Assessment, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest Biodiversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use (sustainable forest management)
Most of the species found are well distributed “typical” forest species. Their occurrence appears not to be
threatened in the investigated managed forests. Many of those species with better distribution and density in
managed forests as opposed to non-managed forests – may be considered disturbance indicators in forests. In
more intensely managed forests a ruderalisation of the herb layer vegetation may take place.
Literature
Oheimb, G. von, Ellenberg, H., Heuveldop, J., Kriebitzsch, W.U., 1999: Einfluss der Nutzung unterschiedlicher
Waldökosysteme auf die Artenvielfalt und –zusammensetzung der Gefaesspflanzen in der Baum-, Strauch- und
Krautschicht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Aspekten des Naturschutzes und des Verbissdruckes durch
Wild. (Influence of management of different forest ecosystems on species diversity and –composition of vascular plants
in the tree- shrub– and herb layers – with special consideration of aspects of nature conservation and browsing by
game). In: Wichtige Einflussfaktoren auf die Biodiversitaet in Waeldern. Scholz, F.; Degen, B (editors). Hamburg:
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Tab. 1: Steadiness of selected common vascular plant species in non-managed (NW) broad leaved forests
and in comparable managed forests (WW) in the investigation area “SH” (n = 43 stands). Comparison
between NW and WW by Fisher’s Exact Test: *p