Ecology of bog pine (Pinus rotundata LINK) in relation to regeneration of bog pine forests

Abstract

Ecology of Pinus rotundata, and partly also of accompanying trees Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies, was studied. Experiments with seedlings and field observations were conducted to find the limitations in rejuvenation of studied species. Succession in bog pine forest after different types of disturbances and changes of the Pinus rotundata forests during the last fifty years were analyzed