Studia botanica hungarica

Author(s): Bebya, S.
Title: The fir forests of the Caucasus Mountains and considerations on their preservation
Year: 2002
Publication date: 2002-11-30
Volume: 33
Pages: 71-81.

Abstract: Multi-year studies of the forest formation processes in the virgin Abies nordmanniana forests reveal new facts on the origins and recent distribution of the fir forest communities in the Caucasus mountains. Characteristics of the biological background, seed-bearing, natural renewal, and "life strategy" of this species, the structure and dynamics of the Abies forests as well as ways of their rational use and protection are discussed.
Keywords: conservation, Abies nordmanniana, age dynamics, Caucasus, forest types, formation, relict, renewal, seed-bearing, strategy, virgin forests
Subject: botany

Journal: Studia botanica hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Studia bot. hung.
ISSN: 0301-7001
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Papp, B. & Matskási, I.