PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - López, Diana
TI  - Production capacity of biomass of the floodpain community of Salix alba L. in southern Moravia
DP  - 2014 Nov 26
TA  - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
PG  - 111--116
VI  - 55
IP  - 5
AID - 10.11118/actaun200755050111
IS  - 12118516
AB  - The paper deals with the study of the production capacity of biomass in the seven-year stand of Salix alba L. The communities originated in the process of primary succession in the area of the middle Nové Mlýny reservoir on a newly established island. Already since the first stages, the communities have been monitored. Results have shown that white willow behaves as an R-strategist with fast growth in youth. Moreover, the growth is supported by optimum environmental conditions (soils richly supplied with nutrients and water, long growing season). Accumulated phytomass amounted 102,7 t.ha<sup>-1</sup> at the age of 7 years and the yield reached a mean annual increment of 15 t.ha<sup>-1</sup>.year<sup>-1</sup>. Communities of white willow rank among highly productive phytocoenoses capable of fixing considerable amounts of carbon and, at the same time fulfilling the function of habitat corridors.