Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Evolution of Ecosystem Thinking in European Ecology....Pages 5-15
Some Applications of the Ecosystem Approach to Environmental Problems and Resource Management....Pages 16-30
A New Theoretical Approach to Ecosystem Concept as a Differential of the Biosphere....Pages 31-33
Effects of Invasion by Tsuga Canadensis on a North American Forest Ecosystem....Pages 34-44
How Ecosystems Respond to Environmental Change: Evidence From Late-Quaternary Palaeoecological Records....Pages 45-54
Session Report I is Ecosystem a Working Concept ?....Pages 55-59
Climate and Air Pollution as Determinants of Forest Ecosystem Processes....Pages 63-75
Soil Characteristics of Forest Ecosystems Developed Within the Formerly Periglacial Area of Central Europe....Pages 76-84
Session Report II Environmental Framework For Ecosystem Development....Pages 85-87
Computer Models of Forest Dynamics and Global Changes in the Environment....Pages 91-102
Patterns and Dynamics: The Example of the European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica L.) Forests....Pages 103-114
Incorporating Species Attributes and Environmental Heterogeneity into Forest Models....Pages 115-125
Animal Communities and Vegetation Dynamics: Measuring and Modelling Animal Community Dynamics Along Forest Successions....Pages 126-141
Session Report III Community Patterns and Dynamics....Pages 142-145
Environmental and Physiological Constraints to Forest Yield....Pages 149-164
Forest Soil Biology: Impossible Challenge or Open Market?....Pages 165-175
Nutrient Cycling in European Forests: State of Current Research and Future Needs....Pages 176-188
Soils: Biotic Constructions in a Gaian Sense?....Pages 189-207
Denitrification in Forest Soils....Pages 208-222
Session Report IV Processes in Ecosystems....Pages 223-225
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Input/Output-Analysis of Ions in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 229-243
Patterns in the Biogeochemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA....Pages 244-255
Carbon Flux and Storage in European Forests....Pages 256-271
Session Report V Input/Output....Pages 272-275
Forest Response to a Changing Environment — Central and Northern European Aspects -....Pages 279-297
Environmental Changes in Forests Examples from the South of Europe....Pages 298-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
The European Network of Catchments Organised for Research on Ecosystems (Encore)....Pages 315-324
The “EXMAN” Project Experimental Manipulations of Forest Ecosystems....Pages 325-334
NITREX — Nitrogen Saturation Experiments....Pages 335-341
Mechanisms of Nutrient Turnover in the Soil Compartment of Forests....Pages 342-350
Climatic Influence on Litter Decomposition: Methods and Some Results of a NW- European Transect....Pages 351-358
CLIMEX — Climate Change Experiment....Pages 359-364
Land Use Changes and Wildfires....Pages 367-373
Natural Degenerate Mediterranean Forests: Which Future ? The Examples of the Holm Oak (Quercus Ilex L.) and Chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.) Coppice Stands....Pages 374-380
The Dehesa: Does this Complex Ecological System Have a Future?....Pages 381-388
Hydrochemical Budgets, Nutrient Cycles and Hydrological Responses in the Quercus ILEX Forest of Prades Catchments....Pages 389-396
Soil Evolution After Fire in Quercus Ilex and Pinus Halepensis Forests....Pages 397-404
Nutrient Cycling Quercetum Frainetto-Cerris Macedonicum Ecosystem In Galicica National Park....Pages 405-416
Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics in an Atlantic Beech Forest (Brittany, France)....Pages 419-428
Atmospheric Co 2 Increase and Plant Material Quality: Production, Nitrogen Allocation and Litter Decomposition of Sweet Chestnut....Pages 429-436
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Compositional Development of Deciduous Forests From Non-Forest Precursors In Northern Belgium: Evidence From Historical Ecology....Pages 437-444
Hydrological Effects of Plantation Foresty in North-Western Europe....Pages 445-455
Importance of Ectomycorrhiza for Forest Ecosystems....Pages 456-461
