Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: the role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and performance

Kienle, David; Walentowitz, Anna; Sungur, Leyla; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Irl, Severin D. H.; Jentsch, Anke; Vetaas, Ole R.; Field, Richard; Beierkuhnlein, Carl

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1691-2022

Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1691-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1691-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

Research article

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24 Mar 2022

Research article |

| 24 Mar 2022

Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: the role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and performance

David Kienle, Anna Walentowitz, Leyla Sungur, Alessandro Chiarucci, Severin D. H. Irl, Anke Jentsch, Ole R. Vetaas, Richard Field, and Carl Beierkuhnlein

Data sets

Vegetation plot and trait data from phonolitic and basaltic rocks on La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) Anna Walentowitz, David Kienle, Leyla Sungur, and Carl Beierkuhnlein https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107229

Short summary

Volcanic islands consist mainly of basaltic rocks. Additionally, there are often occurrences of small phonolite rocks differing in color and surface. On La Palma (Canary Islands), phonolites appear to be more suitable for plants than the omnipresent basalts. Therefore, we expected phonolites to be species-rich with larger plant individuals compared to the surrounding basaltic areas. Indeed, as expected, we found more species on phonolites and larger plant individuals in general.