Herb layer vegetation patterns of silvopastoral systems: the interactive role of succession, disturbance and seed bank

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Herb layer vegetation patterns of silvopastoral systems: the interactive role of succession, disturbance and seed bank

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Due to their heterogeneous landscape structure, extensively managed temperate silvopastoral systems provide multiple ecosystem services such as climate-resilient livestock production and carbon sequestration. Main habitat types within these landscapes (open pastures, solitary trees, shrubby patches, and adjacent second-growth forests) form an interconnected dynamic network with state transitions driven by secondary succession (towards woody states) and disturbance (towards open states), and the balance between the drivers is key to preserve their exceptionally rich herbaceous flora. To understand how soil seed bank may contribute to the dynamics of the herb layer in silvopastoral systems, we assessed its composition and richness in the above-mentioned habitats and compared these to the herb layer using non-metric multidimensional scaling, generalized linear mixed-effects models and indicator species analyses. We found that each habitat showed distinct compositional patterns, explained by strong environmental filters. Conversely, soil seed bank was more similar among habitats due to legacy seeds from previous vegetation states. This ecological memory in a particular location may assist future compositional transitions of the herb layer by reducing dispersal limitation and can be a useful asset in ecosystem restoration. Furthermore, our study showed that solitary trees with grassy or shrubby undergrowth have key roles in the herb layer dynamics of silvopastoral systems by being the main locations of soil seed bank build-up and transitional hotspots of herb layer diversity during early forest succession. Therefore, conservation strategies should pay extra attention to these small but important landscape features.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Herb layer vegetation patterns of silvopastoral systems: the interactive role of succession, disturbance and seed bank

Popis výsledku anglicky

Due to their heterogeneous landscape structure, extensively managed temperate silvopastoral systems provide multiple ecosystem services such as climate-resilient livestock production and carbon sequestration. Main habitat types within these landscapes (open pastures, solitary trees, shrubby patches, and adjacent second-growth forests) form an interconnected dynamic network with state transitions driven by secondary succession (towards woody states) and disturbance (towards open states), and the balance between the drivers is key to preserve their exceptionally rich herbaceous flora. To understand how soil seed bank may contribute to the dynamics of the herb layer in silvopastoral systems, we assessed its composition and richness in the above-mentioned habitats and compared these to the herb layer using non-metric multidimensional scaling, generalized linear mixed-effects models and indicator species analyses. We found that each habitat showed distinct compositional patterns, explained by strong environmental filters. Conversely, soil seed bank was more similar among habitats due to legacy seeds from previous vegetation states. This ecological memory in a particular location may assist future compositional transitions of the herb layer by reducing dispersal limitation and can be a useful asset in ecosystem restoration. Furthermore, our study showed that solitary trees with grassy or shrubby undergrowth have key roles in the herb layer dynamics of silvopastoral systems by being the main locations of soil seed bank build-up and transitional hotspots of herb layer diversity during early forest succession. Therefore, conservation strategies should pay extra attention to these small but important landscape features.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Agroforestry Systems

ISSN

0167-4366

e-ISSN

1572-9680

Svazek periodika

99

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

265

Kód UT WoS článku

001600907700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105019565376