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Plant species richness and composition, changes over a 100 year period in

the Swedish archipelago – a landscape study

Studying plant species communities in a temporal context extending over a 100 year period gives us a unique opportunity to analyse long term changes. In this study, we had access to 100 year old plant species data from 48 islands in the Stockholm archipelago and we have re-surveyed 27 of these. The overall objective was to analyse the distribution of present-day plant species richness and 100 year of species turnover in relation to the island biogeography theory. Historical maps from 1901, aerial photos from 1952 and 2004 was analysed in a GIS to interpret land-cover changes. Since 100 years ago all grassland management has ceased and semi-open forests have become denser. Today there are many summer cottages on the islands. The results confirms the island biogeography theory but by including anthropogenic induced land-cover changes the accuracy of the prediction models for species richness, extinctions and colonisations increases. Surprisingly, total species richness has increased over the period. Furthermore, a shift in plant species composition towards more nitrophilous species is evident. During the last hundred years an extensive species turnover has occurred resulting in a plant community shift beneficial for strong competitors associated with habitats in later succession stages.

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