Migration of herbaceous woodland flora into post-agricultural black alder woods planted on wet and fertile habitats in south western Poland
Migration of herbaceous woodland flora into post-agricultural black alder woods planted on wet and fertile habitats in south western Poland
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草本林地植物群迁移到波兰西南部潮湿肥沃的生境上种植的后农业黑桤木林中
作者:
A. Orczewska
Because post-agricultural black alder woods have not been the subject of studies on forest recovery, the aim of the research was to investigate the process of colonization of their herb layer by woodland flora. Migration rates of 51 forest plant species in the herb layer of alder woods planted on abandoned meadows, bordering meso- and eutrophic forests, were studied. Mean migration rates calculated for typical wet alderwoods reached 1.20–1.60 m yr−1, for oak-hornbeam forests 1.17–1.63 m yr−1, and for alder-ash carrs 0.79–1.26 m yr−1, exceeding those reported in studies conducted in less fertile, drier sites. Although migration rates for many species exceeded 2 or 3 m, there was a group of slow colonizing species, mainly ancient woodland indicators. Species migration patterns fitted either the model based on the establishment of isolated individuals, or the model of a wave front. The age of the recent forests and the presence of Urtica dioica in their herb layer are the main factors explaining the species composition in post-agricultural black alder woods.