Landscape factors and regional differences in recovery rates of herb layer richness in Flanders (Belgium)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1109-1118

  Verheyen, Kris ^a   Fastenaekels, Inge ^b   Vellend, Mark ^c   De Keersmaeker, Luc ^d   Hermy, Martin ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal spectrum; Forest age; Forest type; Fragmentation; Habitat configuration; Historical connectivity; IFM measure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERB; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749410603     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-7247-7     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. J.P. Bakker F. Berendse 1999 Constraints in the restoration of ecological diversity in grasslands and heathland communities Trends Ecol. Evol. 4 63 68
2. Biesbrouck B., Es K., Van Landuyt W., Vanhecke L., Hermy M. and Van den Bremt P. 2001. Een ecologisch register voor hogere planten als instrument voor het natuurbehoud in Vlaanderen. Rapport VLINA 00/01. Flo. Wer vzw, Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, Nationale Plantentuin van België en K.U. Leuven i.o.v. de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Brussel.
3. J.G. Bellemare G. Motzkin D.R. Foster 2002 Legacies of the agricultural past in the forested present: an assessment of historical land-use effects on rich mesic forests J. Biogeogr. 29 1401 1420
4. A.G. Brown D. Harper G.F. Peterken 1997 European floodplain forests: structurefunctioning and managemet Global Ecol. Biogeogr. Lett. 6 169 178
5. J. Brunet G. von Oheimb 1998 Migration of vascular plants to secondary woodlands in southern Sweden J. Ecol. 86 429 438
6. J.M. Bullock I.L. Moy S.J. Coulson R.T. Clarke 2003 Habitat-specific dispersal: environmental effects on the mechanisms and patterns of seed movement in a grassland herb Rhinanthus minor Ecography 26 692 704
7. A. Chao R.L. Chazdon R.K. Colwell T.-J. Shen 2005 A new statistical approach for assessing similarity of species composition with incidence and abundance data Ecol. Lett. 8 148 159
8. M. Couvreur E. Cosyns M. Hermy M. Hoffmann 2005 Complementarity of epi- and endozoochory by free ranging donkeys Ecography 28 37 48
9. De Keersmaeker L., Rogiers N., Lauriks R. and De Vos B. 2001. GIS-data met bebossing op historische kaarten uitgewerkt voor project VLINA C97/06 'Ecosysteemvisie Bos Vlaanderen', studie uitgevoerd voor rekening van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap binnen het kader van het Vlaams Impulsprogramma Natuurontwikkeling in opdracht van de Vlaamse minister bevoegd voor natuurbehoud.
10. A.P. Dobson A.D. Bradshaw A.J.M. Baker 1997 Hopes for the future: restoration ecology and conservation biology Science 277 515 522
11. K.M. Flinn M. Vellend 2005 Recovery of forest-herb communities in post-agricultural landscapes Front. Ecol. Environ. 3 243 250
12. B.J. Graae 2000 The effects of landscape fragmentation and forest continuity on forest floor species in two regions of Denmark J. Veget. Sci. 11 881 892
13. I. Hanski 1994 A practical model of metapopulation dynamics J. Animal Ecol. 63 151 162
14. T. Heinken H. Hanspach F. Schaumann 2001 Welche Rolle spielt die endozoochore Ausbreitung von Pflanzen durch wildlebende Säugetiere? Hercynia 34 237 259
15. M. Hermy O. Honnay L. Firbank C.J. Grashof-Bokdam J.E. Lawesson 1999 An ecological comparison between ancient and recent forest plant species of Europeand the implications for forest conservation Biol. Conserv. 91 9 22
16. O. Honnay B. Bossuyt K. Verheyen J. Butaye H. Jacquemyn M. Hermy 2002 Ecological perspectives for the restoration of plant communities in European temperate forests Biodivers. Conserv. 11 213 242
17. H. Jacquemyn J. Butaye M. Dumortier M. Hermy N. Lust 2001 Effects of age and distance on the composition of mixed deciduous forest fragments in an agricultural landscape J. Veget. Sci. 12 635 642
18. H. Jacquemyn J. Butaye M. Hermy 2003 Impacts of restored patch density and distance from natural forests on colonization succes Restoration Ecol. 11 417 423
19. A. Kolb M. Diekmann 2004 Effects of life-history traits on responses of plants to forest fragmentation Conserv. Biol. 19 929 938
20. R. Lindborg O. Eriksson 2004 Historical landscape connectivity affects present plant species diversity Ecology 85 1840 1845
21. R.G. Matlack 1994 Plant species migration in a mixed-history forest landscape in eastern North America Ecology 75 1491 1502
22. A. Moilanen M. Nieminen 2002 Simple connectivity measures in spatial ecology Ecology 83 1131 1145
23. J.A. Myers M. Vellend S. Gardescu P.L. Marks 2004 Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America Oecologia 139 35 44
24. R.J. Pakeman G. Digneffe J.L. Small 2002 Ecological correlates of endozoochory by herbivores Funct. Ecol. 16 296 304
25. G.F. Peterken 1996 Natural Woodland. Ecology and Conservation in Northern Temperate Regions Cambridge University Press Cambridg, UK
26. S. Petit L. Griffiths S.S. Smart G.M. Smith R.C. Stuart S.M. Wright 2004 Effects of area and isolation of woodland patches on herbaceous plant species richness across Great Britain Landscape Ecol. 19 463 471
27. Sevenant M., Menschaert J., Couvreur M., Ronse A., Heyn M., Janssen J., Antrop M., Geypens M., Hermy M. and De Blust G. 2002. Ecodistricten: Ruimtelijke eenheden voor gebiedsgericht milieubeleid in Vlaanderen. Studieopdracht in het kader van actie 134 van het Vlaams Milieubeleidsplan 1997-2001. In opdracht van het Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Administratie Milieu, Natuur, Land- en Waterbeheer, Brussel.
28. H. Stieperaere K. Fransen 1980 Standaardlijst van de Belgische vaatplanten met aanduiding van hun zeldzaamheid en socio-ecologische groep Dumortiera 22 1 44
29. G. Tack P. Van den Bremt M. Hermy 1993 Bossen van Vlaanderen. Een historische ecologie Davidsfonds Leuven, Belgium
30. K. Takahashi T. Kamitani 2004 Effect of dispersal capacity on forest plant migration at a landscape scale J. Ecol. 92 778 785
31. S.B. Vander Wall 1992 The role of animals in dispersing a 'wind-dispersed' pine Ecology 73 614 621
32. R.H.A.C. Van Ruremonde J.T.R. Kalkhoven 1991 Effect of woodlot isolation on the dispersion of plants with fleshy fruits J. Veget. Sci. 2 377 384
33. M. Vellend 2003 Habitat loss inhibits recovery of plant diversity as forests regrow Ecology 84 1158 1164
34. M. Vellend J.A. Myers S. Gardescu P.L. Marks 2003 Dispersal of Trillium seeds by deer: implications for long-distance migration of forest herbs Ecology 84 1067 1072
35. K. Verheyen O. Honnay G. Motzkin M. Hermy D. Foster 2003a Response of forest plant species to land-use change: a life-history based approach J. Ecol. 91 563 577
36. K. Verheyen B. Bossuyt O. Honnay M. Hermy 2003b A comparison between the herbaceous plant community structure of ancient and recent forests for two contrasting forest types Basic Appl. Ecol. 4 537 546
37. M. Waterinckx B. Roelandt 2001 De bosinventaris van het Vlaamse Gewest Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, afdeling Bos & Groen Brussel