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Vanneste T, Depauw L, De Lombaerde E, Meeussen C, Govaert S, De Pauw K, Sanczuk P, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Calders K, Cousins SAO, Diekmann M, Gasperini C, Graae BJ, Hedwall PO, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmo S, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Verbeeck H, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P. Trade-offs in biodiversity and ecosystem services between edges and interiors in European forests. Nat Ecol Evol 2024; 8:880-887. [PMID: 38424266 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02335-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services are hitherto predominantly quantified in forest interiors, well away from edges. However, these edges also represent a substantial proportion of the global forest cover. Here we quantified plant biodiversity and ecosystem service indicators in 225 plots along forest edge-to-interior transects across Europe. We found strong trade-offs: phylogenetic diversity (evolutionary measure of biodiversity), proportion of forest specialists, decomposition and heatwave buffering increased towards the interior, whereas species richness, nectar production potential, stemwood biomass and tree regeneration decreased. These trade-offs were mainly driven by edge-to-interior structural differences. As fragmentation continues, recognizing the role of forest edges is crucial for integrating biodiversity and ecosystem service considerations into sustainable forest management and policy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Vanneste
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium.
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lomma, Sweden
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- CAVElab-Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Biogeography and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB2, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lomma, Sweden
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- UMR CNRS 7058 « Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés », Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Biogeography and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- UMR CNRS 7058 « Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés », Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- CAVElab-Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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Huang S, Feigs JT, Holzhauer SIJ, Kramp K, Brunet J, Decocq G, De Frenne P, Diekmann M, Liira J, Spicher F, Vangansbeke P, Vanneste T, Verheyen K, Naaf T. Limited effects of population age on the genetic structure of spatially isolated forest herb populations in temperate Europe. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10971. [PMID: 38414568 PMCID: PMC10897356 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Due to multiple land-cover changes, forest herb populations residing in forest patches embedded in agricultural landscapes display different ages and, thus, experience differences in genetic exchange, mutation accumulation and genetic drift. The extent of divergence in present-day population genetic structure among these populations of different ages remains unclear, considering their diverse breeding systems and associated pollinators. Answering this question is essential to understand these species' persistence, maintenance of evolutionary potential and adaptability to changing environments. We applied a multi-landscape setup to compare the genetic structure of forest herb populations across forest patches of different ages (18-338 years). We studied the impact on three common slow-colonizer herb species with distinct breeding systems and associated pollinators: Polygonatum multiflorum (outcrossing, long-distance pollinators), Anemone nemorosa (outcrossing, short-distance pollinators) and Oxalis acetosella (mixed breeding). We aimed to assess if in general older populations displayed higher genetic diversity and lower differentiation than younger ones. We also anticipated that P. multiflorum would show the smallest while O. acetosella the largest difference, between old and young populations. We found that older populations had a higher observed heterozygosity (H o) but a similar level of allelic richness (A r) and expected heterozygosity (H e) as younger populations, except for A. nemorosa, which exhibited higher A r and H e in younger populations. As populations aged, their pairwise genetic differentiation measured by D PS decreased independent of species identity while the other two genetic differentiation measures showed either comparable levels between old and young populations (G" ST) or inconsistency among three species (cGD). The age difference of the two populations did not explain their genetic differentiation. Synthesis: We found restricted evidence that forest herb populations with different ages differ in their genetic structure, indicating that populations of different ages can reach a similar genetic structure within decades and thus persist in the long term after habitat disturbance. Despite their distinct breeding systems and associated pollinators, the three studied species exhibited partly similar genetic patterns, suggesting that their common characteristics, such as being slow colonizers or their ability to propagate vegetatively, are important in determining their long-term response to land-cover change.
