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A case study of the dynamics of a pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest ecosystem on the Drava plain (Slovenia-YU) is presented with respect to changes in nutrient storage and vegetation. Two man-induced disturbances of the ecosystem and their impacts on the soils and vegetation are compared: (1) litter gathering for improving primary production in agriculture under the conditions of sun energy and (2) air pollution due to the use of fossil fuel. Using multivariate statistical methods (cluster analysis and the hierarchical logarithmic linear model) the impact of the former disturbance is illustrated by determining the relations between soil types with different depth of organic layer and vegetation types. The impact of the later disturbance is established by the determination of damage of pine crowns and related diminished growth.
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Golob, A. (1992). The Changing Structure of a Scots Pine Forest as a Man-Modified Ecosystem. In: Teller, A., Mathy, P., Jeffers, J.N.R. (eds) Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2866-7_226
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