Floristic and ecological differences between recent and ancient forests growing on non-acidic soils

Sciama, Delphine; Augusto, Laurent; Dupouey, Jean‐Luc; Gonzalez, Maya; Domínguez, Concepción Moares

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.027

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“…Wulf 2004;Matlack 2005). Indeed, former agricultural uses can drive significant differences in plant species diversity even after many centuries, because of their long-term effects on soil properties (Dupouey et al 2002;Sciama et al 2009). Thus, the floristic diversity of many forest mosaics cannot be explained by environmental factors alone (Ellenberg and Strutt 2009) and a historical perspective needs to be considered.…”

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“…In particular, rural abandonment in many industrialized countries led to major changes in traditional landscapes and the emergence of new landscape systems which are often extremely simplified (Ales et al 1992;MacDonald et al 2000). Most of present-day European forests are secondary forests that were once cleared and converted into farmland, and have now re-colonized grazing and agricultural areas abandoned over the last decades (Dupouey et al 2002;Hermy and Verheyen 2007;Sciama et al 2009). …”

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Anthropogenic drivers of plant diversity: perspective on land use change in a dynamic cultural landscape

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Changes in land use are among the forces shaping Earth's surface. In many industrialized areas, the loss of a traditional state of dynamic equilibrium between traditional management and natural dynamics is followed by abandonment to regeneration processes. This can reduce ecological complexity at the landscape scale and negatively affect biodiversity patterns. In this study, we investigate the relation between land use change and plant species diversity in the network of protected areas (PAs) of the province of Siena (Tuscany, Central Italy). This is an area characterized by long-lasting human activities and highly renowned cultural landscapes. We used remotely sensed, mapping and ground based plant compositional data, to investigate the present pattern of plant species diversity, the changes of landscape structure and changes in forest habitats. Most of the plant diversity present in this network of PAs is due to broad scale gradients due to ecological diversity but also to human management. Most of the area is currently covered by forests and analysis of a historical sequence of spatial data reveals that this is largely a consequence of the abandonment of traditional management during the last decades. Finally, focusing on forest succession as a consequence of land use change, we demonstrate that species richness significantly declines with increasing age of forest stands. Taken together, our results confirm that the recent trends of rural abandonment are leading Communicated by Mauro Agnoletti.to homogenization and biodiversity loss in traditional landscapes of Mediterranean Europe. We discuss implications for policy, and suggest that PA management in cultural and historical landscapes should pay increasing attention traditional anthropic practices.

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Section: Effects Of a Secondary Forest Succession On Plant Species DImentioning

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Anthropogenic drivers of plant diversity: perspective on land use change in a dynamic cultural landscape

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“…Moreover, species associated with state forests were also more often barochores and myrmecochores, whereas species associated with private forests were more often endozoochores. These plant community differences in dispersal mode were previously Author-produced version of the article published in Forest Ecology and Management, 2013, Vol 306, 281-291 Original publication available at http://www.sciencedirect.com doi : 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.064 observed between recent and ancient forests (Sciama et al, 2009). In addition, the private forest species pool showed higher indicator values for pH and N, even after controlling for soil differences (Appendix C).…”

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Landownership is an unexplored determinant of forest understory plant composition in Northern France

Bergès¹,

Avon²,

Verheyen

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Forest Ecology and Management

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Few studies have investigated the influence of landownership on biodiversity. Therefore we analysed how the presence of forest understory plant species varied according to landownership in a broad geographical context and assessed which plant traits discriminated between species associated with state, other public or private forests. We also quantified the degree to which differences in soil type, forest management and landscape structure among ownership categories could explain the differences in species composition. Landownership, climate, soil, forest stand and landscape variables were collected on 38,751 plots located in temperate forests (5.1 Mha) in northern half of France using the French National Forest Inventory and GIS analyses. First, logistic regressions were used to determine species response to landownership after controlling for month of the plant survey and spatial autocorrelation. Relationships between plant traits and species association with landownership were then tested. Second, climate, soil, forest stand and landscape differences among ownerships were investigated. Third, species and trait responses to landownership were re-examined after controlling for month of the plant survey, spatial autocorrelation and climate, soil, forest stand and landscape variations. Of the 276 species, 69 were associated with state forests, 38 with other public forests and 85 with private forests. Species associated with state and other public forests were more often urbanophobic, ancient-forest species, barochores and myrmecochores whereas private forest species were more often nutrient-, light-demanding, urbanophilic and endozoochorous species. Differences among landownerships were detected for all the soil, climate, forest management and landscape variables investigated. However, the ownership effect remained or became significant for 131 plants after controlling for environmental variability. Landownership is not simply an administrative classification of land without ecological signification but was evidenced as a driver shaping understory plant community composition and plant traits in Northern France. These differences were partly explained by soil, management, edge and patch size effects, but land use history may help to explain the residual landownership effect. Our results have major implications on biodiversity monitoring and large-scaled conservation strategies. There is a need for deeper investigation into the impacts of land policy on biodiversity.

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“…Même si leurs modèles intègrent d'autres paramètres que l'ancienneté, une liste globale pour tous les types de forêts est produite dans Bergès et al (2016), sur la base de l'analyse d'un vaste jeu de données couvrant une partie du Bassin parisien et du Nord-Est de la France. Enfin, dans Dupouey et al (2002b), Dambrine et al (2007), Sciama et al (2009) et Febvre (2010, l'analyse et les listes d'espèces produites ne distinguent pas de types de forêts différents. Dans ces publications, la zone d'étude est toutefois suffisammentr estreintep our garantiru ne certaine homogénéité dans les forêts analysées.…”

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La flore des forêts anciennes du Massif central

Malzieu¹,

Renaux²

2017

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Après la fin de la dernièreg laciation, il ya1 2000 ans, la forêt ar ecolonisé le continent européen et recouvert quasiment la totalité de l'espace (Carbiener,1 996). Actuellement, en dehors des stations àf orte contrainte (à haute altitude, sur sol trop humide ou trop sec, lorsque des crues ou des éboulements décapent régulièrement le sol…), les milieux ouverts observés dans le Massif central sont la conséquence des défrichements successifs pour l'agriculturee tl ep astoralisme. Certaines zones sont restées forestières àt ravers les âges et représentent un héritage de la végé-tation forestièreo riginelle postglaciaire. Selon la définition classiquement admise, une forêt est dite ancienne lorsqu'elle figures ur les plus anciennes cartographies disponibles, et qu'elle ac ontinuellement existé depuis sans subir de défrichement (Hermy et al.,1 999 ;H ermy et Verheyen, 2007). La date butoir choisie diffèred onc selon les zones géographiques, en fonction de leur histoiref orestièree td es cartes historiques produites. En France, si la plus ancienne carte réalisée àl 'échelle nationale est celle dite de Cassini (seconde moitié du XVIII e siècle), les cartes d'état-major (milieu du XIX e siècle) s'avèrent êtrep lus précises pour identifier les forêts anciennes (Dupouey et al.,2 002a ;V allauri et al.,2 012). Celles-ci datent en outred um inimum forestier,c e qui, contrairement aux cartes de Cassini, réduit le risque qu'une forêt actuelle soit présente sur la carte ancienne tout en ayant connu un épisode d'usage agricole entret emps.

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Floristic and ecological differences between recent and ancient forests growing on non-acidic soils

Cited by 44 publications

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Anthropogenic drivers of plant diversity: perspective on land use change in a dynamic cultural landscape

Anthropogenic drivers of plant diversity: perspective on land use change in a dynamic cultural landscape

Landownership is an unexplored determinant of forest understory plant composition in Northern France

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