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2019
2019
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Hoboken
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Patterns of long-term vegetation change vary between different types of semi-natural grasslands in Western and Central Europe
Questions Has plant species richness in semi-natural grasslands changed over recent decades? Do the temporal trends of habitat specialists differ from those of habitat generalists? Has there been a homogenization of the grassland vegetation? Location Different regions in Germany and the UK. Methods We conducted a formal meta-analysis of re-survey vegetation studies of semi-natural grasslands. In total, 23 data sets were compiled, spanning up to 75 years between the surveys, including 13 data sets from wet grasslands, six from dry grasslands and four from other grassland types. Edaphic conditions were assessed using mean Ellenberg indicator values for soil moisture, nitrogen and pH. Changes in species richness and environmental variables were evaluated using response ratios. Results In most wet grasslands, total species richness declined over time, while habitat specialists almost completely vanished. The number of species losses increased with increasing time between the surveys and were associated with a strong decrease in soil moisture and higher soil nutrient contents. Wet grasslands in nature reserves showed no such changes or even opposite trends. In dry grasslands and other grassland types, total species richness did not consistently change, but the number or proportions of habitat specialists declined. There were also considerable changes in species composition, especially in wet grasslands that often have been converted into intensively managed, highly productive meadows or pastures. We did not find a general homogenization of the vegetation in any of the grassland types. Conclusions The results document the widespread deterioration of semi-natural grasslands, especially of those types that can easily be transformed to high production grasslands. The main causes for the loss of grassland specialists are changed management in combination with increased fertilization and nitrogen deposition. Dry grasslands are most resistant to change, but also show a long-term trend towards an increase in more mesotrophic species.
Journal of vegetation science
10.1111/jvs.12727
1100-9233
1654-1103
wos:2019
WOS:000466421500002
Diekmann, M (reprint author), Univ Bremen, Inst Ecol, Vegetat Ecol & Conservat Biol, FB 2, Bremen, Germany., mdiekman@uni-bremen.de
1b Cluster of Excellency Functional Biodiversity Research - State of Lower Saxony, Germany
2021-03-18T09:54:17+00:00
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Martin Diekmann
Christian Andres
Thomas Becker
Jonathan Bennie
Volker Blueml
James M. Bullock
Heike Culmsee
Miriam Fanigliulo
Annett Hahn
Thilo Heinken
Christoph Leuschner
Stefanie Luka
Justus Meissner
Josef Müller
Adrian Newton
Cord Peppler-Lisbach
Gert Rosenthal
Leon J. L. van den Berg
Philippine Vergeer
Karsten Wesche
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dry grasslands
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fragmentation
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homogenization
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management
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meta-analysis
eng
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nitrogen deposition
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quasi-permanent plot
eng
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re-survey
eng
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species richness
eng
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wet grasslands
Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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Hoboken
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2017-12-19
2017-12-19
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Where does the community start, and where does it end?
QuestionBelow-ground processes are key determinants of above-ground plant population and community dynamics. Still, our understanding of how environmental drivers shape plant communities is mostly based on above-ground diversity patterns, bypassing below-ground plant diversity stored in seed banks. As seed banks may shape above-ground plant communities, we question whether concurrently analysing the above- and below-ground species assemblages may potentially enhance our understanding of community responses to environmental variation. LocationTemperate deciduous forests along a 2000km latitudinal gradient in NW Europe. MethodsHerb layer, seed bank and local environmental data including soil pH, canopy cover, forest cover continuity and time since last canopy disturbance were collected in 129 temperate deciduous forest plots. We quantified herb layer and seed bank diversity per plot and evaluated how environmental variation structured community diversity in the herb layer, seed bank and the combined herb layer-seed bank community. ResultsSeed banks consistently held more plant species than the herb layer. How local plot diversity was partitioned across the herb layer and seed bank was mediated by environmental variation in drivers serving as proxies of light availability. The herb layer and seed bank contained an ever smaller and ever larger share of local diversity, respectively, as both canopy cover and time since last canopy disturbance decreased. Species richness and -diversity of the combined herb layer-seed bank community responded distinctly differently compared to the separate assemblages in response to environmental variation in, e.g. forest cover continuity and canopy cover. ConclusionsThe seed bank is a below-ground diversity reservoir of the herbaceous forest community, which interacts with the herb layer, although constrained by environmental variation in e.g. light availability. The herb layer and seed bank co-exist as a single community by means of the so-called storage effect, resulting in distinct responses to environmental variation not necessarily recorded in the individual herb layer or seed bank assemblages. Thus, concurrently analysing above- and below-ground diversity will improve our ecological understanding of how understorey plant communities respond to environmental variation.
Journal of vegetation science
including the seed bank to reassess forest herb layer responses to the environment
10.1111/jvs.12493
1100-9233
1654-1103
wos:2017
WOS:000397559100019
Plue, J (reprint author), Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys Geog, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.; Plue, J (reprint author), Univ Bremen, Vegetat Ecol & Conservat Biol, FB02, Leobener Str,NW 2, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.; Plue, J (reprint author), Sodertorn Univ, Sch Nat Sci Technol & Environm Studies, Alfred Nobels Allee 7, S-14189 Stockholm, Sweden., jan.plue@natgeo.su.se; pieter.defrenne@UGent.be; kamal.acharya@bio.ntnu.no; jorg.brunet@slu.se; olivier.chabrerie@u-picardie.fr; guillaume.decocq@u-picardie.fr; mdiekmann@uni-bremen.de; bente.graae@bio.ntnu.no; heinken@uni-potsdam.de; martin.hermy@ees.kuleuven.be; akolb@uni-bremen.be; ilemke@uni-bremen.be; jaan.liira@ut.ee; naaf@zalf.de; kris.verheyen@UGent.be; mwulf@zalf.de; sara.cousins@natgeo.su.se
2022-06-20T06:17:01+00:00
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Jan Plue
Pieter De Frenne
Kamal Acharya
Jörg Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Bente J. Graae
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
Annette Kolb
Isgard Lemke
Jaan Liira
Tobias Naaf
Kris Verheyen
Monika Wulf
Sara A. O. Cousins
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NWEurope
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2018-05-30
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Responses of competitive understorey species to spatial environmental gradients inaccurately explain temporal changes
Understorey plant communities play a key role in the functioning of forest ecosystems. Under favourable environmental conditions, competitive understorey species may develop high abundances and influence important ecosystem processes such as tree regeneration. Thus, understanding and predicting the response of competitive understorey species as a function of changing environmental conditions is important for forest managers. In the absence of sufficient temporal data to quantify actual vegetation changes, space-for-time (SFT) substitution is often used, i.e. studies that use environmental gradients across space to infer vegetation responses to environmental change over time. Here we assess the validity of such SFT approaches and analysed 36 resurvey studies from ancient forests with low levels of recent disturbances across temperate Europe to assess how six competitive understorey plant species respond to gradients of overstorey cover, soil conditions, atmospheric N deposition and climatic conditions over space and time. The combination of historical and contemporary surveys allows (i) to test if observed contemporary patterns across space are consistent at the time of the historical survey, and, crucially, (ii) to assess whether changes in abundance over time given recorded environmental change match expectations from patterns recorded along environmental gradients in space. We found consistent spatial relationships at the two periods: local variation in soil variables and overstorey cover were the best predictors of individual species’ cover while interregional variation in coarse-scale variables, i.e. N deposition and climate, was less important. However, we found that our SFT approach could not accurately explain the large variation in abundance changes over time. We thus recommend to be cautious when using SFT substitution to infer species responses to temporal changes.
