The role of the seed bank in recovery of temperate heath and blanket bog following wildfires
Abstract Questions Are the germinable seed banks of upland heath and blanket bog reduced following wildfires? Are some species at particular risk? Do the impacts of wildfires on seed banks differ between heathlands and blanket bog? Location Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Methods Vegetation survey...
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crwiley:10.1111/avsc.12242 2024-06-02T08:06:04+00:00 The role of the seed bank in recovery of temperate heath and blanket bog following wildfires Kelly, Ruth Boston, Emma Montgomery, William Ian Reid, Neil Marrs, Rob Queen's University Belfast 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12242 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Favsc.12242 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/avsc.12242 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Applied Vegetation Science volume 19, issue 4, page 620-633 ISSN 1402-2001 1654-109X journal-article 2016 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12242 2024-05-03T11:41:58Z Abstract Questions Are the germinable seed banks of upland heath and blanket bog reduced following wildfires? Are some species at particular risk? Do the impacts of wildfires on seed banks differ between heathlands and blanket bog? Location Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Methods Vegetation surveys and seed bank sampling were conducted in 2012 at burned and unburned areas within six upland sites where large wildfires had occurred during spring 2011. Differences in seedling abundance, species richness and Jaccard similarity indices between burned and unburned areas were compared using GLMM s. Differences in the community composition were examined using pRDA . Results In total, 24 of the 51 species in the vegetation were detected in the germinable seed bank. Species richness and the abundance of seedlings other than Calluna vulgaris were lower in areas where wildfires had occurred. Species composition of both germinable seed banks and vegetation differed between burned and unburned areas within sites; with negative associations between burned areas and some key indicator species including Drosera rotundifolia , Eriophorum vaginatum , Empetrum nigrum , Narthecium ossifragum and Trichophorum germanicum . We did not find any evidence of significant interactions between burning and habitat, suggesting that wildfires had similar impacts on each species regardless of the habitat in which they occurred. Conclusions This study differs from other UK studies in that it examines impacts of wildfires at sites that have not been previously intensively managed by burning. In particular, we highlight potential impacts on N. ossifragum and D. rotundifolia , which are key components of the upland flora and, to our knowledge, were not present in previous UK studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Empetrum nigrum Wiley Online Library Applied Vegetation Science 19 4 620 633 |
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Abstract Questions Are the germinable seed banks of upland heath and blanket bog reduced following wildfires? Are some species at particular risk? Do the impacts of wildfires on seed banks differ between heathlands and blanket bog? Location Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Methods Vegetation surveys and seed bank sampling were conducted in 2012 at burned and unburned areas within six upland sites where large wildfires had occurred during spring 2011. Differences in seedling abundance, species richness and Jaccard similarity indices between burned and unburned areas were compared using GLMM s. Differences in the community composition were examined using pRDA . Results In total, 24 of the 51 species in the vegetation were detected in the germinable seed bank. Species richness and the abundance of seedlings other than Calluna vulgaris were lower in areas where wildfires had occurred. Species composition of both germinable seed banks and vegetation differed between burned and unburned areas within sites; with negative associations between burned areas and some key indicator species including Drosera rotundifolia , Eriophorum vaginatum , Empetrum nigrum , Narthecium ossifragum and Trichophorum germanicum . We did not find any evidence of significant interactions between burning and habitat, suggesting that wildfires had similar impacts on each species regardless of the habitat in which they occurred. Conclusions This study differs from other UK studies in that it examines impacts of wildfires at sites that have not been previously intensively managed by burning. In particular, we highlight potential impacts on N. ossifragum and D. rotundifolia , which are key components of the upland flora and, to our knowledge, were not present in previous UK studies. |
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Kelly, Ruth Boston, Emma Montgomery, William Ian Reid, Neil The role of the seed bank in recovery of temperate heath and blanket bog following wildfires |
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The role of the seed bank in recovery of temperate heath and blanket bog following wildfires |
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The role of the seed bank in recovery of temperate heath and blanket bog following wildfires |
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