Bremer, P, 2003, Een halve eeuw bosontwikkeling in het Voorsterbos, Flevolondas oudste bos., in: De Levende Natuur, 104, 1
- Author : Bremer, P
- Year : 2003
- Title English : Colonization of the oldest wood in the youngest province Flevoland
- Journal/Series : De Levende Natuur
- Volume Number (ANNUAL: Counting Volumes of the Year shown above) : 1
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 104
- Pages : 16-23
- Abstract in English : The colonization of the Voorsterbos by wood-inhabiting plant species has been monitored and reviewed for a period of fifty years. The number of characteristic bryophytes stabilized after c. 25 years, while the number of vascular species will stabilize after c. 70 years. The colonization of `safe` sites will continue for a long time afterwards. For Ilex aquifolium e.g. the colonization of `safe` sites will continue for tens of years. 83 % of the established and potential wood-inhabiting species are growing within a distance of 10 kilometer from the area. At least twelve species came from an adjacent pleistocene area with a concentration of wood-inhabiting species. Other species came from human settlements (Ribes spp.) or were transported over larger distances (e.g. Circaea lutetiana). Anemochorous species are more succesfull in colonization than species with an epizoöchorous, endozoöchorous or short distance dispersal. But there are numerous species more succesfull than expected, e.g. Ceratocapnos claviculata and Milium effusum. The management of the area is focussed on the microclimate (light) in order to get a herb layer with characteristic species.
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