J 2017

Contrasting patterns of fine-scale herb layer species composition in temperate forests

CHUDOMELOVÁ, Markéta, David ZELENÝ a Ching-Feng LI

Základní údaje

Originální název

Contrasting patterns of fine-scale herb layer species composition in temperate forests

Autoři

CHUDOMELOVÁ, Markéta (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), David ZELENÝ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Ching-Feng LI (158 Tchaj-wan)

Vydání

ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2017, 1146-609X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10618 Ecology

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.615

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094667

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000400717600004

Klíčová slova anglicky

Spatial structures; Environmental heterogeneity; Ellenberg indicator values; Oak forest; Scalogram; Spatial eigenvector mapping

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 30. 3. 2018 20:02, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Anotace

V originále

We examined fine-scale environmental determinants and spatial structures of herb layer communities in thermophilous oak- and hornbeam dominated forests of the south-eastern part of the Czech Republic. Species composition of herb layer vegetation and environmental variables were recorded within a fixed grid of 2 × 2 m subplots regularly distributed within 1-ha quadrate plots in three forest stands. For each site, environmental models best explaining species composition were constructed using constrained ordination analysis. Spatial eigenvector mapping was used to model and account for spatial structures in community variation. Mean Ellenberg indicator values calculated for each subplot were used for ecological interpretation of spatially structured residual variation. The amount of variation explained by environmental and spatial models as well as the selection of variables with the best explanatory power differed among sites. As an important environmental factor, relative elevation was common to all three sites, while pH and canopy openness were shared by two sites. Both the environmental and community variation was mostly coarse-scaled, as well as the spatially structured portion of residual variation. When corrected for bias due to spatial autocorrelation, those environmental predictors with already weak explanatory power lost their significance. Only a weak evidence of possibly omitted environmental predictor was found for autocorrelated residuals of site models using mean Ellenberg indicator values. Community structure was codetermined by different factors at different sites. The relative importance of environmental filtering vs. spatial processes was also site specific, implying that results of fine-scale studies tend to be shaped by local conditions. Contrary to expectations based on other studies, overall dominance of spatial processes at fine scale has not been detected. Ecologists should keep this in mind when making generalizations about community dynamics.

Návaznosti

GAP505/12/1022, projekt VaV
Název: Beta diverzita rostlinných společenstev podél omezených ekologických gradientů
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Beta diversity of plant communities along constrained environmental gradients
MUNI/A/1301/2016, interní kód MU
Název: Diverzita, dynamika a fylogenetické vztahy klíčových společenstev významných evropských biotopů (Akronym: DIDYF)
Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Diverzita, dynamika a fylogenetické vztahy klíčových společenstev významných evropských biotopů, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty