabbroSimonaMaccherini2929Maccherinietal.(2007)

IT_GMaccheriniMaremmaSimonaMaccherini,IlariaBonini5656Maccherinietal.(2013)
IT_HChiarucciParcodella
ChiusaAlessandroChiarucci,ChiaraLelli 7842Suanno(2017)
IT_IChiarucciRadicondoliAlessandroChiarucci,DanieleViciani156Chiaruccietal.(2006)
IT_JMaccheriniCreteSenesiSimonaMaccherini111111Maccherinietal.(2011);Torrietal.(2013)
IT_KVicianiTuscanApenninesDanieleViciani,LorenzoLastrucci,LorenzoLazzaro6060Lazzaroetal.(2020)
IT_LEDGGApennines
MicheleAleffi,LauraCancellieri,GoffredoFilibeck,
GiovannaPotenza,LeonardoRosati,MartaGaia
Sperandii
317197Filibecketal.(2018)
IT_MContiLaziodunesLuisaConti,AliciaAcosta,MartaCarboni16842Contietal.(2017)
IT_OGLORIADolomitesBrigittaErschbamer6060120Erschbameretal.(2011);Gottfriedetal.(2012);
Paulietal.(2012);Winkleretal.(2016)
IT_PChiarucciSienaSaraLandi,AlessandroChiarucci3636Chiaruccietal.(2012);Amicietal.(2013)
IT_QEGCSulmonaGiampieroCiaschetti,SabinaBarruscano137Burrascanoetal.(2018)
IT_RFilibeck_PiciniscoGoffredoFilibeck,LauraCancellieri8383
IT_SMugnai_TuscanyMicheleMugnai,LorenzoLazzaro,DanieleViciani5757
IT_TBiodiversityMonitoring
SouthTirolSimonStifter,AndreasHilpold312168
JP_AAtushiJapanAtushiUshimaru,YukoK.Nagata9090Nagata&Ushimaru(2016)
JP_BKoyamaJapanAsukaKoyama,MunemitsuAkasaka,TomoyoF.
Koyanagi 328328Koyamaetal.(2017;2018)
KG_ANowak_KyrgyzstanArkadiuszNowak,EwelinaKlichowska,MarcinNobis,
AnnaWróbel9149
KZ_ADeakKazakhstanOrsolyaValkó,ZoltánBátori,BalázsDeák,András
Kelemen,CsabaTölgyesi200200Deáketal.(2017)

KZ_BMilan_northern
Kazakhstan
MilanChytrý,JiříDanihelka,SvatavaKubešová,Pavel
Dřevojan164164Palpurinaetal.(2017)
LV_ARusinaLatviaSolvitaRusina250250Rūsiņa(2016)
MA_AFinckhsouthernMoroccoManfredFinckh3232
MN_AWeschesouthern
MongoliaKarstenWesche331331Wescheetal.(2005);vonWehrdenetal.(2009)
MN_BKanikumaBulganKaoruKakinuma8080Kakinumaetal.(2017)
MN_CKanikumaMadalgobiKaoruKakinuma6060Kakinumaetal.(2017)
MN_DFrank
Yonghong_Mongolia
FrankYonghongLi,WenhongMa,LuWen,Liqing
Zhao4242
NL_APeetLimburgRobertK.Peet3069Willemsetal.(1993);Sykesetal.(1994)
NO_AGrytnescentralNorwayJohn‐ArvidGrytnes,VivianA.Felde,JuttaKapfer 235235Feldeetal.(2012);Kapferetal.(2013)
NO_BGLORIANorwayPieterDeFrenne,BenteJ.Graae,MagniOlsen
Kyrkjeeide,OttarMichelsen,ThomasVanneste6464128Gottfriedetal.(2012);Paulietal.(2012);Winkler
etal.(2016);Vannesteetal.(2017)
NO_CGrytnesNorthNorwayJohn‐ArvidGrytnes6666
NO_DGrytnesSouthNorwayJohn‐ArvidGrytnes2020
NO_ELandscapeMonitoring
Norway
WencheDramstad,WendyFjellstad,JuttaKapfer,
ChristianPedersen,HanneSickel,GreteStokstad569569
NP_ABhattaNepalKuberPrasadBhatta,John‐ArvidGrytnes,OleReidar
Vetaas 252252Bhattaetal.(2018a;2018b)
PL_AEDGGPoland
ZygmuntKącki,IdoiaBiurrun,MartaCzarniecka‐
Wiera,IwonaDembicz,MonikaStaniaszek‐Kik,
GrzegorzSwacha,PiotrT.Zaniewski
458272
PL_BPielechKarkonoszeMts.RemigiuszPielech,MarekMalicki8888Malicki&Pielech(2016)
PL_CCzarnieckaLowerSilesiaMartaCzarniecka‐Wiera,ZygmuntKącki22212221Czarniecka‐Wieraetal.(2019;2020)

