Colonization credit of post-agricultural forest patches in NE Germany remains 130–230years after reforestation

Naaf, Tobias; Kolk, Jens

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.002

Cited by 68 publications

(93 citation statements)

References 65 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…All this creates a particular pattern of species distribution in present forest patches, with colonization credit occurring for AFS in RF patches and extinction debt for RFS as forest continuously expands (Jackson & Sax, 2010;Naaf & Kolk, 2015). and (3) plant colonization capacity and establishment success, two species attributes that modulate colonization process into post-agricultural forest .…”

Section: Consistency Between Plant Trait Response To Distance To Presmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For Northern France, this forest expansion roughly corresponds to a theoretical edge shift of 440 m on average . The role of history on the long DEI could be explained as follows (Hofmeister et al, 2013;Pellissier et al, 2013): core species would be slow colonizers and would fail to follow forest expansion and edge shift, producing what is called a colonization credit (Vellend, 2003;Jackson & Sax, 2010;Naaf & Kolk, 2015). The association between forest temporal continuity and AFS is related to their low dispersal capacity and low recruitment success linked to soil changes arising from earlier agricultural soil use (Flinn & Vellend, 2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Past landscape explains forest periphery‐to‐core gradient of understorey plant communities in a reforestation context

Bergès¹,

Avon²,

Arnaudet

et al. 2015

Diversity and Distributions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aim To disentangle whether long-range periphery-to-core gradient of forest understorey plants could be attributed to past forest landscape and/or to current environmental filtering processes. We investigated (1) whether species response to past land use (ancient versus recent forest) was consistent with species response to distance to present forest edge (core versus periphery) (2) what life-history traits explained plant response to distance to present edge and past land use (3) whether distance to past forest edge explained current species distribution better than distance to present forest edge.Location Temperate forests in the northern half of France (80,000 km²).Methods Local climate, soil and stand characteristics, past land use, and present and past landscape metrics were collected on 11,936 plots using National Forest Inventory data and historical maps from 1831. Logistic regressions were applied to determine the response patterns of 181 species to present and past landscape, while controlling for local habitat quality (soil, climate and stand).Results Species response to distance to present edge very well matched response to past land use. Plant traits related to colonization capacity explained species response to present edge and past land use. The spatial distribution of 42 species was better explained by distance to forest edge in 1831, 37 species were better explained by distance to present edge and 24 species were better explained by distance to present edge and past land use.Main conclusions Two mechanisms were responsible for the long-range periphery-to-core gradient: (1) past landscape and colonization processes and (2) present edge-related mechanisms. This suggests that plant community differences between periphery and core zones are thus related to dispersal limitation and not only to environmental filters. Our results underline the need to combine landscape ecology and history and have important implications for forest plant dynamics and conservation in the context of climate change.

show abstract

Section: Consistency Between Plant Trait Response To Distance To Presmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Past landscape explains forest periphery‐to‐core gradient of understorey plant communities in a reforestation context

Bergès¹,

Avon²,

Arnaudet

et al. 2015

Diversity and Distributions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Les quelques études disponibles sur les communautés floristiques forestières indiquent que la dette d'extinction est entièrement payée au bout d'une durée allant de 120 ans à2 25 ans (Kolk et Naaf,2 015). Àl 'inverse, le crédit de colonisation peut persister au bout de 130 à2 30 ans dans les forêts récentes et représenter 4,7 espèces forestières spécialistes en moyenne, et jusqu'à 9e spèces pour les taches les plus isolées selon Naaf et Kolk (2015). Évaluer le crédit de colonisation repose sur différentes méthodes, et l'une d'elles consiste simplement àc omparer les richesses spécifiques dans les forêts anciennes et dans les forêts récentes.…”

Section: Réponse Décalée Dans Le Temps Des Communautés : Dette D'extiunclassified

Écologie historique et ancienneté de l’état boisé : concepts, avancées et perspectives de la recherche

