Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests

By K. Verheyen, L. Baeten, P. De Frenne, M. Bernhardt‐Römermann, J. Brunet, Johnny Cornelis, G. Decocq, H. Dierschke, O. Eriksson, R. Hédl and 12 more. 2012

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Ecology of Central European Forests: Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe, Volume I (2017, background): “Another resampling study in 23 Central and Western European regions in now unmanaged broadleaved forests (including beech) also found a marked increase in N-demanding species, but the authors attributed the change mainly to the general increase in canopy closure after forestry management had ceased,”
Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming (2013, background): “Such actions could not only result in soil nutrient depletion, lower biomass pools, and enhanced soil nitrogen release (28, 31), but also, depending on the sylvicultural system applied, increase temperatures at the forest floor (12–15).”
Vegetation of the Czech Republic: diversity, ecology, history and dynamics (2012, background): “…open forests and oligotrophic grasslands typical of the first half of the 20th century, with lightdemanding and stress-tolerant species, are developing towards species-poor vegetation types dominated by nutrient-demanding, highly competitive species (Bobbink et al. 1998, Verheyen et al. 2012).”