Change of Ecological Conditions during Spontaneous Succession of Vegetation in a Broad-Leaved Landscape (by the Example of Polessye Province, Belarus)
A. P. Gusev
Keywords: progressive succession, ecotope, broad-leaved forest landscape, microclimate, Belarus
Pages: 649-656
Abstract
Features of the spontaneous succession in a broad-leaved forest landscape (Polessye province, Belarus) are considered. The regularities of changes of the vegetation (specific structure, vital forms, phytocoenotic structure) and the characteristics of ecotope (on the basis of phytoindicator scales) over the succession gradient were revealed. It was established that the most essential changes of microclimate and soil occur at the stage of formation of the wood ecosystem.
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