NDLI: Former land use affects the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and biomass of forest herbs

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Author	Baeten, Lander Verstraeten, Gorik Frenne, Pieter Vanhellemont, Margot Wuyts, Karen Hermy, Martin Verheyen, Kris
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	The colonization rates of understorey plants into forests growing on former agricultural land differ remarkably among species. Different dispersal and recruitment largely account for the contrasting colonization rates, but different effects of the soil legacies of former agricultural land use on plant performance may also play a role. Seven herbaceous forest species were sampled in paired post-agricultural and ancient forest stands to study whether land-use history has an effect on the aboveground nutrient concentrations (N, P and N:P ratios) and biomass of forest herbs and, if so, whether slow and fast colonizing species respond differently. Results showed that P concentrations were significantly affected by former land use with higher concentrations in the post-agricultural stands. N concentrations were unaffected and N:P ratios were significantly higher in the ancient stands. Nutrient concentrations varied considerably among species, but the variation was unrelated to their colonization capacity. Six out of the seven species had higher biomass in the post-agricultural stands relative to the ancient stands, and the degree to which the species increased biomass was positively related to their colonization capacity, i.e., the fast colonizing species showed the strongest increase. Such differential responses to past land use may contribute to the contrasting colonization capacity of forest plants. Land-use history thus affected both the nutrient concentrations and biomass of forest herbs, and only the biomass response was related to colonization capacity.
Starting Page	901
Ending Page	909
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13850237
Journal	Plant Ecology
Volume Number	212
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15735052
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-12-09
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	succession Post-agricultural forest Colonization Introduction experiment Plant performance Phosphorus N:P ratio Plant Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Plant Science

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