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  High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests

Boch, S., Prati, D., Müller, J., Socher, S., Baumbach, H., Buscot, F., et al. (2013). High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests. Basic and Applied Ecology, 14(6), 496-505. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2013.06.001.

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Boch, Steffen, Author
Prati, Daniel, Author
Müller, Jörg, Author
Socher, Stephanie, Author
Baumbach, Henryk, Author
Buscot, Francois, Author
Gockel, Sonja, Author
Hemp, Andreas, Author
Hessenmöller, Dominik1, Author           
Kalko, Elisabeth K.V., Author
Linsenmair, K. Eduard, Author
Pfeiffer, Simone, Author
Pommer, Ulf, Author
Schöning, Ingo2, Author           
Schulze, Ernst Detlef1, Author           
Seilwinder, Claudia, Author
Weisser, Wolfgang W., Author
Wells, Konstans, Author
Fischer, Markus, Author
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1Emeritus Group, Prof. E.-D. Schulze, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1497756              
2Soil and Ecosystem Processes, Dr. M. Schrumpf, Department Biogeochemical Processes, Prof. S. E. Trumbore, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1497776              

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 Abstract: There is a wealth of smaller-scale studies on the effects of forest management on plant diversity. However, studies comparing plant species diversity in forests with different management types and intensity, extending over different regions and forest stages, and including detailed information on site conditions are missing. We studied vascular plants on 1500 20 m × 20 m forest plots in three regions of Germany (Schwäbische Alb, Hainich-Dün, Schorfheide-Chorin). In all regions, our study plots comprised different management types (unmanaged, selection cutting, deciduous and coniferous age-class forests, which resulted from clear cutting or shelterwood logging), various stand ages, site conditions, and levels of management-related disturbances. We analyzed how overall richness and richness of different plant functional groups (trees, shrubs, herbs, herbaceous species typically growing in forests and herbaceous light-demanding species) responded to the different management types. On average, plant species richness was 13% higher in age-class than in unmanaged forests, and did not differ between deciduous age-class and selection forests. In age-class forests of the Schwäbische Alb and Hainich-Dün, coniferous stands had higher species richness than deciduous stands. Among age-class forests, older stands with large quantities of standing biomass were slightly poorer in shrub and light-demanding herb species than younger stands. Among deciduous forests, the richness of herbaceous forest species was generally lower in unmanaged than in managed forests, and it was even 20% lower in unmanaged than in selection forests in Hainich-Dün. Overall, these findings show that disturbances by management generally increase plant species richness. This suggests that total plant species richness is not suited as an indicator for the conservation status of forests, but rather indicates disturbances.

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 Dates: 2013-062013-07-062013
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Title: Basic and Applied Ecology
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Publ. Info: Jena, Germany : Urban & Fischer
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 14 (6) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 496 - 505 Identifier: ISSN: 1439-1791
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/110975506072219