Long-term seed bank dynamics in a temperate forest under conversion from coppice-with-standards to high forest management

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-260

  Van Calster, Hans ^a   Richard, Chevalier ^b   Van Wyngene, Bram ^a   Archaux, Frédéric ^b   Verheyen, Kris ^c   Hermy, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest history; Nestedness; Secondary succession; Seed bank model; Shelterwood system; Species accumulation curves; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CARPINUS BETULUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; SERES;

EID: 43449131227     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18405     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Anon. 1971. Forêt domaniale de Montargis. Résumé des aménagements antérieurs. Document interne Office National des Forêts (ONF), Montargis, FR.
2. Augusto, L., Dupouey, J.-L., Picard, J.-F. & Ranger, J. 2001. Potential contribution of the seed bank in coniferous plantations to the restoration of native deciduous forest vegetation. Acta Oecologia 22: 87-98.
3. Bardat, J., Bioret, F., Botineau, M., Bouillet, V., Delpech, R., Géhu, J.M., Haury, J., Lacoste, A., Rameau, J.C., Royer, J.M., Roux, G. & Touffet, J. 2004. Prodrome des végétations de France. M.N.H.N., Paris, FR.
4. Barkham, J.P. 1992. The effects of coppicing and neglect on the performance of the perennial ground flora. In: Buckley, G.P. (ed.) Ecology and management of coppice woodlands, pp. 115-146.Chapman & Hall, London, UK.
5. Beatty, S.W. 2003. Habitat heterogeneity and maintenance of species in understory communities. In: Gilliam F.S. & Roberts M.R. (eds.) The herbaceous layer of forests in eastern North America, pp. 177-197. Oxford University Press, NY, US.
6. Bekker, R.M., Bakker, J.P., Grandin, U., Kalamees, R., Milberg, P., Poschlod, P., Thompson, K. & Willems, J.H. 1998. Seed size, shape and vertical distribution in the soil: indicators of seed longevity. Functional Ecology 12: 834-842.
7. Bossuyt, B. & Hermy, M. 2001. Influence of land use history on seed banks in European temperate forest ecosystems: a review. Ecography 24: 225-238.
8. Bossuyt, B. & Hermy, M. 2004. Seed bank assembly follows vegetation succession in dune slacks. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 449-456.
9. Brown, A.H.F. & Oosterhuis, L. 1981. The role of buried seeds in coppice woods. Biological Conservation 21: 19-38.
10. Brown, A.H.F. & Warr, S.J. 1992. The effects of changing management on seed banks in ancient coppices. In: Buckley, G.P. (ed.) Ecology and management of coppice woodlands, pp. 147-166. Chapman & Hall, London, UK.
11. Buckley, G.P., Howell, R. & Anderson, M.A. 1997. Vegetation succession following ride edge management in lowland plantations and woods. 2. The seed bank resource. Biological Conservation 82: 305-316.
12. Chevalier, R. 2003. Sylviculture du chêne et biodiversité végétale spécifique. Etude d'une forêt en conversion vers la futaie régulière : la forêt domaniale de Montargis. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, FR.
13. Colwell, R.K., Mao, C.X. & Chang, J. 2004. Interpolating, extrapolating, and comparing incidence-based species accumulation curves. Ecology 85: 2717-2727.
14. Decocq, G., Valentin, B., Toussaint, B., Hendoux, F., Saguez, R. & Bardat, J. 2004. Soil seed bank composition in a managed temperate deciduous forest. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 2485-2509.
15. Dhôte, J.-F. 2005. Implications of forest diversity in resistance to strong winds. In: Scherer-Lorenzer, M., Körner, Ch. & Schulze, E.-D. (eds.) Forest diversity and function, pp. 291-306. Ecological Studies 176, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, DE.
16. Dupuy, J.M. & Chazdon, R.L. 1998. Long-term effects of forest regrowth and selective logging on the seed bank of tropical forests in NE Costa Rica. Biotropica 30: 223-237.
17. Ellenberg, H. 1996. Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen in ökologischer, dynamischer und historischer Sicht. (5th ed.). Ulmer-Verlag, Stuttgart, DE.
18. Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Düll, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W. & Paulißen, D. 1992. Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18.