Basic and applied ecology : Journal of the Gesellschaft für Ökologie
10.1016/j.baae.2018.05.013
1439-1791
1618-0089
wos:2018
WOS:000438683400006
De Lombaerde, E (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Fac Biosci Engn, Forest & Nat Lab, Campus Gontrode,Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, B-9090 Melle Gontrode, Belgium., emiel.delombaerde@ugent.be
ERC Consolidator Grant - PASTFORWARD [614839]; long-term research development project [RVO67985939]; Grant Agency of the Czech Republic projectGrant Agency of the Czech Republic [17-09283S]; Slovak Research and Development AgencySlovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-15-0270, APVV-15-0176]
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Kris Verheyen
Michael P. Perring
Markus Bernhardt-Roemermann
Hans Van Calster
Jorg Brunet
Marketa Chudomelova
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Tomasz Durak
Radim Hedl
Thilo Heinken
Patrick Hommel
Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Martin Kopecky
Jonathan Lenoir
Martin Macek
František Máliš
Fraser J. G. Mitchell
Tobias Naaf
Miles Newman
Petr Petřík
Kamila Reczyńska
Wolfgang Schmidt
Krzysztof Swierkosz
Ondrej Vild
Monika Wulf
Lander Baetena
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Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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2018-03-01
2017-12-22
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Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies
The contemporary state of functional traits and species richness in plant communities depends on legacy effects of past disturbances. Whether temporal responses of community properties to current environmental changes are altered by such legacies is, however, unknown. We expect global environmental changes to interact with land-use legacies given different community trajectories initiated by prior management, and subsequent responses to altered resources and conditions. We tested this expectation for species richness and functional traits using 1814 survey-resurvey plot pairs of understorey communities from 40 European temperate forest datasets, syntheses of management transitions since the year 1800, and a trait database. We also examined how plant community indicators of resources and conditions changed in response to management legacies and environmental change. Community trajectories were clearly influenced by interactions between management legacies from over 200 years ago and environmental change. Importantly, higher rates of nitrogen deposition led to increased species richness and plant height in forests managed less intensively in 1800 (i.e., high forests), and to decreases in forests with a more intensive historical management in 1800 (i.e., coppiced forests). There was evidence that these declines in community variables in formerly coppiced forests were ameliorated by increased rates of temperature change between surveys. Responses were generally apparent regardless of sites’ contemporary management classifications, although sometimes the management transition itself, rather than historic or contemporary management types, better explained understorey responses. Main effects of environmental change were rare, although higher rates of precipitation change increased plant height, accompanied by increases in fertility indicator values. Analysis of indicator values suggested the importance of directly characterising resources and conditions to better understand legacy and environmental change effects. Accounting for legacies of past disturbance can reconcile contradictory literature results and appears crucial to anticipating future responses to global environmental change.
Global change biology
10.1111/gcb.14030
29271579
1354-1013
1365-2486
wos:2018
WOS:000426504400023
Perring, MP (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Forest & Nat Lab, Fac Biosci Engn, Melle Gontrode, Belgium., Michael.Perring@ugent.be
European Research Council (ERC)European Research Council (ERC) [614839, 278065]; Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)FWO; Societe Botanique de France; Czech Science FoundationGrant Agency of the Czech Republic [GACR 17-09283S]
2021-12-14T08:20:14+00:00
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Michael P. Perring
Markus Bernhardt-Roemermann
Lander Baeten
Gabriele Midolo
Haben Blondeel
Leen Depauw
Dries Landuyt
Sybryn L. Maes
Emiel De Lombaerde
Maria Mercedes Caron
Mark Vellend
Joerg Brunet
Marketa Chudomelova
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Thomas Dirnboeck
Inken Doerfler
Tomasz Durak
Pieter De Frenne
Frank S. Gilliam
Radim Hedl
Thilo Heinken
Patrick Hommel
Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Keith J. Kirby
Martin Kopecky
Jonathan Lenoir
Daijiang Li
Frantisek Malis
Fraser J. G. Mitchell
Tobias Naaf
Miles Newman
Petr Petrik
Kamila Reczynska
Wolfgang Schmidt
Tibor Standovar
Krzysztof Swierkosz
Hans Van Calster
Ondrej Vild
Eva Rosa Wagner
Monika Wulf
Kris Verheyen
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climate change
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forestREplot
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herbaceous layer
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management intensity
eng
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nitrogen deposition
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plant functional traits
eng
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time lag
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vegetation resurvey
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Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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2018
2018
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Stuttgart
1
2018-05-24
2018-08-17
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GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands
GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). GrassPlot collects plot records (releves) from grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm. It focuses on precisely delimited plots of eight standard grain sizes (0.0001; 0.001;... 1,000 m(2)) and on nested-plot series with at least four different grain sizes. The usage of GrassPlot is regulated through Bylaws that intend to balance the interests of data contributors and data users. The current version (v. 1.00) contains data for approximately 170,000 plots of different sizes and 2,800 nested-plot series. The key components are richness data and metadata. However, most included datasets also encompass compositional data. About 14,000 plots have near-complete records of terricolous bryophytes and lichens in addition to vascular plants. At present, GrassPlot contains data from 36 countries throughout the Palaearctic, spread across elevational gradients and major grassland types. GrassPlot with its multi-scale and multi-taxon focus complements the larger international vegetationplot databases, such as the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and the global database " sPlot". Its main aim is to facilitate studies on the scale-and taxon-dependency of biodiversity patterns and drivers along macroecological gradients. GrassPlot is a dynamic database and will expand through new data collection coordinated by the elected Governing Board. We invite researchers with suitable data to join GrassPlot. Researchers with project ideas addressable with GrassPlot data are welcome to submit proposals to the Governing Board.
