INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATIONS IN DIFFERENT SUCCESSIONA L STAGES OF BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM GRASSLAND AFTER DEFORESTATION IN HUNGARY
INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATIONS IN DIFFERENT SUCCESSIONA L STAGES OF BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM GRASSLAND AFTER DEFORESTATION IN HUNGARY
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2010
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K. Virágh;S. Bartha
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K. Virágh;S. Bartha
At the border of the Hungarian Central Mountain Ran ge and the Hungarian Great Plain Brachypodium pinnatum is a dominant component of the herb layer of Quercus pubescens oakwood. In Hungary, Brachypodium grasslands are of very high diversity and natural conservation value because they preserve many elements of the or iginal forest-steppe flora. During the secondary succession after deforestation xeromesophilous Brachypodium pinnatum community develops and gradually turns into xerophilous grasslands. Spatial organization and compositional differentiat ion of Brachypodium pinnatum communities were studied in three stands representing their ea rly, middle, and late secondary successional phases. Presence/absence of species were detected i n 20×110 grids of contiguous 5×5 cm microquadrats, and analysed by using information statist ics. Early phase was characterized by a coalition of mes ic species. Xeric and mesic grasses formed coalition in the middle phase but they were segrega ted in the late successional phase. However, the pattern of species replacement was diffuse and grad ual during the transformation process.