Vegetation diversity of the Scots pine stands in different forest sites in the Turawa Forest District

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dc.contributor.authorStefańska-Krzaczek, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorPech, Paweł
dc.contributor.organizationUniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych, Instytut Biologii Środowiskowej, Zakład Botaniki, Pracownia Ekologii Roślinnościpl_PL
dc.contributor.organizationUniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych, Katedra Ekologii, Biogeochemii i Ochrony Środowiskapl_PL
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-22T08:10:11Z
dc.date.available2014-09-22T08:10:11Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.description.abstractThe utility of phytocenotic indices in the diagnosis and classification of forest sites might be limited because of vegetation degeneration in managed forests. However, even in secondary communities it may be possible to determine indicator species, although these may differ from typical and well known plant indicators. The aim of this work was to assess the vegetation diversity of Scots pine stands in representative forest site types along a moisture and fertility gradient. In total 120 sample plots from Turawa forests were included in the study. These plots represented young (21–40 years) and old (> 80 years) Scots-pine-dominated stands. The forest sites were categorized according to Polish site classification. Four site categories were studied: Bśw (very nutrient-poor and mesic sites), BMśw (nutrient-poor and mesic sites), BMw (nutrient-poor and moist sites), LMw (quite nutrient-rich and moist sites). The species composition of the forest patches studied hardly differed among forest site types. Almost all of the vegetation in site Bśw was different from both moist site types (BMw and LMw). Sites Bśw and LMw had the exclusive species determined as site indicators. Moreover, young stands had their own site type indicator species which differed from old stands. Numerical classification showed that only two plant communities were widespread: Leucobryo-Pinetum in Bśw and BMśw, and the community of Pinus sylvestris and Molinia caerulea in BMśw, BMw, LMw. In secondary communities typical indicator species may not be useful, but it is possible to determinate species that are locally unique to forest site type. Despite the convergence in the composition of the plant community resulting from tree stand unification, plant communities have the capacity for a more diverse composition. Tree stand conversion can increase phytocenotic diversity.pl_PL
dc.description.epersonPrzemysław Szmit
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/frp-2014-0008
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/5264
dc.language.isoenpl_PL
dc.publisherInstytut Badawczy Leśnictwapl_PL
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa-Na tych samych warunkach 3.0 Polska
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/pl/
dc.subjectPinus sylvestrispl_PL
dc.subjectsecondary forest communitiespl_PL
dc.subjectindicator speciespl_PL
dc.subjectforest typologypl_PL
dc.titleVegetation diversity of the Scots pine stands in different forest sites in the Turawa Forest Districtpl_PL
dc.typearticlepl_PL
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