Open oakwoods facing modern threats: Will they survive the next
fifty years?

J 2017

Open oakwoods facing modern threats: Will they survive the next fifty years?

CHUDOMELOVÁ, Markéta, Radim HÉDL, Václav ZOUHAR and Péter SZABÓ

Basic information

Original name

Open oakwoods facing modern threats: Will they survive the next fifty years?

Authors

CHUDOMELOVÁ, Markéta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Radim HÉDL (203 Czech Republic), Václav ZOUHAR (203 Czech Republic) and Péter SZABÓ (348 Hungary)

Edition

Biological Conservation, Oxford, Elsevier Sci LTD, 2017, 0006-3207

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10618 Ecology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.661

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00097112

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.04.017

UT WoS

000405881600019

Keywords in English

Biotic invasion; Canopy closure; Community change; Global change; Open oakwoods; Soil phosphorus

Abstract

V originále

Open oakwoods are ancient but currently vanishing plant communities of high conservation value. We studied the vegetation of Eurasian steppic oakwoods in the Czech Republic where they are at the westernmost outcrop of their potential distribution to understand ecosystem changes and their drivers in the period of modern environmental change. In 2012, we resampled a set of semi-permanent plots established in 1965. Long-term compositional shifts and biotic homogenization were linked mainly to eutrophication and canopy closure. Ecological groups of nitrophytes and neophytes increased, while assemblages of species characteristic for open woodlands declined. This process can be attributed to several factors including changes in forest management, the rise of the native woody species Tilia cordata, airborne nitrogen input to generally nutrient-poor substrates and subsequent increase of invasive plant species, and finally to increased wildboar density. The decline of the unique communities of open steppic oakwoods will likely continue under the current management, increased nitrogen availability and canopy closure. Although reintroducing the wide range of historical forest uses is not realistic, the removal of Tilia individuals, reduction of the wild boar population and the promotion of Quercus to maintain the open-canopy structure may moderate the shift towards novel communities and help to restore open oakwoods.

Links

MUNI/A/1301/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Diverzita, dynamika a fylogenetické vztahy klíčových společenstev významných evropských biotopů (Acronym: DIDYF)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

CHUDOMELOVÁ, Markéta, Radim HÉDL, Václav ZOUHAR and Péter SZABÓ. Open oakwoods facing modern threats: Will they survive the next fifty years? Biological Conservation. Oxford: Elsevier Sci LTD, 2017, vol. 210, June, p. 163-173. ISSN 0006-3207. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.04.017.

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CHUDOMELOVÁ, Markéta, Radim HÉDL, Václav ZOUHAR and Péter SZABÓ. Open oakwoods facing modern threats: Will they survive the next fifty years? \textit{Biological Conservation}. Oxford: Elsevier Sci LTD, 2017, vol.~210, June, p.~163-173. ISSN~0006-3207. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.04.017.

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