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- Siyu Huang
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)MünchebergGermany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)MünchebergGermany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)MünchebergGermany
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesLommaSweden
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- Research Unit Ecology and Dynamics of Anthropized SystemsUniversity of Picardie Jules VerneAmiens CedexFrance
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of EnvironmentGhent UniversityGontrodeBelgium
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB 2University of BremenBremenGermany
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth ScienceUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
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- Research Unit Ecology and Dynamics of Anthropized SystemsUniversity of Picardie Jules VerneAmiens CedexFrance
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of EnvironmentGhent UniversityGontrodeBelgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of EnvironmentGhent UniversityGontrodeBelgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of EnvironmentGhent UniversityGontrodeBelgium
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)MünchebergGermany
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Hagenberg LWC, Vanneste T, Opedal ØH, Petlund HT, Björkman MP, Björk RG, Holien H, Limpens J, Molau U, Graae BJ, De Frenne P. Vegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden: Stable vascular‐plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communities. Ecol Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Liyenne Wu Chen Hagenberg
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group Wageningen University & Research Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode Belgium
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- Biodiversity Unit, Department of Biology Lund University Lund Sweden
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- Department of Earth Sciences University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre Göteborg Sweden
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- Department of Earth Sciences University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre Göteborg Sweden
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture Nord University Steinkjer Norway
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group Wageningen University & Research Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode Belgium
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Gasperini C, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Cousins SAO, Decocq G, De Pauw K, Diekmann M, Govaert S, Graae BJ, Hedwall P, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmo S, Meeussen C, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Sanczuk P, Spicher F, Vanneste T, Vangansbeke P, Zellweger F, Selvi F, Frenne PD. Soil seed bank responses to edge effects in temperate European forests. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 2022; 31:1877-1893. [PMID: 36246451 PMCID: PMC9546374 DOI: 10.1111/geb.13568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
AIM The amount of forest edges is increasing globally due to forest fragmentation and land-use changes. However, edge effects on the soil seed bank of temperate forests are still poorly understood. Here, we assessed edge effects at contrasting spatial scales across Europe and quantified the extent to which edges can preserve the seeds of forest specialist plants. LOCATION Temperate European deciduous forests along a 2,300-km latitudinal gradient. TIME PERIOD 2018-2021. MAJOR TAXA STUDIED Vascular plants. METHODS Through a greenhouse germination experiment, we studied how edge effects alter the density, diversity, composition and functionality of forest soil seed banks in 90 plots along different latitudes, elevations and forest management types. We also assessed which environmental conditions drive the seed bank responses at the forest edge versus interior and looked at the relationship between the seed bank and the herb layer species richness. RESULTS Overall, 10,108 seedlings of 250 species emerged from the soil seed bank. Seed density and species richness of generalists (species not only associated with forests) were higher at edges compared to interiors, with a negative influence of C : N ratio and litter quality. Conversely, forest specialist species richness did not decline from the interior to the edge. Also, edges were compositionally, but not functionally, different from interiors. The correlation between the seed bank and the herb layer species richness was positive and affected by microclimate. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Our results underpin how edge effects shape species diversity and composition of soil seed banks in ancient forests, especially increasing the proportion of generalist species and thus potentially favouring a shift in community composition. However, the presence of many forest specialists suggests that soil seed banks still play a key role in understorey species persistence and could support the resilience of our fragmented forests.
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- Cristina Gasperini
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and ForestryUniversity of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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- Swiss Federal Institute for ForestSnow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesLommaSweden
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- UMR CNRS 7058 “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN)Université de Picardie Jules VerneAmiensFrance
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB2University of BremenBremenGermany
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesLommaSweden
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and ForestryUniversity of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
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- UMR CNRS 7058 “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN)Université de Picardie Jules VerneAmiensFrance
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural SciencesUniversity of SilesiaKatowicePoland
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- Earth and Life InstituteUniversité Catholique de LouvainLouvain‐la‐NeuveBelgium
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- IVL Swedish Environmental InstituteStockholmSweden
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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- UMR CNRS 7058 “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN)Université de Picardie Jules VerneAmiensFrance
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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- Swiss Federal Institute for ForestSnow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and ForestryUniversity of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityMelle‐GontrodeBelgium
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Fernández-Fernández P, Sanczuk P, Vanneste T, Brunet J, Ehrlén J, Hedwall PO, Hylander K, Van Den Berge S, Verheyen K, De Frenne P. Different effects of warming treatments in forests versus hedgerows on the understorey plant Geum urbanum. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2022; 24:734-744. [PMID: 35322913 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The effectiveness of hedgerows as functional corridors in the face of climate warming has been little researched. Here we investigated the effects of warming temperatures on plant performance and population growth of Geum urbanum in forests versus hedgerows in two European temperate regions. Adult individuals were transplanted in three forest-hedgerow pairs in each of two different latitudes, and an experimental warming treatment using open-top chambers was used in a full factorial design. Plant performance was analysed using mixed models and population performance was analysed using Integral Projection Models and elasticity analyses. Temperature increases due to open-top chamber installation were higher in forests than in hedgerows. In forests, the warming treatment had a significant negative effect on the population growth rate of G. urbanum. In contrast, no significant effect of the warming treatment on population dynamics was detected in hedgerows. Overall, the highest population growth rates were found in the forest control sites, which was driven by a higher fecundity rather than a higher survival probability. Effects of warming treatments on G. urbanum population growth rates differed between forests and hedgerows. In forests, warming treatments negatively affected population growth, but not in hedgerows. This could be a consequence of the overall lower warming achieved in hedgerows. We conclude that maintenance of cooler forest microclimates coul, at least temporarily, moderate the species response to climate warming.
