Plantation forests cannot support the richness of forest specialist plants in the forest-steppe zone

Rédei, Tamás; Csecserits, Anikó; Lhotsky, Barbara; Barabás, Sándor; Kröel‐Dulay, György; Ónodi, Gábor; Botta‐Dukát, Zoltán

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117964

Cited by 28 publications

(22 citation statements)

References 63 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…(2) Regarding the regions with low SF levels: The ratio of the forest to the grassland should be controlled so as to reduce the change in land use type. Simultaneously, the forests survive in a continuous semi-natural area nowadays and should be given preference to maintain (Rédei et al, 2020). Besides, sand barriers might be added to this area so as to artificially increase the sand fixation services.…”

Section: Implications Of the Influencing Factors On The Ess And Land mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many studies evaluated the spatial-temporal variability and interrelations in multiple landscapes, such as grasslands (Pang et al, 2017;Van Eekeren et al, 2010), forests (Uhde et al, 2017;Vallet et al, 2016), and the watershed ecosystem (Wu et al, 2019). Few studies focus on the ESs changes in the forest-steppe ecosystem (Rédei et al, 2020), which is a typical ecologically vulnerable transition that is highly sensitive to climate change and LUCCs (Goldblum and Rigg, 2010;Cheng et al, 2020). Meanwhile, Hulunbuir is located at the intersection of the Daxinganling forest area and Hulunbuir grassland, with rich species and large biodiversity but vulnerable to environmental conditions at the same time (Liu et al, 2008a;Liu et al, 2008b).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Climate change versus land-use change—What affects the ecosystem services more in the forest-steppe ecotone?

Cui

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2021

Science of The Total Environment

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Implications Of the Influencing Factors On The Ess And Land mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change versus land-use change—What affects the ecosystem services more in the forest-steppe ecotone?

Cui

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2021

Science of The Total Environment

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Pedunculate oak, a characteristic species of the temperate deciduous forests, is also present in this forest-steppe mosaic (Rédei et al 2020), although its abundance is highly variable and is strongly affected by land use in the past centuries (Biró et al 2013, Erdős et al 2015. The study area is located near Fülöpháza, Central Hungary; N 46°52', E 19°25') ( Fig.…”

Section: Study Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

Oak regeneration at the arid boundary of the temperate deciduous forest biome: insights from a seeding and watering experiment

et al. 2021

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Previous studies found that pedunculate oak, one of the most widespread and abundant species in European deciduous forests, regenerates in open habitats and forest edges, but not in closed forest interiors. However, these observations usually come from the core areas of the biome, and much less is known about such processes at its arid boundary, where limiting factors may be different. In a full factorial field experiment, we tested the effects of different habitats (grassland, forest edge, forest interior) and increased growing season precipitation on the early regeneration of pedunculate oak in a forest-steppe ecosystem in Central Hungary, at the arid boundary of temperate deciduous forests. In the grassland habitat, seedling emergence was very low, and no seedlings survived by the fourth year. In contrast, seedling emergence was high and similar at forest edges and forest interiors, and was not affected by water addition. Most seedlings survived until the fourth year, with no difference between forest edge and forest interior habitats in numbers, and only minor or transient differences in size. The lack of oak regeneration in the grassland differs from previous reports on successful oak regeneration in open habitats, and may be related to a shift from light limitation to other limiting factors, such as moisture or microclimatic extremes, when moving away from the core of the deciduous forest biome towards its arid boundary. The similar number and performance of seedlings in forest edges and forest interiors may also be related to the decreasing importance of light limitation.

show abstract

“…These habitats can be economically beneficial to local communities as pastures. Forest steppes are, however, among the most threatened ecosystems because of habitat loss, fragmentation, and poor management (Hoekstra et al 2005;Erdős et al 2018;Rédei et al 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Forest steppe vegetation of the Pannonian lowlands is the westernmost extended exclave of the Eurasian forest-steppes (Erdős et al 2018). The pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) dominated forest steppes are critically endangered in the Pannonian sand region (Rédei et al 2020). Due the climatic and edaphic conditions, European zonal forests reach here the dry border of their tolerance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Endangered lowland oak forest steppe remnants keep unique bird species richness in Central Hungary

et al. 2021

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The biodiversity of natural or semi-natural native, old oak woodlands have high conservation importance, especially in landscapes of monocultural forest plantations and arable fields. With a wider variety of microhabitats and foraging sources, such old oak forests can provide essential habitat for native forest bird communities. We conducted a study using bird point counts to compare the forest bird communities of old pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) remnants with native and non-native plantations in central Hungary in a landscape of mostly arable fields, settlements, and monocultural plantations. Avian surveys were carried out in old oak forest remnants, middle-aged oak, white poplar (Populus alba), hybrid poplar (Populus × euramericana), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), and pine (Pinus spp.) plantations. Fieldwork has been carried out in nine study sites, where all six habitat types were represented (with a few exceptions), to determine total abundance, species richness, Shannon–Wiener diversity, species evenness, dominant and indicator species, and guild abundances. We found that old oak forest remnants were the most diverse habitats among the studied forest types, while hybrid poplar and pine plantations exhibited the lowest avian biodiversity. The avian guilds most sensitive to the loss of old oak forest remnants were ground foragers, bark foragers, cavity-nesters, residents, and Mediterranean migratory birds. Native habitats were more diverse than non-native plantations. Our results suggest that it is important to conserve all remaining high biodiversity old oak stands and to avoid clear-cutting of monocultural plantations in favour of practices such as mixed-species plantations, longer rotation lengths, or retention forestry.

show abstract

Plantation forests cannot support the richness of forest specialist plants in the forest-steppe zone

Cited by 28 publications

References 63 publications

Climate change versus land-use change—What affects the ecosystem services more in the forest-steppe ecotone?

Climate change versus land-use change—What affects the ecosystem services more in the forest-steppe ecotone?

Oak regeneration at the arid boundary of the temperate deciduous forest biome: insights from a seeding and watering experiment

Endangered lowland oak forest steppe remnants keep unique bird species richness in Central Hungary

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About