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The article presents the results of an analysis of the reaction to the possible reduction of dominants in forest stands of the Western Caucasus. It is found that in such cases it is likely that an increase in the abundance of accompanying species, an expansion of the range of their habitats, and the emergence of new species will be observed. It is noted that in some types of forest stands the abundance of just one accompanying species, mainly subdominant, will increase; in some types, that of two or three species will increase; and in some types that of the majority of accompanying species will increase. These differences may result from different proportions of tree species with different life strategies in the community.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Akatov, 2015, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2015, No. 4, pp. 528–536.
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Akatov, V.V. Compensation reactions to the reduction of density of dominants in forest stands of the Western Caucasus. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 8, 431–439 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425515040010
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