Table 2 Characteristics of the studied forest communities
Belt | Elevation (m) | Community | Forest stand | Soils | Number of uprooted trees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Within study plots | Outside study plots | |||||
Lower montane forest belt | 500–1000 | Luzulo luzuloidis-Fagetum (LF) | Beech stand | Acidic brown mountain soils, cryptopodzolic or rankers | 2 | 51 |
500–1000 | Plantations of spruce Picea abies (PA-PF) | Spruce stand | Acidic brown soils, podzolic and cryptopodzolic soils | 15 | 5 | |
850–1000 | Abieti-Piceetum abietis (AP) | Fir-spruce stand | Skeletal soils, brown podzolic soils, or poorly developed podzols, very acidic in the upper layer | 19 | 1 | |
Upper montane forest belt | 1000–1250 | Calamagrostio villosae-Piceetum abietis (CVP) | Spruce stand | Podzolic soils and rankers | 24 | 43 |