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Preservation of forest soil and vegetation in the Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.) habitat within the eastern Karavanke region an the eastern Kamnik-Savinja Alps in Slovenia

Lado Kutnar and Mihej Urbančič and Miran Čas (2005) Preservation of forest soil and vegetation in the Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.) habitat within the eastern Karavanke region an the eastern Kamnik-Savinja Alps in Slovenia. Zbornik gozdarstva in lesarstva (77). pp. 5-42. ISSN 0351-3114

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    Abstract

    In the high-montane zone of the eastern Karavanke range and the eastern Kamnik-Savinja Alps of Slovenia, the soil and vegetation conditions on nine representative plots in the Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.) habitat were studied. The research was carried out on plots in different forest types within the Capercaillie leks, selected with regard to the different bedrock, exposure and level of forest degradation. By contrast to the well preserved beech forest, degradation processes in dystric soil on andesite tuff and gneiss of secondary spruce forest in the abandoned pastures were detected. In the forests on limestone and dolomite, the plant species diversity is much higher than in the forests on non-carbonate bedrock. On carbonate and non-carbonate bedrock, too, the level of preservation of forests (secondary forest in pastures vs. co-natural forests on permanent forest land) is significantly reflected in the floristic composition and vegetation structure.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: carbonate and non-carbonate bedrock, secondary forest,vegetation
    Link to COBISS: http://www.cobiss.si/scripts/cobiss?command=SEARCH&base=COBIB&select=ID= 1635238
    Divisions: Slovenian Forestry Institute > Department of Forest Ecology
    Item ID: 242
    Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2014 09:34
    Last Modified: 26 Feb 2014 09:34
    URI: http://eprints.gozdis.si/id/eprint/242

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