Standard trees versus underwood: historical patterns of tree taxon occurrence in coppice forests.

0543921 - BÚ 2022 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Szabó, Péter - Hédl, Radim - Šipoš, Jan
Standard trees versus underwood: historical patterns of tree taxon occurrence in coppice forests.
Journal of Vegetation Science. Roč. 32, č. 1 (2021), č. článku e12963. ISSN 1100-9233. E-ISSN 1654-1103
R&D Projects: GA TA ČR TL02000314
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : coppicing * forest management plans * historical ecology
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 3.389, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12963

We examined 12,000 hectaures of coppice woodland in the Czech Republic around 1900 AD to see whether there were any patterns in the historical data to suggest that certain trees occurred more frequently as standards than as underwood, possibly as a result of management decisions. Results showed that at the level of individual tree taxa, some trees were more common as standards while others, as underwood. However, the hypothesized prevalence of Quercus among standards was not confirmed because in our study area Quercus was a common underwood tree as well. At the same time, no significant differences were apparent in the taxon composition of standards and underwood in individual forest compartments. It seems difficult to differentiate between the effects of human selection and indirect selection through natural properties and environmental factors.
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