Reproductive strategies and liming responses in forest field-layer flora
(1999)- Abstract
- Liming increased species richness, in accordance with the species pool hypothesis, and number of plants of individual species in beech forest field-layer vegetation, by increasing establishment by seedlings and vegetative offspring. Turnover rates also increased, suggesting the explanatory value of the carousel model. Plant size, absolute measures of reproduction, and poportional measures of sexual (SRE) and vegetative (VRE) reproduction were unaffected by liming in the clonal, stoloniferous herb Lamiastrum galeobdolon. Absolute measures of sexual and vegetative reproduction were positively related to L. galeobdolon size, both in a population of unmanipulated plants growing on limed and unlimed plots, and in plants in which plant size was... (More)
- Liming increased species richness, in accordance with the species pool hypothesis, and number of plants of individual species in beech forest field-layer vegetation, by increasing establishment by seedlings and vegetative offspring. Turnover rates also increased, suggesting the explanatory value of the carousel model. Plant size, absolute measures of reproduction, and poportional measures of sexual (SRE) and vegetative (VRE) reproduction were unaffected by liming in the clonal, stoloniferous herb Lamiastrum galeobdolon. Absolute measures of sexual and vegetative reproduction were positively related to L. galeobdolon size, both in a population of unmanipulated plants growing on limed and unlimed plots, and in plants in which plant size was increased after flower buds were cut off. Neither SRE nor VRE showed any changes after flowering was prevented. Both measures were negatively related to plant size in the unmanipulated plants.
Forest liming and wood-ash application seem to have positive rather than negative effects on the field-layer vegetation. When forest thinning occurs in limed areas the effects of liming on the field-layer vegetation are accelerated and possibly also magnified. Liming is not likely to restore forest ecosystems to a pre-acidified state, however, and liming could not be taken as an argument against decreasing acidifying emissions. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
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Skogskalkning ledde till ökat artantal, ökat antal individer av enskilda arter och ökad omsättning av arter i fältskiktet i bokskog. För gulplister var individstorleken och sexuell respektive vegetativ förökning opåverkad av kalkningen. Sexuell och vegetativ förökning ökade med ökad individstorlek hos gulplister, både i en population av omanipulerade individer som växte på kalkade och okalkade ytor, och i en population där individstorleken hade ökat efter att blomknoppar hade klippts av.
Kalkning och tillförsel av vedaska hade positiva snarare än negativa effekter på fältskiktsvegetationen. Kalkningseffekterna på floran snabbades på när skogsgallring förekom i kalkade områden.... (More) - Popular Abstract in Swedish
Skogskalkning ledde till ökat artantal, ökat antal individer av enskilda arter och ökad omsättning av arter i fältskiktet i bokskog. För gulplister var individstorleken och sexuell respektive vegetativ förökning opåverkad av kalkningen. Sexuell och vegetativ förökning ökade med ökad individstorlek hos gulplister, både i en population av omanipulerade individer som växte på kalkade och okalkade ytor, och i en population där individstorleken hade ökat efter att blomknoppar hade klippts av.
Kalkning och tillförsel av vedaska hade positiva snarare än negativa effekter på fältskiktsvegetationen. Kalkningseffekterna på floran snabbades på när skogsgallring förekom i kalkade områden. Kalkning återskapar inte skogsekosystemet till ett tillstånd som rådde före försurning, och kalkning skall inte tas som ett argument mot minskade utsläpp av försurande ämnen. (Less)
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- author
- Kruuse af Verchou, Annika LU
- supervisor
- opponent
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- Prof van Groenedael, Jan, the Netherlands
- organization
- publishing date
- 1999
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- species turnover, species richness, sexual reproduction, podzol, pH, Lamiastrum galeobdolon, forest liming, demography, Cambisol, clonal plants, SRE, vegetative reproduction, VRE, Plant ecology, Växtekologi
- pages
- 90 pages
- publisher
- Department of Ecology, Lund University
- defense location
- Blå Hallen, Ecology Building, Lund
- defense date
- 1999-10-15 10:15:00
- external identifiers
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- other:ISRN: SE-LUNBDS/NBBE-99/1053+90pp
- ISBN
- 91-7105-121-X
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Plant Ecology and Systematics (Closed 2011) (011004000)
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abstract = {{Liming increased species richness, in accordance with the species pool hypothesis, and number of plants of individual species in beech forest field-layer vegetation, by increasing establishment by seedlings and vegetative offspring. Turnover rates also increased, suggesting the explanatory value of the carousel model. Plant size, absolute measures of reproduction, and poportional measures of sexual (SRE) and vegetative (VRE) reproduction were unaffected by liming in the clonal, stoloniferous herb Lamiastrum galeobdolon. Absolute measures of sexual and vegetative reproduction were positively related to L. galeobdolon size, both in a population of unmanipulated plants growing on limed and unlimed plots, and in plants in which plant size was increased after flower buds were cut off. Neither SRE nor VRE showed any changes after flowering was prevented. Both measures were negatively related to plant size in the unmanipulated plants.<br/><br>
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Forest liming and wood-ash application seem to have positive rather than negative effects on the field-layer vegetation. When forest thinning occurs in limed areas the effects of liming on the field-layer vegetation are accelerated and possibly also magnified. Liming is not likely to restore forest ecosystems to a pre-acidified state, however, and liming could not be taken as an argument against decreasing acidifying emissions.}},
author = {{Kruuse af Verchou, Annika}},
isbn = {{91-7105-121-X}},
keywords = {{species turnover; species richness; sexual reproduction; podzol; pH; Lamiastrum galeobdolon; forest liming; demography; Cambisol; clonal plants; SRE; vegetative reproduction; VRE; Plant ecology; Växtekologi}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Department of Ecology, Lund University}},
school = {{Lund University}},
title = {{Reproductive strategies and liming responses in forest field-layer flora}},
year = {{1999}},
}