Experimental restoration of coppice-with-standards: Response of understorey vegetation from the conservation perspective

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Vild, Ondřej - Roleček, Jan - Hédl, Radim - Kopecký, Martin - Utinek, D.
Experimental restoration of coppice-with-standards: Response of understorey vegetation from the conservation perspective.
Forest Ecology and Management. Roč. 310, Dec 2013 (2013), s. 234-241. ISSN 0378-1127. E-ISSN 1872-7042
Grant CEP: GA AV ČR IAA600050812; GA MŠMT EE2.3.20.0267
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: restoration experiment * endangered species * traditional woodland management
Kód oboru RIV: EF - Botanika
Impakt faktor: 2.667, rok: 2013

A substantial part of European lowland woodlands was managed as coppices or wood pastures for millennia. However, traditional management forms were almost completely abandoned in Central Europe by the middle of the 20th century. Shifts in management resulted in biodiversity loss affecting particularly light-demanding oligotrophic plant species. Experimental thinning was applied in a former oak coppice-with-standards to restore vanishing understorey plant communities. Light-demanding oligotrophic species significantly increased, indicating positive consequences of restoration. However, heavy thinning also brought about the expansion of native ruderal species. Alien species remained unchanged. We conclude that the restoration of coppice-with-standards can be an efficient tool to support vanishing light-demanding woodland species. Combined with biodiversity benefits, the increasing demand for biofuel may contribute to the renaissance of traditional management forms in forestry.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0228705