Ecological mechanisms of canopy thinning: Insights into biodiversity recovery in neglected coppice

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F25%3A00617674" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/25:00617674 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/62156489:43210/25:43926578 RIV/62156489:43410/25:43926578 RIV/61989592:15310/25:73633146

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111003" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111003</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Ecological mechanisms of canopy thinning: Insights into biodiversity recovery in neglected coppice

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Abandonment of traditional management is among the major causes of the loss of temperate forest biodiversity. While numerous studies highlight the positive impact of restoring traditional forest management on biodiversity, there is a notable gap in research focusing on the ecological mechanisms underlying the benefits to taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity. In this study, we applied canopy thinning of various intensity in an abandoned coppice to examine the response of vascular plant, ant, carabid and spider communities to the thinning intensity. Our results showed that the increase of functional diversity following canopy thinning is driven by the increased presence, rather than abundance, of species exhibiting unique combinations of ecological traits. Plant and invertebrate communities were not clustered or overdispersed within the phylogenetic or functional space delimited by the species pool, indicating the dominant effect of stochastic processes on community assembly. Our multispecies study demonstrates for the first time that ecological mechanism maintaining biodiversity following forest thinning are mainly governed by stochastic processes. Notably, our research reveals that the increase in species richness after tree thinning is due to the presence of species with unique ecological trait combinations. Furthermore, we identified distinct mechanisms driving community changes: carabid beetles and ants mainly experience shifts in species composition, while plants and spiders are more affected by species loss.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Ecological mechanisms of canopy thinning: Insights into biodiversity recovery in neglected coppice

Popis výsledku anglicky

Abandonment of traditional management is among the major causes of the loss of temperate forest biodiversity. While numerous studies highlight the positive impact of restoring traditional forest management on biodiversity, there is a notable gap in research focusing on the ecological mechanisms underlying the benefits to taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity. In this study, we applied canopy thinning of various intensity in an abandoned coppice to examine the response of vascular plant, ant, carabid and spider communities to the thinning intensity. Our results showed that the increase of functional diversity following canopy thinning is driven by the increased presence, rather than abundance, of species exhibiting unique combinations of ecological traits. Plant and invertebrate communities were not clustered or overdispersed within the phylogenetic or functional space delimited by the species pool, indicating the dominant effect of stochastic processes on community assembly. Our multispecies study demonstrates for the first time that ecological mechanism maintaining biodiversity following forest thinning are mainly governed by stochastic processes. Notably, our research reveals that the increase in species richness after tree thinning is due to the presence of species with unique ecological trait combinations. Furthermore, we identified distinct mechanisms driving community changes: carabid beetles and ants mainly experience shifts in species composition, while plants and spiders are more affected by species loss.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TL02000314" target="_blank" >TL02000314: Obnova výmladkového hospodaření: cesta k diverzifikaci využití společenského, hospodářského a ekologického potenciálu středoevropských lesů</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Biological Conservation

ISSN

0006-3207

e-ISSN

1873-2917

Svazek periodika

303

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

March

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

111003

Kód UT WoS článku

001424926500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85217053054