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Does a minimal intervention approach threaten the biodiversity of protected areas? A multi-taxa short-term response to intervention in temperate oak-dominated forests

SYSNO ASEP	0448566
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Does a minimal intervention approach threaten the biodiversity of protected areas? A multi-taxa short-term response to intervention in temperate oak-dominated forests
Author(s)	Šebek, Pavel (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Bače, R. (CZ) Bartoš, Michael (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Beneš, Jiří (BC-A)_ORCID Chlumská, Zuzana (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Doležal, Jiří (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Dvorský, Miroslav (BU-J)_{ORCID, RID} Kovář, J. (CZ) Machač, O. (CZ) Mikátová, B. (CZ) Perlík, Michal (BC-A)_ORCID Plátek, Michal (BC-A) Poláková, Simona (BC-A) Škorpík, R. (CZ) Stejskal, R. (CZ) Svoboda, M. (CZ) Trnka, F. (CZ) Vlašín, M. (CZ) Zapletal, Michal (BC-A)_ORCID Čížek, Lukáš (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	20
Source Title	Forest Ecology and Management. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0378-1127 Roč. 358, Dec 15 (2015), s. 80-89
Number of pages	10 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	coppice ; open woodlands ; biodiversity conservation
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Subject RIV - cooperation	Institute of Botany - Ecology, Behaviour
R&D Projects	GAP504/12/1952 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	GAP505/10/2167 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	BC-A - RVO:60077344 ; BU-J - RVO:67985939
UT WOS	000364612500007
EID SCOPUS	84941236334
DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.008
Annotation	The study was carried out in the oak-dominated forests of Podyji National Park (Czech Republic), an historically managed area left for natural succession since 1950. Twelve experimental clearings were created in closed-canopy forests within the core zone of the park; six of these clearings were connected to forest edges and open meadows, the remaining six clearings were isolated from open habitats within closed forest. To assess the importance of minimal intervention and active management measures in protected forests, we compared the richness and composition of insects, reptiles, birds and vascular plants in the clearings and in four reference habitats, including closed forest, forest edge, open forest, and meadow, in the first season following the intervention. In comparison to closed-canopy forest, the clearings had higher species richness of butterflies, saproxylic and floricolous beetles, reptiles, and vascular plants but lower richness of moths and epigeic beetles, and similar richness of birds. For most groups, the species composition of clearings differed from that of closed forest or even the forest edge, indicating that the latter habitats cannot serve as a sufficient replacements for the conservation of open woodland species. The species richness of isolated clearings was generally lower than that of clearings connected to open habitats, and their communities contained a larger proportion of species associated with closed forest. Most threatened species were associated with clearings or open forest, closed forest and meadow hosted only a few. The creation of the clearings in closed-canopy forests had a positive effect on overall species richness and supported threatened species in most model groups. It is thus a valuable management tool in the conservation of temperate woodland biodiversity. Our results also point to the importance of connectivity of open habitats in wooded landscapes.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2016
Electronic address	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112715004764

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