Open AccessA method of describing the development and state of a plant community
Author(s) -
Andrzej Nienartowicz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1988.037
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , sensu , plant community , regeneration (biology) , community structure , diversity (politics) , state (computer science) , ecological succession , volume (thermodynamics) , mathematics , biology , ecology , sociology , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , anthropology , genus , microbiology and biotechnology
The Shannon-Wiener formula was modified in such a way as to include, apart from total diversity, also the total volume of the biotical resources of a plant community, i.e. the amount of accumulated biomass or total production. This was used to describe forest regeneration after clear-cutting. The state of each successional stage was evaluated by comparing its structure with the model of mature community belonging to plant association sensu Braun-Blanquet, which is a system with a structure corresponding to the equifinal state