Plant species turnover on forest gaps after natural disturbances in the Dinaric fir beech forests (Omphalodo-Fagetum sylvaticae)
Abstract
We studied species turnover and changes of ecological conditions and plant strategies on forest gaps created by natural disturbances (sleet, windthrow). We studied five forest gaps and a control plot within in the Dinaric silver fir-beech forest in the southern part of Slovenia. Forest gaps varied in age and size. The total number of recorded species in gaps was 184, with the highest number (106) at the largest forest gap and with the 58 species at the control locality in a juvenile beech forest. Forest gaps were predominantly colonised mostly by species of understory, forest margins, and forest clearings. The species presented in all forest gaps are representatives of the understory of beech forests. Species colonising forest gaps prefer habitats with more sunlight, medium wet to dry soil, and are tolerant to high daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations. In gaps, the community of plant species has a competitive strategy, which is also complemented with a stress-tolerator strategy. We determined that a forest gap represents a significant habitat patch, especially for those plant species which were not present there before.
Keywords
gozdne vrzeli;kolonizacija;rastline;dinarski jelovo-bukovi gozdovi;Ellenbergove indikatorske vrednosti;forest gaps;plant colonisation;community strategy;Dinaric fir-beech forests;Ellenberg values;
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of publishing: | 2022 |
| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
| Organization: | ZRC-SAZU - Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| UDC: | 630*1 |
| COBISS: |
100764163
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| ISSN: | 1424-2818 |
| Views: | 102 |
| Downloads: | 54 |
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| Secondary language: | Slovenian |
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| Secondary keywords: | gozdne vrzeli;kolonizacija;rastline;dinarski jelovo-bukovi gozdovi;Ellenbergove indikatorske vrednosti; |
| Type (COBISS): | Article |
| Pages: | 17 str. |
| Volume: | ǂVol. ǂ14 |
| Issue: | ǂiss. ǂ3 |
| Chronology: | 2022 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/d14030209 |
| ID: | 14889987 |
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