Effects of stand age on the demography of a temperate forest herb in post-agricultural forests

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3480-3489

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Brys, Rein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Ancient vs. recent forest; Forest history; Life table response experiment; Matrix projection model; Population growth rate; Primula elatior

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GROWTH RATE; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE TABLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULACEAE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMULACEAE; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMULA; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 60249096397     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1908.1     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Bellemarc, J., G. Motzkin, and D. R. Förster. 2002. Legacies of the agricultural past in the forested present: an assessment of historical land-use effects on rich mesic forests. Journal of Biogeography 29:1401-1420.
2. Bruna. E., and M. K. Oli, 2005. Demographic effects of habitat fragmentation on a tropical herb: life-table response experiments. Ecology 86:1816-1824.
3. Brunet, J. 2007, Plant colonization in heterogeneous landscapes: an 80-year perspective on restoration of broadleaved forest vegetation. Journal of Applied Ecology 44:563-572.
4. Brunet. J., and G. von Ohcimb. 1998. Migration of vascular plants to secondary woodlands in southern Sweden. Journal of Ecology 86:429-438.
5. Butaye, J., H. Jacquemyn, and M. Hermy. 2001. Differential colonization causing non-random forest plant community structure in a fragmented agricultural landscape. Ecography 24:369-380.
6. Butaye, J., H. Jacqucmyn, O. Honnay, and M. Hermy. 2002. The species pool concept applied to forests in a fragmented landscape: dispersal limitation versus habitat limitation. Journal of Vegetation Science 13:27-34.
7. Caswell. H. 2000. Prospective and retrospective perturbation analyses and their use in conservation biology. Ecology 81: 619-627.
8. Caswell. H. 2001. Matrix population models, construction, analysis, and interpretation. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.
9. Caswell, H., and T. Kaye. 2001. Stochastic demography and conservation of an endangered perennial plant (Lomaiium bradshawii) in a dynamic fire regime. Advances in Ecological Research 32:1-51.
10. Clark, C. J., J. R. Poulsen, D. J. Levey, and C. W. Osenberg. 2007. Are plant populations seed limited? A critique and meta-analysis of seed addition experiments. American Naturalist 170:128-142.
11. Clark, J. S., E. Macklin, and L. Wood. 1998. Stages and spatial scales of recruitment limitation in southern Appalachian forests. Ecological Monographs 68:213-235.
12. Cooch, E., R. F. Rockwell, and S. Brault. 2001. Retrospective analysis of demographic responses to environmental change: a Lesser Snow Goose example. Ecological Monographs 71: 377-400.
13. De Keersmaeker, L., L. Martens, K. Verheyen, M. Hermy, A. De Schrijver, and N. Lust. 2004. Impact of soil fertility and insolation on diversity of herbaceous woodland species colonizing afforestations in Muizcn forest (Belgium). Forest Ecology and Management 188:291-304.
14. de Kroon, H., J. van Groenendael, and J. Ehrlén. 2000. Elasticities: a review of methods and model limitations. Ecology 81:607-618.
15. Dierschke, H. 1968. Zur synsystematischen und syndynamischen Stellung einiger Calthion-Wicscn mit Ranunculus auricomus L. und Primula elatior (L.) Hill in Wümme-Gebiet. Mitteilungen der Floristisch-soziologischer Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neue Fassung 13:59-70.
16. Donohue, K., D. R. Foster, and G. Motzkin. 2000. Effects of the past and the present on species distributions: land-use history and demography of wintergreen. Journal of Ecology 88:303-316.
17. Dzwonko, Z. 2001. Assessment of light and soil conditions in ancient and recent woodlands by Ellenberg indicator values. Journal of Applied Ecology 38:942-951.
18. Endels, P., D. Adriaens, r. M. Bekker, I. C. Knevel, G. Decocq, and M. Hermy. 2007, Groupings of life-history traits are associated with distribution of forest plant species in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science 18:499-508.
19. Endels, P., D. Adriaens, K. Verheyen, and M. Hermy. 2004. Population structure and adult plant performance of forest herbs in three contrasting habitats. Ecography 27:225-241.
20. Eriksson, O., and J. Ehrlen. 1992. Seed and microsite limitation of recruitment in plant populations. Oecologia 91:360-364.
21. Flinn, K. M. 2007. Micro-site limited recruitment controls fern colonization of post-agricultural forests. Ecology 88:3103-3114.
22. Flinn, K. M., and P. L. Marks. 2007. Agricultural legacies in forest environments: tree communities, soil properties, and light availability, Ecological Applications 17:452-463.
23. Flinn, K. M., and M. Vellend. 2005. Recovery of forest plant communities in post-agricultural landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 3:243-250.
