J 2015

Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales

BERNHARDT-RÖMERMANN, M., L. BAETEN, D. CRAVEN, P. DE FRENNE, Radim HÉDL et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales

Authors

BERNHARDT-RÖMERMANN, M. (276 Germany, guarantor), L. BAETEN (56 Belgium), D. CRAVEN (840 United States of America), P. DE FRENNE (56 Belgium), Radim HÉDL (203 Czech Republic), J. LENOIR (250 France), D. BERT (250 France), J. BRUNET (752 Sweden), Markéta CHUDOMELOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), G. DECOCQ (250 France), H. DIERSCHKE (276 Germany), T. DIRNBÖCK (276 Germany), I. DÖRFLER (40 Austria), T. HEINKEN (276 Germany), M. HERMY (56 Belgium), P. HOMMEL (528 Netherlands), B. JAROSZEWICZ (616 Poland), A. KECZYŃSKI (616 Poland), D. L. KELLY (840 United States of America), K. KIRBY (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), M. KOPECKÝ (203 Czech Republic), M. MACEK (203 Czech Republic), F. MÁLIŠ (703 Slovakia), M. MIRTL (40 Austria), F. J. G. MITCHELL (372 Ireland), T. NAAF (276 Germany), M. NEWMAN (372 Ireland), G. PETERKEN (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), P. PETŘÍK (203 Czech Republic), W. SCHMIDT (276 Germany), T. STANDOVÁR (348 Hungary), Z. TÓTH (348 Hungary), H. V. CALSTER (56 Belgium), G. VERSTRAETEN (56 Belgium), J. VLADOVIČ (703 Slovakia), Ondřej VILD (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), M. WULF (276 Germany) and K. VERHEYEN (56 Belgium)

Edition

Glob Change Biol, 2015, 1354-1013

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 8.444

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00084227

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000360994500014

Keywords in English

atmospheric nitrogen deposition; evenness; forestREplot; forest management; game browsing; Shannon diversity; spatiotemporal resurvey data; species richness

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 22/2/2018 10:15, Mgr. Markéta Chudomelová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Global biodiversity is affected by numerous environmental drivers. Yet, the extent to which global environmental changes contribute to changes in local diversity is poorly understood. We investigated biodiversity changes in a meta-analysis of 39 resurvey studies in European temperate forests (3988 vegetation records in total, 17–75 years between the two surveys) by assessing the importance of 1) coarse-resolution (i.e., among sites) vs. fine-resolution (i.e., within sites) environmental differences and 2) changing environmental conditions between surveys. Our results clarify the mechanisms underlying the direction and magnitude of local-scale biodiversity changes. While not detecting any net local diversity loss, we observed considerable among-site variation, partly explained by temporal changes in light availability (a local driver) and density of large herbivores (a regional driver). Furthermore, strong evidence was found that presurvey levels of nitrogen deposition determined subsequent diversity changes. We conclude that models forecasting future biodiversity changes should consider coarse-resolution environmental changes, account for differences in baseline environmental conditions and for local changes in fine-resolution environmental conditions.