Spontaneous restoration of target vegetation in old-fields in a central European landscape: a repeated analysis after three decades

0385100 - BÚ 2013 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Jírová, Alena - Klaudisová, A. - Prach, Karel
Spontaneous restoration of target vegetation in old-fields in a central European landscape: a repeated analysis after three decades.
Applied vegetation science. Roč. 15, č. 2 (2012), 245-252. ISSN 1402-2001. E-ISSN 1654-109X
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP505/11/0256
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : succession * vegetation * abandoned fields
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 2.263, year: 2012

The spontaneous succession in old fields proceeded towards target communities, either deciduous woodlands or shrubby grasslands. Their establishment can be tentatively predicted by soil pH and early occurrence of grassland species. Except pH, all Ellenberg indicator values changed during succession. Both pH values (Ellenberg and measured) were higher in shrubby grasslands than in woodlands. The total number of species decreased during succession, the number of target woodland species increased, and that of target grassland species remained the same in the shrubby grassland stages but decreased in the woodland stages during the past 33 years of succession.
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