Cut stumps vs broken stumps:Does it make any difference in the maintenance of plant and lichen biodiversity in Central European mountain forests?

作     者：Monika Staniaszek-Kik Jan Zarnowiec Damian Chmura 

作者机构：Department of Geobotany and Plant EcologyUniversity of Lodz90-237LodzPoland Institute of Nature Protection and EngineeringUniversity of Bielsko-BialaWillowa Str 243-309Bielsko-BiałaPoland 

出 版 物：《Forest Ecosystems》 (森林生态系统（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第11卷第4期

页      面：457-468页

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学科分类：0907[农学-林学] 07[理学] 0701[理学-数学] 070101[理学-基础数学] 

基　　金：supported by the Statutory Funds of the Institute of Environmental Protection and Engineering of the University of Bielsko-Biala and the Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology the University of Lodz,Lodz,Poland 

主　　题：Coarse woody debris Spruce stumps Epixylic flora Plant indicators 

摘      要：Fxcessive forest exploitation significantly contributes to land degradation and the creation of human-made *** are sometimes ignored in studies on the biodiversity of coarse woody *** investigated whether the type of stump,*** stumps(naturally created)and cut stumps(formed during forestry operations)had an impact on the species composition and species diversity as well as due to this fact they can be characterized by plant *** research covered 728 spruce stumps(287 broken and 441 cut stumps)that were inhabited by lichens,liverworts,mosses and vascular plants in mountain forest belt(Karkonosze Mts.,Poland).The following types of microhabitats were included in the research:the upper surface and the lateral surface of a stump with both bark and *** are statistically significant compositional differences between the two types of stumps,which was demonstrated by ordination analyses and indicator species *** to the generalized linear models,the probability of occurrence increases in cut stumps in case of liverworts and vascular plants and also along the decomposition *** generalized linear mixed-effects model showed that there was a higher species richness of liverworts,mosses and vascular plants on the cut stumps and less drier but the reverse situation was in *** generalized additive models for their cover showed similar *** all of the taxonomic groups were affected by altitude both in terms of species composition and total cover on the *** concluded that cut stumps are an important type of deadwood for biodiversity and provide a convenient habitat,especially for many lichens and bryophytes.