Large beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees as lifeboats’ for lichen diversity in central European forests

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/46747885:24620/16:00003925 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10331289

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1106-x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1106-x</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1106-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10531-016-1106-x</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Large beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees as lifeboats’ for lichen diversity in central European forests

Original language description

The forest management practices used in central Europe in the last several centuries have led to loss of lichen diversity that may be largely attributed to a loss of substrate variability and quantity. In an attempt to obtain information enabling us to mitigate this process, we surveyed affinity of lichen species to the substrates they currently occupy in six forest areas in the Czech Republic, located between 200 and 1000 m a.s.l. Tree bases and stems represented the most important substrate for lichen species, and especially so for threatened (i.e. red-listed) species. Lichen species richness per individual tree generally increased with stem diameter, especially for beech. Stems and tree bases of large-diameter beeches provide habitats that have enabled the survival of a crucial component of the red-listed lichen species in central Europe, far outweighing other tree species. The deciduous tree species that are commonly considered as favourable for lichen diversity (e.g. maples, ash, elms) were inhabited by only a few other lichen species additional to those associated with beech. This may be due to the low frequency of these tree species in most managed forests, and also some forest reserves, at the present time. Similarly, low incidence of dead wood in managed forests has likely limited its contribution to the lichen diversity, despite the high potential for lichen diversity associated with such substrates. It is thus apparent that bark of large-diameter live beech trees comprises a keystone habitat element in the provision of lichen diversity in central European forests.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1201" target="_blank" >LO1201: DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE FOR NANOMATERIALS, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Biodiversity and Conservation

ISSN

0960-3115

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

1073-1090

UT code for WoS article

000379007200004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84966429075