Biotic and abiotic effects on tree regeneration vary by life stage in European primary forests
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F25%3A103140" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/25:103140 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/oik.10755?getft_integrator=clarivate&src=getftr&utm_source=clarivate" target="_blank" >https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/oik.10755?getft_integrator=clarivate&src=getftr&utm_source=clarivate</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.10755" target="_blank" >10.1111/oik.10755</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Biotic and abiotic effects on tree regeneration vary by life stage in European primary forests
Original language description
An observed acceleration of tree mortality rates in European forests has been attributed to the impacts of climate change and extreme disturbances. Ecosystem recovery depends on regeneration success, but the recruitment of juveniles has been recognized as bottleneck in the development of forests. We investigated the potential importance of biotic (canopy tree abundance, ungulate herbivory) and abiotic (light, soil nutrients) factors in the limitation of regeneration in montane primary forests in central Europe. We used widely distributed forest inventory data (n = 348 plots) for two forest types, multiple tree taxa, and two life stages (seedlings and saplings). Seedling densities were promoted by more abundant parent trees, but saplings were either negatively influenced or unaffected by the number of conspecific adults. Browsing intensity (per capita defoliation severity) strongly limited the density of seedlings, but not saplings, at a community level. Low understory light levels were positively associated with seedling densities, but either did not affect or depressed sapling abundance A tolerance of shading was enhanced by nitrogen availability in some taxa. Our findings reflect highly complex, context-specific regeneration processes that vary by species and life stage within species.
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
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-27454S" target="_blank" >GA21-27454S: Large scale analyses of primary forests: Disentangling drivers of biomass and biodiversity indicators</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Oikos
ISSN
0030-1299
e-ISSN
0030-1299
Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
001356839500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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