Long-term effects of mechanical site preparation on understorey plant communities in lowland floodplain forests
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F21%3A43918395" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/21:43918395 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118651" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118651</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118651" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118651</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Long-term effects of mechanical site preparation on understorey plant communities in lowland floodplain forests
Original language description
The influence of site preparation on understorey plant diversity was assessed in the commercial floodplain forest in the Thaya River alluvium near Břeclav, Czech Republic. Phytosociological surveys were carried out during the summer of 2013 in 10-50 years old forest stands with and without mechanical site preparation (MSP). One hundred sixty relevés (eighty from Quercus robur stands and eighty from Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. danubialis stands) were selected for analyses. Phytocoenological relevés were analyzed using multidimensional statistics and plant community characteristics (fidelity, species richness, the percentage of non-native or endangered plant species). The results showed that mechanical site preparation significantly affects herbaceous species composition and richness, in the particular richness of non-native species and neophytes. We found a total richness of 231 herb and woody species, of which 49 (21.2 %) were non-native. Our results demonstrate that reforestation with the MSP decreased species richness of the understorey and increased the number of non-native species. The sites without MSP treatment contained significantly fewer non-native species. The invasive plants Aster lanceolatus and Acer negundo were more abundant in sites impacted by mechanical soil disturbance. Our results also show that a higher percentage of non-native plants survive longer in forest stands subjected to MSP. The abundance and cover of neophytes within MSP treatments are significantly higher in stands dominated by Fraxinus than Quercus stands.
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/LTC19013" target="_blank" >LTC19013: The effect of changed environmental conditions on South Moravian floodplain forest ecosystems</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN
0378-1127
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
480
Issue of the periodical within the volume
15 January
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
118651
UT code for WoS article
000598056800009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85092695146