Phytocoenologia
10.1127/phyto/2018/0267
0340-269X
wos:2018
WOS:000440825400006
Dengler, J (reprint author), Zurich Univ Appl Sci ZHAW, Inst Nat Resource Sci IUNR, Vegetat Ecol Grp, Gruentalstr 14, CH-8820 Wadenswil, Switzerland., juergen.dengler@uni-bayreuth.de; wagner@ualberta.ca; i.dembicz@biol.uw.edu.pl; itziar.garcia@ehu.es; a.naqinezhad@umz.ac.ir; steffen.boch@wsl.ch; alessandro.chiarucci@unibo.it; timo.conradi@uni-bayreuth.de; filibeck@unitus.it; guarinotro@hotmail.com; monika.janisova@gmail.com; manuela.winkler@boku.ac.at; acic@agrif.bg.ac.rs; acosta@uniroma3.it; muuak@cc.tuat.ac.jp; marc-andre@posteo.de; iva.apostolova@gmail.com; axmanova@sci.muni.cz; branko.bakan@um.si; alina.baranova@uni-hamburg.de; manfred.bardy-durchhalter@oeaw.ac.at; bartha.sandor@okologia.mta.hu; esther.baumann@uni-bayreuth.de; beckerth@uni-trier.de; beckeru@uni-mainz.de; ebelonovskaya.0709@gmail.com; karin.bengtsson@ebc.uu.se; jolube@jolube.net; aberastg@gan-nik.es; ariel.bergamini@wsl.ch; ilaria.bonini@unisi.it; hhbruun@bio.ku.dk; budzhakv@gmail.com; abueno@uniovi.es; juanan.campos@ehu.es; cancellieri@unitus.it; marta.carboni@gmx.net; chocarro@pvcf.udl.es; luisa.conti@gmail.com; m.czarniecka86@gmail.com; pieter.defrenne@UGent.be; debalazs@gmail.com; ya.didukh@gmail.com; mdiekman@uni-bremen.de; cdolnik@ecology.uni-kiel.de; dupre@uni-bremen.de; klaus.ecker@wsl.ch; brunnera@mail.ru; brigitta.erschbamer@uibk.ac.at; adrian.escudero@urjc.es; jetayosa@educacion.navarra.es; zuzana.fajmonova@ibot.cas.cz; vivian.felde@uib.no; leonardo.rosati@unibas.it; mfinckh@googlemail.com; gfotiad95@gmail.com; mariano.fracchiolla@uniba.it; animoss@bio.bas.bg; danigarcia1985@hotmail.com; rgavilan@ucm.es; mgermany@ecology.uni-kiel.de; itushgi@bgu.ac.il; gillet@univ-fcomte.fr; g.giusso@unict.it; jose.gonzalez@urjc.es; jon.grytnes@uib.no; hajek@sci.muni.cz; buriana@sci.muni.cz; aveliina.helm@ut.ee; meme.herrera@ehu.eus; eva.hette@centrum.cz; hobohm@uni-flensburg.de; elisabeth.huellbusch@uni-bayreuth.de; nele.ingerpuu@ut.ee; ute.jandt@botanik.uni-halle.de; jeltsch@uni-potsdam.de; kai.jensen@uni-hamburg.de; anke.jentsch@uni-bayreuth.de; michael_jeschke@hotmail.com; borja.jimenez-alfaro@botanik.uni-halle.de; zygmunt.kacki@uwr.edu.pl; k.kakinuma0214@gmail.com; jutta.kapfer@nibio.no; alikavgaci1977@yahoo.com; kelemen.andras12@gmail.com; k.kiehl@hs-osnabrueck.de; asukoyama@gmail.com; koya23jp@u-gakugei.ac.jp; kozub.lukasz@gmail.com; anyameadow.ak@gmail.com; magni.kyrkjeeide@nina.no; landsara@gmail.com; cavaly@web.de; lastruccilorenzo73@gmail.com; lorenzo.lazzaro@unifi.it; chiara.le11i6@gmail.com; suspa@prf.jcu.cz; s.loebel@tu-braunschweig.de; arantzazu.lopezdeluzuriaga@urjc.es; simona.maccherini@unisi.it; martin.magnes@uni-graz.at; malickimarek@interia.pl; marceno.corrado@ehu.eus; constantin.mardari@uaic.ro; lesliemauchamp@gmail.com; felix.may@ufz.de; ottar.michelsen@ntnu.no; jmolero@ugr.es; molnar.zsolt@okologia.mta.hu; ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com; y.nagata621@gmail.com; raynanatcheva@yahoo.com; noroozi.jalil@gmail.com; robin.pakeman@hutton.ac.uk; salza.palpurina@gmail.com; meelis.partel@ut.ee; ricarda.paetsch@gmail.com; harald.pauli@boku.ac.at; hristo_pedashenko@yahoo.com; peet@unc.edu; remekpielech@gmail.com; natasa.pipenbaher@um.si; chpirini@bio.auth.gr; pleskovicova@gmail.com; galatella@mail.ru; honor_c.prentice@biol.lu.se; jennifer.reinecke@senckenberg.de; triinreitalu@gmail.com; mpilar.rodriguez@uclm.es; honza.rolecek@centrum.cz; ronkinvl@discover-ua.com; leonardo.rosati@unibas.it; eje.rosen@gmail.com; eszter.ruprecht@ubbcluj.ro; rusina@lu.1v; marko@bio.bg.ac.rs; ana.sanchez@urjc.es; savchgala5@gmail.com; schuhmacher@nabu-hamburg.de; sonja.skornik@um.si; martagaia.sperandii@uniroma3.it; kik@biol.uni.lodz.pl; dajic@agrif.bg.ac.rs; martin.stock@lkn.landsh.de; ssuchrow@web.de; sutcliffe.laura@gmail.com; gswacha@gmail.com; mtsykes999@gmail.com; annuc19@gmail.com; amirtalebi@khayam.ut.ac.ir; tanase@uaic.ro; massimo.terzi@ibbr.cnr.it; festuca7@yahoo.com; marta.torca@ehu.es; molinia@gmail.com; tothmerb@gmail.com; ngtsar@yandex.ru; tsiripid@bio.auth.gr; rossentzonev@abv.bg; ushimaru@kobe-u.ac.jp; valkoorsi@gmail.com; eddy.arteco@planet.nl; thomas.vanneste@ugent.be; arrhenatherum@gmail.com; kiril5914@abv.bg; daniele.viciani@unifi.it; lvillar@ipe.csic.es; risto.virtanen@oulu.fi; ivitasovic@agr.hr; yunwang.hh@gmail.com; frank.weiser@uni-bayreuth.de; juliawent@gmx.de; karsten.wesche@senckenberg.de; hannah.white@ucd.ie; manuela.winkler@boku.ac.at; piotr.zaniewski@wl.sggw.pl; zhanghuitianxia@163.com; yziv@bgu.ac.il; seznam@krc.karelia.ru; idoia.biurrun@ehu.es
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Alireza Naqinezhad
Steffen Boch
Alessandro Chiarucci
Timo Conradi
Goffredo Filibeck
Riccardo Guarino
Monika Janisova
Manuel J. Steinbauer
Svetlana Acic
Alicia T. R. Acosta
Munemitsu Akasaka
Marc-Andre Allers
Iva Apostolova
Irena Axmanova
Branko Bakan
Alina Baranova
Manfred Bardy-Durchhalter
Sandor Bartha
Esther Baumann
Thomas Becker
Ute Becker
Elena Belonovskaya
Karin Bengtsson
Jose Luis Benito Alonso
Asun Berastegi
Ariel Bergamini
Ilaria Bonini
Hans Henrik Bruun
Vasyl Budzhak
Alvaro Bueno
Juan Antonio Campos
Laura Cancellieri
Marta Carboni
Cristina Chocarro
Luisa Conti
Marta Czarniecka-Wiera
Pieter De Frenne
Balazs Deak
Yakiv P. Didukh
Martin Diekmann
Christian Dolnik
Cecilia Dupre
Klaus Ecker
Nikolai Ermakov
Brigitta Erschbamer
Adrian Escudero
Javier Etayo
Zuzana Fajmonova
Vivian A. Felde
Maria Rosa Fernandez Calzado
Manfred Finckh
Georgios Fotiadis
Mariano Fracchiolla
Anna Ganeva
Daniel Garcia-Magro
Rosario G. Gavilan
Markus Germany
Itamar Giladi
Francois Gillet
Gian Pietro Giusso del Galdo
Jose M. Gonzalez
John-Arvid Grytnes
Michal Hajek
Petra Hajkova
Aveliina Helm
Mercedes Herrera
Eva Hettenbergerova
Carsten Hobohm
Elisabeth M. Huellbusch
Nele Ingerpuu
Ute Jandt
Florian Jeltsch
Kai Jensen
Anke Jentsch
Michael Jeschke
Borja Jimenez-Alfaro
Zygmunt Kacki
Kaoru Kakinuma
Jutta Kapfer
Ali Kavgaci
Andras Kelemen
Kathrin Kiehl
Asuka Koyama
Tomoyo F. Koyanagi
Lukasz Kozub
Anna Kuzemko
Magni Olsen Kyrkjeeide
Sara Landi
Nancy Langer
Lorenzo Lastrucci
Lorenzo Lazzaro
Chiara Lelli
Jan Leps
Swantje Loebel
Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga
Simona Maccherini
Martin Magnes
Marek Malicki
Corrado Marceno
Constantin Mardari
Leslie Mauchamp
Felix May
Ottar Michelsen
Joaquin Molero Mesa
Zsolt Molnar
Ivan Y. Moysiyenko
Yuko K. Nakaga
Rayna Natcheva
Jalil Noroozi
Robin J. Pakeman
Salza Palpurina
Meelis Partel
Ricarda Paetsch
Harald Pauli
Hristo Pedashenko
Robert K. Peet
Remigiusz Pielech
Natasa Pipenbaher
Chrisoula Pirini
Zuzana Pleskova
Mariya A. Polyakova
Honor C. Prentice
Jennifer Reinecke
Triin Reitalu
Maria Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo
Jan Rolecek
Vladimir Ronkin
Leonardo Rosati
Ejvind Rosen
Eszter Ruprecht
Solvita Rusina
Marko Sabovljevic
Ana Maria Sanchez
Galina Savchenko
Oliver Schuhmacher
Sonja Skornik
Marta Gaia Sperandii
Monika Staniaszek-Kik
Zora Stevanovic-Dajic
Marin Stock
Sigrid Suchrow
Laura M. E. Sutcliffe
Grzegorz Swacha
Martin Sykes
Anna Szabo
Amir Talebi
Catalin Tanase
Massimo Terzi
Csaba Tolgyesi
Marta Torca
Peter Torok
Bela Tothmeresz
Nadezda Tsarevskaya
Ioannis Tsiripidis
Rossen Tzonev
Atushi Ushimaru
Orsolya Valko
Eddy van der Maarel
Thomas Vanneste
Iuliia Vashenyak
Kiril Vassilev
Daniele Viciani
Luis Villar
Risto Virtanen
Ivana Vitasovic Kosic
Yun Wang
Frank Weiser
Julia Went
Karsten Wesche
Hannah White
Manuela Winkler
Piotr T. Zaniewski
Hui Zhang
Yaron Ziv
Sergey Znamenskiy
Idoia Biurrun
eng
uncontrolled
biodiversity
eng
uncontrolled
European Vegetation Archive (EVA)
eng
uncontrolled
Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG)
eng
uncontrolled
grassland vegetation
eng
uncontrolled
GrassPlot
eng
uncontrolled
macroecology
eng
uncontrolled
multi-taxon
eng