19. Falińska, K. 1999. Seed bank dynamics in abandoned meadows during a 20-year period in the Bialowieza national park. Journal of Ecology 87: 461-475.
20. Fischer, J., Lindenmayer, D.B. & Manning, A.D. 2006. Biodiversity, ecosystem function, and resilience: ten guiding principles for commodity production landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 80-86.
21. Gotelli, N.J. & Colwell, R.K. 2001. Quantifying biodiversity: procedures and pitfalls in the measurement and comparison of species richness. Ecology Letters 4: 379-391.
22. Grime, J.P. 1998. Benefits of plant diversity to ecosystems: immediate, filter and founder effects. Journal of Ecology 86: 902-910.
23. Heinken, T., Schmidt, M., von Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Ellenberg, H. 2006. Soil seed banks near rubbing trees indicate dispersal of plant species into forests by wild boar. Basic and Applied Ecology 7: 31-44.
24. Hodgson, J.G., Grime, J.P., Hunt, R. & Thompson, K. 1995. The electronic comparative plant ecology. Chapman and Hall, London, UK.
25. Hyatt, L.A. & Casper, B.B. 2000. Seed bank formation during early secondary succession in a temperate deciduous forest. Journal of Ecology 88: 516-527.
26. Jankowska-Blaszczuk, M. & Grubb, P.J. 2006. Changing perspectives on the role of the soil seed bank in northern temperate deciduous forests and in tropical lowland rain forests: parallels and contrasts. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 8: 3-21.
27. Jarret, P. 2004. Guide des sylviculteurs: Chênaie atlantique. Office National des Foret, Imprimerie Chirat, St-Just-LaPendue, FR.
28. Kirby, J.-K. & Watkins, C. (eds.) 1998. The ecological history of European forests. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
29. Lambinon, J., De Langhe, J.-E., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. 1998. Flora van België, het Groothertogdom Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en de aangrenzende gebieden (Pteridofyten en Spermatofyten). Nationale Plantentuin van België, Meise, BE.
30. Mao, C.X., Colwell, R.K. & Chang, J. 2005. Estimating the species accumulation curve using mixtures. Biometrics 61: 433-441.
31. Mladenoff, D.J. 1990. The relationship of the soil seed bank and understory vegetation in old-growth northern hardwood hemlock treefall gaps. Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 2714-2721.
32. Peterken G.F. 1981. Woodland conservation and management. Chapman and Hall, London, UK.
33. Peterken, G.F. & Francis, J.L. 1999. Open spaces as habitats for vascular ground flora species in the woods of central Lincolnshire, UK. Biology Conservation 91: 55-72.
34. Raup, D.M. & Crick R.E. 1979. Measurement of faunal similarity in paleontology. Journal of Paleontology 53: 1213-1227.
35. Roberts, T.L. & Vankat, J.L. 1991. Floristics of a chronosequence corresponding to old field deciduous forest succession in southwestern Ohio. 2. Seed banks. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 118: 377-384.
36. Rodriguez-Girones, M.A. & Santamaria, L. 2006. Anew algorithm to calculate the nestedness temperature of presence-absence matrices. Journal of Biogeography 33: 924-935.
37. Siegel, S. & Castellan, N.J. 1988. Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, US.
38. Snyder, R.E. 2006. Multiple risk reduction mechanisms: can dormancy substitute for dispersal? Ecology Letters 9: 1106-1114.
39. ter Heerdt, G.N.J., Verweij, G.L., Bekker, R.M. & Bakker, J.P. 1996. An improved method for seed bank analysis: seedling emergence after removing the soil by sieving. Functional Ecology 10: 144-151.
40. Thompson, K. & Grime, J.P. 1979. Seasonal variation in the seed banks of herbaceous species in 10 contrasting habitats. Journal of Ecology 67: 893-921.
41. Thompson, K., Bakker, J. & Bekker, R. 1997. The soil seed banks of North West Europe: methodology, density and longevity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
42. Vellend, M., Verheyen, K., Flinn, K.M., Jacquemyn, H., Kolb, A., Van Calster, H., Peterken, G., Graae, B.J., Bellemare, J., Honnay, O., Brunet, J., Wulf, M., Gerhardt, F. & Hermy, M. 2007. Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species-environment relationships via agricultural land use. Journal of Ecology 95: 565-573.
43. Warr, S.J., Kent, M. & Thompson, K. 1994. Seed bank composition and variability in 5 woodlands in South-West England. Journal of Biogeography 21: 151-168.