20.500.12556/DiRROS-17162 Congruence between vascular plants and bryophytes in response to ecological conditions in sustainably managed temperate forests (taxonomic- and trait-based levels) Vascular plant species (VP) and bryophytes (B) constitute a significant portion of forest biodiversity and respond to both management intensity and natural disturbances within forests. In this study, we investigated the cross-taxa congruence between understorey VP and B at both diversity and composition levels across a wide range of sustainably managed forests in Slovenia. The taxonomic and functional characteristics of the selected plant groups were studied, with a particular emphasis on ground-dwelling species. We employed a trait-based approach to examine the functional characteristics. On average, the species richness of B in sustainably managed temperate forests increased with the corresponding number of VP. Furthermore, a moderate positive correlation in species composition between the studied groups of ground-dwelling organisms was also observed. The ground-dwelling VP and B were congruent in terms of trait-based composition, which was influenced by soil reaction and nutrients and light availability, while trait-based diversity was only slightly similar in response to moisture. A negative correlation between the composition of stress-tolerant VP and B hemeroby was found, indicating forest environments with a low level of disturbance. This is likely due to the sustainable management of Slovenian forests, where climate change and natural disturbances have intensified in recent years. A cross-taxon comparison of the two groups at four different levels, namely taxonomic-based diversity and composition and trait-based diversity and composition, revealed varying degrees of congruence. It is therefore important to monitor the status and temporal trends of both groups from different aspects to draw reliable conclusions. understory mosses terricolous species diversity composition taxonomy life-history traits environmental gradients managed forest ICP Forests program Slovenia podrast mahovi terikolne vrste raznolikost sestava taksonomija lastnosti življenjske zgodovine okoljski gradienti upravljani gozd Program ICP Forests Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2023-10-10 12:43:22 2023-10-10 12:43:24 2024-01-25 03:36:55 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 10. 10. 2023; str. 1001-1014 iss. 11 Vol. 224 2023 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-01-01 630*17 1573-5052 10.1007/s11258-023-01357-7 167772931 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-023-01357-7 1 220db173-6749-11ee-8cc8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=23287 RAZ_Kutnar_Lado_2023.pdf RAZ_Kutnar_Lado_2023.pdf 1 853CEE25C314A34914499FFFBA9C06AF 252e3157219d740d8002ed183777b558003377e534f4c29c69da20a0664d36a2 1d5353c5-bab2-11ee-b0d4-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=24342 Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije 0 0 0