1. Patterns of seedling recruitment in experimental gaps on mosaic vegetation of abandoned meadows
- Author
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Lidia Borkowska
- Subjects
Salix cinerea ,experimental gaps ,biology ,Range (biology) ,Ecology ,Plant Science ,Vegetation ,Ecological succession ,Carex acutiformis ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Carex cespitosa ,Seedling ,lcsh:Botany ,seedlings appearance ,seedlings recruitment ,Species richness - Abstract
The paper presents results of a study on the response of species growing in experimental gaps in the patches dominated by Carex acutiformis, C. cespitosa and Salix cinerea. The study was performed in a meadow area subjected to the process of succession in the Reski Range in the Białowieski National Park. Four patterns of seedlings recruitment in the experimental gaps were distinguished: pattern I - great number of seedlings with high richness of species, pattern II - great number of seedlings with low richness of species, pattern III - low number of seedlings with great richness of species and pattern IV - low number of seedlings with low richness of species.
- Published
- 2011