Migration of herb layer species into the poorest post-agricultural pine woods adjacent to ancient pine forests

• Autorzy: Orczewska A. , Fernes M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The recovery of species composition typical for ancient forests in recent woods is a very slow process and may last for decades or even centuries. It is enhanced only when postagricultural woods are adjacent to ancient ones. However, even in such a situation of the spatial contact of both forest types, colonization of recent woods by true forest species is a gradual process. According to studies focusing on the behaviour of individual species and their colonization rates into recent woods, it can be concluded that in more fertile habitats the migration process proceeds faster than on poorer sites. Thus, studies were conducted on light, acidic soils both in ancient and in adjoining post-agricultural pine woods (the Dicrano-Pinion Libb. 1933 alliance) and were focused on the process of the colonization of the herbaceous layer by woodland flora in recent woods. In eight transects 80 m in length perpendicular to the ancient/recent ecotone and consisting of 10 sample plots of 16 m2 laid out at intervals of 4 m, the percentage cover of herb layer species was recorded. The migration rates (based on the occurrence of the farthest individual and on the occurrence of the maximum cover of a species) for 12 forest species were calculated. The mean migration rate for all species reached 0.54 m yr[^-1] when based on maximum cover and 0.67 m yr[^-1] when based on the farthest individual and appeared to be lower than those reported in investigations in more fertile and moister habitats. The migration rates for individual species ranged from 0 to 1.21 m yr[^-1] and were also lower than in more fertile, black alder woodlands. The migration pattern of Vaccinium myrtillus L., the most abundant species in pine woods, fits the model based on the establishment of isolated individuals. The cover of most woodland species increased with the increasing age of a recent wood. Herb layer recovery on such sites is slower than in the more productive, fertile habitats of broadleaved forests. The ancient and recent pine woods investigated here differed in herb layer species composition despite the secondary succession having lasted for over 50-60 years.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

colonization; herb layer recovery; recruitment limitation; secondary succession; seed dispersal; southern Poland

PL

kolonizacja; odbudowa zasobów leśnych; rozprzestrzenianie nasion

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 59, nr 1
• Strony: 75--85
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 31 poz.,Rys., tab.,

Twórcy

autor

Orczewska A.

autor

Fernes M.

• University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Ecology, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice,

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