Droga jako czynnik odkształcający fitocenozy leśne

Vegetation of forest roads and tourist trails on which specific carpet vegetation grow is an example of extreme changes taking place under the impact of anthropopressure. Analysis of changes in the plants growing close to forest roads and paths may contribute to the identification of the main trends in the process of transformation of vegetable cover subject to trampling. It also may be the basis for determination of the degree of resistance of forest communities to tourist pressure and the possibilities and time of their regeneration after it has ceased. Regeneration capability of the vegetation destroyed by trampling after the disturbances have ceased is one of the indicators of its resistance to pressure.