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@article{1537476,
author = {Bonari, Gianmaria and Těšitel, Jakub and Migliorini, Massimo and Angiolini, Claudia and Protano, Giuseppe and Nannoni, Francesco and Schlaghamerský, Jiří and Chytrý, Milan},
article_location = {Amsterdam},
article_number = {JUL},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.005},
keywords = {Biodiversity; Community ecology; Conservation; Disturbance; EU habitat; Forest; Management; Mediterranean basin; Oribatida; Pinus; Protected areas; Soil; Vascular plants; Woodland},
language = {eng},
issn = {0378-1127},
journal = {Forest Ecology and Management},
title = {Conservation of the Mediterranean coastal pine woodlands: How can management support biodiversity?},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112719304141},
volume = {443},
year = {2019}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1537476
AU - Bonari, Gianmaria - Těšitel, Jakub - Migliorini, Massimo - Angiolini, Claudia - Protano, Giuseppe - Nannoni, Francesco - Schlaghamerský, Jiří - Chytrý, Milan
PY - 2019
TI - Conservation of the Mediterranean coastal pine woodlands: How can management support biodiversity?
JF - Forest Ecology and Management
VL - 443
IS - JUL
SP - 28-35
EP - 28-35
PB - Elsevier
SN - 03781127
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Community ecology
KW - Conservation
KW - Disturbance
KW - EU habitat
KW - Forest
KW - Management
KW - Mediterranean basin
KW - Oribatida
KW - Pinus
KW - Protected areas
KW - Soil
KW - Vascular plants
KW - Woodland
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112719304141
L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112719304141
N2 - Forest management decisions may have unintentional effects on what they were originally not designed for, including effects on woodland species and communities. In protected areas of coastal dune woodlands, some sites are fenced as a part of forestry management. In this study, we hypothesised that different states of disturbance (disturbed vs non-disturbed) created by fencing generate unintentional heterogeneity in species composition (and possibly richness) in plant communities and soil biota. We surveyed vascular plants, oribatid mites and soil properties in fenced and nearby non-fenced places in protected coastal pine woodlands in Italy. The fenced areas were undisturbed for at least 30 years, whereas the non-fenced areas were subjected to thinning and trampling. Effects of fencing on community composition and soil properties were assessed by (distance based) redundancy analysis. Congruence between plant and mite community composition in response to fencing was tested using a series of (partial) Mantel tests. Finally, linear mixed-effects models were used to study species richness. Both plant and mite community composition showed a significant congruent response to fencing. Species richness of plants decreased due to fencing, while that of mites was unaffected. We conclude that the fencing of small areas creates biotic heterogeneity and increases beta diversity in the Mediterranean coastal woodlands. Therefore, we support the use of fencing as a relatively cheap and effective method of conservation management for maintaining the biodiversity of both above- and belowground communities in the coastal pine woodlands of the Mediterranean area.
ER -
BONARI, Gianmaria, Jakub TĚŠITEL, Massimo MIGLIORINI, Claudia ANGIOLINI, Giuseppe PROTANO, Francesco NANNONI, Jiří SCHLAGHAMERSKÝ and Milan CHYTRÝ. Conservation of the Mediterranean coastal pine woodlands: How can management support biodiversity? \textit{Forest Ecology and Management}. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2019, vol.~443, JUL, p.~28-35. ISSN~0378-1127. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.005.
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