A dispersal unit of a plant (seed, fruit, or spore). The reserve of such units present in the soil is referred to as the diaspore bank (seed bank or spore potential). Some seeds can remain viable in the soil for several years, and in certain species even for centuries.
- INTRODUCTION
- BASIC ASPECTS OF (EUROPEAN) FOREST RESOURCES
- ECOLOGY OF TREES (autecology)
- FOREST ECOLOGY (synecology)
- REGIONAL FOREST TYPES (Forest biomes)
- FOREST STAND DESCRIPTION (inventory and monitoring)
- SILVICULTURE
- FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
- APPLICATIONS, EXAMPLES, AND CASE STUDIES
- 59. Regional silvicultural systems
- 60. Forest enterprises
- 61. Field experiments
- 62. Model forests
- 63. Urban forests
- 64. Case: Scandinavian industrial forestry
- 65. Case: City forest
- 66. Case: Atlantic production forest
- 67. Case: Mountain forest
- 68. Case: Mediterranean forest / Agroforestry
- 69. Case: Central European state forest enterprise
- 70. Case: central European private forest estate
- 71. Case: forest management for conservation
- OUTLOOK