J 2006

Beech forest communities in Bulgaria

TZONEV, Rossen, Marius DIMITROV, Milan CHYTRÝ, Veska ROUSSAKOVA, Dobromira DIMOVA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Beech forest communities in Bulgaria

Name in Czech

Společenstva bukových lesů v Bulharsku

Authors

TZONEV, Rossen (100 Bulgaria), Marius DIMITROV (100 Bulgaria), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Veska ROUSSAKOVA (100 Bulgaria), Dobromira DIMOVA (100 Bulgaria), Chavdar GUSSEV (100 Bulgaria), Dimitar PAVLOV (100 Bulgaria), Vladimir VULCHEV (100 Bulgaria), Antonina VITKOVA (100 Bulgaria), Georgi GOGOUSHEV (100 Bulgaria), Ivajlo NIKOLOV (100 Bulgaria), Daniela BORISOVA (100 Bulgaria) and Anna GANEVA (100 Bulgaria)

Edition

Phytocoenologia, Berlin/Stuttgart, Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2006, 0340-269X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.673

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/06:00017897

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000238335500005

Keywords in English

Fagion moesiacum; Fagion orientalis; Fagion sylvaticae; acidophilous beech forests; nutrient-rich beech forests; thermophilous beech forests; numerical methods; phytosociology; vegetation survey

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 16/12/2006 19:57, prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Beech forests occupy considerable areas in the Bulgarian mountains. They are represented by communities of Fagus sylvatica (incl. F. moesiaca) and F. orientalis, and also by mixed stands of beech with Abies alba, Carpinus betulus, Quercus cerris, Q. dalechampii and Q. polycarpa. 494 releves sampled across the country were analysed by numerical methods. They were classified into 12 groups of Fagus sylvatica forests and 3 groups of Fagus orientalis forests. The analysis of Bulgarian Fagus sylvatica communities did not show a distinct pattern of geographic differentiation and did not support the concept of the alliance Fagion moesiacum, as accepted by many earlier authors. The differentiation patterns in the Bulgarian Fagus sylvatica forests mainly follow the gradients in soils and climate, and are similar to those in the Central European beech forests. Therefore we accept a syntaxonomical scheme, which emphasizes variation due to edaphic and local topoclimatic factors rather than due to large-scale geographical differentiation. This scheme is very close to that proposed by Willner (2002) for the southern Central European beech forests, and includes the alliances Luzulo-Fagion (acidophilous beech forests), Asperulo-Fagion (nutrient-rich beech forests), and Cephalanthero-Fagion (thermophilous beech forests). The communities of Fagus orientalis are markedly different from the communities of Fagus sylvatica, have a distinct floristic composition, and belong to the Euxinian alliance Fagion orientalis.

In Czech

Beech forests occupy considerable areas in the Bulgarian mountains. They are represented by communities of Fagus sylvatica (incl. F. moesiaca) and F. orientalis, and also by mixed stands of beech with Abies alba, Carpinus betulus, Quercus cerris, Q. dalechampii and Q. polycarpa. 494 releves sampled across the country were analysed by numerical methods. They were classified into 12 groups of Fagus sylvatica forests and 3 groups of Fagus orientalis forests. The analysis of Bulgarian Fagus sylvatica communities did not show a distinct pattern of geographic differentiation and did not support the concept of the alliance Fagion moesiacum, as accepted by many earlier authors. The differentiation patterns in the Bulgarian Fagus sylvatica forests mainly follow the gradients in soils and climate, and are similar to those in the Central European beech forests. Therefore we accept a syntaxonomical scheme, which emphasizes variation due to edaphic and local topoclimatic factors rather than due to large-scale geographical differentiation. This scheme is very close to that proposed by Willner (2002) for the southern Central European beech forests, and includes the alliances Luzulo-Fagion (acidophilous beech forests), Asperulo-Fagion (nutrient-rich beech forests), and Cephalanthero-Fagion (thermophilous beech forests). The communities of Fagus orientalis are markedly different from the communities of Fagus sylvatica, have a distinct floristic composition, and belong to the Euxinian alliance Fagion orientalis.

Links

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)
Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time