uncontrolled
nested plot
eng
uncontrolled
scale-dependence
eng
uncontrolled
species-area relationship (SAR)
eng
uncontrolled
sPlot
eng
uncontrolled
vegetation-plot database
Geowissenschaften
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Import
50320
2018
2018
eng
1
14
14
34
article
Elsevier GmbH
München
1
2018-09-26
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Functional trait variation of forest understorey plant communities across Europe
Global environmental changes are expected to alter the functional characteristics of understorey herb-layer communities, potentially affecting forest ecosystem functioning. However, little is known about what drives the variability of functional traits in forest understories. Here, we assessed the role of different environmental drivers in shaping the functional trait distribution of understorey herbs in fragmented forests across three spatial scales. We focused on 708 small, deciduous forest patches located in 16 agricultural landscape windows, spanning a 2500-km macroclimatic gradient across the temperate forest biome in Europe. We estimated the relative effect of patch-scale, landscape-scale and macroclimatic variables on the community mean and variation of plant height, specific leaf area and seed mass. Macroclimatic variables (monthly temperature and precipitation extremes) explained the largest proportion of variation in community trait means (on average 77% of the explained variation). In contrast, patch-scale factors dominated in explaining community trait variation (on average 68% of the explained variation). Notably, patch age, size and internal heterogeneity had a positive effect on the community-level variability. Landscape-scale variables explained only a minor part of the variation in both trait distribution properties. The variation explained by shared combinations of the variable groups was generally negligible. These findings highlight the importance of considering multiple spatial scales in predictions of environmental-change effects on the functionality of forest understories. We propose that forest management sustainability could benefit from conserving larger, historically continuous and internally heterogeneous forest patches to maximise ecosystem service diversity in rural landscapes. (C) 2018 Gesellschaft fur Okologie. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Basic and applied ecology : Journal of the Gesellschaft für Ökologie
10.1016/j.baae.2018.09.004
1439-1791
1618-0089
wos:2019
WOS:000458997200001
Vanneste, T (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Fac Biosci Engn, Dept Environm, Forest & Nat Lab, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode Melle, Belgium., Thomas.Vanneste@UGent.be
ANR (France)French National Research Agency (ANR); MINECO (Spain); FORMAS (Sweden)Swedish Research Council Formas; ETAG (Estonia); DFG (Germany)German Research Foundation (DFG); BELSPO (Belgium)Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; BOF grant from Ghent UniversityGhent University [01N02817]; European Research Council through the FORMICA project [757833]; PASTFORWARD project [ERC] [614839]
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Thomas Vanneste
Alicia Valdes
Kris Verheyen
Michael P. Perring
Markus Bernhardt-Roemermann
Emilie Andrieu
Jorg Brunet
Sara A. O. Cousins
Marc Deconchat
Pallieter De Smedt
Martin Diekmann
Steffen Ehrmann
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
Annette Kolb
Jonathan Lenoir
Jaan Liira
Tobias Naaf
Taavi Paal
Monika Wulf
Guillaume Decocq
Pieter De Frenne
eng
uncontrolled
Agricultural landscapes
eng
uncontrolled
Biogeography
eng
uncontrolled
Community ecology
eng
uncontrolled
Forest understorey
eng
uncontrolled
Functional trait diversity
eng
uncontrolled
Fragmentation
eng
uncontrolled
Global environmental change
eng
uncontrolled
Landscape connectivity
eng
uncontrolled
Macroclimatic gradient
eng
uncontrolled
Multi-scale analysis
Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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Import
Green Open-Access
32127
2010
2010
eng
article
1
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Significant effects of temperature on the reproductive output of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa L.
Climate warming is already influencing plant migration in different parts of the world. Numerous models have been developed to forecast future plant distributions. Few studies, however, have investigated the potential effect of warming on the reproductive output of plants. Understorey forest herbs in particular, have received little attention in the debate on climate change impacts. This study focuses on the effect of temperature on sexual reproductive output (number of seeds, seed mass, germination percentage and seedling mass) of Anemone nemorosa L., a model species for slow colonizing herbaceous forest plants. We sampled seeds of A. nemorosa in populations along a 2400 km latitudinal gradient from northern France to northern Sweden during three growing seasons (2005,2006 and 2008). This study design allowed us to isolate the effects of accumulated temperature (Growing Degree Hours; GDH) from latitude and the local abiotic and biotic environment. Germination and seed sowing trials were performed in incubators, a greenhouse and under field conditions in a forest. Finally, we disentangled correlations between the different reproductive traits of A. nemorosa along the latitudinal gradient. We found a clear positive relationship between accumulated temperature and seed and seedling traits: reproductive output of A. nemorosa improved with increasing GDH along the latitudinal gradient. Seed mass and seedling mass, for instance, increased by 9.7% and 10.4%, respectively, for every 1000 degrees C h increase in GDH. We also derived strong correlations between several seed and seedling traits both under field conditions and in incubators. Our results indicate that seed mass, incubator-based germination percentage (Germ%(Inc)) and the output of germinable seeds (product of number of seeds and Germ%(Inc) divided by 100) from plants grown along a latitudinal gradient (i.e. at different temperature regimes) provide valuable proxies to parameterize key population processes in models. We conclude that (1) climate warming may have a pronounced positive impact on sexual reproduction of A. nemorosa and (2) climate models forecasting plant distributions would benefit from including the temperature sensitivity of key seed traits and population processes.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03781127
10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.038
0378-1127
allegro:1991-2014
10108481
Forest ecology and management. - ISSN 0378-1127. - 259 (2010), 4, S. 809 - 817
Pieter de Frenne
Bente Jessen Graae
Annette Kolb
Jörg Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara A. O. Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Rob Dhondt
Martin Diekmann
Olof Eriksson
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
uelle Jögar
Robert Saguez
Anna Shevtsova
Sharon Stanton
Renate Zindel
Martin Zobel
Kris Verheyen
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
34714
2013
2013
eng
1106
1117
12
10
22
article
Wiley-Blackwell
Hoboken
1
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Climatic control of forest herb seed banks along a latitudinal gradient
Aim Seed banks are central to the regeneration strategy of many plant species. Any factor altering seed bank density thus affects plant regeneration and population dynamics. Although seed banks are dynamic entities controlled by multiple environmental drivers, climatic factors are the most comprehensive, but still poorly understood. This study investigates how climatic variation structures seed production and resulting seed bank patterns.
