DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84945449886
论文题名: Vegetation changes in meso- and eutrophic submontane oak-hornbeam forests under long-term high forest management
作者: Durak T. ; Durak R.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 354 起始页码: 206
结束页码: 214
语种: 英语
英文关键词: East Carpathians
; Forest distinctiveness
; Herb layer
; Homogenization
; Impact of forest management
Scopus关键词: Homogenization method
; Plants (botany)
; Vegetation
; Carpathians
; Forest distinctiveness
; Herb layer
; Nutrient concentrations
; Oak-hornbeam forests
; Plant species composition
; Species composition
; Temporal and spatial changes
; Forestry
; data set
; deciduous forest
; ecological impact
; evergreen forest
; forest management
; herb
; homogeneity
; long-term change
; mixed forest
; montane forest
; spatiotemporal analysis
; specialist
; species richness
; thermophily
; vegetation dynamics
; Carpathians
; Carpinus
; Fagus
英文摘要: In the recent decades considerable changes have occurred in the plant species composition and diversity of mixed deciduous forests in the large areas of western and northern Europe. The changes have been caused by substantial alterations of the forest management in the 20th century (transformation of low forests maintained for centuries into high forests). This paper analyzes changes in the vegetation patterns of mixed deciduous forests in the part of Europe where low forest systems had not been implemented in the past. Two datasets from the Polish Eastern Carpathians collected in the 1970s and 2000s were used to analyze temporal and spatial changes in the species composition of oak-hornbeam forests. Herb species richness and compositional dissimilarity (β diversity) decreased. The observed changes in species composition have resulted from the disappearance of specialist species, including the typical species for oak-hornbeam forests and fertile deciduous forests and a rare group of thermophilous species as well as the spread of species with wider ecological niche and lower trophic requirements, and species typical for beech forests. It is suggested that the preferential forest management might have contributed to these changes through an increased share of beech and oak at the expense of hornbeam. Such changes in the species composition of forest stands promote changes in soil properties determining the structure of the herb vegetation - litter becomes thicker and the topsoil pH, nutrient concentration and moisture decrease. Additionally, the processes occurring in the topsoil are enhanced by the cessation of non-timber forest use. Yet, despite the recorded changes in the vegetation, results suggest that in the conditions of long-term high forest management the studied forests have only slightly changed their species composition and maintained their individual character. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65319
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作者单位: Department of Botany, University of Rzeszów, Ul. Zelwerowicza 4, Rzeszów, Poland; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, University of Rzeszów, Ul. Zelwerowicza 4, Rzeszów, Poland
Recommended Citation:
Durak T.,Durak R.. Vegetation changes in meso- and eutrophic submontane oak-hornbeam forests under long-term high forest management[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,354