Early vegetation succession on gravel bars of Czech Carpathian
streams

J 2018

Early vegetation succession on gravel bars of Czech Carpathian streams

KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika, Kryštof CHYTRÝ and Milan CHYTRÝ

Basic information

Original name

Early vegetation succession on gravel bars of Czech Carpathian streams

Authors

KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Kryštof CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Folia Geobotanica, Springer, 2018, 1211-9520

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10602 Biology , Evolutionary biology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.046

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101347

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9323-6

UT WoS

000449764100006

Keywords in English

Disturbance; Floods; Gravel bar vegetation; Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts; Plant communities; Riverine habitats; Succession rate; Western Carpathians

Abstract

V originále

Rivers with a natural flooding regime and gravel accumulations are an important natural habitat endangered by regulations and other types of human impact. Succession after disturbances by floods creates a mosaic of different vegetation types, some of them containing rare specialist species. We studied vegetation succession and changes in plant diversity on river gravel bars of four streams in the Western Carpathians and their foothills in the eastern Czech Republic. This area experienced extreme 50-year flood event in May 2010. Gravel bar vegetation was destroyed, some of the former bars were covered by sediments, and some new bars arose. We sampled gravel bar vegetation two months after the floods and repeated the sampling on each site during the next three years. Initial vegetation has developed through a sparse and species-rich stage into denser stands with more shade-tolerant species. In the fourth year, tall herbs, such as Urtica dioica, Phalaris arundinacea and the alien Impatiens glandulifera, dominated the communities, but shrub vegetation started to develop only in a few places. Species capable of vegetative dispersal prevailed over species dispersed by seeds only. Altitude and size of gravel/stone particles were identified as important factors affecting vegetation succession. The succession ran faster on gravelly substrates at lower altitudes than on stony substrates at higher altitudes. Although the studied streams are partly influenced by human interventions and host only few gravel bar specialists, they are of considerable conservation importance.

Links

GB14-36079G, research and development project

Name: Centrum analýzy a syntézy rostlinné diverzity (PLADIAS) (Acronym: PLADIAS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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

KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika, Kryštof CHYTRÝ and Milan CHYTRÝ. Early vegetation succession on gravel bars of Czech Carpathian streams. Folia Geobotanica. Springer, 2018, vol. 53, No 3, p. 317-332. ISSN 1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9323-6.

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KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika, Kryštof CHYTRÝ and Milan CHYTRÝ. Early vegetation succession on gravel bars of Czech Carpathian streams. \textit{Folia Geobotanica}. Springer, 2018, vol.~53, No~3, p.~317-332. ISSN~1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9323-6.

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