The paradox of long-term ungulate impact: increase of plant species richness in a temperate forest

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41320/17:75681 RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100466

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12289" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12289</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12289" target="_blank" >10.1111/avsc.12289</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The paradox of long-term ungulate impact: increase of plant species richness in a temperate forest

Original language description

In 2012, we resampled 58 quasi-permanent vegetation plots first surveyed in 1960s. Between the surveys, 36 plots were enclosed in a game preserve with artificially high density of ungulates (mostly deer, mouflon and wild boar. We analysed the differences in temporal changes between plots inside and outside the game preserve, focusing on species diversity and composition. Ungulates significantly increased alpha and gamma diversity and caused significant vegetation homogenization inside the game preserve. Vegetation homogenization and the increase in species richness resulted from massive enrichment by ruderal species. However, richness of endangered species decreased. Species dispersed by animals internally (endozoochory) increased, while species dispersed externally (epizoochory) or by wind (anemochory) decreased. Contrary to our expectations, our long-term data showed that artificially high ungulate densities substantially increased plant species richness. Apparently, the establishment of ruderal herbs was supported by frequent disturbances and ungulate-mediated dispersal. At the same time, species richness of non-ruderal plants did not change, probably because ungulates hindered the regeneration of woody species and maintained an open forest canopy. In conclusion, high ungulate density led to the spread of ruderal species, which in turn strongly contributed to the observed shift towards nutrient-richer conditions and taxonomically more homogenous communities.

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

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/IAA600050812" target="_blank" >IAA600050812: Lowland woodland in the perspective of historical development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Applied vegetation science

ISSN

1402-2001

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

282-292

UT code for WoS article

000398083700013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85012078024