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One taxon does not fit all: Herb-layer diversity and stand structural complexity are weak predictors of biodiversity in Fagus sylvatica forests

2016

Abstract Since adequate information on the distribution of biodiversity is hardly achievable, biodiversity indicators are necessary to support the management of ecosystems. These surrogates assume that either some habitat features, or the biodiversity patterns observed in a well-known taxon, can be used as a proxy of the diversity of one or more target taxa. Nevertheless, at least for certain taxa, the validity of this assumption has not yet been sufficiently demonstrated. We investigated the effectiveness of both a habitat- and a taxa-based surrogate in six European beech forests in the Apennines. Particularly, we tested: (1) whether the stand structural complexity and the herb-layer speci…

0106 biological sciencesApennineApennines010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesBiodiversityGeneral Decision SciencesComplementarity010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesEuropean beech forestsHabitat-based surrogatesLichenBeechEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesDecision Sciences(all)EcologybiologyEcologySpecies diversityBody size and species richnessCross-taxonbiology.organism_classificationEuropean beech forestTaxonHabitatHabitat-based surrogateSpecies richnessSpecies-based surrogatesApennines; Cross-taxon; Complementarity; European beech forests; Habitat-based surrogates; Species-based surrogatesEcological Indicators
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The southernmost beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests of Europe (Mount Etna, Italy): ecology, structural stand-type diversity and management implications

2013

The southernmost European beech forests are located in the upper forest vegetation belt on Mount Etna volcano. Their standstructural patterns were analysed to assess the effects of the site-ecological factors and previous management practices on the forest structure. Five main structural-silvicultural types were identified among the main beech forest types: coppice, highmountain coppice (HMCo), high forest, coppice in conversion to high-forest and non-formal stand. A detailed standstructural analysis was carried out through measured dendrometric parameters and derived structural characters linked to both the horizontal and the vertical profiles. Plant regeneration processes were also assess…

Southern European beech forestforest typeSouthern European beech forests; structural diversity; forest type; silviculture type; marginal forest; Mediterranean range edgebiologySettore AGR/05 - Assestamento Forestale E SelvicolturaEcologyForest managementBiodiversitySpecies diversityPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classificationCoppicingGeographyHigh forestMediterranean range edgeFagus sylvaticastructural diversitymarginal forestForest ecologysilviculture typeBeechEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
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