DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.049
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84870198158
论文题名: Understorey vegetation shifts following the conversion of temperate deciduous forest to spruce plantation
作者: Verstraeten G. ; Baeten L. ; De Frenne P. ; Vanhellemont M. ; Thomaes A. ; Boonen W. ; Muys B. ; Verheyen K.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 289 起始页码: 363
结束页码: 370
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Acidification
; Forest management
; Picea abies
; Tree species effects
; Vegetation composition
; Vegetation diversity
Scopus关键词: Belgium
; Deciduous forest
; Environmental variables
; Fagus sylvatica
; Fertility gradient
; Forest floor mass
; Forest floors
; Indicator values
; Landscape scale
; Norway spruce
; Number of species
; Picea abies
; Quercus spp
; Soil characteristics
; Soil fertility
; Soil pH
; Soil reaction
; Species composition
; Spruce plantations
; Spruce stands
; Study areas
; Temperate climate
; Temperate deciduous forest
; Temperate forests
; Tree species
; Understorey
; Understorey vegetation
; Vegetation composition
; Vegetation type
; Acidification
; Biodiversity
; Climatology
; Lakes
; Vegetation
; Forestry
; acidification
; coniferous forest
; deciduous forest
; forest floor
; forest management
; overstory
; plantation
; temperate forest
; thinning
; understory
; Acidification
; Biodiversity
; Forest Management
; Lakes
; Meteorology
; Picea Abies
; Plants
; Belgium
; Carpinus betulus
; Fagus
; Fagus sylvatica
; Picea
; Picea abies
; Quercus
英文摘要: The identity and composition of the overstorey trees can have large impacts on the understorey vegetation in temperate forests. Here, we assess the effects of the conversion of mixed deciduous forests to Norway spruce (Picea abies) plantations on the understorey vegetation composition and diversity. We also investigated whether the effects of this conversion depend on the soil fertility and if they affect the species pool at the landscape scale. The study area contained ancient deciduous woodlands mainly consisting of Quercus spp., Fagus sylvatica and Carpinus betulus in the Gaume, an area with a mild temperate climate in southern Belgium. Spruce plantations were established 30-50. years ago in this matrix of deciduous woodlands. Differences in overstorey and understorey vegetation, forest floor and soil characteristics between 40 paired plots in spruce plantations and adjacent deciduous forest were compared along a soil fertility gradient. The forest floor mass was higher and the soil pH was lower in spruce plantations. The composition of the understorey vegetation differed between deciduous forest and spruce plantations: the spruce stands contained more light-demanding and acid-tolerant understorey species than the adjacent deciduous stands. The mean understorey species diversity, i.e., the local species diversity in a plot (α-diversity) as well as the total number of species (γ-diversity), did not differ significantly between the deciduous and spruce stands. Hence, the differing species composition of the spruce plantations contributes to a larger overall species pool and higher across site β-diversity. Although the differences in the environmental variables within a plot pair increased along the fertility gradient, the differences in understorey vegetation diversity between deciduous and spruce stands showed no relationship with the gradient. Only the difference in Ellenberg indicator value for soil reaction (R) within a pair increased with increasing soil fertility. In line with the abiotic changes, the understorey vegetation composition had shifted towards a more acid-tolerant vegetation type 30-50. years after conversion to spruce plantations. The increase in light-demanding species was probably due to a more intensive thinning management in the spruce stands. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66830
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作者单位: Forest and Nature Lab, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, B-9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium; Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Gaverstraat 4, B-9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium; Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, Box 2411, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Recommended Citation:
Verstraeten G.,Baeten L.,De Frenne P.,et al. Understorey vegetation shifts following the conversion of temperate deciduous forest to spruce plantation[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,289