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Palaeoecological and phytosociological reconstruction of precultural vegetation in the Bílý Kříž area, the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts, Slovak Republic

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A combined palynological and phytosociological methodological approach was used in the reconstruction of precultural forest vegetation in a small model area of Bílý Kříž-Jančík in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy mountains (northwest Slovakia). Two pollen diagrams show the predominance of Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba and Picea abies in past natural mixed forests. The present-day occurrence and distribution of forest herbs allow the differentiation of five past vegetation types with above mentioned forest climax trees covering the area before the beginning of human interference. A map of reconstructed natural vegetation is presented which can be used for revitalization of present secondary spruce plantations, heavily affected by air pollution.

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Rybníček, K., Rybníčková, E. Palaeoecological and phytosociological reconstruction of precultural vegetation in the Bílý Kříž area, the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts, Slovak Republic. Veget Hist Archaebot 4, 161–170 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203934

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