Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices.

ABSTRACT: 1. The plant community structure of European lowland forests has changed dramatically in the 20^th century, leading to biodiversity decline at various spatial scales. However, due to methodological difficulties associated with simultaneous changes in species diversity and composition, ecological processes behind the changes are still poorly understood. 2. We analysed temporal changes in forest plant community after the mid-20^th century abandonment of coppicing in a typical Central European forest, which had been managed as coppice for centuries. We used 122 semi-permanent plots first surveyed in the 1950s shortly after the last coppicing and again in the 2000s after half a century of natural succession. We used a novel Temporal Nestedness Analysis to dise

SUBMITTER: Kopecky M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176902 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature