Comparison of vascular plant diversity and species composition of coppice and high beech forest in the Banat region, Romania

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of vascular plant diversity and species composition of coppice and high beech forest in the Banat region, Romania

Original language description

Abandonment of coppicing is one of the main reasons of diversity decline in European temperate forests. To reverse this trend, coppicing has been reintroduced in several forests, especially in areas of high conservation value. However, empirical information on the effects of coppicing on plant diversity and composition is still scarce. By comparing vegetation data from active coppices and beech-dominated high forests in the Banat region in Romania, we tested the hypothesis that coppices have a higher plant diversity and different plant species composition than high forests. Data were collected in 60 randomly placed phytosociological relevés and were analysed using linear models and multivariate methods. As expected, we found differences in understorey plant composition. Herb species with various environmental demands-sciophytes-(hemi)-heliophytes and grassland species-were more frequent in coppices whereas high forests had more vernal species and sciophytes. Coppices also had slightly greater plant diversity but did not differ in herb species richness. Our results demonstrate that coppicing has a small positive effect on plant diversity but a large effect on species composition. Coppice restoration may be especially beneficial for populations of thermophilous and non-forest species.

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

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Folia Geobotanica

ISSN

1211-9520

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

33-43

UT code for WoS article

000409166800004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85014636251