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Dynamics of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) coppices after clearcutting in southern France

✍ Scribed by Floret, C. ;Galan, M. J. ;Floc'h, E. ;Romane, F.

Book ID
104627847
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
637 KB
Volume
99-100
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-5052

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✦ Synopsis

Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) forest is one of the most widespread biocoenoses in the southern part of France. Until recently, clearcutting of wood for domestic use was carried out every 20 years or so in these coppice stands. In order to study coppice stand dynamics after cutting this paper presents results of observations of some items describing the vegetation structure, the floral composition, and the life cycles in a holm oak coppice stand during a six year period after clearcutting. One of the questions addressed in this study was whether these coppice stands reach a 'steady' state based on auto-succession, or if they continue to change. The results of the floristic changes after cutting suggest that the model of auto-succession best fits with the vegetation dynamics, even if changes in the density and life cycles of herbaceous species still exist six years after clearcutting.

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