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- P Fernández-Fernández
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU Alnarp, Lomma, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plan Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU Alnarp, Lomma, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plan Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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De Lombaerde E, Vangansbeke P, Lenoir J, Van Meerbeek K, Lembrechts J, Rodríguez-Sánchez F, Luoto M, Scheffers B, Haesen S, Aalto J, Christiansen DM, De Pauw K, Depauw L, Govaert S, Greiser C, Hampe A, Hylander K, Klinges D, Koelemeijer I, Meeussen C, Ogée J, Sanczuk P, Vanneste T, Zellweger F, Baeten L, De Frenne P. Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change. Sci Total Environ 2022; 810:151338. [PMID: 34748832 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Forest canopies buffer macroclimatic temperature fluctuations. However, we do not know if and how the capacity of canopies to buffer understorey temperature will change with accelerating climate change. Here we map the difference (offset) between temperatures inside and outside forests in the recent past and project these into the future in boreal, temperate and tropical forests. Using linear mixed-effect models, we combined a global database of 714 paired time series of temperatures (mean, minimum and maximum) measured inside forests vs. in nearby open habitats with maps of macroclimate, topography and forest cover to hindcast past (1970-2000) and to project future (2060-2080) temperature differences between free-air temperatures and sub-canopy microclimates. For all tested future climate scenarios, we project that the difference between maximum temperatures inside and outside forests across the globe will increase (i.e. result in stronger cooling in forests), on average during 2060-2080, by 0.27 ± 0.16 °C (RCP2.6) and 0.60 ± 0.14 °C (RCP8.5) due to macroclimate changes. This suggests that extremely hot temperatures under forest canopies will, on average, warm less than outside forests as macroclimate warms. This knowledge is of utmost importance as it suggests that forest microclimates will warm at a slower rate than non-forested areas, assuming that forest cover is maintained. Species adapted to colder growing conditions may thus find shelter and survive longer than anticipated at a given forest site. This highlights the potential role of forests as a whole as microrefugia for biodiversity under future climate change.
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- Ecologie et dynamique des systèmes anthropisés (EDYSAN), UMR CNRS 7058, Amiens, France
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- Research Group Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Weather and Climate Change Impact Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- BIOGECO, INRAE, Univ. Bordeaux, Cestas, France
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- INRAE, Bordeaux Science Agro, ISPA, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium
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De Pauw K, Sanczuk P, Meeussen C, Depauw L, De Lombaerde E, Govaert S, Vanneste T, Brunet J, Cousins SAO, Gasperini C, Hedwall PO, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Uria-Diez J, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P. Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming. New Phytol 2022; 233:219-235. [PMID: 34664731 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Forests harbour large spatiotemporal heterogeneity in canopy structure. This variation drives the microclimate and light availability at the forest floor. So far, we do not know how light availability and sub-canopy temperature interactively mediate the impact of macroclimate warming on understorey communities. We therefore assessed the functional response of understorey plant communities to warming and light addition in a full factorial experiment installed in temperate deciduous forests across Europe along natural microclimate, light and macroclimate gradients. Furthermore, we related these functional responses to the species' life-history syndromes and thermal niches. We found no significant community responses to the warming treatment. The light treatment, however, had a stronger impact on communities, mainly due to responses by fast-colonizing generalists and not by slow-colonizing forest specialists. The forest structure strongly mediated the response to light addition and also had a clear impact on functional traits and total plant cover. The effects of short-term experimental warming were small and suggest a time-lag in the response of understorey species to climate change. Canopy disturbance, for instance due to drought, pests or logging, has a strong and immediate impact and particularly favours generalists in the understorey in structurally complex forests.
