Plant species turnover on forest gaps after natural disturbances in the Dinaric fir beech forests (Omphalodo-Fagetum sylvaticae)

Ravnjak, Blanka (avtor), Bavcon, Jože (avtor), Čarni, Andraž (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: forest gaps, plant colonisation, community strategy, Dinaric fir-beech forests, Ellenberg values
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: 17 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 14, iss. 3, art. 209
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135744
• UDK: 630*1
• ISSN pri članku: 1424-2818
• DOI: 10.3390/d14030209
• COBISS.SI-ID: 100764163
• Datum objave v RUL: 30.03.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Diversity
• Skrajšan naslov: Diversity
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 1424-2818
• COBISS.SI-ID: 517523737

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 11.03.2022

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: gozdne vrzeli, kolonizacija, rastline, dinarski jelovo-bukovi gozdovi, Ellenbergove indikatorske vrednosti