Vegetation Dynamics in Temperate Lowland Primeval Forests Ecological Studies in Białowieza Forest

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falinski, J.B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1986, 1986
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