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- Karen De Pauw
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 190, 234 22, Lomma, Sweden
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- Landscapes, Environment and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 28, 50144, Florence, Italy
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 190, 234 22, Lomma, Sweden
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 28, 50144, Florence, Italy
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- UMR CNRS 7058 'Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés' (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80000, Amiens, France
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- IVL Swedish Environmental Institute, Valhallavägen 81, 114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 28, 50144, Florence, Italy
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- UMR CNRS 7058 'Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés' (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80000, Amiens, France
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 190, 234 22, Lomma, Sweden
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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Staude IR, Pereira HM, Daskalova GN, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Diekmann M, Pauli H, Van Calster H, Vellend M, Bjorkman AD, Brunet J, De Frenne P, Hédl R, Jandt U, Lenoir J, Myers-Smith IH, Verheyen K, Wipf S, Wulf M, Andrews C, Barančok P, Barni E, Benito-Alonso JL, Bennie J, Berki I, Blüml V, Chudomelová M, Decocq G, Dick J, Dirnböck T, Durak T, Eriksson O, Erschbamer B, Graae BJ, Heinken T, Schei FH, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecký M, Kudernatsch T, Macek M, Malicki M, Máliš F, Michelsen O, Naaf T, Nagel TA, Newton AC, Nicklas L, Oddi L, Ortmann-Ajkai A, Palaj A, Petraglia A, Petřík P, Pielech R, Porro F, Puşcaş M, Reczyńska K, Rixen C, Schmidt W, Standovár T, Steinbauer K, Świerkosz K, Teleki B, Theurillat JP, Turtureanu PD, Ursu TM, Vanneste T, Vergeer P, Vild O, Villar L, Vittoz P, Winkler M, Baeten L. Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecol Lett 2021; 25:466-482. [PMID: 34866301 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it remains unknown whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. Here, we analysed the trajectories of 1827 plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites across mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands in Europe. We found, albeit with relatively small effect sizes, displacements of smaller- by larger-ranged species across habitats. Communities shifted in parallel towards more nutrient-demanding species, with species from nutrient-rich habitats having larger ranges. Because these species are typically strong competitors, declines of smaller-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. The ubiquitous component of turnover based on species range size we found here may partially reconcile findings of no net loss in local diversity with global species loss, and link community-scale turnover to macroecological processes such as biotic homogenisation.
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- Ingmar R Staude
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.,CIBIO (Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources)-InBIO (Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology), Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology, FB 2, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- GLORIA Coordination, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW-IGF), Vienna, Austria.,GLORIA Coordination, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- UR "Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés" (EDYSAN, UMR7058 CNRS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium
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- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland.,Swiss National Park, Zernez, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Centre for Geography and Environmental Science, Exeter University, Penryn, Cornwall, UK
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
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- UR "Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés" (EDYSAN, UMR7058 CNRS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, Midlothian, UK
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- Institute of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Białowieża, Poland
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- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.,Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia.,National Forest Centre, Zvolen, Slovakia
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- Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Muencheberg, Germany
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- Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK
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- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Environment UJEP, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- Department of Forest Biodiversity, University of Agriculture, Kraków, Poland.,Foundation for Biodiversity Research, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Al. Borza Botanic Garden, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Center for Systematic Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources - 3B, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland.,Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Center CERC, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- GLORIA Coordination, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW-IGF), Vienna, Austria.,GLORIA Coordination, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Debrecen Egyetem, Debrecen, Hungary.,PTE KPVK Institute for Regional Development, Szekszárd, Hungary
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- Fondation J.-M.Aubert, Champex-Lac, Switzerland.,Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Chambésy, Switzerland
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- Center for Systematic Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources - 3B, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Centre for Systems Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources (3B), Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Emil G. Racoviță Institute, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, IPE-CSIC, Jaca, Huesca, Spain
