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, vol. 210, June, p. 163-173. ISSN 0006-3207. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2017.04.017. 2017.
Other formats:   BibTeX LaTeX RIS
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
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10618 Ecology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW 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
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Nicole Zrilić, učo 240776. Changed: 9/4/2018 23:23.
Abstract
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 MUName: Diverzita, dynamika a fylogenetické vztahy klíčových společenstev významných evropských biotopů (Acronym: DIDYF)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
PrintDisplayed: 28/3/2024 16:43