The upland mixed fir coniferous forest

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Table of Contents

 

Introduction (Alicja Barć) / 7

 

1. Physiographic characteristics of the study area / 17

1.1. Location and borders / 17

1.2. The most important information concerning the natural environment / 17

 

2. Material and methods / 23

 

3. Geobotanical characteristics of the Abietetum albae association / 29

3.1. General characteristics / 29

3.2. Floristic composition, local-habitat differentiation, and distribution in the study area / 32

3.3. Peculiar character of the association in the region in the light of its variability in Poland / 42

 

4. The structure and dynamics of fir renewal in the phytocoenoses of the Abietetum albae association on the chosen study plots / 49

4.1. The differentiation of the vertical structure of the upland mixed fir coniferous forest Abietetum albae / 49

4.2. Species diversity in particular layers of the forest / 51

4.3. Diameter structure of the forest stand / 55

4.4. Diameter and height structure of the up-growths / 60

4.5. Fir in the new-growths / 67

4.6. Dynamics of the fir regeneration in the phytocoenoses of the Abietetum albae association / 78

 

5. Importance and state of maintenance of the fir forests in the central part of the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland / 81

 

6. Discussion / 91

 

7. Summary of results and conclusions / 103

 

Appendix 1: List of endangered (EN), vulnerable (VU), nearly threatened (NT) and lowest care (LC) species found in patches of Abietetum albae in the central part of the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland (according to Parusel, Urbisz [eds.] 2012; Stebel et al. 2012) / 109

 

Appendix 2: List of geographical and proper names used in the monograph / 111

 

References / 117

List of tables / 131

List of figures / 133

List of photographs / 135

 

Streszczenie / 137

Резюме / 141

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