Influence of Various Stresses on Ca and Mg Nutrition of a Spruce Stand Developed on Acidic Soil.....Pages 465-472
Importance of Land-Use History For Nutrient Cycling in Central European Forests....Pages 473-480
Thirty-Year-Changes in Some Forest Communities of Visegrádi Mts., Hungary....Pages 481-488
A Regional Risk Assessment for Forest Ecosystems, Illustrated By Ne-Bavaria and Central Europe....Pages 489-497
Recent Anthropogenous Distribution of European Beech Outside its Natural Range in Poland....Pages 498-502
The Spruce Forest Ecosystems in Czechoslovakia....Pages 503-511
Session Report IV Central European Forests....Pages 512-512
Responses of Northern Conifers to Changes in Pollution and Climate....Pages 515-519
The Growth Pattern of Scots Pine in Europe....Pages 520-527
The Disturbance Dynamics of Swedish Boreal Forest....Pages 528-535
Session Report V Nordic Forests....Pages 536-536
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Forest Response to Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry (Mainly Acid, Nitrogen, and Heavy Metals Deposition) and Implications in Ecosystem Functioning and Management....Pages 539-543
Forest Response to Climate Change and Implications in Ecosystem Functioning and Management....Pages 544-547
Forest Response to Climate Change and Implications in Ecosystem Functioning and Management....Pages 548-551
Forest Response to Fires and Implications in Ecosystem Functioning and Management....Pages 552-554
Forest Response to Changes in Land Use and Implications for Ecosystem Functioning and Management....Pages 555-559
General Conclusions and Perspectives for Future National and International Research Programmes on Forest Ecosystems....Pages 560-563
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Mid-Holocene Woodland History in Upland England....Pages 567-568
Multivariate Ratio Analysis of Wooded Area, Total Area and Population in the European Community....Pages 569-570
Basic Inventory and Analysis of A 215-Years Old Beech Stand Recently Established as a Total Forest Reserve....Pages 571-572
Spatial Distribution and Characteristics of Forests in Ne-Bavaria — Changes Since the Early Nineteenth Century....Pages 573-575
Forests in a Changing Environment on the Etna Volcano....Pages 576-577
Palynological Study of the Peat Bogs of the Sierra Del Bocelo (Galicia, N.W. Spain)....Pages 578-579
Pollinic Representation of Tree Taxa in the Archeological Environment of the Sierra Del Bocelo (N.W. Spain)....Pages 580-581
Changes and Fluctuation of a Zonal Submediterranean Hairy Oak Wood and the Submediterranean Climate in Time and Space in the Pannonian Basin....Pages 582-585
Norway Spruce Decline in NE Bavaria/FRG....Pages 586-587
Long-Term Monitoring in An Alpine Ecosystem....Pages 588-589
Endangerment of Forest Ecosystems in Slovenia on the Basis of Forest Dieback Inventories and Research....Pages 590-591
Measurement Results and Interpretation of Ozone Transportation into Forests of West Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz)....Pages 592-593
Impact of Acid Deposition Caused by Air Pollution in Central Europe....Pages 594-595
Transfer of Atmospheric Pollutants into a Forest Ecosystem....Pages 596-597
Effects of Pollution on Seminatural Ecosystems....Pages 598-599
Succession and Ecology: Environmental Responses of a Temperate Climate Rain Forest Exposed to Industrial Emissions....Pages 600-601
Hydrology of a Groundwater Fed Fen and its Importance for the Vegetation....Pages 602-603
Analysis of the Throughfall Leachates of a Declining Forest in Relation to Time and to the Mineral Content of the Canopy....Pages 604-605
Chemistry of Rain and Throughfall in a Damaged Silver Fir Forest in the Maritime Alps....Pages 606-607
Production of 24 Na and 43 K Radioisotopes in Carrier-Free Form for Use in Ecological Studies at the Forest Area of the Síkfokút Project....Pages 608-609
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
The role of naturally emitted hydrocarbons (monoterpenes) in the chemistry of the forest atmosphere....Pages 610-611
Ecosystem Transfer of Cadmium and Effects on the Central Foodchain of Insectivora....Pages 612-614
