Historical natural disturbances shape spruce primary forest structure and indirectly influence bird assemblage composition

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/21:10425588 RIV/60460709:41320/21:85753 RIV/60460709:41330/21:85753

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118647" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118647</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Historical natural disturbances shape spruce primary forest structure and indirectly influence bird assemblage composition

Original language description

Understanding the processes shaping the composition of assemblages in response to disturbance events is crucial for preventing ongoing biodiversity loss in forest ecosystems. However, studies of forest biodiversity responses to disturbance typically analyze immediate or short-term impacts only, while studies relating long-term disturbance history to biodiversity assemblage dynamics are rare. To address this important knowledge gap, we used a dendroecological approach to link natural disturbance history of 250 years (1750-2000) to structural habitat elements and, in turn, to breeding bird assemblages. We used data collected in 2017 and 2018 from 58 permanent study plots within 10 primary spruce forest stands distributed across the Western Carpathian Mountains of Europe. This dataset contained breeding bird counts and environmental variables describing forest density, tree diameter distribution, tree height, tree micmhabitats, deadwood quantity and quality, and regeneration. Bird assemblages were significantly influenced by forest structure which was in turn shaped by disturbance dynamics (disturbance frequency, time since the last disturbance and its severity). Early successional species associated with more open habitats were positively influenced by disturbance-related structure (i.e. deadwood-related variables, canopy cover), while some species responded negatively. At the same time, overall abundance, species richness and Shannon diversity of the bird assemblage remained unchanged under variable disturbance histories. Our results support a view of primary spruce forests as a highly dynamic ecosystem, harbouring populations of bird species at all stages of succession despite significant structural changes and shifting patch mosaics over time due to natural disturbances.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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

Project

<a href="/en/project/LTC17055" target="_blank" >LTC17055: Forest disturbances and forest ecosystem functions in the context of climate change</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forest Ecology and Management

ISSN

0378-1127

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

481

Issue of the periodical within the volume

FEB 1 2021

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000607186200003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85094325578