期刊名称：Condition of Forests in Europe / Waldzustand in Europa
印刷版ISSN：1020-587X
出版年度：2007
卷号：1
页码：14-14
出版社：United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
摘要：The natural habitat of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) covers large areas of
Europe, ranging from southern Scandinavia to Sicily and from the Iberian
Peninsula to the East Carpathians. Throughout the wide geographic range the
natural dominance of beech is mainly explained by its high shade tolerance
and its ability to grow on a wide range of site types. In general, as one moves
to the south, beech forests occupy increasingly higher altitudes, their limit
being at 1 250 m in the West Carpathians and northern Alps, 1 500 m in the
Pyrenees and 1 850 m in the Apennines. According to the “European Forest
Types” classification (EEA Technical Report 9/2006), there are two main categories
with the dominance of beech: beech forests and montane beech forests.
One of the forest types included under the latter category are Carpathian
montane beech forests.