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- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- GLORIA Coordination, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW-IGF), Vienna, Austria.,GLORIA Coordination, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium
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Naaf T, Feigs JT, Huang S, Brunet J, Cousins SAO, Decocq G, De Frenne P, Diekmann M, Govaert S, Hedwall PO, Lenoir J, Liira J, Meeussen C, Plue J, Vangansbeke P, Vanneste T, Verheyen K, Holzhauer SIJ, Kramp K. Context matters: the landscape matrix determines the population genetic structure of temperate forest herbs across Europe. Landsc Ecol 2021; 37:1365-1384. [PMID: 35571363 PMCID: PMC9085688 DOI: 10.1007/s10980-021-01376-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
CONTEXT Plant populations in agricultural landscapes are mostly fragmented and their functional connectivity often depends on seed and pollen dispersal by animals. However, little is known about how the interactions of seed and pollen dispersers with the agricultural matrix translate into gene flow among plant populations. OBJECTIVES We aimed to identify effects of the landscape structure on the genetic diversity within, and the genetic differentiation among, spatially isolated populations of three temperate forest herbs. We asked, whether different arable crops have different effects, and whether the orientation of linear landscape elements relative to the gene dispersal direction matters. METHODS We analysed the species' population genetic structures in seven agricultural landscapes across temperate Europe using microsatellite markers. These were modelled as a function of landscape composition and configuration, which we quantified in buffer zones around, and in rectangular landscape strips between, plant populations. RESULTS Landscape effects were diverse and often contrasting between species, reflecting their association with different pollen- or seed dispersal vectors. Differentiating crop types rather than lumping them together yielded higher proportions of explained variation. Some linear landscape elements had both a channelling and hampering effect on gene flow, depending on their orientation. CONCLUSIONS Landscape structure is a more important determinant of the species' population genetic structure than habitat loss and fragmentation per se. Landscape planning with the aim to enhance the functional connectivity among spatially isolated plant populations should consider that even species of the same ecological guild might show distinct responses to the landscape structure. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10980-021-01376-7.
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- Tobias Naaf
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Strasse 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Strasse 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Strasse 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 190, 234 22 Lomma, Sweden
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- Landscapes, Environment and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80037 Amiens, France
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB2, University of Bremen, Leobener Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 190, 234 22 Lomma, Sweden
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- Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80037 Amiens, France
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, 51005 Tartu, Estonia
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- IVL Swedish Environmental Institute, Valhallavägen 81, 10031 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Strasse 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Strasse 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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Gasperini C, Carrari E, Govaert S, Meeussen C, De Pauw K, Plue J, Sanczuk P, Vanneste T, Vangansbeke P, Jacopetti G, De Frenne P, Selvi F. Edge effects on the realised soil seed bank along microclimatic gradients in temperate European forests. Sci Total Environ 2021; 798:149373. [PMID: 34375232 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Despite the crucial role of the seed bank in forest conservation and dynamics, the effects of forest edge microclimate and climate warming on germination responses from the forest seed bank are still almost unknown. Here, we investigated edge effects on the realised seed bank and seedling community in two types of European temperate deciduous forest, one in the Oceanic and one in the Mediterranean climatic region. Responses in terms of seedling density, diversity, species composition and functional type of the seed bank at the forest edge and interior were examined along latitudinal, elevational and stand structural gradients by means of soil translocation experiments. Moreover, we translocated soil samples from high to low elevation forests in the two regions, thus performing a warming simulation. Density, species diversity and mortality of the seedlings varied with region and elevation. Seedling density also differed between forest edge and interior position, while seedling cover mainly depended on forest structure. Both the edge and interior forest seed bank contained a high proportion of generalist species. In Belgium, a more homogeneous seed bank was found at the forest edge and interior, while in Italy compositional and ecological differences were larger: at the forest edge, more light and less moisture demanding seedling communities developed, with a higher proportion of generalists compared to the interior. In both regions, the upland-to-lowland translocation experiment revealed effects of warming on forest seed banks with thermophilization of the realised communities. Moreover, edge conditions shifted the seedling composition towards more light-demanding communities. The establishment of more light and warm-adapted species from the seed bank could in the long term alter the aboveground vegetation composition, with communities becoming progressively richer in light-demanding generalists and poorer in forest specialists.
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- Cristina Gasperini
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 18, 50144 Florence, Italy; Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium.
