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DOI | 10.1111/gcb.13899 |
Ungulates increase forest plant species richness to the benefit of non-forest specialists | |
Boulanger, Vincent1; Dupouey, Jean-Luc2; Archaux, Frederic3; Badeau, Vincent2; Baltzinger, Christophe3; Chevalier, Richard3; Corcket, Emmanuel4; Dumas, Yann3; Forgeard, Francoise5; Marell, Anders3; Montpied, Pierre2; Paillet, Yoan3; Picard, Jean-Francois2; Said, Sonia6; Ulrich, Erwin1 | |
2018-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 1354-1013 |
EISSN | 1365-2486 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 24期号:2页码:E485-E495 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | France |
英文摘要 | Large wild ungulates are a major biotic factor shaping plant communities. They influence species abundance and occurrence directly by herbivory and plant dispersal, or indirectly by modifying plant-plant interactions and through soil disturbance. In forest ecosystems, researchers' attention has been mainly focused on deer overabundance. Far less is known about the effects on understory plant dynamics and diversity of wild ungulates where their abundance is maintained at lower levels to mitigate impacts on tree regeneration. We used vegetation data collected over 10 years on 82 pairs of exclosure (excluding ungulates) and control plots located in a nation-wide forest monitoring network (Renecofor). We report the effects of ungulate exclusion on (i) plant species richness and ecological characteristics, (ii) and cover percentage of herbaceous and shrub layers. We also analyzed the response of these variables along gradients of ungulate abundance, based on hunting statistics, for wild boar (Sus scrofa), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Outside the exclosures, forest ungulates maintained higher species richness in the herbaceous layer (+15%), while the shrub layer was 17% less rich, and the plant communities became more light-demanding. Inside the exclosures, shrub cover increased, often to the benefit of bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.). Ungulates tend to favour ruderal, hemerobic, epizoochorous and non-forest species. Among plots, the magnitude of vegetation changes was proportional to deer abundance. We conclude that ungulates, through the control of the shrub layer, indirectly increase herbaceous plant species richness by increasing light reaching the ground. However, this increase is detrimental to the peculiarity of forest plant communities and contributes to a landscape-level biotic homogenization. Even at population density levels considered to be harmless for overall plantspecies richness, ungulates remain a conservation issue for plant community composition. |
英文关键词 | biodiversity biotic homogenization exclosure large herbivores species richness temperate forest vegetation cover vegetation monitoring |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000423994700010 |
WOS关键词 | WHITE-TAILED DEER ; GROUND-LAYER VEGETATION ; OLD-GROWTH FOREST ; RED DEER ; BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION ; TEMPERATE FORESTS ; DIVERSITY ; COMMUNITIES ; HERBIVORY ; IMPACTS |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/17412 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Off Natl Forets, Dept Rech Dev & Innovat, Fontainebleau, France; 2.Univ Lorraine, INRA, UMR Ecol & Ecophysiol Forestieres 1137, Champenoux, France; 3.Irstea, UR EFNO, Domaine Des Barres, Nogent Sur Vern, France; 4.Univ Bordeaux, BioGeCo UMR1202, Allee Geoffroy St Hilaire, Pessac, France; 5.Univ Rennes 1, Lab Ecol vegetale, Rennes, France; 6.Off Natl Chasse & Faune Sauvage, DRE Unite, Ongules Sauvages, Birieux, France |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Boulanger, Vincent,Dupouey, Jean-Luc,Archaux, Frederic,et al. Ungulates increase forest plant species richness to the benefit of non-forest specialists[J]. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,2018,24(2):E485-E495. |
APA | Boulanger, Vincent.,Dupouey, Jean-Luc.,Archaux, Frederic.,Badeau, Vincent.,Baltzinger, Christophe.,...&Ulrich, Erwin.(2018).Ungulates increase forest plant species richness to the benefit of non-forest specialists.GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,24(2),E485-E495. |
MLA | Boulanger, Vincent,et al."Ungulates increase forest plant species richness to the benefit of non-forest specialists".GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 24.2(2018):E485-E495. |
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