The influence of light and nutrient availability on herb layer
species richness in oak-dominated forests in central Bohemia

J 2009

The influence of light and nutrient availability on herb layer species richness in oak-dominated forests in central Bohemia

HOFMEISTER, Jeňýk, Jan HOŠEK, Martin MODRÝ and Jan ROLEČEK

Basic information

Original name

The influence of light and nutrient availability on herb layer species richness in oak-dominated forests in central Bohemia

Name in Czech

Vliv dostupnosti světla a živin na diverzitu bylinného patra doubrav středních Čech

Authors

HOFMEISTER, Jeňýk (203 Czech Republic), Jan HOŠEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Martin MODRÝ (203 Czech Republic) and Jan ROLEČEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Plant Ecology, Netherlands, Springer, 2009, 1385-0237

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.567

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/09:00040175

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000270289200005

Keywords (in Czech)

světlo; dusík; fosfor; dub; druhová bohatost; půdní živiny

Keywords in English

Light; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Oak; Species richness; Soil nutrients

Abstract

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V originále

We examined to what extent the internal site factors (light and soil conditions) are responsible for herb layer diversity in oak-dominated forest stands growing on different substrates in central Bohemia (Czech Republic). Species richness correlated positively with soil pH and negatively with nitrogen (N) concentration in humus (P\0.05). The highest species richness was found at sites with not only low N soil concentration, but also simultaneously with high phosphorus (P) soil concentration. Despite this finding, however, herb layer diversity is evidently threatened much more in P-rich soils than in P-poor soils. It seems that the enhancement of N in an ecosystem due to litter accumulation and N deposition generally leads to only a minor increase in N availability at P-poor sites, but a considerable increase at P-rich sites. Therefore, species richness can be exceptionally high at P-rich sites, but only under conditions of strong N limitation.

In Czech

Výzkum se zabýval vlivem světelných a půdních na diverzitu bylinného patra doubrav. Výsledky ukázaly na klíčový význam zásoby fosforu a dusíku v půdě a jejich vzájemného poměru.

Links

SM/640/11/03, research and development project

Name: Problematika antropogenně vyvolané eutrofizace terestrických ekosystémů a souvisejících jevů včetně sledování trendů celkové atmosférické depozice ekologicky významných látek do lesních ekosystémů

Citovat

HOFMEISTER, Jeňýk, Jan HOŠEK, Martin MODRÝ and Jan ROLEČEK. The influence of light and nutrient availability on herb layer species richness in oak-dominated forests in central Bohemia. Plant Ecology. Netherlands: Springer, 2009, vol. 205, No 1, p. 57-75. ISSN 1385-0237.

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HOFMEISTER, Jeňýk, Jan HOŠEK, Martin MODRÝ and Jan ROLEČEK. The influence of light and nutrient availability on herb layer species richness in oak-dominated forests in central Bohemia. \textit{Plant Ecology}. Netherlands: Springer, 2009, vol.~205, No~1, p.~57-75. ISSN~1385-0237.

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