20.500.12556/RUL-135744 Plant species turnover on forest gaps after natural disturbances in the Dinaric fir beech forests (Omphalodo-Fagetum sylvaticae) 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. forest gaps plant colonisation community strategy Dinaric fir-beech forests Ellenberg values gozdne vrzeli kolonizacija rastline dinarski jelovo-bukovi gozdovi Ellenbergove indikatorske vrednosti true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-03-30 11:19:27 2022-03-30 11:19:28 2022-09-14 04:14:57 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 17 str. iss. 3, art. 209 Vol. 14 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*1 1424-2818 10.3390/d14030209 100764163 RAZ_Ravnjak_Blanka_2022.pdf RAZ_Ravnjak_Blanka_2022.pdf 1 2DB7DAEDA5DC3813F1ADC6D0A60A53B7 303c76dbbf49a8b4d012dbdd3dbef395d5d63b8130f4279969283e459f804aed 9cee632f-b00d-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=155017 https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/209 1 7b649b90-b00a-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=155013 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0