Water Transport in Oak Trees....Pages 615-616
Evaluation of Spruce Stand Transpiration By Sap Flow Measurements in the Vosges Mountains (Strengbach Catchment-France).....Pages 617-618
Water Regime of an Oak-Hornbeam Forest at Báb, SW Slovakia....Pages 619-620
Root and Stem Respiration of Beech Saplings in the Understorey — Studies of Carbon Balance in a Montane Beech Forest ( Fagus sylvatica L. ) in the Solling Area, FRG.....Pages 621-622
Measurements of Chlorophyll Fluorescence From Attached Spruce Needles in a Montane Forest for Assessment of Photosynthetic Adaptation Processes....Pages 623-624
The Significance of Lightflecks for the Carbon Gain and Growth of Fagus Sylvatica L. Seedlings in the Understorey....Pages 625-627
Changes in Resource-Use Efficiency in Different Woody Growth Forms During Secondary Forest Succession in Central Europe....Pages 628-630
Ecophysiology of Leaves of the Mountainous Eucalyptus Pauciflora Sieb. Ex Spreng. SSP. Pauciflora and E. Delegatensis R. T. Baker Under Natural Field Conditions In Australia....Pages 631-632
Acorn Dormancy and Aridity as Factors of Quercus Cerris L. Distribution....Pages 633-634
Carbohydrate Partitioning and Storage in Beech Saplings of a Mature Stand’s Understorey — Studies of Carbon Balance in a Montane Beech Forest ( Fagus sylvatica L .) in the Solling Area, FRG.....Pages 635-636
Effect of Bud Removal on the Mineral Content of One-Year-Old Spruce Needles....Pages 637-638
Can Beech Adapt to Climatical Change?....Pages 639-640
Photosynthetic Rates of Beech Saplings Depending on Irradiance Level in the Understorey — Studies of Carbon Balance in a Montane Beech Forest ( Fagus sylvatica L .) in the Solling Area, FRG.....Pages 641-642
Influence of the Climate and Air Pollution on Needle Surface Characteristics in the Scots Pine ( Pinus Sylvestris L.)....Pages 643-644
Effects of Different pH Values on Seed Growth in Pinus Pinaster and P. Pinea....Pages 645-646
The Use of Multiple Indices in Evaluating Stress and Pollution Effects on Trees.....Pages 647-648
An Instrument for Measuring the Photosynthetic Usable Radiation....Pages 649-650
Decomposition Dynamic of Different Tree Leaves in Three Forest of the Duero Basin (Province of Zamora, Spain)....Pages 651-652
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Open-Top Chambers for Study of the Physiology of Acclimated Trees Under Enhanced Co 2 in Natural Pollution Climate....Pages 653-654
The Effects of Co 2 Enrichment on the Biochemistry of Photosynthesis and Photorespiration of Spruce Trees Cultivated in Open-Top Chambers.....Pages 655-656
Reactions of A 57 Year Old Spruce Tree Subjected To Artificial Water Stress....Pages 657-658
Critical Concentrations of Lead and Cadmium for Young Beech Trees ( Fagus Sylvatica L .)....Pages 659-661
Nitrogen Input and Nitrogen Recycling in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 662-663
Nitrogen Dynamics in Some Beech Forests as Measure of Resilience to Changes Due to Management Practices and Anthropogenic Impacts....Pages 664-665
Nutrient Dynamics and Organic Matter Production in an Oak Forest Ecosystem in North Greece....Pages 666-668
Nitrogen Cycle in a Spruce Stand in the French Ardennes with High Nitrogen Pollution....Pages 669-670
Hydrological and Hydrochemical Responses of a Spruce Catchment (Mont-Lozere, France) Submitted to a Gradual Clearfelling....Pages 671-672
Litterfall Responses to Increased availability of Water, Nitrogen and Phosphorus in a Holm oak Forest....Pages 673-674
Time series analysis of the ionic content of the water flowing through a forested watershed....Pages 675-676
Biochemical Cycling of Sulphur and its Effects on Surface Water Chemistry in an Acid Catchment in Sw Sweden....Pages 677-678
Importance of the Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles in the Proton Budget in a Declining Fir Forest and its Relation to Aluminium Toxicity....Pages 679-680
Short-Term Effects of Recycling of Granulated Wood Ash to Forest Soil in Sweden....Pages 681-682
N-Uptake from Wet Deposition By Above Ground Parts of Beech (Fagus Silvatica L.) Trees....Pages 683-684
Retention and Leaching of Pb, Cu, Cd and Zn in Soil Close to Large Source of Pollution....Pages 685-687
