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Biological Flora of the British Isles : Milium effusum
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- De Frenne, Pieter (author)
- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium;
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- Brunet, Jörg (author)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap,Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre,Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 49, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
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Cougnon, Mathias (author)
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- Decocq, Guillaume (author)
- EDYSAN (FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 rue des Louvels, FR-80037 Amiens Cedex, France
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- Graae, Bente J. (author)
- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Hagenblad, Jenny (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Biologi,Tekniska fakulteten
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- Hermy, Martin (author)
- Forest, Nature & Landscape, K.U. Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200E, BE-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Kolb, Annette (author)
- Vegetation Ecology & Conservation Biology, FB2, University of Bremen, Leobener Str., DE-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Lemke, Isgard H. (author)
- Vegetation Ecology & Conservation Biology, FB2, University of Bremen, Leobener Str., DE-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Ma, Shiyu (author)
- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- Orczewska, Anna (author)
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology & Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, ul. Bankowa 9, PL-40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Plue, Jan (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi,Department of Physical Geography Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Vranckx, Guy (author)
- Plant Conservation & Population Biology, K.U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, Box 2435, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Wulf, Monika (author)
- Institute of Land Use Systems, Leibniz-ZALF, Eberswalder Strasse 84, DE-15374 M€uncheberg, Germany
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- Verheyen, Kris (author)
- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, BE-9090 Gontrode-Melle, Belgium
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- 2017-03-01
- 2017
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In: Journal of Ecology. - : Wiley. - 0022-0477 .- 1365-2745. ; 105:3, s. 839-858
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Abstract
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- 1. This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Milium effusum L. (Wood Millet) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are presented within the standard framework of the Biological Flora of the British Isles: distribution, habitat, communities, responses to biotic factors, responses to environment, structure and physiology, phenology, floral and seed characters, herbivores and disease, history, and conservation.2. The grass Milium effusum is a common species of mature woodland in central and southern England, but is less common in the wetter parts of northern England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Worldwide, the species is native to many temperate, boreal, subarctic and subalpine parts of the northern hemisphere: from eastern North America across most of Europe (excluding Mediterranean climates) to the Ural Mountains and Black Sea, extending eastwards to the Himalaya, Korea and Japan.3. Wood Millet is a shade-tolerant, relatively tall grass (up to 1.8 m) producing up to 700 caryopses per individual. It is characteristic of temperate deciduous woodland, but can also occur in other woodland and forest types and even in scrub, alpine meadows, along railways and roads, and on rocks. In woods, it is one of the most conspicuous plants of the herb layer in the early summer after the disappearance of spring flowering species. While the species is generally considered an ancient woodland indicator in England and western Europe, it is also known to colonize secondary, post-agricultural forests relatively rapidly in other areas such as Denmark, southern Sweden and Poland.4. The species has a wide amplitude in terms of soil acidity and nutrient availability, but predominantly grows on soils of intermediate soil fertility and soil pH and with high organic matter concentration. However, M. effusum can tolerate large quantities of tree-leaf litter on the forest floor and is able to grow on very acidic soils.5. Changes in land use, climate, densities of large herbivores and atmospheric deposition of nitrogen are having effects on populations of Wood Millet. Significant responses of the life-history traits and population characteristics have been detected in response to environmental variation and to experimental treatments of temperature, nutrients, light and acidity. In many of its habitats across its range, M. effusum is currently becoming more frequent. During the last century, its mean elevation of occurrence in upland areas of Europe has also increased by several hundreds of metres. Typically, management actions are directed towards the conservation of its main habitat type (e.g. ancient woodlands of the Milio-Fagetum association) rather than to the species specifically.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- climatic limitation
- communities
- conservation
- ecophysiology
- geographical and altitudinal distribution
- germination
- latitudinal gradient
- mycorrhiza
- parasites and diseases
- reproductive biology
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Hermy, Martin
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Plue, Jan
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Vranckx, Guy
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