Vegetation Dynamics in Temperate Lowland Primeval Forests Ecological Studies in Białowieza Forest
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1986, 1986
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1986 |
Series: | Geobotany
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- V. Fluctuatuation, Regeneration and Succession in Forest Communities under Natural Conditions
- V.1. General introduction
- V.2. Regression of thermophilous oak forest
- V.3. Field layer regeneration in pine forest (Peucedano-Pinetum) after ground fire
- V.4. Tree stand dynamics in Pino-Quercetum and Tilio-Carpinetum communities
- 4.6. Discussion
- V.5. Permanence of species composition and repeatability of seasonal rhythms in a many-years cycle as indicator of stability (homeostasis) of forest communities
- V.6. Changes in the species composition and structure of the main forest and brush communities
- V.7. State and dynamic tendencies of forest communities
- VI. Seasonal Dynamics of Forest Communities
- VI.1. Introduction
- VI.2. Phenological characteristics of forest and brush communities
- VI.3. Synphenological analysis
- VI.4. Floristic-ecological analysis of seasonal dynamics of forest communities
- I. Aim and Premisses
- I.1. Introduction, aim and subject
- I.2. Theoretical basis
- I.3. Study area. Methodical basis. Material
- II. The Area — Basic Data about Bia?owie?a Forest
- II. 1. General features
- II.2. Biogeography
- II.3. History
- II.4. Climate
- II.5. Geology
- II.6. Terrain formation and relief
- II.7. Hydrology
- III. Geobotany
- III.1. The flora
- III.2. Forest building trees and tree stands
- III.3. Forest vegetation
- III.4. Natural and anthropogenic non-forest vegetation
- IV. Major Natural Factors Differentiating the Forest Environment and Landscape
- IV.1. General introduction
- IV.2. Soils in relation to forest vegetation differentiation
- IV.3. Ground frost and snow cover as ecoclimatic factors
- IV.4. The transition zone (ecotone) and its synchorological and syndynamic aspects
- IV.5. Uprooting of trees (tree saltation)
- IV.6. Impact of herbivorous animals on vegetation structure and dynamics
- VI.5. Phytophenological seasons in the forest communities of the Bia?owie?a Forest
- VII. Dynamics and Structure of Plant Populations in Forest Ecosystems
- VII.1. The notion of cenopopulations and the basis for their distinction
- VII.2. Phenological individuality of cenopopulations
- VII.3. Reproductive strategy of perennial herbaceous plant populations in forest ecosystems
- VII.4. Estimation of potential reproduction of forest phytocenoses
- VII.5. Plant populations in stabilised forest ecosystems
- VII.6. Plant populations in the ecotones between forest ecosystems
- VII.7. Population structure of forest communities
- VIII. Behaviour of Natural Forest under Man’s Activity Synanthropisation of the Plant Cover
- VIII.1. Introduction. The notion of synanthropisation
- VIII.2. Factors of synanthropisation
- VIII.3. History of anthropogenic changes in the plant cover of the Bia?owie?a Primeval Forest
- VIII.4. Some selected phenomena
- X.l. Character and causes of contemporary differentiation of vegetation in the Bia?owie?a Forest
- X.2. Dynamic tendencies in natural vegetation released from anthropogenic pressure. Role of biotic-biocenotic factors in vegetation dynamics
- X.3. Essence of phenological vegetation differentiation and its connection with differentiation and stability of environmental conditions
- X.4. Effect of anthropogenic transformations of the plant cover and their importance for the permanence and functioning of forest ecosystems
- X.5. Ecological and technical-organisational bases to ensure the permanence of relict primeval lowland forests
- Annex
- Systematic index
- Foundations of Functioning and Permanence of Lowland Primeval Forests