<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

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

SGGW, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Botany

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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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...

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

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 269 - 280

Received: Oct 02, 2018

Accepted: Oct 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2018-0028

Keywords
anthropopressure, forest associations, forest substitute communities, levels and forms of vegetation degeneration

© 2018 Wojciech Ciurzycki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 269 - 280

Received: Oct 02, 2018

Accepted: Oct 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2018-0028

Keywordsanthropopressure, forest associations, forest substitute communities, levels and forms of vegetation degeneration

© 2018 Wojciech Ciurzycki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
anthropopressure, forest associations, forest substitute communities, levels and forms of vegetation degeneration