Epiphytic lichen diversity in central European oak forests: Assessment of the effects of natural environmental factors and human influences |
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Authors: | David Svoboda Ond?ej Peksa |
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Institution: | a Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic b The West-bohemian Museum in Pilsen, Kopeckého sady 2, 301 00 Plzeň, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | We investigated lichen diversity in temperate oak forests using standardized protocols. Forty-eight sites were sampled in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The effects of natural environmental predictors and human influences on lichen diversity (lichen diversity value, species richness) were analysed by means of correlation tests. We found that lichen diversity responded differently to environmental predictors between two regions with different human impact. In the industrial region, air pollution was the strongest factor. In the agricultural to highly forested regions, lichen diversity was strongly influenced by forest age and forest fragmentation. We found that several natural factors can in some cases obscure the effect of human influences. Thus, factors of naturality gradient must be considered (both statistically and interpretively) when studying human impact on lichen diversity. |
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Keywords: | Biomonitoring Quercus Lichen diversity value Mantel test Pollution |
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