PHENOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST PLANT SPECIES IN THE BÁB FOREST 

Ivana PILKOVÁ  
Katedra ekológie a environmentalistiky, FPV UKF Nitra, Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra E-mail: ivana.pilkova@gmail.com

Abstract

The presented contribution summarizes the results of a phenological research which was realized in the Báb forest during two years, namely in 2012 and 2013. This forest is the remnant of formerly larger indigenous forest complexes and forest represents a type of indigenous vegetation in this area. During the vegetative period, vegetative and generative phenophases of forest species were monitored. A change in the onset, interphase duration and ending of the monitored phenophases between the years 2012 and 2013 was observed. This distinction was caused by a different temperature measured in 2012 and 2013. In March it came to a significant temperature decrease and even ground frost occurred.

Key words: clearcut, phenological phases, phenological  observation, temperature effect, Slovakia