Dynamics of herbaceous vegetation during four years of experimental coppice introduction.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the effects of coppicing on forest ecosystems is important for progress towards sustainable forest management. A newly established coppicing experiment in a secondary temperate deciduous forest in the SE Czech Republic provides a rather unique insight into succession driven by canopy thinning in a forest still lacking species typical for forests established since long time ago. Herbaceous layer vegetation was monitored for four subsequent years in 2012-2015. We focused on the influence of canopy thinning intensity in two different forest types defined by dominant tree species (oak and lime). Our results showed that the opening of the canopy had immediate effects on herbaceous vegetation. Coverage, species richness and compositional patterns followed the coppicing intensity gr

SUBMITTER: Hedl R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136643 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature