Comparison of vascular plant diversity and species composition of coppice and high beech forest in the Banat region, Romania

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12224-016-9279-3</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Comparison of vascular plant diversity and species composition of coppice and high beech forest in the Banat region, Romania

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Abandonment of coppicing is one of the main reasons of diversity decline in European temperate forests. To reverse this trend, coppicing has been reintroduced in several forests, especially in areas of high conservation value. However, empirical information on the effects of coppicing on plant diversity and composition is still scarce. By comparing vegetation data from active coppices and beech-dominated high forests in the Banat region in Romania, we tested the hypothesis that coppices have a higher plant diversity and different plant species composition than high forests. Data were collected in 60 randomly placed phytosociological relevés and were analysed using linear models and multivariate methods. As expected, we found differences in understorey plant composition. Herb species with various environmental demands-sciophytes-(hemi)-heliophytes and grassland species-were more frequent in coppices whereas high forests had more vernal species and sciophytes. Coppices also had slightly greater plant diversity but did not differ in herb species richness. Our results demonstrate that coppicing has a small positive effect on plant diversity but a large effect on species composition. Coppice restoration may be especially beneficial for populations of thermophilous and non-forest species.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Comparison of vascular plant diversity and species composition of coppice and high beech forest in the Banat region, Romania

Popis výsledku anglicky

Abandonment of coppicing is one of the main reasons of diversity decline in European temperate forests. To reverse this trend, coppicing has been reintroduced in several forests, especially in areas of high conservation value. However, empirical information on the effects of coppicing on plant diversity and composition is still scarce. By comparing vegetation data from active coppices and beech-dominated high forests in the Banat region in Romania, we tested the hypothesis that coppices have a higher plant diversity and different plant species composition than high forests. Data were collected in 60 randomly placed phytosociological relevés and were analysed using linear models and multivariate methods. As expected, we found differences in understorey plant composition. Herb species with various environmental demands-sciophytes-(hemi)-heliophytes and grassland species-were more frequent in coppices whereas high forests had more vernal species and sciophytes. Coppices also had slightly greater plant diversity but did not differ in herb species richness. Our results demonstrate that coppicing has a small positive effect on plant diversity but a large effect on species composition. Coppice restoration may be especially beneficial for populations of thermophilous and non-forest species.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

40102 - Forestry

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)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Folia Geobotanica

ISSN

1211-9520

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

52

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

33-43

Kód UT WoS článku

000409166800004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85014636251