Tree species composition is a primary attribute of forest ecosystems, and is often
manipulated by silvicultural practices. Forest management to diversify tree species is now …

It is a widely held belief that a climax vegetation of closed forest systems covered the
lowlands of Central and Western Europe before humans intervened in prehistoric times to …

The tension between biodiversity conservation and multipurpose forest management may
lead to conflicts. An internationally prominent example is the Białowieża Forest Massif …

Controversies about successional dynamics of woodland communities have a long history,
dating back to the classical debates between Clements and Gleason and continuing into the …

Much ecological theory assumes that the number of species that can coexist (by 'species
packing') is limited, because competitive exclusion occurs when any pair of species within a …

Typology of dry-mesic oak forest vegetation of Slovakia is presented. Seven vegetation
types were distinguished based on a Braun-Blanquetian relevé data analysis using a …

Forest dynamics is driven by the formation of gaps, especially in temperate forests. A
potentially useful tool for identifying canopy gaps at different spatial scales is remote …

Abstract Using the Braun-Blanquet approach, a syntaxonomical revision of the order of
Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae, based on the synthesis of 634 relevés, distinguished three …

Aim The diversity changes that occurred in Central European forests during the early
Holocene can be better understood using ecological knowledge of modern analogues of …

In the Bialowieża Primeval Forest a decrease in the extent of the Potentillo-albae Quercetum
has been observed for the last few decades, both with regard to the number of stands and …