Environmental correlates of plant diversity in Korean temperate forests

0393952 - BÚ 2014 RIV FR eng J - Journal Article
Černý, Tomáš - Doležal, Jiří - Janeček, Štěpán - Šrůtek, Miroslav - Valachovič, M. - Petřík, Petr - Altman, Jan - Bartoš, Michael - Song, J.-S.
Environmental correlates of plant diversity in Korean temperate forests.
Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology. Roč. 47, Feb 2013 (2013), s. 37-45. ISSN 1146-609X. E-ISSN 1873-6238
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA600050802; GA ČR GA206/05/0119
Grant - others:Akademie věd České republiky(CZ) M200050902
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Quercus mongolica * soil conditions * species-area curves
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 1.841, year: 2013

In this study, we assess the impact of both geographical and soil variables on the fine-scale (400 m2) pattern of plant diversity using field data from six national parks, spanning a 1300 m altitudinal gradient.The most widespread middle-altitude oak forests had the highest tree richness but the lowest richness of herbaceous plants due to a dense bamboo understory. Slopes of the species-area curves indicated the various origins of forest communities. Variable diversity-environment responses in different layers and communities reinforce the necessity of context-dependent differentiation for the assessment of impacts of climate and land-use changes in these diverse but intensively exploited regions.
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