Participation of grassland species in various successional series in a temperate European region and implications for habitat management

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F24%3A43907963" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/24:43907963 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985939:_____/24:00582099

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423003967?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423003967?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02761" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02761</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Participation of grassland species in various successional series in a temperate European region and implications for habitat management

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Restoration strategies of semi-natural grasslands at various disturbed sites require an under-standing of the resilience of these habitats and knowledge of their specific successional dynamics. Here, we assess (i) to what extent and under what circumstances grassland species can spontaneously establish and survive in various successional series, and (ii) whether some successional stages may provide surrogate habitats for typical grassland species. Besides grassland species, we evaluated the participation of other species groups, namely woodland, synanthropic and open wetland species, to demonstrate general successional trends. We studied 12 different successional series ca 60 years long in the Czech Republic, central Europe, and evaluated changes in species numbers and cover of species groups. Our results showed grassland species participated not only temporarily but also continuously during the first six decades of succession, as we had expected. Their decline in the late successional stages was only slightly visible despite the formation of woodland in most successional series. In some cases, the woodland was not completely closed and still allowed some grassland species to survive in the understorey. However, we found clear negative correlations between the participation of grassland and woodland species in the late successional stages. Woodland species generally increased, while synanthropic species clearly decreased during succession. Open wetland species slightly decreased, probably due to increasing site terrestrialisation in several successional series. The number and cover of dry grassland species decreased with increasing altitude, while those of mesic grassland species increased, indicating a decisive role of climate for their participation in succession. Successional trends discussed here represent general patterns but cannot be automatically applied in restoration without considering the specificity of each successional series. The establishment of grasslands in most successional series can be prevailingly maintained by management to reduce the establishment and expansion of woody species, otherwise grasslands only rarely persist in habitats under extreme site conditions or certain natural disturbances.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Participation of grassland species in various successional series in a temperate European region and implications for habitat management

Popis výsledku anglicky

Restoration strategies of semi-natural grasslands at various disturbed sites require an under-standing of the resilience of these habitats and knowledge of their specific successional dynamics. Here, we assess (i) to what extent and under what circumstances grassland species can spontaneously establish and survive in various successional series, and (ii) whether some successional stages may provide surrogate habitats for typical grassland species. Besides grassland species, we evaluated the participation of other species groups, namely woodland, synanthropic and open wetland species, to demonstrate general successional trends. We studied 12 different successional series ca 60 years long in the Czech Republic, central Europe, and evaluated changes in species numbers and cover of species groups. Our results showed grassland species participated not only temporarily but also continuously during the first six decades of succession, as we had expected. Their decline in the late successional stages was only slightly visible despite the formation of woodland in most successional series. In some cases, the woodland was not completely closed and still allowed some grassland species to survive in the understorey. However, we found clear negative correlations between the participation of grassland and woodland species in the late successional stages. Woodland species generally increased, while synanthropic species clearly decreased during succession. Open wetland species slightly decreased, probably due to increasing site terrestrialisation in several successional series. The number and cover of dry grassland species decreased with increasing altitude, while those of mesic grassland species increased, indicating a decisive role of climate for their participation in succession. Successional trends discussed here represent general patterns but cannot be automatically applied in restoration without considering the specificity of each successional series. The establishment of grasslands in most successional series can be prevailingly maintained by management to reduce the establishment and expansion of woody species, otherwise grasslands only rarely persist in habitats under extreme site conditions or certain natural disturbances.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA20-06065S" target="_blank" >GA20-06065S: Sukcese vegetace na širokých geografických škálách: Uzrál čas pro meta-analýzy</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Global Ecology and Conservation

ISSN

2351-9894

e-ISSN

2351-9894

Svazek periodika

49

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2024

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

"JAN 2024"

Kód UT WoS článku

001141551300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85179797351