Location Temperate forests along a 1900km latitudinal gradient in north-western (NW) Europe.
Methods Seed production and seed bank density were quantified in 153 plots along the gradient for four forest herbs with different seed longevity: Geum urbanum, Milium effusum, Poa nemoralis and Stachys sylvatica. We tested the importance of climatic and local environmental factors in shaping seed production and seed bank density.
Results Seed production was determined by population size, and not by climatic factors. G.urbanum and M.effusum seed bank density declined with decreasing temperature (growing degree days) and/or increasing temperature range (maximum-minimum temperature). P.nemoralis and S.sylvatica seed bank density were limited by population size and not by climatic variables. Seed bank density was also influenced by other, local environmental factors such as soil pH or light availability. Different seed bank patterns emerged due to differential seed longevities. Species with long-lived seeds maintained constant seed bank densities by counteracting the reduced chance of regular years with high seed production at colder northern latitudes.
Main conclusions Seed bank patterns show clear interspecific variation in response to climate across the distribution range. Not all seed banking species may be as well equipped to buffer climate change via their seed bank, notably in short-term persistent species. Since the buffering capacity of seed banks is key to species persistence, these results provide crucial information to advance climatic change predictions on range shifts, community and biodiversity responses.
Global ecology and biogeography : a journal of macroecology
10.1111/geb.12068
1466-822X
1466-8238
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000323897400002
Plue, J (reprint author), Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys Geog & Quaternaty Geol, S-10654 Stockholm, Sweden., Jan.plue@natgeo.su.se
Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and
Spatial Planning (FORMAS); Stockholm University; Research Foundation -
Flanders (FWO); FWO
Jan Plue
Pieter De Frenne
Kamal P. Acharya
Jorg Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Bente J. Graae
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
Annette Kolb
Isgard Lemke
Jaan Liira
Tobias Naaf
Anna Shevtsova
Kris Verheyen
Monika Wulf
Sara A. O. Cousins
eng
uncontrolled
Climate change
eng
uncontrolled
interspecific variation
eng
uncontrolled
plant-climate interaction
eng
uncontrolled
seed longevity
eng
uncontrolled
seed production
eng
uncontrolled
temperate deciduous forest
eng
uncontrolled
temperature
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
34715
2013
2013
eng
1130
1140
11
10
22
article
Wiley-Blackwell
Hoboken
1
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Ecological niche shifts of understorey plants along a latitudinal gradient of temperate forests in north-western Europe
Aim In response to environmental changes and to avoid extinction, species may either track suitable environmental conditions or adapt to the modified environment. However, whether and how species adapt to environmental changes remains unclear. By focusing on the realized niche (i.e. the actual space that a species inhabits and the resources it can access as a result of limiting biotic factors present in its habitat), we here examine shifts in the realized-niche width (i.e. ecological amplitude) and position (i.e. ecological optimum) of 26 common and widespread forest understorey plants across their distributional ranges.
Location Temperate forests along a ca. 1800-km-long latitudinal gradient from northern France to central Sweden and Estonia.
Methods We derived species' realized-niche width from a -diversity metric, which increases if the focal species co-occurs with more species. Based on the concept that species' scores in a detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) represent the locations of their realized-niche positions, we developed a novel approach to run species-specific DCAs allowing the focal species to shift its realized-niche position along the studied latitudinal gradient while the realized-niche positions of other species were held constant.
Results None of the 26 species maintained both their realized-niche width and position along the latitudinal gradient. Few species (9 of 26: 35%) shifted their realized-niche width, but all shifted their realized-niche position. With increasing latitude, most species (22 of 26: 85%) shifted their realized-niche position for soil nutrients and pH towards nutrient-poorer and more acidic soils.
Main conclusions Forest understorey plants shifted their realized niche along the latitudinal gradient, suggesting local adaptation and/or plasticity. This macroecological pattern casts doubt on the idea that the realized niche is stable in space and time, which is a key assumption of species distribution models used to predict the future of biodiversity, hence raising concern about predicted extinction rates.
Global ecology and biogeography : a journal of macroecology
10.1111/geb.12073
1466-822X
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000323897400004
Decocq, G (reprint author), Jules Verne Univ Picardy, Plant Divers Lab, 1 Rue Louvels, F-80037 Amiens 1, France., guillaume.decocq@u-picardie.fr
Syrian Ministry of Higher Education; Regional Council of Picardy;
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO); FWO
Safaa Wasof
Jonathan Lenoir
Emilie Gallet-Moron
Aurelien Jamoneau
Jörg Brunet
Sara A. O. Cousins
Pieter De Frenne
Martin Diekmann
Martin Hermy
Annette Kolb
Jaan Liira
Kris Verheyen
Monika Wulf
Guillaume Decocq
eng
uncontrolled
Beta diversity
eng
uncontrolled
climate change
eng
uncontrolled
detrended correspondence analyses
eng
uncontrolled
Ellenberg indicator values
eng
uncontrolled
forest understorey plant species
eng
uncontrolled
niche optimum
eng
uncontrolled
niche width
eng
uncontrolled
plant community
eng
uncontrolled
realized niche
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
30857
2009
2009
eng
article
1
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Unravelling the effects of temperature, latitude and local environment on the reproduction of forest herbs
Aim To investigate the effect of temperature, latitude and local environment on the reproductive traits of widespread perennial forest herbs to better understand the potential impacts of rising temperatures on their population dynamics and colonization capacities. Location Six regions along a latitudinal gradient from France to Sweden. Methods Within each region, we collected data from three to five populations of up to six species. For each species, several variables were recorded in each region (temperature, latitude) and population (local abiotic and biotic environmental variables), and seed production and germination were estimated. Resource investment in reproduction (RIR) was quantified as seed number ¥ seed mass, while germinable seed output (GSO) was expressed as seed number ¥ germination percentage.We performed linear regression and mixed effect models to investigate the effects of temperature (growing degree hours), latitude and local abiotic and biotic environment on RIR and GSO. Results Temperature and latitude explained most of the variation in RIR and GSO for early flowering species with a northerly distribution range edge (Anemone nemorosa, Paris quadrifolia and Oxalis acetosella). Reproduction of the more southerly distributed species (Brachypodium sylvaticum, Circaea lutetiana and Primula elatior), in contrast, was independent of temperature/latitude. In the late summer species, B. sylvaticum and C. lutetiana, variation in RIR and GSO was best explained by local environmental variables, while none of the investigated variables appeared to be related to reproduction in P. elatior. Main conclusions We showed that reproduction of only two early flowering, northerly distributed species was related to temperature. This suggests that the potential reproductive response of forest herbs to climate warming partly depends on their phenology and distribution, but also that the response is to some extent species dependent. These findings should be taken into account when predictions about future shifts in distribution range are made.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118545893/home
10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00487.x
1466-822X
allegro:1991-2014
10106661
Global ecology and biogeography. - ISSN 1466-822X. - 18 (2009), 6, S. 641 - 651
Pieter de Frenne
Annette Kolb
Kris Verheyen
Johanne Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Ove Eriksson
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
Ülle Jõgar
Sara Stanton
Paul Quataert
Renate Zindel
Martin Zobel
Bente Jessen Graae
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Nicht referiert
30859
2009
2009
eng
article
1
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Germination requirements and seed mass of slow- and fast-colonizing temperate forest herbs along a latitudinal gradient
Predictions on displacement of suitable habitats due to climate change suggest that plant species with poor colonization ability may be unable to move fast enough to match forecasted climate-induced changes in habitat distribution. However, studies on early Holocene plant migration show fast migration of many plant species that are poor colonizers today. We hypothesize that warmer temperatures during the early Holocene yielded higher seed quality, contributing to explaining the fast migration. We studied how the 3 seed quality variables, seed mass, germinability, and requirements for break of seed dormancy, vary for seeds of 11 forest herb species with varying colonization capacity collected along a 1400-km latitudinal gradient. Within species, seed mass showed a positive correlation with latitude, whereas germinability was more positively correlated with temperature (growing degree hours obtained at time of seed collection). Only slow-colonizing species increased germinability with temperature, whereas only fast-colonizing species increased germinability with latitude. These interactions were only detectable when analyzing germinability of the seeds, even though this trait and seed mass were correlated. The requirement for dormancy break did not correlate with latitude or temperature. The results indicate that seed development of slow colonizers may be favoured by a warmer climate, which in turn may be important for their migration capacity.