Relation Between the Litter Fall Rate and its Accumulation on the Soil of A Pinus Halepensis Mill. Forest in Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)....Pages 688-690
Litter Fall and Mineral Nutrient Content in A Tropical Rain Forest Near Kisangani (Zaïre)....Pages 691-692
Acid Deposition and Throughfall Fluxes as Related to Tree Species....Pages 693-694
Influence of Different Vegetation Management Regimes on Nitrogen Partitioning Within Agriforestry Systems....Pages 695-696
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Litter Decomposition in Forest Soils....Pages 697-698
The Shoot Carbon Balance of Young Chesnut Trees (Castanea Sativa Mill.) in Double CO 2 ....Pages 699-700
The Effect of Increased Atmospheric Co 2 Concentration on the Gowth and Nitrogen Allocation of A Woody Plant ( Castanea Sativa Mill.)....Pages 701-702
Decomposition of Foliar Litter Mixtures: A Microcosm Experiment....Pages 703-706
Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Nutrient Cycling and Soil Biota in Coniferous Forest Soils in the Netherlands; A Field Approach....Pages 707-708
Core Project: Multivariate Analysis of Nutrient Concentrations in Leachates From Soils Transported to Sites of Differing Chemical Climate....Pages 709-710
Core Project: Studies of the Role of Soil Invertebrates in Nutrient Mobilization in Soil Columns....Pages 711-712
Pattern of Microbial Biomass and Activity in European Pine and Spruce Forest Soil Compartments....Pages 713-714
Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Nutrient Cycling and Soil Biota in Coniferous Forest Soils in the Netherlands; A Microcosm Approach....Pages 715-716
Core Project Denitrification in Relation to Canopy Structure in A Spruce Forest....Pages 717-718
Humex-Humic Lake Acidification Experiment....Pages 719-721
Effects of Acid Irrigation and Liming on Soil Chemistry in An Older Spruce Stand (“Höglwald” Experiment)....Pages 722-723
Nitrogen Circulation in Three Spruce Forests in Denmark....Pages 724-725
Precipitation, Throughfall and Soil Water Chemistry in a Spruce Forest in Co. Cork, Ireland. Ballyhooly Project.....Pages 726-727
Microbial and Ecophysiological Response to Manipulatuion of the Atmospheric Input to a Spruce Forest in Denmark....Pages 728-729
Field Comparison of Ceramic and PTFE Soil Water Samplers....Pages 730-731
Acidification Pulses Due to Nitrification in Forest Soils....Pages 732-734
A New Mobile Lysimeter Probe for Soil Water Sampling....Pages 735-737
Soil Microbial Biomass and Activity Estimations in Forest Soils....Pages 738-739
Microbial Ecology and White-Fir Decline in the Trento Forest....Pages 740-741
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Metal Toxicity in Mycorrhizal Norway Spruce Seedlings....Pages 742-744
Role of SO 2 in the Formation of Injuries in Scots Pine Mycorrhizas in Industrial Environments....Pages 745-746
Influence of Sphaerosporella Brunnea Mycorrhiza on the Growth of Quercus Robur and Castenea Satina....Pages 747-748
Physiological and Morphological Features of Spruce and Beech Mycorrhizas in Natural Forest Systems....Pages 749-750
Cold-Acclimation Associated Changes of Soluble Carbohydrates in Mycorrhizal and Non Mycorrhizal Roots of Picea Abies Inoculated with Pisolithus Tinctorius....Pages 751-752
Adenosine Nucleotide Content in Roots of Picea Abies During Mycorrhiza Formation with Pisolithus Tinctorius....Pages 753-754
Functional Groups of Microfungi and Growth Strategies During Decomposition....Pages 755-756
Influence of Immission on Soil Macrofungi and Some of the Biological, Biochemical and Chemical Processes in a Pine Forest....Pages 757-758
Soluble Humic Substances in Forest Soils and their Interference with Plant Nutrient Uptake....Pages 759-760
Root-Surface Fungi of Tuber Ectomycorrhizae....Pages 761-762
Nitrification in Acid Forest Soils in the Netherlands: Vertical Distribution, Regulating Factors and Implications for Soil Acidification....Pages 763-764
Patterns in Denitrifying Activity Processes through Discontinuous Measurements in Danish Beech Forests....Pages 765-766
Nutrient Transfer from Forest Floor to Mineral Soil in a Pinus Radiata D. Don Stand....Pages 767-768