PL_DPielechnestedRemigiuszPielech,MarekMalicki13070
PL_EKozubBiebrzaŁukaszKozub,IwonaDembicz,KatarzynaSkłodowska195105
PT_ALomba_EcochangeAngelaLomba,JoãoHonrado2424
PT_BSilva_RibatejoVascoSilva10836Silvaetal.(2019)
RO_AEDGGTransylvaniaEszterRuprecht,ThomasBecker,JürgenDengler,
ChristianDolnik,AnnaSzabó 302182Dengleretal.(2009;2012);Turtureanuetal.
(2014)
RO_BMardariMoldavian
PlateauConstantinMardari,CătălinTănase585315Mardari&Tănase(2016)
RO_CGermanysouthern
Transylvania
MarkusGermany,ThomasBecker,UteBecker,Laura
M.E.Sutcliffe 102102Sutcliffeetal.(2016)
RO_DCsergó_TransylvaniaAnnaMáriaCsergő,LászlóDemeter196196Csergő&Demeter(2012);Csergőetal.(2013);
Maseyketal.(2017)
RS_AEDGGSerbia
ZoraStevanovic‐Dajic,SvetlanaAćić,IdoiaBiurrun,
SteffenBoch,JürgenDengler,MartinMagnes,Marko
Sabovljević
493301KrstivojevićĆuketal.(2015);Aćićetal.(2017)
RU_AEDGGKhakassia
NikolaiErmakov,IwonaDembicz,JürgenDengler,
GoffredoFilibeck,MonikaJanišová,LukaszKozub,
MariyaA.Polyakova
561327Janišováetal.(2013);Polyakovaetal.(2016)
RU_BMilan_AltaiMilanChytrý,JiříDanihelka,MartinKočí,PavelLustyk,
PhilippResl211211Chytrýetal.(2017,2019);Palpurinaetal.(2017,
2019);Wagneretal.(2017)

RU_CMilan_centralYakutiaMilanChytrý,IrenaAxmanová,MartinKočí,Pavel
Lustyk9696

Axmanováetal.(2013);Palpurinaetal.(2017,
2019);Wagneretal.(2017)
RU_DMilan_southernUralsMilanChytrý,ZdeňkaLososová,LubomírTichý102102Palpurinaetal.(2017,2019);Wagneretal.(2017)
RU_EMilan_WSayanMilanChytrý,JiříDanihelka,MartinKočí,Milan
Valachovič 138138

Chytrýetal.(2007);Palpurinaetal.(2017);
Wagneretal.(2017)
RU_FMilan_WSiberianPlainMilanChytrý,PetraHájková3636Palpurinaetal.(2017,2019)

