Forest plant communities and their degeneration in the urban forests of Warsaw

Autorzy

  • Wojciech Ciurzycki Warsaw University of Life Sciences, SGGW, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Botany
    Warsaw, Poland
  • Katarzyna Marciszewska Warsaw University of Life Sciences, SGGW, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Botany
    Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an inventory of plant communities of the urban forests in Warsaw. It covers the occurrence of forest associations and forest plant communities in individual forest complexes. Due to their location within the boundaries of a large urban agglomeration, Warsaw’s city forests are particularly exposed to anthropopressure.
The share of various degrees of degeneration and dominant forms of degeneration in individual complexes and over the whole surface under investigation was assessed. Possible causes of the conditions existing in the forests have been discussed; in particular, within the context of the development and use of these forests for tourism and recreation. Particular forests’ distinct historical origins, forestry management, and existing forms of surface protection possess fundamental significance for the determination of their current state.

DOI 10.2478/ffp-2018-0028
Source Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A – Forestry
Print ISSN 0071-6677
Online ISSN
2199-5907
Type of article
short communication
Original title
Forest plant communities and their degeneration in the urban forests of Warsaw
Publisher The Committee on Forestry Sciences and Wood Technology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Forest Research Institute in Sekocin Stary
Date 25/01/2019

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