Bergès¹,

Dupouey²

2017

Rev. For. Fr.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Au cours des vingt dernières années, plusieurs travaux reliant écologie et histoireo nt montré l'intérêt d'inclureu ne approche historique dans les travaux d'écologie, àl af ois pour comprendrel a structuree tl ef onctionnement actuels des écosystèmes, mais aussi pour mieux définir les objectifs de la conservation (Swetnam et al., 1999 ;J ackson et Hobbs, 2009 ;B ürgi et al., 2017). Ils ont donné naissance au nouveau champ interdisciplinaired el 'écologie historique (1) (Burgi et Gimmi, 2007). Cet article fait le point des connaissances actuelles sur le rôle clé que l'histoire de l'utilisation passée des terres joue dans le fonctionnement, la diversité et la composition de la floree tl afaune des écosystèmes forestiers. DÉFINITIONS ET CONCEPTS Ancienneté et continuité forestièreLes changements d'usage du sol ont eu pour effet d'accroîtreo ud iminuer les surfaces forestières selon les régions, et de fragmenter ou défragmenter les massifs boisés, avec des conséquences néfastes sur les espèces les plus vulnérables aux changements d'usages du sol. Plusieurs taxons forestiers sont en effet indicateurs de la continuité forestièree ts ont sensibles aux interruptions temporelles (cf. partie "Réponses des espèces et des populations", p. 302). La "continuité forestière" correspond àl ap ermanence temporelle de l'usage forestier du sol, indépendamment de la gestion forestièree lle-même. La continuité de l'usage forestier est mesurée par la durée écoulée depuis la dernièrec onversion d'un terrain àv ocation agricole (champ,v igne, prairie, pâture…) vers la forêt.Unen otion proched el ac ontinuité forestière est celle de "forêt ancienne"( en anglais ancient forest)e td e" forêt récente"( recent forest): les forêts anciennes correspondent àd es forêts n'ayant pas connu de défrichement depuis une date de référence, qu'il est nécessaired ep ré-ciser dans leur définition (cf. partie "Étude de la continuité forestière",p .299). Les forêts récentes sont les forêts apparues après cette date de référence. Les concepts de forêt ancienne ou récente se sont développés en Europe, où les changements d'usage du sol sont fréquents et où la notion de forêt primairen ep eut s'appliquer,l es forêts européennes ayant toutes été défrichées ou mises en exploitation.aU niversité Grenoble Alpes, Irstea, UR LESSEM, F-38402 Saint-Martin d'Hères, France bU niversité de Lorraine, AgroParisTech, INRA, UMR Silva, F-54000 Nancy,F rance (1)L es objectifs de l'écologie historique peuvent êtred éfinis comme «lac ompréhension des trajectoires historiques des écosystèmes, l'identification et la préservation de patrimoines culturels en lien avec la nature, et enfin l'aide àl ag estion des écosystèmes et des paysages » ( traduit de Bürgi et Gimmi, 2007).

show abstract

“…These contrasting dynamics might also be explained by different stages in payment of extinction debt and of use of immigration credit. The extinction debts due to strong pre‐industrial forest clearance have not always been paid, depending on the region (Naaf & Kolk, ; Vellend et al., ). For example, Naaf and Kolk () found that the extinction debt due to forest loss and fragmentation that occurred in northeast Germany more than a century ago was certainly already paid, contrary to results from Vellend et al.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(), who studied forest plants in Belgium (Vlaams‐Brabant region). Regarding immigration credit, Naaf and Kolk () found that the colonization process of recent forests was still on‐going more than a century after landscape change. In contrast, Basnou, Vicente, Espelta, and Pino () found that the colonization is fast enough to exhaust most colonization credit in recent Mediterranean forests after 40 years, except for vertebrate‐dispersed species.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Projected regional forest plant community dynamics evidence centuries‐long effects of habitat turnover

Lalechère

Jabot

Archaux³

et al. 2018

J Vegetation Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Questions Many Western European and North American countries have been experiencing strong reforestation in the last two centuries due to agricultural abandonment. Other land‐use changes, such as urbanization, can simultaneously trigger forest erosion. In this context of habitat turnover, forest understorey plant dynamics depend on the balance between immigration credit in post‐agricultural forest and extinction debt in ancient forest. The transient and final community properties following concomitant habitat creation and destruction are poorly known. In this contribution, we study the projected transient regional forest plant dynamics and identify the determinants of the relaxation duration at both landscape and patch scales. Location Seine‐et‐Marne region, France. Methods Species’ incidences are projected in 9,208 patches of the Seine‐et‐Marne region characterized by strong development of post‐agricultural forests and a moderate erosion of ancient forests during the period 1840–2000. We use a metapopulation model with static biodiversity data and landscape history to project forest plant dynamics. We focus on 33 generalist forest species that are able to colonize both ancient and post‐agricultural forests. Results Our analyses reveal that (1) extinction in ancient forests slows the colonization process, which lasts between 250 and 990 years after habitat turnover, depending on species characteristics; (2) the species incidence in post‐agricultural forests converges towards that in ancient forests long before the overall species incidence stabilizes at the landscape scale (i.e. long before the relaxation time); (3) landscape‐ and patch‐scale relaxation times depend on species colonization ability and patch functional connectivity; (4) the colonization process is rather slow for ancient forest species; and (5) the incidence of ancient forest species becomes larger than the incidence of other species at the end of the colonization dynamics thanks to their strong persistence. Conclusions Ancient forest species may potentially benefit from a large immigration credit but need centuries to use it. On such time scales, many perturbations are likely to jeopardize the realization of this potential credit.

show abstract

Colonization credit of post-agricultural forest patches in NE Germany remains 130–230years after reforestation

Cited by 68 publications

References 65 publications

Past landscape explains forest periphery‐to‐core gradient of understorey plant communities in a reforestation context

Past landscape explains forest periphery‐to‐core gradient of understorey plant communities in a reforestation context

Écologie historique et ancienneté de l’état boisé : concepts, avancées et perspectives de la recherche

Projected regional forest plant community dynamics evidence centuries‐long effects of habitat turnover

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About