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dc.contributor.authorJärvenpää, Suvi
dc.contributor.authorKytöviita, Minna-Maarit
dc.contributor.authorPitkämäki, Tinja
dc.contributor.authorLampinen, Jussi
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-19T08:18:43Z
dc.date.available2023-01-19T08:18:43Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationJärvenpää, S., Kytöviita, M.-M., Pitkämäki, T., & Lampinen, J. (2023). Contrasting responses of vascular plants and bryophytes to present and past connectivity in unmanaged grasslands. <i>Biodiversity and Conservation</i>, <i>32</i>(1), 139-162. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02492-9" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02492-9</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_160122794
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/85085
dc.description.abstractThe area of semi-natural grasslands has decreased dramatically causing many grassland specialist species to persist in small habitat fragments. Furthermore, ecological communities once shaped by disturbances related to traditional agriculture now face the impacts of modern agriculture and urbanization. Many of the species have become endangered due to the combined effects of habitat destruction and degradation. We studied the responses of vascular plants and bryophytes to present and past connectivity in semi-natural grasslands, while accounting for the effects of local environmental conditions. We conducted vegetation surveys in 33 fragmented, unmanaged dry grasslands in Southwest Finland. A total of 191 vascular plant species and 60 bryophyte species were recorded. Higher vascular plant diversity was associated with higher historical connectivity, whereas bryophyte diversity declined with increasing current connectivity. Edaphic conditions, microclimate and disturbances were found to structure both vascular plant and bryophyte communities, but the responses to individual environmental variables were very different. The contrasting responses could be explained by the differences between the typical life-history strategies in vascular plants and bryophytes as well as resource competition between the two groups. These results highlight the need to consider different species groups when planning conservation measures. Vascular plant richness may best be conserved in connected grasslands whereas bryophyte richness in isolated ones. The results also indicated that trampling by humans could result in positive disturbance and to some extent help maintain richness of grassland specialist species.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBiodiversity and Conservation
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.othersemi-natural habitat
dc.subject.otherurban ecology
dc.subject.otherstructural connectivity
dc.subject.otherspecialist species
dc.subject.otherendangered species
dc.subject.otherendangered biotopes
dc.titleContrasting responses of vascular plants and bryophytes to present and past connectivity in unmanaged grasslands
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202301191386
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.contributor.oppiaineEkologia ja evoluutiobiologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange139-162
dc.relation.issn0960-3115
dc.relation.numberinseries1
dc.relation.volume32
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2022
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysokaupunkiekologia
dc.subject.ysohabitaatti
dc.subject.ysouhanalaiset lajit
dc.subject.ysokaupungistuminen
dc.subject.ysoluonnon monimuotoisuus
dc.subject.ysobiotooppi
dc.subject.ysoelinympäristö
dc.subject.ysosammalet
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dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1007/s10531-022-02492-9
jyx.fundinginformationOpen Access funding provided by University of Jyväskylä (JYU). Author Järvenpää S. has received grants for this research from Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo and Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica and a one-week residence grant from University of Jyväskylä.
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