Habitat requirements of endangered species in a former coppice
of high conservation value

J 2017

Habitat requirements of endangered species in a former coppice of high conservation value

ROLEČEK, Jan, Ondřej VILD, Jiří SLADKÝ and Radomír ŘEPKA

Basic information

Original name

Habitat requirements of endangered species in a former coppice of high conservation value

Name in Czech

Stanovištní nároky ohrožených druhů v bývalé pařezině s velkou ochranářskou hodnotou

Authors

ROLEČEK, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Ondřej VILD (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří SLADKÝ (203 Czech Republic) and Radomír ŘEPKA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Folia Geobotanica, DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, Springer, 2017, 1211-9520

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.254

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100199

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9276-6

UT WoS

000409166800006

Keywords (in Czech)

druhová diverzita rostlin; ekologické nároky; ohrožené druhy; subkontinentální doubravy; zestárlá pařezina

Keywords in English

abandoned coppice; environmental requirements; subcontinental oak forest; plant diversity; threatened species

Abstract

V originále

Transformation of coppices to high forests has caused fundamental changes in site conditions and a decline of many species across Central Europe. Nevertheless, some formerly coppiced forests still harbour a number of the declining species and have become biodiversity hotspots in the changing landscape. We focused on the best-preserved remnant of formerly grazed and coppiced subcontinental oak forest in the Czech Republic – the Dúbrava forest near the town of Hodonín. To improve our understanding of the ecology of declining species, we studied local habitat requirements of vascular plants most endangered at the national level. We recorded vegetation composition and sampled important site variables in plots with the largest populations of endangered species and in additional plots placed randomly across all major forest habitats. We demonstrated that sites with endangered species have a highly uneven distribution in ecological space and that their species composition is often similar to open-canopy oak forests.Within this habitat, the endangered species are concentrated in places with a high light availability and high soil pH. Light-demanding species characteristic of subcontinental oak forests are the best indicators of these sites, while broadly distributed shade tolerant and nutrient-demanding species avoid them. These results support the view that the occurrence of many endangered species in the Dúbrava forest is a legacy of the long history of traditional management that kept the canopies open. Light-demanding species are now threatened by ongoing successional changes. Therefore, active conservation measures are recommended, including opening up the canopies, early thinning of young stands, control of expansive and invasive species and understorey grazing or mowing.

Citovat

ROLEČEK, Jan, Ondřej VILD, Jiří SLADKÝ and Radomír ŘEPKA. Habitat requirements of endangered species in a former coppice of high conservation value. Folia Geobotanica. DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: Springer, 2017, vol. 52, No 1, p. 59-69. ISSN 1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9276-6.

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ROLEČEK, Jan, Ondřej VILD, Jiří SLADKÝ and Radomír ŘEPKA. Habitat requirements of endangered species in a former coppice of high conservation value. \textit{Folia Geobotanica}. DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: Springer, 2017, vol.~52, No~1, p.~59-69. ISSN~1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9276-6.

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