Geographical pattern of selected features of the soil and herb layer in central and north European Scots pine forests
Biodiversity ; Biogeography ; Biomass ; Carbon ; Ecosystem ; Europe ; Forest ; Grassland ; Pine ; Soil properties
content), and selected characteristics of vegetation (species richness, herb layer biomass, moss layer biomass) in one type of forest community, namely, pine forests of the Vaccinio-Piceetea class. The study area covers the major part of the European
domain of pine forests, from 70.15°N (Norway) to 50.35°N (Poland) and from 12.02°E (Sweden) to 33.6°E (Russia). The results clearly point to the simultaneous effect of several different mechanisms shaping the structure of soil and the forest floor.