Subtitle:

Consumption of herb layer plants in a forest

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii

Publisher:

Polish Scientific Publishers

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

Pages 377-389 : illustrations ; 24 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 288-289) ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

Studies were done with the use of the plot-harvest method in the fresh coniferous forest (Vaccinio myrtilli-Pinetum) during the four seasons of years 1973-1975. The standing crop of ground vegetation varied from 72.09 to 151.02 g of dry weight/m2, depending upon season. The total annual consumption by herbivores amounted to 3.03 g of dry weight/m2 in young plantations, 1.43 g of dry weight/m2 in pole-sized stands, and 4.82 g of dry weight/m2 in timber stands, while the consumption by deer calculated from differences in consumption on accessible and enclosed areas amounted to 2.71, 0.86, and 2.71 g of dry weight/m2, respectively. Plants dominating in the ground vegetation contributed most to consumption by deer, although certain scarce ones were exploited to a serious extent.

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Relation:

Ekologia Polska

Volume:

24

Issue:

3

Start page:

377

End page:

389

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:74205

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

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Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

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