A multifaceted approach for beech forest conservation: Environmental drivers of understory plant diversity

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F19%3A43899369" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/19:43899369 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985939:_____/19:00506180

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0367253019301276?token=83656B4FD933125F0B8CBEE1D5A120D66467F0CAFBA62111669E08E1BBB566F3DF4BA0F0BA01C033598A60BC4A630D64" target="_blank" >https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0367253019301276?token=83656B4FD933125F0B8CBEE1D5A120D66467F0CAFBA62111669E08E1BBB566F3DF4BA0F0BA01C033598A60BC4A630D64</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2019.05.006" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.flora.2019.05.006</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A multifaceted approach for beech forest conservation: Environmental drivers of understory plant diversity

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Studies addressing multiple aspects of biodiversity simultaneously (i.e., multifaceted approaches) can quantify plant diversity-environment links comprehensively - this is because of the multidimensional nature of plant diversity. However, multifaceted studies are scant in forests. Here, we examined taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns in 19 beech forest understory plots in two areas belonging to a biodiversity monitoring plan in Tuscany, Italy. We performed linear mixed effect models to quantify the influence of elevation (proxy for macroclimate), aspect (affecting microclimate), and basal area (related to microclimate and stand maturity) on diversity facets of vascular plants. Elevation played a major role in shaping diversity: highelevation plots were less rich in species and had a reduced functional diversity of storage organs that may promote cold-tolerance. Conversely, the diversity of flowering phenology increased with elevation, thus lowelevation vegetation converged functionally towards a common, short blooming period. This strategy may be advantageous for understory plants in the deciduous beech forests experiencing longer growing seasons, hence more extended canopy closure at lower elevations. Basal area negatively affected foliar and multiple traits functional diversity which may be associated with highly selective and competitive environment for light capture in closed canopy, mature stands. Slope aspect did not exert any significant effect on diversity facets, neither did interactions among predictors. Overall, these results confirm the usefulness of implementing multifaceted approaches to i) better understand the influence of environmental drivers on different aspects of plant diversity, and ii) inform the biodiversity monitoring plan that is in place in the study forests by systematically including functional diversity instead of taxonomic metrics only.

Název v anglickém jazyce

A multifaceted approach for beech forest conservation: Environmental drivers of understory plant diversity

Popis výsledku anglicky

Studies addressing multiple aspects of biodiversity simultaneously (i.e., multifaceted approaches) can quantify plant diversity-environment links comprehensively - this is because of the multidimensional nature of plant diversity. However, multifaceted studies are scant in forests. Here, we examined taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns in 19 beech forest understory plots in two areas belonging to a biodiversity monitoring plan in Tuscany, Italy. We performed linear mixed effect models to quantify the influence of elevation (proxy for macroclimate), aspect (affecting microclimate), and basal area (related to microclimate and stand maturity) on diversity facets of vascular plants. Elevation played a major role in shaping diversity: highelevation plots were less rich in species and had a reduced functional diversity of storage organs that may promote cold-tolerance. Conversely, the diversity of flowering phenology increased with elevation, thus lowelevation vegetation converged functionally towards a common, short blooming period. This strategy may be advantageous for understory plants in the deciduous beech forests experiencing longer growing seasons, hence more extended canopy closure at lower elevations. Basal area negatively affected foliar and multiple traits functional diversity which may be associated with highly selective and competitive environment for light capture in closed canopy, mature stands. Slope aspect did not exert any significant effect on diversity facets, neither did interactions among predictors. Overall, these results confirm the usefulness of implementing multifaceted approaches to i) better understand the influence of environmental drivers on different aspects of plant diversity, and ii) inform the biodiversity monitoring plan that is in place in the study forests by systematically including functional diversity instead of taxonomic metrics only.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Flora

ISSN

0367-2530

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

256

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

JUL 2019

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

85-91

Kód UT WoS článku

000470109800010

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85066086906