Naslov
Variability of the forest communities of the Dilj Mountain (Croatia) along environmental gradients

Autori
Škvorc, Željko ; Franjić, Jozo ; Krstonošić, Daniel ; Sever, Krunoslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Frontiers of Vegetation Science – An Evolutionary Angle / Mucina, Ladislav - Somerset West : Keith Philips Images, 2008, 175-175

ISBN
978-0-9584766-9-0

Skup
51st Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science

Mjesto i datum
Stellenbosch, Južnoafrička Republika, 07.09.2008. - 12.09.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
forest; vegetation; environmental gradients; croatia

Sažetak
This paper deals with the forest vegetation of Dilj, situated on the southern edge of the Pannonian Basin in NE Croatia. Ten plant communities of the Querco-Fagetea were found and their ecology was analyzed in detail. The study provides the data on the vegetation and environmental factors and discusses the significance of factors for the plant species composition ; it characterizes the most important environmental gradients and the differences between plant communities are presented. Surface soil layer was analyzed in all sampled plots. Other ecological characteristics, such as microclimate, geomorphology, Ellenberg indicator values, were also considered and test for possible correlations. The forest vegetation was classified by means of cluster analysis, while vegetation-site relationships were examined by using methods of direct gradient analysis. The studied communities were found to occur in relatively restricted space, where the ecological factors control formation of a mosaic of vegetation patches with spatially unclear boundaries. Soil reaction and exposition was identified as the most significant environmental factors explaining the variation of the studied vegetation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Šumarstvo

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