Richness of Lichen Species, Especially of Threatened Ones, Is Promoted by Management Methods Furthering Stand Continuity

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作者
Boch, Steffen [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Prati, Daniel [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Hessenmoeller, Dominik [4 ]
Schulze, Ernst-Detlef [4 ]
Fischer, Markus [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bern, Inst Plant Sci, Bern, Switzerland
[2] Univ Bern, Bot Gardens, Bern, Switzerland
[3] Univ Bern, Oeschger Ctr, Bern, Switzerland
[4] Max Planck Inst Biogeochem, D-07745 Jena, Germany
关键词
EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; OLD-GROWTH; BRYOPHYTE COMMUNITIES; BEECH FORESTS; DIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; INDICATOR; QUALITY;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0055461
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Lichens are a key component of forest biodiversity. However, a comprehensive study analyzing lichen species richness in relation to several management types, extending over different regions and forest stages and including information on site conditions is missing for temperate European forests. In three German regions (Schwabische Alb, Hainich-Dun, Schorfheide-Chorin), the so-called Biodiversity Exploratories, we studied lichen species richness in 631 forest plots of 400 m(2) comprising different management types (unmanaged, selection cutting, deciduous and coniferous age-class forests resulting from clear cutting or shelterwood logging), various stand ages, and site conditions, typical for large parts of temperate Europe. We analyzed how lichen species richness responds to management and habitat variables (standing biomass, cover of deadwood, cover of rocks). We found strong regional differences with highest lichen species richness in the Schwabische Alb, probably driven by regional differences in former air pollution, and in precipitation and habitat variables. Overall, unmanaged forests harbored 22% more threatened lichen species than managed age-class forests. In general, total, corticolous, and threatened lichen species richness did not differ among management types of deciduous forests. However, in the Schwabische-Alb region, deciduous forests had 61% more lichen species than coniferous forests and they had 279% more threatened and 76% more corticolous lichen species. Old deciduous age classes were richer in corticolous lichen species than young ones, while old coniferous age-classes were poorer than young ones. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of stand continuity for conservation. To increase total and threatened lichen species richness we suggest (1) conserving unmanaged forests, (2) promoting silvicultural methods assuring stand continuity, (3) conserving old trees in managed forests, (4) promoting stands of native deciduous tree species instead of coniferous plantations, and (5) increasing the amount of deadwood in forests.
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