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 18, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- IVL Swedish Environmental Institute, Valhallavägen 81, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 18, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 18, 50144 Florence, Italy
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Vanneste T, Van Den Berge S, Brunet J, Hedwall PO, Verheyen K, De Frenne P. Temperature effects on forest understorey plants in hedgerows: a combined warming and transplant experiment. Ann Bot 2021; 128:315-327. [PMID: 34057991 PMCID: PMC8389467 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hedgerows have been shown to improve forest connectivity, leading to an increased probability of species tracking the shifting bioclimatic envelopes. However, it is still unknown how species in hedgerows respond to temperature changes, and whether effects differ compared with those in nearby forests. We aimed to elucidate how ongoing changes in the climate system will affect the efficiency of hedgerows in supporting forest plant persistence and migration in agricultural landscapes. METHODS Here we report results from the first warming experiment in hedgerows. We combined reciprocal transplantation of plants along an 860-km latitudinal transect with experimental warming to assess the effects of temperature on vegetative growth and reproduction of two common forest herbs (Anemone nemorosa and Geum urbanum) in hedgerows versus forests. KEY RESULTS Both species grew taller and produced more biomass in forests than in hedgerows, most likely due to higher competition with ruderals and graminoids in hedgerows. Adult plant performance of both species generally benefitted from experimental warming, despite lower survival of A. nemorosa in heated plots. Transplantation affected the species differently: A. nemorosa plants grew taller, produced more biomass and showed higher survival when transplanted at their home site, indicating local adaptation, while individuals of G. urbanum showed greater height, biomass, reproductive output and survival when transplanted northwards, likely owing to the higher light availability associated with increasing photoperiod during the growing season. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that some forest herbs can show phenotypic plasticity to warming temperatures, potentially increasing their ability to benefit from hedgerows as ecological corridors. Our study thus provides novel insights into the impacts of climate change on understorey plant community dynamics in hedgerows, and how rising temperature can influence the efficiency of these corridors to assist forest species' persistence and colonization within and beyond their current distribution range.
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- Thomas Vanneste
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sundsvägen 3, 234 56 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sundsvägen 3, 234 56 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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Vanneste T, Van Den Berge S, Brunet J, Hedwall PO, Verheyen K, De Frenne P. Temperature effects on forest understorey plants in hedgerows: a combined warming and transplant experiment. Ann Bot 2021. [PMID: 34057991 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12594446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hedgerows have been shown to improve forest connectivity, leading to an increased probability of species tracking the shifting bioclimatic envelopes. However, it is still unknown how species in hedgerows respond to temperature changes, and whether effects differ compared with those in nearby forests. We aimed to elucidate how ongoing changes in the climate system will affect the efficiency of hedgerows in supporting forest plant persistence and migration in agricultural landscapes. METHODS Here we report results from the first warming experiment in hedgerows. We combined reciprocal transplantation of plants along an 860-km latitudinal transect with experimental warming to assess the effects of temperature on vegetative growth and reproduction of two common forest herbs (Anemone nemorosa and Geum urbanum) in hedgerows versus forests. KEY RESULTS Both species grew taller and produced more biomass in forests than in hedgerows, most likely due to higher competition with ruderals and graminoids in hedgerows. Adult plant performance of both species generally benefitted from experimental warming, despite lower survival of A. nemorosa in heated plots. Transplantation affected the species differently: A. nemorosa plants grew taller, produced more biomass and showed higher survival when transplanted at their home site, indicating local adaptation, while individuals of G. urbanum showed greater height, biomass, reproductive output and survival when transplanted northwards, likely owing to the higher light availability associated with increasing photoperiod during the growing season. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that some forest herbs can show phenotypic plasticity to warming temperatures, potentially increasing their ability to benefit from hedgerows as ecological corridors. Our study thus provides novel insights into the impacts of climate change on understorey plant community dynamics in hedgerows, and how rising temperature can influence the efficiency of these corridors to assist forest species' persistence and colonization within and beyond their current distribution range.
