Understanding context dependency in the response of forest understorey plant communities to nitrogen deposition

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Perring, M. P. - Diekmann, M. - Midolo, G. - Schellenberger Costa, D. - Bernhardt-Römermann, M. - Otto, J. C. J. - Gilliam, F. S. - Hedwall, P.-O. - Nordin, A. - Dirnböck, T. - Simkin, S. M. - Máliš, F. - Blondeel, H. - Brunet, J. - Chudomelová, Markéta - Durak, T. - De Frenne, P. - Hédl, Radim - Kopecký, Martin - Landuyt, D. - Li, D. - Manning, P. - Petřík, Petr - Reczyńska, K. - Schmidt, W. - Standovár, T. - Świerkosz, K. - Vild, Ondřej - Waller, D. - Verheyen, K.
Understanding context dependency in the response of forest understorey plant communities to nitrogen deposition.
Environmental Pollution. Roč. 242, Part B (2018), s. 1787-1799. ISSN 0269-7491. E-ISSN 1873-6424
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA17-09283S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: biodiversity * critical load * N deposition
Obor OECD: Ecology
Impakt faktor: 5.714, rok: 2018

We review the literature to examine evidence for context dependency in N deposition effects on forest understoreys. We also use data from 1814 European temperate forest plots to test the ability of multi-level models to characterize context-dependent understorey responses across sites that differ in levels of N deposition, community composition, local conditions and management history. This analysis demonstrated that historical management, and plot location on light and pH-fertility gradients, significantly affect how understorey communities respond to N deposition. We conclude that species' and communities' responses to N deposition, and thus the determination of critical loads, vary greatly depending on environmental contexts.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0291749