Abstract

6 Establishment of a field layer vegetation in secondary woods comparable to that of the adjacent ancient stands proceeded at a rate of c. 0.3-0.5 m year-(1). We conclude that scale and intensity of temperate forest management should be adjusted to the relatively slow migration of the field layer flora in order to enable complete recovery during a management cycle.

Keywords

ancient-recent woodland ecotone; clonal growth; field layer vegetation; forest management; secondary succession; seed dispersal mode; species richness

Published in

Journal of Ecology
1998, Volume: 86, number: 3, pages: 429-438
Publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD

SLU Authors

• Brunet, Jörg

  • Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Botany
Forest Science
Ecology


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00269.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/40378