0576779 - BÚ 2024 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Lestienne, M. - Jamrichová, Eva - Kuosmanen, N. - Diaconu, A-C. - Schafstall, N. - Goliáš, V. - Kletetschka, G. - Šulc, V. - Kuneš, P.
Development of high diversity beech forest in the eastern Carpathians.
Journal of Biogeography. Roč. 50, č. 4 (2023), s. 699-714. ISSN 0305-0270. E-ISSN 1365-2699
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: beech forest * biodiversity * Carpathians
Obor OECD: Plant sciences, botany
Impakt faktor: 3.4, rok: 2023 ; AIS: 1.375, rok: 2023
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
Web výsledku:
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14562DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14562

A multi-proxy approach (charcoal, pollen, plant macro-remains analyses) has been applied to investigate the development of beech forest in the Inner Eastern Carpathians. The aim of this study is to understand how European beech forests have colonized the inner Eastern Carpathians and how changes in fire regime and human activities have affected their biodiversity. Low diversity spruce forest was dominant until 5200 cal. BP during a fire-prone period due to specific climatic conditions (drier climate than the following period). The higher fire frequency and intensity following this period is simultaneous with the first expansion of Fagus which indicate that Fagus could occupy post-fire habitats, at least at the local scale. However, its dominance coincided with major gaps in fire events from 3900 cal. BP. The PRI has increased during the transition from spruce to beech forest highlighting the importance of beech forests in maintaining plant biodiversity. However, the stronger increase in the richness is synchronous with the increase in human activities around 2000 cal. BP, and then 350 cal. BP. We conclude, that climate-driven fire frequency has been a natural driver of vegetation changes in the Carpathians by promoting the emergence of high diversified beech forest. These changes were significantly modified by later increase in human activities
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0348725