“Lianification” or liana invasion – is there a difference?
The increasing prevalence of woody liana species has been widely observed across the neotropics, but observations from temperate regions are comparatively rare. On the basis of a resurvey database of 1814 (quasi-)permanent plots from across 40 European study sites, with a median between-survey interval of 38 years, and ranging from 1933 (earliest initial survey) to 2015 (most recent resurvey), we found that liana occurrence has also increased in the understories of deciduous temperate forests in Europe. Ivy (Hedera helix) is largely responsible for driving this increase across space and time, as its proportional occurrence has grown by an average of 14% per site. Enhanced warming rates, increased shade, and historical management transitions explain only some of the variation in ivy frequency response across the dataset, despite surveys coming from across continental gradients of environmental conditions. Uncovering the mechanisms underlying ivy expansion, and the potential consequences for forest structure and functioning, requires further research. Given the magnitude of increases in understory ivy frequency and its possible impacts, scientists, policy makers, and resource managers must be mindful of the patterns, processes, and implications of potential “lianification” of temperate forests.
Details
| Volume | 19 |
|---|---|
| Tijdschrift nummer | 7 |
| Pagina's (van-tot) | 377-378 |
| Type | A1: Web of Science-artikel |
| Categorie | Onderzoek |
| Tijdschrift | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |
| Issns | 1540-9295 |
| Taal | Engels |
Bibtex
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Auteurs
Michael P. PerringPieter De Frenne
Lionel R Hertzog
Haben Blondeel
Leen Depauw
Sybryn L. Maes
Safaa Wasof
Hans Verbeeck
Kris Verheyen
Lander Baeten
Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
Jörg Brunet
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Thomas Dirnböck
Tomasz Durak
Thilo Heinken
Patrick Hommel
Martin Kopecký
Frantisek Malis
Fraser J. G. Mitchell
Tobias Naaf
Miles Newman
Petr Petrik
Kamila Reczyńska
Wolfgang Schmidt
Tibor Standovár
Krzysztof Świerkosz
Hans Van Calster
Ondřej Vild
Monika Wulf