A New Method to Determine Belowground Production in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 769-770
Soil Parent Material Evolution under the Influence of Leap Litter of Forest Tree Species....Pages 771-772
General Properties of Soils under Chestnut Stands in Trás-Os-Montes Region, Portugal....Pages 773-775
Organic Horizons in Mediterranean Forest Soils: Characteristics and Influence of the Parent Material....Pages 776-777
Soil Biological and Biochemical Activities in Different Forest Ecosystems and their Dependence on Certain Soil and Environmental Factors....Pages 778-779
Heathland-Forest-Succession in North-West Germany: Morphological and Chemical Properties of the Soil under Different Successional Stages....Pages 780-781
The Relations between the Sulphur Forms and the Organic and Mineral Components in Soils Developed under Spruce Forests in the Mont Lozere (France)....Pages 782-783
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Effects of Spruce Plantation (Picea Abies Karst.) On the Soil Function of a Previous Broadleaved Ecosystem: Analytical and Experimental Investigations.....Pages 784-785
Effects of Acidification on the Efficience of an Agroecosystem Simulated in Laboratory....Pages 786-788
Reversibility of Soil Acidification by Reduction of Acid Input: An Experiment with Undisturbed Soil Columns....Pages 789-790
Influence of Acid Atmospheric Depositions on Chemical and Mineralogical Soil Conditions....Pages 791-792
Measurement of Ph in A Forest Soil: Does Spatial Variability Hide Significant Temporal Change?....Pages 793-794
 Octolasion Lacteum (Örley) (Lumbricidae) Affecting Nutrient Use of Beech Seedlings....Pages 795-796
Clear-Cutting of a Scots Pine Forest — Effects on Soil Biology....Pages 797-799
Mycorrhizal Fungi as Bioindicators of Radioactivity....Pages 800-802
Metal Toxicity in Mycorrhizal Norway Spruce Seedlings....Pages 803-805
Stress Bioindicators in Norway Spruce....Pages 806-807
Ecosystem Study in a Central European Pine Forest — Studies on the Cycling of Elements during Litter Decomposition in Pine Forests in the Grunewald, Berlin....Pages 808-809
Nutrient Movements and Microbial Activity in Acid Forest Soil Treated with Slow- and Fast-Releasing Fertilizers....Pages 810-811
Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Growth and Induced Imbalances in a Young Norway Spruce Stand....Pages 812-813
Yield Optimisation in Young Norway Spruce Stands....Pages 814-815
Fertilizing of Norway Spruce Stand in Czech Region of Izera Mountains....Pages 816-817
Initial Effects of Liming On CO 2 -Evolution and N-Mineralization from Forest Floors....Pages 818-820
Changes in Soil, Plant Nutrient Content and Tree Growth During A 5-Year Period on Norway Spruce Plots under Different Liming Regimes in South Sweden.....Pages 821-822
Effects of Liming on Soil Function: Relationships with Spruce Health.....Pages 823-824
Chemical Changes in an Ammonium Sulphate Fertilized and a Limed Soil Under Beech....Pages 825-826
The Effects of Liming on Fine-Roots in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 827-828
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Effects of Liming and N-Fertilization on Soil Chemistry, Biomass and Nutrient Content of Fine Roots in a Mature Beech Stand in the Solling Area (GERMANY)....Pages 829-830
Lipid Composition of Plant Cells Exposed to Air Pollution and its Possible Diagnostic Use: Preliminary Results of O 3 Exposure....Pages 831-832
Recovery of Tree Growth and Soil Properties After Application of Artificial Acid Rain....Pages 833-834
Applicability of Microbial CO 2 Production and Phosphatase Enzyme Activity as Indicators of Pollution Loads into Brown Forest Soils....Pages 835-836
Climate Change — Possible Impacts on Subalpine Forest Ecosystems....Pages 837-838
Deciduous Broadleaved Versus Evergreen Sclerophyllous Forests. Disturbance and Local Shifting Dominance in Mediterranean Environments.....Pages 839-840
The Effects of Burning and Clearcutting in Forest Floor Layers of Holm Oak Forest....Pages 841-842
Humus forms in Eu- and Submediterranean Forests on Acid Parent Materials and the Impact of Forest Fire....Pages 843-844
