The species richness–productivity relationship in the herb
layer of European deciduous forests

J 2012

The species richness–productivity relationship in the herb layer of European deciduous forests

AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Milan CHYTRÝ, David ZELENÝ, Ching-Feng LI, Marie VYMAZALOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The species richness–productivity relationship in the herb layer of European deciduous forests

Authors

AXMANOVÁ, Irena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), David ZELENÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ching-Feng LI (158 Taiwan, belonging to the institution), Marie VYMAZALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří DANIHELKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin KOČÍ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vasiliy B. MARTYNENKO (643 Russian Federation), El’vira Z. BAISHEVA (643 Russian Federation), Brigitte SCHUSTER (276 Germany) and Martin DIEKMANN (276 Germany)

Edition

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2012, 1466-822X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 7.223

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057378

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00707.x

UT WoS

000303856700005

Keywords in English

Broad-leaved woodland; diversity–productivity relationship; herb-layer biomass; humped-back model; light availability; plant community; soil pH; temperate forest

Abstract

V originále

Aim In contrast to non-forest vegetation, the species richness–productivity (SR-P)relationship in forests still remains insufficiently explored. Several studies have focused on the diversity of the tree layer, but the species richness of temperate deciduous forests is mainly determined by their species-rich herb layer. The factors controlling herb-layer productivity may differ from those affecting tree layers or open herbaceous vegetation, and thus the SR-P relationship and its underlying processes may differ. However, the few relevant studies have reported controversial results. Here we explore the SR-P relationship in the forest herb layer across different areas from oceanic to continental Europe, and put the effect of habitat productivity on species richness into context with other key factors, namely soil pH and light availability. Location North-western Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and southern Urals(Russia). Methods We measured herb-layer species richness and biomass, soil pH and tree-layer cover in 156 vegetation plots of 100 m2 in deciduous forests.We analysed the SR-P relationship and the relative importance of environmental variables using regression models for particular areas and separate forest types. Results We found a consistent monotonic increase in the herb-layer species richness with productivity across all study areas and all forest types. Soil pH and light availability also affected species richness, but their relative importance differed among areas. Main conclusions We suggest that the monotonically increasing SR-P relationship in the forest herb layer results from the fact that herb-layer productivity is limited by canopy shading; competition within the herb layer is therefore not strong enough to exclude many species. This differs fundamentally from open herbaceous vegetation, which is not subject to such productivity limits and consequently exhibits a unimodal SR-P relationship.We present a conceptual model that might explain the differences in the SR-P relationship between the forest herb layer and open herbaceous vegetation.

Links

GD526/09/H025, research and development project

Name: Evolučně-ekologická analýza společenstev a populací

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Evolutionary ecological analysis of communities and populations

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)

Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time

Citovat

AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Milan CHYTRÝ, David ZELENÝ, Ching-Feng LI, Marie VYMAZALOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Michal HORSÁK, Martin KOČÍ, Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Vasiliy B. MARTYNENKO, El’vira Z. BAISHEVA, Brigitte SCHUSTER and Martin DIEKMANN. The species richness–productivity relationship in the herb layer of European deciduous forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2012, vol. 21, No 6, p. 657-667. ISSN 1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00707.x.

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AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Milan CHYTRÝ, David ZELENÝ, Ching-Feng LI, Marie VYMAZALOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Michal HORSÁK, Martin KOČÍ, Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Vasiliy B. MARTYNENKO, El’vira Z. BAISHEVA, Brigitte SCHUSTER and Martin DIEKMANN. The species richness–productivity relationship in the herb layer of European deciduous forests. \textit{Global Ecology and Biogeography}. 2012, vol.~21, No~6, p.~657-667. ISSN~1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00707.x.

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