Assessment of leaf damage in oak stands in the flood-affected Wołów Forest Division
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2015-09-15
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Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa (Forest Research Institute), Sekocin Stary, Poland
Abstract
This study examines the effect of flood on oak stands in the Wołów Forest Division by assessing the loss of leaf area due to insect feeding as determined in laboratory analyses of samples collected from standing trees. We compared stands, in which water stagnated for at least one month and stands with no water stagnation. It was found that the mean damage to the carbon assimilating organs of stands with stagnating water was lowered by approximately 6% compared to stands that were not affected by flood. Thus, no definite effect of flood contributing to losses of carbon assimilating organs in oak trees could be shown.