Study of Microclimatic Factors on a “Mediterranean” Beech Forest....Pages 845-846
Influence of Fire on Forest Soil Microflora....Pages 847-848
Root and Mycorrhizal Dynamics After Fire....Pages 849-850
Postfire Phenology of Chamaerops Humilis L. in a Mediterranean-Type Schrubland....Pages 851-852
Aspects of Forest Decline In Tuscany....Pages 853-854
Differences in Vegetal Regeneration by Effects of Spring and Summer Fires in Quercus Pyrenaica Forests....Pages 855-857
Growth Patterns of Cork-Oak ( Quercus Suber L.) under Natural Conditions....Pages 858-860
The Algerian Communities of Quercus Faginea Lamk. Distribution, Ecology and Phytosociology. Degradation and Preservation. a Case Study.....Pages 861-862
Dynamic Stages in Extrazonal Coenosis of Quercus Ilex in Abruzzo (Central Italy)....Pages 863-864
Quercus Ilex L. Litter Decomposition and Mineral Evolution in an Evergreen Oak Woodland in Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain).....Pages 865-866
Resilience of Abandoned Natural Degenerate Forests of the Mediterranean Europe. Developmental Strategies of Four Tree Species.....Pages 867-868
Coniferous Repopulation Effects on Quercus Rotundifolia L. Forests in the Nw Iberian Peninsula.....Pages 869-870
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Environmental Effects of Pinus Radiata D. Don Plantations in the Basque Country (Spain)....Pages 871-873
Ecological Effects of Agroforestry on Pinewoods and Eucalyptus Woods in Galicia (N.W. of the Iberian Peninsula)....Pages 874-875
Neighbourhood Effect on Erica Multiflora Resprouting after Fire and Clipping....Pages 876-877
Study of the Management Systems of the Extremaduran Dehesa (Spain)....Pages 878-879
Models of Structural Variation of the Herbaceous Community with Tree Influence in “Dehesa” Ecosystems of Quercus Pyrenaica....Pages 880-882
Structural Modification of Slopes by Effect of the Tree-Covering....Pages 883-884
The Effect of the Activity of Coprophagous Coleoptera on the Contribution of Nutrients to the Soil In A “Dehesa” System (Q. rotundifolia Lam)....Pages 885-886
Effects of Experimental Fires on Soil and Vegetation....Pages 887-888
Effects of Prescribed Fire on Nitrogen Cycling and Tree Growth in an Australian Eucalypt Forest....Pages 889-891
Structure of Mixed Holm-Oak ( Quercus Ilex ) Aleppo Pine ( Pinus Halepensis ) Forests in Northeastern Spain....Pages 892-893
The Quercus Coccifera L. and Olea Europaea L. Communities in the Algiers Coast Area. Ecology, Phytosociology. Degradation and Preservation Problems....Pages 894-895
Ecology, Dynamics and Conservation of the Quercus Pyrenaica Forests in the South Iberian Peninsula....Pages 896-897
Woodland Vegetation of Veneto — Prodromes of Forest Typology....Pages 898-899
Italian Chestnut Forests: Anthropic Modifications and Structural Aspects....Pages 900-901
A Rapidly Changing Cultivation System: The Coppice....Pages 902-903
Structural and Functional Implications of the Transformation Process of Certain Forest Ecosystems Towards Selection Forest....Pages 904-905
Community Pattern in a Small Scale Forest Ecotone....Pages 906-907
Changes of the Tree Layer on a Danish Mire, Maglemose, 1913–1991....Pages 908-909
Studies on Structure and Function of Dahurian Larch Plantation Ecosystem....Pages 910-911
Small Scale Spatial Patterns of Trees in Mixed Pine-Beech Forests....Pages 912-913
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Environmental Factors Related to Ecological Species Groups in Forest Communities in South Belgium....Pages 914-915
Above-Ground Biomass, Nutrient Distribution and Stand Evolution in a Forest Located on Poor Sandy Soil....Pages 916-917
Phytomass and Productivity of a Larix Decidua Forest in the “Alpes De Haute — Provence” (Southern France).....Pages 918-919
An Ordination Study of Esker Forest Vegetation in Southern Finland....Pages 920-921
Geographic Information Systems (Gis) for the Inventory and Monitoring of the Integrity of Riparian Forests and Woodlands....Pages 922-923
The Changing Structure of a Scots Pine Forest as a Man-Modified Ecosystem....Pages 924-925
