Naaf, Tobias and Feigs, Jannis Till and Huang, Siyu and Brunet, Jörg and Cousins, Sara A. O. and Decocq, Guillaume and De Frenne, Pieter and Diekmann, Martin and Govaert, Sanne and Hedwall, Per-Ola and Helsen, Kenny and Lenoir, Jonathan and Liira, Jaan and Meeussen, Camille and Plue, Jan and Poli, Pedro and Spicher, Fabien and Vangansbeke, Pieter and Vanneste, Thomas and Verheyen, Kris and Holzhauer, Stephanie I. J. and Kramp, Katja
(2021).
Sensitivity to habitat fragmentation across European landscapes in three temperate forest herbs.
Landscape Ecology. 36
, 2831-2848
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Context Evidence for effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on the viability of temperate forest herb populations in agricultural landscapes is so far based on population genetic studies of single species in single landscapes. However, forest herbs differ in their life histories, and landscapes have different environments, structures and histories, making generalizations difficult. Objectives We compare the response of three slow-colonizing forest herbs to habitat loss and fragmentation and set this in relation to differences in life-history traits, in particular their mating system and associated pollinators. Methods We analysed the herbs' landscape-scale population genetic structure based on microsatellite markers from replicate forest fragments across seven European agricultural landscapes. Results All species responded to reductions in population size with a decrease in allelic richness and an increase in genetic differentiation among populations. Genetic differentiation also increased with enhanced spatial isolation. In addition, each species showed unique responses. Heterozygosity in the self-compatible Oxalis acetosella was reduced in smaller populations. The genetic diversity of Anemone nemorosa, whose main pollinators are less mobile, decreased with increasing spatial isolation, but not that of the bumblebee-pollinated Polygonatum multiflorum. Conclusions Our study indicates that habitat loss and fragmentation compromise the long-term viability of slow-colonizing forest herbs despite their ability to persist for many decades by clonal propagation. The distinct responses of the three species studied within the same landscapes confirm the need of multi-species approaches. The mobility of associated pollinators should be considered an important determinant of forest herbs' sensitivity to habitat loss and fragmentation.
Authors/Creators: | Naaf, Tobias and Feigs, Jannis Till and Huang, Siyu and Brunet, Jörg and Cousins, Sara A. O. and Decocq, Guillaume and De Frenne, Pieter and Diekmann, Martin and Govaert, Sanne and Hedwall, Per-Ola and Helsen, Kenny and Lenoir, Jonathan and Liira, Jaan and Meeussen, Camille and Plue, Jan and Poli, Pedro and Spicher, Fabien and Vangansbeke, Pieter and Vanneste, Thomas and Verheyen, Kris and Holzhauer, Stephanie I. J. and Kramp, Katja | ||||||
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Title: | Sensitivity to habitat fragmentation across European landscapes in three temperate forest herbs | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Landscape Ecology | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
Volume: | 36 | ||||||
Page range: | 2831-2848 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 18 | ||||||
Publisher: | SPRINGER | ||||||
ISSN: | 0921-2973 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology | ||||||
Keywords: | Connectivity, Genetic differentiation, Genetic diversity, Mating system, Pollinator mobility, Population size | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-113095 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-113095 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 25316 | ||||||
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences | ||||||
Department: | (S) > Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 13 Sep 2021 11:25 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 17 May 2022 03:19 |
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