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Consequences of isolation of subalpine meadow communities in the Western Caucasus: Reduction of species richness without the density compensation effect

Consequences of isolation of subalpine meadow communities in the Western Caucasus: Reduction of... The number and occurrence of plant species are compared in isolated with forest and nonisolated areas of subalpine meadows in Western Caucasus alpine massifs. It is shown that isolation of meadow communities on small isolated massifs (0.01–36.5 km2) for about a thousand years has led to a decline in their species richness. However, this process is mainly due to the loss of rare plant species and was not accompanied by the density compensation effect. It is suggested that a wide manifestation of compensation processes requires a period of time significantly longer than the isolation time for most fragments of anthropogenic communities. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian Journal of Ecology Springer Journals

Consequences of isolation of subalpine meadow communities in the Western Caucasus: Reduction of species richness without the density compensation effect

Russian Journal of Ecology , Volume 46 (6) – Oct 24, 2015

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 by Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Subject
Life Sciences; Ecology; Environment, general
ISSN
1067-4136
eISSN
1608-3334
DOI
10.1134/S106741361506003X
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Abstract

The number and occurrence of plant species are compared in isolated with forest and nonisolated areas of subalpine meadows in Western Caucasus alpine massifs. It is shown that isolation of meadow communities on small isolated massifs (0.01–36.5 km2) for about a thousand years has led to a decline in their species richness. However, this process is mainly due to the loss of rare plant species and was not accompanied by the density compensation effect. It is suggested that a wide manifestation of compensation processes requires a period of time significantly longer than the isolation time for most fragments of anthropogenic communities.

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Russian Journal of EcologySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 24, 2015

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