Effects of Pasture on the Dynamics of Productivity of Steppe Ecosystems of Azerbaijan....Pages 926-927
Succession of Ground Vegetation in Damaged Stands of the Black Forest (Sw-Germany) with Respect to Emissions....Pages 928-929
Changes in the Forest Ground Layer Vegetation: an Example of Terrestrial Eutrophication....Pages 930-931
Simulation of Transient Responses to Climate Change in Forested Landscapes....Pages 932-933
Simulation of the Silvigenetic Processes in Sub-Mediterranean Forest Communities in Peninsula Italy.....Pages 934-935
On a few Dynamic Process of Vegetation in Umbro-Marchigiano Apennines, Following a Different Use of Soil....Pages 936-937
Architecture and Dynamics of a Woodland Ecosystem in Basilicata (Beech Wood). Project Devoted to Protection of the Environment.....Pages 938-940
Environmental Quality and Anthropogenic Perturbation in the Abruzzo National Park Woodlands (Italy)....Pages 941-942
A Causal-Functional Approach to the Study of Heathland-Forest Succession in North-West Germany: Theoretical Background and Conceptual Framework....Pages 943-944
Dynamics of Vegetation in the Resteration of Areas Abandoned by Agricultural and Pastoral Activities....Pages 945-947
Vegetation Dynamic Maps, Examples Relative to the Central Apennines....Pages 948-950
Use of a Geographic Information System (Arc/Info) for Studying Woodland Recolonisation in Fallow Land Countries (French Alps)....Pages 951-952
Ecological Processes in Forest Gap Models — Analysis and Improvement....Pages 953-954
Implementation of a Soil-Vegetation Transfer Scheme in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model....Pages 955-956
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Effects of the Gypsy Moth Life System on Growth and Yield of Mixed Hardwood Stands....Pages 961-962
Acidic Precipitation and Egg Survival in the European Pine Sawfly....Pages 963-964
Reproduction of Aphids and Spider Mites and Levels of Amino Acids in Conifer Seedlings Exposed to Ozone....Pages 965-966
Numbers of Grey Pine Aphid in Relation to the Composition of Resin Acids and Terpenes of Scots Pine Needles....Pages 967-968
Relationship between Oribatids and Physico-Chemical Soil Factors....Pages 969-971
Entomological Aspects of the Protection of Quercus Suber L. Forests in Sardinia....Pages 972-973
Object-Oriented Design of Topological Tree and Forest Models....Pages 957-958
A Comparative Sensitivity Analysis of Different Process Based Forest Models....Pages 959-960
Natural Regeneration of a Stone Pine (Pinus Pinea L.) Wood in the “Maremma Nature Park” (Grosseto, Italy)....Pages 991-992
Growth Pattern and Architecture in Quercus Ilex L. and Fraxinus Ornus L. Vegetative Regeneration After Coppicing in Maremma Nature Park (Central Italy)....Pages 993-994
Observations on the Decline of Fagus Sylvatica L. in the Tuscan Apennines....Pages 995-996
Structure and Treatment in the Alberese Stone Pine Stand....Pages 997-998
Ecosystem Research in the Bornhöved Lakes Region....Pages 974-975
Ecosystem Study in a Central European Pine Forest — Studies on the Cycling of Elements During Litter Decomposition in Pine Forests in the Grunewald, Berlin....Pages 976-977
Project Arinus: Biogeochemical Cycles in Forested Watersheds as Influenced by Experimental (Nh4)2So4 Treatments....Pages 978-980
Naturalistic Afforestation for the Improvement of a Periurban Area under Mediterranean Conditions....Pages 981-982
Faunistics, Ecology, Structure and Energetics of the Ornithocenosis in Macedonian Oak Ecosystem (Quercetum Trojanae Em Et Ht.) in the Np Galičica (Macedonia, Yugoslavia)....Pages 983-984
Species Characteristics as Appeared in Early Stage of Secondary Succession of a Natural Fir-Hemlock Forest, Shikoku, Japan....Pages 985-986
Hurricanes and Regeneration in a Natural Beech Forest (Fontainebleau — France)....Pages 987-988
Radiocaesium Dynamics in Mediterranean Forest....Pages 989-990
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Biochemical Characteristics of the A1 Horizon of Chromic Cambisol under Three Different Forest Stands (Poggio Del Comune Relief, Central Italy)....Pages 999-1000
Structure of a Maritime Pine Stand Originated From Fire....Pages 1001-1002
Back Matter....Pages 1003-1009