Ecotones in Central European forest–steppe: Edge effect occurs on hard rocks but not on loess
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68145535%3A_____%2F22%3A00562646" target="_blank" >RIV/68145535:_____/22:00562646 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/22:00129203
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jvs.13149" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jvs.13149</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13149" target="_blank" >10.1111/jvs.13149</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ecotones in Central European forest–steppe: Edge effect occurs on hard rocks but not on loess
Original language description
Aims - We asked how geological substrate affects the distribution of plant species between forest interiors, forest edges, and steppe patches in the forest–steppe landscapes. Specifically, we sought for the presence of the edge effect at the forest–grassland transitions on different substrates.nnLocation - Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and western Ukraine.nnMethods - We recorded the occurrence of vascular plant species in forest interiors, at forest edges and in steppe patches on 40 forest–steppe sites located on four substrates (andesite, dolomite, limestone and loess). We compared the distribution of species diversity, beta diversity (using multivariate analysis), the number of shared species between habitats and the estimation of vegetation biomass among forest-steppe habitats on different substrates.nnResults - The edge effect was observed on hard rocks, while it was absent on loess, where the ecotone species richness was intermediate between that of forest and steppe. Loess sites also had the lowest species turnover between forest and steppe and the lowest number of edge specialists.nnConclusions - Substrate has a strong effect on the formation of forest–steppe mosaics. It shapes the assembly rules and plant community diversity within individual habitat mosaics. Plant communities on each substrate can respond differently to changing climate. The strong assembly rules on hard rocks may be more likely to result in species loss than on loess or similar soft sediments, where a larger number of species find their optimum in more than one forest–steppe habitat.n
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
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-28491X" target="_blank" >GX19-28491X: Centre for European Vegetation Syntheses (CEVS)</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
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 Vegetation Science
ISSN
1100-9233
e-ISSN
1654-1103
Volume of the periodical
33
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
13149
UT code for WoS article
000862612700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85141123338