Preislerová, ZdenkaMarcenò, CorradoLoidi, JavierBonari, GianmariaBorovyk, DariiaGavilán García, Rosario GloriaGolub, ValentinTerzi, MassimoTheurillat, Jean‐PaulArgagnon, OlivierBioret, FredericBiurrun, IdoiaCampos, Juan AntonioCapelo, JorgeČarni, AndražÇoban, SüleymanCsiky, JánosĆuk, MirjanaĆušterevska, RenataDengler, JürgenDidukh, YakivDítě, DanielFanelli, GiulianoFernández González, FedericoGuarino, RiccardoHájek, OndřejIakushenko, DmytroIemelianova, SvitlanaJansen, FlorianJašková, AnniJiroušek, MartinKalníková, VeronikaKavgacı, AliKuzemko, AnnaLanducci, FlaviaLososová, ZdeňkaMilanović, ĐorđijeMolina Abril, José AntonioMonteiro Henriques, TiagoMucina, LadislavNovák, PavelNowak, ArkadiuszPätsch, RicardaPerrin, GwenhaelPeterka, TomášRašomavičius, ValerijusReczyńska, KamilaRūsiņa, SolvitaSánchez Mata, Daniel Pablo De La CruzSantos Guerra, ArnoldoŠibík, JozefŠkvorc, ŽeljkoStešević, DanijelaStupar, VladimirŚwierkosz, KrzysztofTzonev, RossenVassilev, KirilVynokurov, DenysWillner, WolfgangChytrý, Milan2025-03-312025-03-312024-02-04Preislerová, Z., Marcenò, C., Loidi, J., Borovyk, D., Gavilán, R. G., Golub, V., Terzi, M., Theurillat, J.-P., Argagnon, O., Bioret, F., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Capelo, J., Čarni, A., Çoban, S., Csiky, J., Ćuk, M., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., et al. (2024). Structural, ecological and biogeographical attributes of European vegetation alliances [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.105630201402-200110.1111/avsc.12766https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119050The first comprehensive phytosociological classification of all vegetation types in Europe (EuroVegChecklist; Applied Vegetation Science, 2016, 19, 3–264) contained brief descriptions of each type. However, these descriptions were not standardized and mentioned only the most distinct features of each vegetation type. The practical application of the vegetation classification system could be enhanced if users had the option to select sets of vegetation types based on various combinations of structural, ecological, and biogeographical attributes. Based on a literature review and expert knowledge, we created a new database that assigns standardized categorical attributes of 12 variables to each of the 1106 alliances dominated by vascular plants defined in EuroVegChecklist. These variables include dominant life form, phenological optimum, substrate moisture, substrate reaction, salinity, nutrient status, soil organic matter, vegetation region, elevational vegetation belt, azonality, successional status and naturalness. The new database has the potential to enhance the usefulness of phytosociological classification for researchers and practitioners and to help understand this classification to non-specialists.engAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/journal article1654-109Xhttps://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12766https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/avsc.12766open access581.5574.9581.526.42582.3/.9AllianceAttributeEuropeEuroVegChecklistParameterizationPhytosociologySyntaxonVegetation surveyVegetation typeBotánica (Biología)Ecología (Biología)2417 Biología Vegetal (Botánica)2505.01-1 Biogeografía Botánica2417.13 Ecología Vegetal3106 Ciencia Forestal