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PRESENT FOREST BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS IN FRANCE RELATED TO FORMER ROMAN AGRICULTURE
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Combined archaeological and ecological investigations in a large ancient oak forest in Central France have revealed a dense network of ancient human settlements dating from the Roman period. We demonstrate a strong correlation between present-day forest plant diversity patterns and the location of Roman farm buildings. Plant species richness strongly increases toward the center of the settlements, and the frequency of neutrophilous and nitrogen-demanding species is higher. This pattern is paralleled by an increase in soil pH, available P, and delta(15)N, indicating the long-term impact of former agricultural practices on forest biogeochemical cycles. These extensive observations in a forested region on acid soils complement and confirm previous results from a single Roman settlement on limestone. Ancient Roman agricultural systems are increasingly being identified in contemporary French forests; the broad extent and long-lasting effects of previous cultivation shown in this study require that land-use history be considered as a primary control over biodiversity variations in many forest landscapes, even after millennia of abandonment.
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- Authors
- Dambrine, E., Dupouey, J.-L., Laüt, L., Humbert, L., Thinon, M., Beaufils, T., & Richard, H.
- Venue
- Ecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-06
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1430-1439
- ISSN
- 0012-9658 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2117361100
- Cited by
- 214
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 22.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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