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Changes in the structure of a Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó population during the overgrowing of a meadow-bog community complex in the Moscow region

Changes in the structure of a Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó population during the overgrowing... The overgrowing of meadow-bog communities by shrubs and trees (age 5–40 years, crown closure 0.4–0.9) leads to a decrease in incident illumination. As a consequence, juvenile and generative plants disappear from D. incarnata population loci, their average ecological density decreases, and the loci enter the state of regression. The digging activity of wild boars disrupts phytocenotically closed groups of longirhizomatous herbs, thereby creating favorable conditions for seed reproduction of D. incarnata. The species begins to form population loci with a complete ontogenetic spectrum and high ecological density, eventually restoring the normal (definitive) population structure. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian Journal of Ecology Springer Journals

Changes in the structure of a Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó population during the overgrowing of a meadow-bog community complex in the Moscow region

Russian Journal of Ecology , Volume 40 (1) – Jan 8, 2009

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 by MAIK Nauka
Subject
Life Sciences; Environment, general; Ecology
ISSN
1067-4136
eISSN
1608-3334
DOI
10.1134/S1067413609010068
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Abstract

The overgrowing of meadow-bog communities by shrubs and trees (age 5–40 years, crown closure 0.4–0.9) leads to a decrease in incident illumination. As a consequence, juvenile and generative plants disappear from D. incarnata population loci, their average ecological density decreases, and the loci enter the state of regression. The digging activity of wild boars disrupts phytocenotically closed groups of longirhizomatous herbs, thereby creating favorable conditions for seed reproduction of D. incarnata. The species begins to form population loci with a complete ontogenetic spectrum and high ecological density, eventually restoring the normal (definitive) population structure.

Journal

Russian Journal of EcologySpringer Journals

Published: Jan 8, 2009

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