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- Thomas Vanneste
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sundsvägen 3, 234 56 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sundsvägen 3, 234 56 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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Maclean IMD, Duffy JP, Haesen S, Govaert S, De Frenne P, Vanneste T, Lenoir J, Lembrechts JJ, Rhodes MW, Van Meerbeek K. On the measurement of microclimate. Methods Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ilya M. D. Maclean
- Environment and Sustainability Institute University of Exeter Penryn Campus Penryn UK
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute University of Exeter Penryn Campus Penryn UK
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab Ghent University Gontrode Belgium
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- Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN UMR 7058 CNRS) Université de Picardie Jules Verne Amiens Cedex 1 France
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute University of Exeter Penryn Campus Penryn UK
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Meeussen C, Govaert S, Vanneste T, Haesen S, Van Meerbeek K, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Calders K, Cousins SAO, Diekmann M, Graae BJ, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Sørensen MV, Verbeeck H, Vermeir P, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P. Drivers of carbon stocks in forest edges across Europe. Sci Total Environ 2021; 759:143497. [PMID: 33246733 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Forests play a key role in global carbon cycling and sequestration. However, the potential for carbon drawdown is affected by forest fragmentation and resulting changes in microclimate, nutrient inputs, disturbance and productivity near edges. Up to 20% of the global forested area lies within 100 m of an edge and, even in temperate forests, knowledge on how edge conditions affect carbon stocks and how far this influence penetrates into forest interiors is scarce. Here we studied carbon stocks in the aboveground biomass, forest floor and the mineral topsoil in 225 plots in deciduous forest edges across Europe and tested the impact of macroclimate, nitrogen deposition and smaller-grained drivers (e.g. microclimate) on these stocks. Total carbon and carbon in the aboveground biomass stock were on average 39% and 95% higher at the forest edge than 100 m into the interior. The increase in the aboveground biomass stock close to the edge was mainly related to enhanced nitrogen deposition. No edge influence was found for stocks in the mineral topsoil. Edge-to-interior gradients in forest floor carbon changed across latitude: carbon stocks in the forest floor were higher near the edge in southern Europe. Forest floor carbon decreased with increasing litter quality (i.e. high decomposition rate) and decreasing plant area index, whereas higher soil temperatures negatively affected the mineral topsoil carbon. Based on high-resolution forest fragmentation maps, we estimate that the additional carbon stored in deciduous forest edges across Europe amounts to not less than 183 Tg carbon, which is equivalent to the storage capacity of 1 million ha of additional forest. This study underpins the importance of including edge influences when quantifying the carbon stocks in temperate forests and stresses the importance of preserving natural forest edges and small forest patches with a high edge-to-interior surface area.
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- Camille Meeussen
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium.
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 49, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
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- CAVElab - Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Biogeography and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB2, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. 5, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- UR « Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés » (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80037 Amiens, France
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix de Sud 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Biogeography and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, P. le Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- UR « Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés » (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80037 Amiens, France
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- CAVElab - Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Chemical Analysis (LCA), Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Voskenslaan 270, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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Maes SL, Perring MP, Depauw L, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Blondeel H, Brūmelis G, Brunet J, Decocq G, den Ouden J, Govaert S, Härdtle W, Hédl R, Heinken T, Heinrichs S, Hertzog L, Jaroszewicz B, Kirby K, Kopecký M, Landuyt D, Máliš F, Vanneste T, Wulf M, Verheyen K. Plant functional trait response to environmental drivers across European temperate forest understorey communities. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2020; 22:410-424. [PMID: 31840363 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Functional traits respond to environmental drivers, hence evaluating trait-environment relationships across spatial environmental gradients can help to understand how multiple drivers influence plant communities. Global-change drivers such as changes in atmospheric nitrogen deposition occur worldwide, but affect community trait distributions at the local scale, where resources (e.g. light availability) and conditions (e.g. soil pH) also influence plant communities. We investigate how multiple environmental drivers affect community trait responses related to resource acquisition (plant height, specific leaf area (SLA), woodiness, and mycorrhizal status) and regeneration (seed mass, lateral spread) of European temperate deciduous forest understoreys. We sampled understorey communities and derived trait responses across spatial gradients of global-change drivers (temperature, precipitation, nitrogen deposition, and past land use), while integrating in-situ plot measurements on resources and conditions (soil type, Olsen phosphorus (P), Ellenberg soil moisture, light, litter mass, and litter quality). Among the global-change drivers, mean annual temperature strongly influenced traits related to resource acquisition. Higher temperatures were associated with taller understoreys producing leaves with lower SLA, and a higher proportional cover of woody and obligate mycorrhizal (OM) species. Communities in plots with higher Ellenberg soil moisture content had smaller seeds and lower proportional cover of woody and OM species. Finally, plots with thicker litter layers hosted taller understoreys with larger seeds and a higher proportional cover of OM species. Our findings suggest potential community shifts in temperate forest understoreys with global warming, and highlight the importance of local resources and conditions as well as global-change drivers for community trait variation.