http://www.bioone.org/loi/ecos
10.2980/16-2-3234
1195-6860
allegro:1991-2014
10106660
Ecoscience. - ISSN 1195-6860. - 16 (2009), 2, S. 248 - 257
Bente Jessen Graae
Kris Verheyen
Annette Kolb
Sebastian van der Veken
Thilo Heinken
Olivier Chabrerie
Martin Diekmann
Karin Valtinat
Renate Zindel
Elisabeth Karlsson
Lotta Ström
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Hermy
Carol C. Baskin
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
39002
2015
2015
eng
21
29
9
342
article
Elsevier
Amsterdam
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Divergent regeneration responses of two closely related tree species to direct abiotic and indirect biotic effects of climate change
Changing temperature and precipitation can strongly influence plant reproduction. However, also biotic interactions might indirectly affect the reproduction and recruitment success of plants in the context of climate change. Information about the interactive effects of changes in abiotic and biotic factors is essential, but still largely lacking, to better understand the potential effects of a changing climate on plant populations. Here we analyze the regeneration from seeds of Acer platanoides and Acer pseudoplatanus, two currently secondary forest tree species from seven regions along a 2200 km-wide latitudinal gradient in Europe. We assessed the germination, seedling survival and growth during two years in a common garden experiment where temperature, precipitation and competition with the understory vegetation were manipulated. A. platanoides was more sensitive to changes in biotic conditions while A. pseudoplatanus was affected by both abiotic and biotic changes. In general, competition reduced (in A. platanoides) and warming enhanced (in A. pseudoplatanus) germination and survival, respectively. Reduced competition strongly increased the growth of A. platanoides seedlings. Seedling responses were independent of the conditions experienced by the mother tree during seed production and maturation. Our results indicate that, due to the negative effects of competition on the regeneration of A. platanoides, it is likely that under stronger competition (projected under future climatic conditions) this species will be negatively affected in terms of germination, survival and seedling biomass. Climate-change experiments including both abiotic and biotic factors constitute a key step forward to better understand the response of tree species' regeneration to climate change. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Forest ecology and management
10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.003
0378-1127
1872-7042
wos:2015
WOS:000350934800003
Caron, MM (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Forest & Nat Lab, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, B-9090 Melle, Belgium., MariaMercedes.Caron@UGent.be
Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO); Petra and Karl Erik Hedborg
Foundation; Erasmus Mundus through the EuroTango project; FWO
Maria Mercedes Caron
Pieter De Frenne
Jörg Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara A. O. Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Bente Jessen Graae
Thilo Heinken
Annette Kolb
Jonathan Lenoir
Tobias Naaf
Jan Plue
Federico Selvi
Monika Wulf
Kris Verheyen
eng
uncontrolled
Acer
eng
uncontrolled
Regeneration
eng
uncontrolled
Latitudinal gradient
eng
uncontrolled
Temperature
eng
uncontrolled
Precipitation
eng
uncontrolled
Competition
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
36003
2012
2012
eng
1037
1046
10
5
109
article
Oxford Univ. Press
Oxford
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The response of forest plant regeneration to temperature variation along a latitudinal gradient
The response of forest herb regeneration from seed to temperature variations across latitudes was experimentally assessed in order to forecast the likely response of understorey community dynamics to climate warming.
Seeds of two characteristic forest plants (Anemone nemorosa and Milium effusum) were collected in natural populations along a latitudinal gradient from northern France to northern Sweden and exposed to three temperature regimes in growth chambers (first experiment). To test the importance of local adaptation, reciprocal transplants were also made of adult individuals that originated from the same populations in three common gardens located in southern, central and northern sites along the same gradient, and the resulting seeds were germinated (second experiment). Seedling establishment was quantified by measuring the timing and percentage of seedling emergence, and seedling biomass in both experiments.
Spring warming increased emergence rates and seedling growth in the early-flowering forb A. nemorosa. Seedlings of the summer-flowering grass M. effusum originating from northern populations responded more strongly in terms of biomass growth to temperature than southern populations. The above-ground biomass of the seedlings of both species decreased with increasing latitude of origin, irrespective of whether seeds were collected from natural populations or from the common gardens. The emergence percentage decreased with increasing home-away distance in seeds from the transplant experiment, suggesting that the maternal plants were locally adapted.
Decreasing seedling emergence and growth were found from the centre to the northern edge of the distribution range for both species. Stronger responses to temperature variation in seedling growth of the grass M. effusum in the north may offer a way to cope with environmental change. The results further suggest that climate warming might differentially affect seedling establishment of understorey plants across their distribution range and thus alter future understorey plant dynamics.
