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Patterns of plant species richness and composition in deciduous oak forests in relation to environmental drivers

SLEZAK, M. a Irena AXMANOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Patterns of plant species richness and composition in deciduous oak forests in relation to environmental drivers

Autoři

SLEZAK, M. (703 Slovensko) a Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Community Ecology, Akadémiai Kiadó, 2016, 1585-8553

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Maďarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.782

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093956

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000388003500008

Klíčová slova anglicky

Alpha diversity; Bryophytes; Deciduous oak forests; Light conditions; Soil chemistry; Topography; Vascular plants

Štítky

Změněno: 22. 2. 2018 09:20, Mgr. Irena Axmanová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Local plant species richness and composition may vary across habitats and between plant taxonomic groups within temperate deciduous forests. Multi-taxon approach is therefore needed to provide a more detailed insight into determinants affecting vegetation structure. Fifty-four deciduous oak-dominated vegetation plots (20 m 20 m) were sampled across central Slovakia (Stiavnicke vrchy Mts) in order to study the effect of environmental (soil, light, topographic) factors on species richness and composition patterns of two main assemblages of understorey layer (herb-layer vascular plants and ground-dwelling bryophytes). The number of recorded herb-layer vascular plants and ground-dwelling bryophytes was 1248 (mean 28) and 011 (mean 4) species per plot, respectively. Generalized linear model revealed that species richness of herb-layer vascular plants was driven by canopy openness, altitude, soil pH/base saturation gradient and plant-available phosphorus. Canopy openness and heat load index accompanied by soil pH/base saturation gradient determined changes of the ground-dwelling bryophyte richness. Canonical Correspondence Analysis identified soil pH/base saturation gradient, canopy openness, soil silt and topography related predictors (altitude, slope, radiation) as the main drivers of the herb-layer vascular plant compositional variability. Species composition variation of ground-dwelling bryophytes was controlled by radiation and canopy openness.