RU_GDolnikCuronianSpitChristianDolnik312312Dolnik(2003;2006)
RU_HMilan_GornayaShoriya‐
SalairMilanChytrý,MichalHájek4747Chytrýetal.(2017);Palpurinaetal.(2017,2019);
Wagneretal.(2017)
RU_IBelonovskaya
NovgorodskayaElenaBelonovskaya,NadezdaTsarevskaya4931Belonovskaya&Tsarevskaya(2017)
RU_JReineckeYakutiaJenniferReinecke,KarstenWesche 185185Reineckeetal.(2017)
RU_KMirinBelogorieDenisMirin,EkaterinaZlotnikova2614
RU_LDolnikSouthUralChristianDolnik9149
RU_MDolezalKamchatkaJiriDolezal3030
RU_NVladimir
Onychpenko_Teberda VladimirOnipchenko331112Onipchenko&Semenova(1995)
RU_OVynokurov_CaucasusDenysVynokurov6535
SE_ALöbelÖlandSwantjeLöbel186186Löbel(2002);Löbeletal.(2006);Löbel&Dengler
(2008)
SE_BDiekmannSouthern
SwedenMartinDiekmann,CeciliaDupré 989369Dupré&Diekmann(2001)
SE_CPeetÖlandRobertK.Peet,EddyvanderMaarel,EjvindRosén67224Sykesetal.(1994);Wilsonetal.(1995)
SE_DReitaluÖlandTriinReitalu,HonorC.Prentice,MartinSykes13,4161032Reitaluetal.(2008;2009;2010;2012)
SE_EAlataloSubarcticSwedenJuhaM.Alatalo,AnnikaJägerbrand,UlfMolau2020Alataloetal.(2014a;2014b;2015a;2015b;2016;
2017)
SE_FWaldenSweden
restorationEmelieWaldén,ReginaLindborg5050Walden&Lindborg(2016)
SI_APipenbaherNorth
AdriaticKarstNatašaPipenbaher,BrankoBakan,SonjaŠkornik3737Batalhaetal.(2015)
SJ_AKapferJanMayenJuttaKapfer,John‐ArvidGrytnes254254Kapferetal.(2012)
SK_AMilan_Slovakian
CarpathiansKristinaMerunková,ZdenkaPreislerová,MilanChytrý4040Merunkováetal.(2012);Palpurinaetal.(2017);
Wagneretal.(2017)

SM_ASanti_SanMarinoFrancescoSanti,AlessandroChiarucci,Fabrizio
Buldrini273147 Santi(2019)
TJ_ANowak_WTajikistanArkadiuszNowak,IwonaDembicz,ZygmuntKącki,
GrzegorzSwacha,SebastianŚwierszcz 195105
TJ_BNowak_ETajikistanArkadiuszNowak,EwelinaKlichowska,MarcinNobis,
AnnaWróbel6535
TR_AKavgacıİğneadadunesAliKavgacı3030Kavgacı(2007)
TR_BGülerBucaİzmirBehlülGüler461281
UA_AEDGGPodoliaAnnaKuzemko,ThomasBecker,JürgenDengler,Yakiv
P.Didukh,ChristianDolnik,KirilVassilev457331Kuzemkoetal.(2014;2016)
UA_BSavchenkoDvorichanskyiGalinaSavchenko,VladimirRonkin5757Ronkin&Savchenko(2016)
UA_CRolečekChernivtsiJanRoleček44Rolečeketal.(2014)
UA_DJanišováChywchynyMts.MonikaJanišová,VasylBudzhak,AnnaKuzemko,
IngridTurisova 6535Janišováetal.(2016)
UA_EDembiczKhersonregionIwonaDembicz,IvanMoysiyenko103480Dembiczetal.(2016)
UA_FVasheniakDniester
CanyonIuliiaVashenyak329329Vasheniak(2016);Didukh&Vasheniak(2018)
UA_GSavchenkoVelykyi
Burluk‐SteppeGalinaSavchenko,VladimirRonkin6060Ronkin&Savchenko(2016)
UA_HKuzemkoByzkyGardAnnaKuzemko,HannaKolomients,DariiaShyriaieva2614
UA_IKuzemkoKreidaAnnaKuzemko,OlgaBezrodnova,VladimirRonkin,
GalinaSavchenko 10456
UA_JVynokurovSouthern
UkraineDenysVynokurov,IvanMoysiyenko,DariiaShyriaieva242176
UA_KSavchenkoKharkiv&
DonetskGalinaSavchenko,VladimirRonkin14377
UA_LDembicznestedUkraineIwonaDembicz,ŁukaszKozub,IvanMoysiyenko,
ViktorShapoval15684
UK_AArchibaldGreatBritainIdoiaBiurrun1818Archibald(1949)

UK_BPakemanOuterHebridesRobinJ.Pakeman,HannahWhite78060Whiteetal.(2018)
UK_CBioBio_UnitedKingdomIdoiaBiurrun108108Lüscheretal.(2016)
UK_DStevensSheffieldacidicCarlyStevens196196Stevensetal.(2016)
UK_EStevensSheffield
calcareousCarlyStevens,JohnHodgson,TobiasCeulemans242242Stevensetal.(2016)
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