Annals of botany
10.1093/aob/mcs015
0305-7364
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000301971900020
De Frenne, P (reprint author), State Ghent Univ, Lab Forestry, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Melle Gontrode, Belgium., Pieter.DeFrenne@UGent.be
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO); Kempe Foundation; Petra and Karl
Erik Hedborg Foundation; EU [Fp6 506004]
Pieter De Frenne
Bente J. Graae
Jörg Brunet
Anna Shevtsova
An De Schrijver
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara A. O. Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Martin Hermy
Thilo Heinken
Annette Kolb
Christer Nilsson
Sharon Stanton
Kris Verheyen
eng
uncontrolled
Anemone nemorosa
eng
uncontrolled
climate change
eng
uncontrolled
common garden
eng
uncontrolled
growth chambers
eng
uncontrolled
latitudinal gradient
eng
uncontrolled
local adaptation
eng
uncontrolled
Milium effusum
eng
uncontrolled
plant regeneration
eng
uncontrolled
range edges
eng
uncontrolled
recruitment
eng
uncontrolled
seedling establishment
eng
uncontrolled
temperature
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
36891
2011
2011
eng
493
501
9
3
13
article
Wiley-Blackwell
Malden
1
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A latitudinal gradient in seed nutrients of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa
The nutrient concentration in seeds determines many aspects of potential success of the sexual reproductive phase of plants, including the seed predation probability, efficiency of seed dispersal and seedling performance. Despite considerable research interest in latitudinal gradients of foliar nutrients, a similar gradient for seeds remains unexplored. We investigated a potential latitudinal gradient in seed nutrient concentrations within the widespread European understorey forest herb Anemone nemorosa L. We sampled seeds of A. nemorosa in 15 populations along a 1900-km long latitudinal gradient at three to seven seed collection dates post-anthesis and investigated the relative effects of growing degree-hours > 5 degrees C, soil characteristics and latitude on seed nutrient concentrations. Seed nitrogen, nitrogen:phosphorus ratio and calcium concentration decreased towards northern latitudes, while carbon:nitrogen ratios increased. When taking differences in growing degree-hours and measured soil characteristics into account and only considering the most mature seeds, the latitudinal decline remained particularly significant for seed nitrogen concentration. We argue that the decline in seed nitrogen concentration can be attributed to northward decreasing seed provisioning due to lower soil nitrogen availability or greater investment in clonal reproduction. This pattern may have large implications for the reproductive performance of this forest herb as the degree of seed provisioning ultimately co-determines seedling survival and reproductive success.
Plant biology
10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00404.x
1435-8603
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000289479400009
De Frenne, P (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Lab Forestry, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Melle Gontrode, Belgium., Pieter.DeFrenne@UGent.be
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
P. De Frenne
Annette Kolb
Benete Jessen Graae
Guillaume Decocq
S. Baltora
A. De Schrijver
J. Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara A. O. Cousins
Rob Dhondt
Martin Diekmann
R. Gruwez
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
J. Liira
R. Saguez
Anna Shevtsova
Carol C. Baskin
Kris Verheyen
eng
uncontrolled
Collection date
eng
uncontrolled
latitude
eng
uncontrolled
nutrient stoichiometry
eng
uncontrolled
seed nitrogen
eng
uncontrolled
seed predation
eng
uncontrolled
seed provisioning
eng
uncontrolled
sexual reproduction
eng
uncontrolled
wood anemone
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
37050
2011
2011
eng
132
140
9
1
34
article
Wiley-Blackwell
Malden
1
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An intraspecific application of the leaf-height-seed ecology strategy scheme to forest herbs along a latitudinal gradient
We measured LHS traits in 41 Anemone nemorosa and 44 Milium effusum populations along a 1900-2300 km latitudinal gradient from N France to N Sweden. We then applied multilevel models to identify the effects of regional (temperature, latitude) and local (soil fertility and acidity, overstorey canopy cover) environmental factors on LHS traits.
Both species displayed a significant 4% increase in plant height with every degree northward shift (almost a two-fold plant height difference between the southernmost and northernmost populations). Neither seed mass nor SLA showed a significant latitudinal cline. Temperature had a large effect on the three LHS traits of Anemone. Latitude, canopy cover and soil nutrients were related to the SLA and plant height of Milium. None of the investigated variables appeared to be related to the seed mass of Milium.
The variation in LHS traits indicates that the ecological strategy determined by the position of each population in this three-factor triangle is not constant along the latitudinal gradient. The significant increase in plant height suggests greater competitive abilities for both species in the northernmost populations. We also found that the studied environmental factors affected the LHS traits of the two species on various scales: spring-flowering Anemone was affected more by temperature, whereas early-summer flowering Milium was affected more by local and other latitude-related factors. Finally, previously reported cross-species correlations between LHS traits and latitude were generally unsupported by our within-species approach.
Ecography : pattern and diversity in ecology ; research papers forum
10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06399.x
0906-7590
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000287741300014
De Frenne, P (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Lab Forestry, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Melle Gontrode, Belgium., Pieter.DeFrenne@UGent.be
Petra and Karl Erik Hedborg Foundation; EU [506004]; FWO; Inst. for the
Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders
(IWT-Vlaanderen); Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Pieter De Frenne
Bente J. Graae
Annette Kolb
Anna Shevtsova
Lander Baeten
Jörg Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara A. O. Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Rob Dhondt
Martin Diekmann
Robert Gruwez
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
Mathias Oster
Robert Saguez
Sharon Stanton
Wesley Tack
Margot Vanhellemont
Kris Verheyen
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Referiert
37006
2011
2011
eng
600
609
10
2
99
article
Wiley-Blackwell
Malden
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Interregional variation in the floristic recovery of post-agricultural forests
1. Worldwide, the floristic composition of temperate forests bears the imprint of past land use for decades to centuries as forests regrow on agricultural land. Many species, however, display significant interregional variation in their ability to (re)colonize post-agricultural forests. This variation in colonization across regions and the underlying factors remain largely unexplored.
2. We compiled data on 90 species and 812 species x study combinations from 18 studies across Europe that determined species' distribution patterns in ancient (i.e. continuously forested since the first available land use maps) and post-agricultural forests. The recovery rate (RR) of species in each landscape was quantified as the log-response ratio of the percentage occurrence in post-agricultural over ancient forest and related to the species-specific life-history traits and local (soil characteristics and light availability) and regional factors (landscape properties as habitat availability, time available for colonization, and climate).
3. For the herb species, we demonstrate a strong (interactive) effect of species' life-history traits and forest habitat availability on the RR of post-agricultural forest. In graminoids, however, none of the investigated variables were significantly related to the RR.
4. The better colonizing species that mainly belonged to the short-lived herbs group showed the largest interregional variability. Their recovery significantly increased with the amount of forest habitat within the landscape, whereas, surprisingly, the time available for colonization, climate, soil characteristics and light availability had no effect.
5. Synthesis. By analysing 18 independent studies across Europe, we clearly showed for the first time on a continental scale that the recovery of short-lived forest herbs increased with the forest habitat availability in the landscape. Small perennial forest herbs, however, were generally unsuccessful in colonizing post-agricultural forest even in relatively densely forested landscapes. Hence, our results stress the need to avoid ancient forest clearance to preserve the typical woodland flora.
The journal of ecology
10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01768.x
0022-0477
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000287785300026
De Frenne, P (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Lab Forestry, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Melle Gontrode, Belgium., pieter.defrenne@ugent.be
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO); FWO; Institute for the Promotion
of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders
(IWT-Vlaanderen)
Pieter De Frenne
Lander Baeten
Bente J. Graae
Jorg Brunet
Monika Wulf
Anna Orczewska
Annette Kolb
Ivy Jansen
Aurelien Jamoneau
Hans Jacquemyn
Martin Hermy
Martin Diekmann
An De Schrijver
Michele De Sanctis
Guillaume Decocq
Sara A. O. Cousins
Kris Verheyen
eng
uncontrolled
ancient forest
eng
uncontrolled
colonization capacity
eng
uncontrolled
forest herbs
eng
uncontrolled
functional traits
eng
uncontrolled
habitat fragmentation
eng
uncontrolled
habitat loss
eng
uncontrolled
life-history traits
eng
uncontrolled
meta-analysis
eng
uncontrolled
plant population and community dynamics
eng
uncontrolled
secondary succession
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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36595
2011
2011
eng
3240
3253
14
10
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Wiley-Blackwell
Hoboken
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Temperature effects on forest herbs assessed by warming and transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient
Slow-colonizing forest understorey plants are probably not able to rapidly adjust their distribution range following large-scale climate change. Therefore, the acclimation potential to climate change within their actual occupied habitats will likely be key for their short-and long-term persistence. We combined transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient with open-top chambers to assess the effects of temperature on phenology, growth and reproductive performance of multiple populations of slow-colonizing understorey plants, using the spring flowering geophytic forb Anemone nemorosa and the early summer flowering grass Milium effusum as study species. In both species, emergence time and start of flowering clearly advanced with increasing temperatures. Vegetative growth (plant height, aboveground biomass) and reproductive success (seed mass, seed germination and germinable seed output) of A. nemorosa benefited from higher temperatures. Climate warming may thus increase future competitive ability and colonization rates of this species. Apart from the effects on phenology, growth and reproductive performance of M. effusum generally decreased when transplanted southwards (e. g., plant size and number of individuals decreased towards the south) and was probably more limited by light availability in the south. Specific leaf area of both species increased when transplanted southwards, but decreased with open-top chamber installation in A. nemorosa. In general, individuals of both species transplanted at the home site performed best, suggesting local adaptation. We conclude that contrasting understorey plants may display divergent plasticity in response to changing temperatures which may alter future understorey community dynamics.
