Detailed Information on Publication Record
2016
Does succession run towards potential natural vegetation? An analysis across seres
PRACH, Karel, Lubomír TICHÝ, Kamila LENCOVÁ, M. ADÁMEK, Tomáš KOUTECKÝ et. al.Basic information
Original name
Does succession run towards potential natural vegetation? An analysis across seres
Authors
PRACH, Karel (203 Czech Republic), Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Kamila LENCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), M. ADÁMEK (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš KOUTECKÝ (203 Czech Republic), Jiří SÁDLO (203 Czech Republic), Andrea BARTOŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Jan NOVÁK (203 Czech Republic), Pavel KOVÁŘ (203 Czech Republic), Alena JÍROVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Petr ŠMILAUER (203 Czech Republic) and Klára ŘEHOUNKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)
Edition
Journal of Vegetation Science, HOBOKEN, International Association for Vegetation Science, Wiley, 2016, 1100-9233
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
Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.924
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093795
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000375147500010
Keywords in English
Climax; Moisture; Ordination; pH; Potential natural vegetation; Species composition; Succession
Změněno: 7/3/2018 10:04, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Questions(1) Do 17 seres studied proceed towards corresponding potential natural vegetation; (2) what are the similarities between seral and potential natural vegetation, and is it possible to estimate how long it takes to reach potential natural vegetation; and (3) do primary and secondary seres differ? LocationExtracted peatlands, corridors of the former iron curtain, artificial fishpond islands and barriers, sedimentary basins, various spoil heaps after mining, various stone quarries, forest clearings, burned-down forests, road verges, sand and gravel-sand pits, river gravel bars and abandoned arable fields located in various parts of the Czech Republic. MethodsSeral stages were sampled by phytosociological releves (2602). The following categories of successional age were considered: early (1-10yrs), intermediate (11-25yrs) and late (>25yrs). Phytosociological releves (386) representing corresponding potential natural vegetation were extracted from the National Phytosociological Database. DCA and CCA ordinations were performed to compare the pattern of seral stages with potential natural vegetation and between primary and secondary seres. Dissimilarity between seral stages of primary and secondary successions and the corresponding potential natural vegetation was further assessed using the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity measure. Extrapolation was performed to estimate when the seres will reach the stage corresponding to potential natural vegetation. ResultsThe ordination showed that successions proceeded towards the corresponding potential natural vegetation and reflected substrate pH, site moisture and successional age. The estimated average time needed to reach potential natural vegetation was about 180yrs for primary successions and about 260yrs for secondary successions, considering presence-absence species data, and 200 and 250yrs, respectively, considering cover data. All species recorded in potential natural vegetation (421) were also recorded in seral vegetation. ConclusionsIn the general view across the high number of seres spread over the whole country, successions advanced in the direction of the corresponding potential natural vegetation. The extrapolated recovery of potential natural vegetation is faster in primary seres than in secondary ones, and seres sooner resemble the corresponding potential natural vegetation in species composition than in vegetation structure.