24. Fraterrigo, J. M., M. G. Turner, and S. M. Pearson. 2006. Previous land use alters plant allocation and growth in forest herbs. Journal of Ecology 94:548-557.
25. Graae, B. J., T. Hansen, and P. B. Sunde. 2004. The importance of recruitment limitation in forest plant species colonization: a seed sowing experiment. Flora 199:263-270.
26. Hcndrickx, H., W. Boon, J. Bries, L. Kempeneers, H. Vandendriessche, S. Deckers, and M. Geuypens. 1992. De chemische bodemvruchtbaarheid van het Vlaamse akkerbouw- en weilandareaal. Bodemkundige dienst van België, Heverlee.
27. Hermy, M., O. Honnay, L. Firbank, C. J. Bokdam, and J. E. Lawesson. 1999. An ecological comparison between ancient and other forest plant species of Europe, and the implications for forest conservation. Biological Conservation 91:9-22.
28. Honnay, O., K. Verheyen, J. Butaye, H. Jacquemyn, B. Bossuyt, and M. Hermy. 2002. Possible effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on the range of forest plant species. Ecology Letters 5:525-530.
29. Horvitz, C. C., and D. W. Schemske. 1995. Spatiotemporal variation in demographic transitions of a tropical understory herb: projection matrix analysis. Ecological Monographs 65: 155-192.
30. Jacquemyn, H., R. Brys, and M. Hermy. 2002. Patch occupancy, population size and reproductive success of a forest herb (Primula elatior) in a fragmented landscape. Oecologia 130:617-625.
31. Jacquemyn, H., J. Butaye, and M. Hermy. 2001. Forest plant species richness in small, fragmented mixed deciduous forest patches: the role of area, time and dispersal limitation. Journal of Biogeography 28:801-812.
32. Jacquemyn, H., J. Butaye, and M. Hermy. 2003. Influence of environmental and spatial variables on regional distribution of forest plant species in a fragmented and changing landscape. Ecography 26:768-776.
33. Jacquemyn, H., O. Honnay, P. Galbusera, and I. Roldán-Ruiz. 2004. Genetic structure of the forest herb Primula elatior in a changing landscape, Molecular Ecology 13:211-219.
34. Kolb, A., and M. Dickmann. 2004. Effects of environment, habitat configuration and forest continuity on the distribution of forest plant species. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 199-208.
35. Levin, L. A., H. Caswell, T. Bridges, D. Cabera, G. Plaia, and C. DiBacco. 1996. Demographic responses of estuarine polychaetes to pollutants: life table response experiments. Ecological Applications 6:1295-1313.
36. Matlack, G. R. 1994. Plant species migration in a mixed-history forest landscape in eastern North America. Ecology 75:1491-1502.
37. Motzkin, G., P. Wilson, D. R. Foster, and A. Allen. 1999. Vegetation patterns in heterogeneous landscapes: the importance of history and environment. Journal of Vegetation Science 10:903-920.
38. Peterken, G. F., and M. Game. 1984. Historical factors affecting the number and distribution of vascular plant species in the woodlands of central Lincolnshire. Journal of Ecology 72:155-182.
39. Richards, A. J. 1986. Plant breeding systems. George Allen and Unwin. London, UK.
40. Schou, O. 1983. The distyly in Primula elatior (L.) Hill (Primulaceae), with a study of flowering phenology and pollen flow. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 86: 261-274.
41. Singleton, R., S. Gardescu, P. L. Marks, and M. A. Geber. 2001. Forest herb colonization of post-agricultural forests in central New York State, USA. Journal of Ecology 89:325-338.
42. Thompson, K., J. P. Bakker, and R, M. Bekker. 1997, The soil seed banks of north west Europe: methodology, density and longevity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
43. Valentine, D. H. 1948. Studies in British Primulas. II. Ecology and taxonomy of primrose and oxlip (Primula vulgaris Huds. and P. elatior Schreb.). New Phytologist 47:111-130.
44. van Groenendael, J., H. de Kroon, and H. Caswell. 1988. Projection matrices in population biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3:264-269.
45. Van Rossum, F., and L, Triest. 2006. Fine-scale genetic structure of the common Primula elatior (Primulaceae) at an early stage of population fragmentation. American Journal of Botany 93:1281-1288.
46. Vellend, M. 2004. Parallel effects of land-use history on species diversity and genetic diversity of forest herbs. Ecology 85: 3034-3055.
47. Vellend, M. 2005. Land-use history and plant performance in populations of Trillium grandiflorum. Biological Conservation 124:217-224.
48. Vellend, M., et al. 2007. Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species-environment relationships via agricultural land use. Journal of Ecology 95: 565-573.
49. Vellend, M., K. Verheyen, H. Jacquemyn, A. Kolb, H. Van Calster, G. Peterken, and M. Hermy. 2006. Extinction debt persists for more than a century following habitat fragmentation. Ecology 87:542-548.
50. Verheyen, K., and M. Hermy, 2004. Recruitment and growth of herb-layer species with different colonizing capacities in ancient and recent forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 125-134.
51. Whale, D. M. 1983. The response of Primula species to soil waterlogging and soil drought. Oecologia 58:272-277.
52. Woodell, S. R. J. 1969. Natural hybridisation in Britain between Primula vulgaris Huds. (the primrose) and P. elatior (L.) Hill (the oxlip). Watsonia 7:115-127.