Global change biology
10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02449.x
1354-1013
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000294571700019
De Frenne, P (reprint author), Univ Ghent, Lab Forestry, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Melle Gontrode, Belgium., Pieter.DeFrenne@UGent.be
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO); Kempe Foundation; Petra and Karl
Erik Hedborg Foundation; EU [Fp6 506004]; Ghent University; Institute
for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders
(IWT-Vlaanderen)
Pieter De Frenne
Jorg Brunet
Anna Shevtsova
Annette Kolb
Bente J. Graae
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara Ao Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
An De Schrijver
Martin Diekmann
Robert Gruwez
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
Christer Nilsson
Sharon Stanton
Wesley Tack
Justin Willaert
Kris Verheyen
eng
uncontrolled
climate change
eng
uncontrolled
common garden experiment
eng
uncontrolled
forest understorey
eng
uncontrolled
latitude
eng
uncontrolled
local adaptation
eng
uncontrolled
open-top chambers
eng
uncontrolled
phenotypic plasticity
eng
uncontrolled
pot experiment
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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38468
2015
2015
eng
1523
1536
14
11
216
article
Springer
Dordrecht
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Patterns of phenotypic trait variation in two temperate forest herbs along a broad climatic gradient
Phenotypic trait variation plays a major role in the response of plants to global environmental change, particularly in species with low migration capabilities and recruitment success. However, little is known about the variation of functional traits within populations and about differences in this variation on larger spatial scales. In a first approach, we therefore related trait expression to climate and local environmental conditions, studying two temperate forest herbs, Milium effusum and Stachys sylvatica, along a similar to 1800-2500 km latitudinal gradient. Within each of 9-10 regions in six European countries, we collected data from six populations of each species and recorded several variables in each region (temperature, precipitation) and population (light availability, soil parameters). For each plant, we measured height, leaf area, specific leaf area, seed mass and the number of seeds and examined environmental effects on within-population trait variation as well as on trait means. Most importantly, trait variation differed both between and within populations. Species, however, differed in their response. Intrapopulation variation in Milium was consistently positively affected by higher mean temperatures and precipitation as well as by more fertile local soil conditions, suggesting that more productive conditions may select for larger phenotypic variation. In Stachys, particularly light availability positively influenced trait variation, whereas local soil conditions had no consistent effects. Generally, our study emphasises that intra-population variation may differ considerably across larger scales-due to phenotypic plasticity and/or underlying genetic diversity-possibly affecting species response to global environmental change.
Plant ecology : an international journal
10.1007/s11258-015-0534-0
1385-0237
1573-5052
wos:2015
WOS:000365170900004
Lemke, IH (reprint author), Univ Bremen, Inst Ecol, Vegetat Ecol & Conservat Biol, FB2,Leobener Str, D-28359 Bremen, Germany., isalemke@posteo.de
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO); FWO
Isgard H. Lemke
Annette Kolb
Bente J. Graae
Pieter De Frenne
Kamal P. Acharya
Cristina Blandino
Jorg Brunet
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara A. O. Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Thilo Heinken
Martin Hermy
Jaan Liira
Reto Schmucki
Anna Shevtsova
Kris Verheyen
Martin Diekmann
eng
uncontrolled
Climate change
eng
uncontrolled
Global environmental change
eng
uncontrolled
Milium effusum
eng
uncontrolled
Phenotypic plasticity
eng
uncontrolled
Intraspecific variation
eng
uncontrolled
Stachys sylvatica
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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Open Access
39303
2015
2015
deu
249
265
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Floristisch-Soziologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Göttingen
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Survey and statistical analysis of plant reintroductions in Germany
Aim - Plant reintroductions and other forms of targeted species translocations will in the future gain growing importance for nature conservation. In fragmented habitats, species reintroductions offer one of the most efficient tools for preserving or restoring plant diversity. In our study, we have compiled available data about plant reintroduction projects in Germany to answer the following questions: (1) What are the characteristics, habitat preferences and ecological strategies of species considered in plant reintroduction trials, and are these representative of the entire class of threatened species in Germany? (2) Is the judgment of the success or failure of plant reintroductions biased by the choice of species used in the experiments? (3) Do reintroduction efforts focus on those species for which Germany has a particularly high responsibility for conservation?
Methods - Information about reintroduction projects in Germany were obtained from published and internet sources as well as unpublished reports. In our search we focused on single-species trials in the framework of scientific or conservation projects. For all threatened species included in our database, we compiled information on their systematics, life form, ecological strategies and habitat preferences. A list of all species being threatened nationally or regionally, comprising both reintroduced and not reintroduced species, served as a reference for statistical analysis.
Results - The list of vascular plants used in conservation-oriented reintroductions consisted of 196 taxa. Species of families with large and conspicuous, mostly insect-pollinated flowers (for example, Orchidaceae) were over-represented among the reintroduced species compared to those threatened species not included in reintroduction trials. Species considered were also more often than expected found in semi-natural open habitats such as heathlands and grasslands. Notably, many projects focused on calcareous grasslands, characterized by dry, high-pH and infertile soils. In contrast, species of more near-natural vegetation (alpine and rocky formations, forests) were under-represented. About 25% of the species that were reintroduced are not threatened on the national scale. Out of 150 species for which Germany has a particularly high responsibility for conservation, only 14 (9.3%) were reintroduced. For only about 1/3 of all reintroduction attempts, success or failure were documented; whereas the success rate appears to be relatively low in nutrient-poor environments, trials with nutrient-demanding and competitive species were more successful.
Conclusions - We conclude that conservation-oriented reintroduction attempts should focus more on species for which the country or a region has a particular high responsibility. Reintroductions, to a larger extent than at present, also need to consider the different chances of success in different habitat types and environments.
Tuexenia : Mitteilungen der Floristisch-Soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft
0722-494X
wos:2015
WOS:000362046000011
Diekmann, M (reprint author), Univ Bremen, Inst Okol, FB 2, Abt Vegetat Okol & Naturschutzbiol, Leobener Str, D-28259 Bremen, Germany., mdiekman@uni-bremen.de; muellerj@uni-bremen.de; heinken@uni-potsdam.de; dupre@uni-bremen.de
Martin Diekmann
Josef Müller
Thilo Heinken
Cecilia Dupre
eng
uncontrolled
conservation responsibility
eng
uncontrolled
Ellenberg indicator values
eng
uncontrolled
Grime strategy
eng
uncontrolled
habitat type
eng
uncontrolled
life form
eng
uncontrolled
red list
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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