Contrasting responses of forest phenological guilds to complex floodplain change
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F24%3A98294" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/24:98294 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14310" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14310</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14310" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2745.14310</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Contrasting responses of forest phenological guilds to complex floodplain change
Original language description
Understanding the seasonal dynamics of the forest herb layer and the factors that influence it is essential for predicting how the forest ecosystem, including mutualistic interactions, will respond to global change. However, to date, no research has investigated how understorey phenological guilds respond to major environmental threats and forest interventions. We showed the marked changes in the phenological structure of floodplain forest plant communities over half a century at a multi-regional scale in Central Europe. Unlike previous studies focusing on individual species' responses to climate change, we examined shifts in species richness, frequency and abundance between phenological guilds within the plant community. We examined the effects of temporal variation in climate, hydrology, soil conditions and canopy structure, and assessed the effects of non-intervention and intervention management on phenological guild responses. Our results show a significant loss of local species richness and a decline in species frequency in the forest understorey vegetation, associated with species exhibiting summer phenology. In contrast, an increase in abundance and richness of spring flowering species was observed, attributed to high nutrient loads and reduced flooding, respectively. The abundance of spring species increased only in stands where canopy cover increased over time, probably due to the suppression of summer flowering species, allowing spring flowering species to spread on open, bare ground. The community experienced a shift in maximum flowering plant richness from June to May. Despite management interventions such as clearcutting and tree planting, our data show similar temporal trajectories in intervention and non-intervention forests, indicating that changes in phenological structure are largely independent of recent management activities. Synthesis. We propose that a complex interplay of environmental factors, rather than climate change alone, is shaping shifts towards earlier phenological guilds in floodplain forests. This study highlights the importance of considering a comprehensive view of phenological guild dynamics and the impact of environmental factors on forest plant community structure in the face of global change.
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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
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-07716S" target="_blank" >GA23-07716S: Linking performance trade-off with modern coexistence theory and functional trait approach</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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
Journal of Ecology
ISSN
0022-0477
e-ISSN
0022-0477
Volume of the periodical
112
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1397-1412
UT code for WoS article
001206441000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85191069684