Dynamik des Totholzes in zwei gemischten Urwäldern der Westkarpaten im pflanzengeographischen Bereich der Tannen-Buchen- und der Buchenwälder in verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien | Deadwood dynamics in two mixed virgin forests in the West Carpathians in the phytogeographic domain of pure beech and mixed fir-beech forests

Abstract

An analysis was carried out, over a period of 40 years, of the dynamics of deadwood in two mixed virgin forests in the West Carpathians in the phytogeographic domain of pure beech and mixed fir-beech forests. Deadwood (expressed as % of dendromass, i.e. living and dead biomass) is subject to great variations at different evolutive phases. The relation between deadwood and living biomass in the aggradation phase (juvenile growing phase)is 1:2 in the Badín forest and varies between 1:2 and 1:3 in the Dobroč forest, while a maximum is reached in the optimal phase with a variation between 1:5 and 1:6.