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The paper deals with the estimation of maximum above-ground herb-layer biomass in selected forest communities of the Malé Karpaty Mts., (Lesser Carpathians) SW. Slovakia. Use was made of a combined method of indirect sampling and phytocenological relevés, and the following values were ascertained: 41 kg/ha in theLuzulo-Fagetum (276 kg/ha if mosses included), 691 kg/ha in theCarici pilosae-Carpinetum, 364 kg/ha in theDentario-Fagetum, 476 kg/ha in theAceri-Carpinetum, and 1364 kg/ha in theStellario-Alnetum. The results are discussed and compared with earlier data published in the literature.
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Kubíček, F., Jurko, A. Estimation of the above-ground biomass of the herb layer in forest communities. Folia geobot. phytotax. 10, 113–129 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02852853
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