Ecology of Central European Forests Vegetation Ecology of Central Eu
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Ecology of Central European Forests Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe Volume I
Ecology of Central European Forests
Christoph Leuschner • Heinz Ellenberg
Ecology of Central European Forests Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe, Volume I Revised and Extended Version of the 6th German Edition Translated by Laura Sutcliffe
Christoph Leuschner Plant Ecology University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
Heinz Ellenberg (deceased) University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
Translation of the revised and extended German language edition: Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen, by Heinz Ellenberg/Christoph Leuschner, © 2010 by Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart, Germany. All Rights Reserved. ISBN 978-3-319-43040-9 ISBN 978-3-319-43042-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43042-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943125 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017, corrected publication 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Beech primeval forest Havešová in Slovakia Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Dedicated to the memory of Heinz Ellenberg (1913–1997), eminent ecologist, teacher and friend
Preface
With the publication in 1963 of the first edition of his classical textbook Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen (Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe), Heinz Ellenberg produced a unique compendium of the diverse vegetation types of Central Europe and their ecology. This region in the heart of Europe with more than 7000 years of continuous human settlement may well, together with Britain, be the best studied region on earth with respect to its vegetation ecology, visible in a myriad of publications on the floristics and plant communitie
