Can deadwood be preferred to soil? Vascular plants on decaying logs in different forest types in Central Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027073%3A_____%2F24%3AN0000098" target="_blank" >RIV/00027073:_____/24:N0000098 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-023-01632-2" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-023-01632-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01632-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10342-023-01632-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Can deadwood be preferred to soil? Vascular plants on decaying logs in different forest types in Central Europe
Original language description
Deadwood is known to be an irreplaceable substrate for various groups of organisms but its importance for vascular plants is still unclear. To examine which deadwood characteristics promote its colonization by vascular plants and whether species can prefer this substrate to mineral soil (or vice versa), we used regression modeling and ordination methods to analyze an extensive data set of vegetation records from more than 1800 pieces of lying deadwood and 200 control plots on soil. Data were collected in four old-growth forest sites ranging from lowland alluvial to mountain spruce forests. Colonization of deadwood of all decay classes, including freshly fallen logs, was frequent at all study sites. The density of colonizers differed between deadwood species, increased with deadwood decomposition stage and was higher when deadwood was exposed to light. On average, about 40% of observed species showed a preference for either deadwood or soil substrate with preference for soil usually being more common. Species that preferred deadwood to soil were typically early successional species, while those with preference for soil were often hygrophytes or typical understorey species. Most species responded consistently to substrate across multiple sites. With its unique microsite conditions and specific composition of plant colonizers, we highlight the importance of deadwood for herb layer species composition. Deadwood retention should be encouraged not only in protected but also in commercial forests.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-17282S" target="_blank" >GA20-17282S: SCALING OF BIOTIC INTERACTIONS IN TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL FOREST</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
ISSN
1612-4669
e-ISSN
1612-4677
Volume of the periodical
143
Issue of the periodical within the volume
April
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
379–391
UT code for WoS article
001113795700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85178360678