Long-term effects of mechanical site preparation on understorey plant communities in lowland floodplain forests

Šebesta, Jan; Rogers, Paul C.; Maděra, Petr; Koutecký, Tomáš; Dufour, Simon; Řepka, Radomír

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118651

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“…The share of neophytes which are species of high invasive potential and species changing the composition and functioning of ecosystems represent a danger for the surrounding ecosystems. The results show that the species composition of landfill vegetation may also be affected by altitude (Petrášová et al, 2013; Šebesta et al, 2021), since at the Petrůvky site, which is situated at a higher altitude (405 m a.s.l.) than the Zdounky site (251–280 m a.s.l.…”

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Municipal solid waste landfill: Evidence of the effect of applied landfill management on vegetation composition

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Proper management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is crucial to avoid pollution, environmental impacts and threat to public health. The problem of MSW is mainly arising from inadequate landfill site management. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of management practices and environmental risks at two landfill sites. The landfills were subject to long-term (10 years) vegetation monitoring. The vegetation was assessed using a floristic survey of identified plant species. The vegetation analysis showed that significant differences existed between the two landfill locations, with neophytes, invasive and expansive species dominating on one of the landfill sites, which may be attributed to climatic and geomorphological differences between the two sites, but also to variations in landfill management. These environmentally problematic species can potentially spread from the landfill into adjacent ecosystems, displace native plants and degrade adjacent farmland areas. The study of vegetation monitoring data suggests that, in addition to other types of monitoring, landfills should be subjected to regular vegetation biomonitoring, too. Landfill management practices should target the regulation of unwanted species, create conditions that are favourable to native plant species and provide as early as possible the restoration of filled cells.

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“…This phenomenon is related to the intensive grazing of the herb layer in the game reserve, but also the soil compaction by trampling of animals and its drying up, where instead of mesophilous perennial forest species, species with drought tolerance take the place. Disturbation the forests soil surface associated with eutrophication supports the spread of ruderal and nitrophilous species (Kočí, 2009;Šebesta et al, 2021).…”

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“…Every change in the ecosystem leads to a reaction that can have unexpected dynamics and consequences for the future (Wohlleben, 2017). The current human impact on forests indicates changes in light availability, soil reactions and nutrient availability, which changes the dynamics of forest species populations and the composition of forest communities compared to the past (Dupouey et al, 2002;Swierkosz, 2003;Hédl, 2004;Howe & Miriti, 2000;Matlack, 2005;Šebesta et al, 2021). The distribution of plants and their presence in habitats is also linked to the activity of large mammals (Heinken & Raudnitschka, 2002;Vellend et al, 2003;Vera, 2000), in game reserves especially.…”

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Comparison of Forest Species- Diversity and Composition Inside and Outside of the Holedná Game Reserve (The City of Brno, Czech Republic)

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2021

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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The impact of ungulates on the forest vegetation has far-reaching consequences: it decreases species diversity and the production of biomass, causes soil dehydration, erosion and eutrophication the entire forest community. The article addresses the influence of fallow deer and mouflon on the forest vegetation in the Holedná game reserve (western border of the city of Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic) and compares differences with the forests adjacent to the game reserve. Sixty localities were distributed randomly and phytosociological relevés subsequently recorded there according to the age of the stands inside and outside of the game reserve. The differences in floristic composition were compared for trees, shrubs and herbs, the herb layer species number, the diversity indices and the values of Ellenberg indicators. In the game reserve, a significant difference was found in the coverage of the herb and shrub layer, which was significantly lower than outside the territory. Furthermore, the increased amount of nitrophilous, heliophytes and ruderal herb species inside the game reserve exhibited affiliation to the interior of game reserve. Besides, young trees and woody sapling were less abundant or even missing inside of game reserve. By contrast, the frequency of typical species of oak-hornbeam forests was higher outside game reserve. Due to the higher number of animals and consequent disturbances, nitrophilous plant species dominate in the herb layer of the game reserve, while forest species are more often represented outside it.

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“…Probably the oldest and most widespread management system applied in the tropics. After a pre-harvest inventory, a minimum harvest diameter is established to determine mature commercial trees and is the basis of the polycyclic management, a selection approach where, in theory, the objective is to control overexploitation of the forests by harvesting a relatively low number of commercial trees [64]. It is essentially a system based on natural forest production where the only direct intervention is selective harvesting repeated within moderately short cutting cycles [65].…”

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“…• Young or mature forests poor in abundance of commercial species; management system in terms of the spectrum of commercial species and the relatively low number of trees logged that is common in many tropical managed forests (1-20 trees per ha - [67]). Under these conditions, it was expected that with a proper planning with minimum standards for cutting and transportation activities, the impacts on the forest stand would be low and facilitate a consistent flow of timber in the next cutting cycles [20,51,64]. This system was the fundamental basis of the first forest harvesting permits granted in Venezuela more than 40 years ago [23], and remained relatively unaltered even at times when research evidences made clear that major modifications to this approach were urgent in support of long-term sustainable management [44,[68][69][70].…”

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Silviculture

2021

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Long-term effects of mechanical site preparation on understorey plant communities in lowland floodplain forests

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Municipal solid waste landfill: Evidence of the effect of applied landfill management on vegetation composition

Municipal solid waste landfill: Evidence of the effect of applied landfill management on vegetation composition

Comparison of Forest Species- Diversity and Composition Inside and Outside of the Holedná Game Reserve (The City of Brno, Czech Republic)

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