Różnorodność gatunkowa jako wskaźnik przemian roślinności w bieszczadzkiej kwaśnej buczynie górskiej

The intensity of disturbance plays a key role in shaping the biodiversity and hence it is a good tool for assessing community changes occurring in the Western Bieszczady, an area depopulated after World War II. Based on sampling of acidophilous mountain beech forest phytocoenosis repeated after 50 years, an analysis of plant biodiversity changes was conducted. The study focused on changes in the number of species, Shannon’s indicator, spatial distribution and coverage of specific ecological groups of species. The results confirm an undergoing process of regeneration of straitened phytocoenoses from 1958−1961, in which a slow improvement of the trophic conditions can be observed.