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- S L Maes
- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS), Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- General Botany, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Białowieża, Poland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Faculty of Forestry, Technical University, Zvolen, Slovakia
- National Forest Centre, Zvolen, Slovakia
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Leibniz-ZALF e.V. Müncheberg, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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Vanneste T, Govaert S, De Kesel W, Van Den Berge S, Vangansbeke P, Meeussen C, Brunet J, Cousins SAO, Decocq G, Diekmann M, Graae BJ, Hedwall P, Heinken T, Helsen K, Kapás RE, Lenoir J, Liira J, Lindmo S, Litza K, Naaf T, Orczewska A, Plue J, Wulf M, Verheyen K, De Frenne P. Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Vanneste
- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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- Southern Sweden Research Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden
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- Biogeography and Geomatics Department of Physical Geography Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
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- UR «Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés» (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS‐UPJV) Jules Verne University of Picardie Amiens France
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology Institute of Ecology FB2 University of Bremen Bremen Germany
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- Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- Southern Sweden Research Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology University of Potsdam Potsdam Germany
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- Plant Conservation and Population Biology Biology Department University of Leuven Heverlee Belgium
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- Biogeography and Geomatics Department of Physical Geography Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
- Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- UR «Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés» (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS‐UPJV) Jules Verne University of Picardie Amiens France
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology Institute of Ecology FB2 University of Bremen Bremen Germany
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- Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Müncheberg Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection University of Silesia Katowice Poland
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- Biogeography and Geomatics Department of Physical Geography Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Gontrode‐Melle Belgium
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Vanneste T, Valdés A, Verheyen K, Perring MP, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Andrieu E, Brunet J, Cousins SA, Deconchat M, De Smedt P, Diekmann M, Ehrmann S, Heinken T, Hermy M, Kolb A, Lenoir J, Liira J, Naaf T, Paal T, Wulf M, Decocq G, De Frenne P. Functional trait variation of forest understorey plant communities across Europe. Basic Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2018.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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De Frenne P, Blondeel H, Brunet J, Carón MM, Chabrerie O, Cougnon M, Cousins SAO, Decocq G, Diekmann M, Graae BJ, Hanley ME, Heinken T, Hermy M, Kolb A, Lenoir J, Liira J, Orczewska A, Shevtsova A, Vanneste T, Verheyen K. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition on petals enhances seed quality of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2018; 20:619-626. [PMID: 29323793 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Elevated atmospheric input of nitrogen (N) is currently affecting plant biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The growth and survival of numerous plant species is known to respond strongly to N fertilisation. Yet, few studies have assessed the effects of N deposition on seed quality and reproductive performance, which is an important life-history stage of plants. Here we address this knowledge gap by assessing the effects of atmospheric N deposition on seed quality of the ancient forest herb Anemone nemorosa using two complementary approaches. By taking advantage of the wide spatiotemporal variation in N deposition rates in pan-European temperate and boreal forests over 2 years, we detected positive effects of N deposition on the N concentration (percentage N per unit seed mass, increased from 2.8% to 4.1%) and N content (total N mass per seed more than doubled) of A. nemorosa seeds. In a complementary experiment, we applied ammonium nitrate to aboveground plant tissues and the soil surface to determine whether dissolved N sources in precipitation could be incorporated into seeds. Although the addition of N to leaves and the soil surface had no effect, a concentrated N solution applied to petals during anthesis resulted in increased seed mass, seed N concentration and N content. Our results demonstrate that N deposition on the petals enhances bioaccumulation of N in the seeds of A. nemorosa. Enhanced atmospheric inputs of N can thus not only affect growth and population dynamics via root or canopy uptake, but can also influence seed quality and reproduction via intake through the inflorescences.
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- P De Frenne
- Department of Plant & Crops, Ghent University, Melle, Belgium
- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas (LABIBO), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta-CONICET, Salta, Argentina
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- Unité de recherche "Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés" (EDYSAN, FRE3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Department of Plant & Crops, Ghent University, Melle, Belgium
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- Biogeography and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unité de recherche "Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés" (EDYSAN, FRE3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- General Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Unité de recherche "Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés" (EDYSAN, FRE3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Plant & Crops, Ghent University, Melle, Belgium
- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium
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Vanneste T, Michelsen O, Graae BJ, Kyrkjeeide MO, Holien H, Hassel K, Lindmo S, Kapás RE, De Frenne P. Impact of climate change on alpine vegetation of mountain summits in Norway. Ecol Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-017-1472-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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