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Succession, regeneration and fluctuation in the Białowieża forest (NE poland)

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A general description is given of the most important processes occurring in forest communities and of the spatial range and duration of the cycles of particular processes.

In the initiation and course of nearly all processes involved in non-periodical vegetation dynamics a particular role is played by two groups of biotic-biocenotic factors: 1. Behaviour of main forest edificators (oak, hornbeam, spruce and pine); 2. Primary environmental preferences of the big herbivorous animals (bison, red-deer, roe-deer, elk, wild boar).

The range of the particular processes is practically limited by the size of the potential forest phytocoenose, and the duration of a single cycle is determined by the properties of the habitat and the stability of the climate.

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This work was supported by grant CPBP 04.10.07 (Warsaw Agricultural University)

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Faliński, J.B. Succession, regeneration and fluctuation in the Białowieża forest (NE poland). Vegetatio 77, 115–128 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00045757

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