Charcoal production in the Bieszczady Mts. in the past and at present

The paper contents the description of charcoal production in earth-mound kilns, a primitive technology no longer used, and modern technology of metal kilns (retorts). This method was implemented in 1980s and is in use u...

Meadow vegetation as a phase of secondary succession in the former village area in the Bieszczady Mountains – example of Łopienka valley

The paper is aimed to evaluation of stability and prognosis of succession dynamics of abandoned rural landscape of the Łopienka valley in Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park, Western Bieszczady Mts., based on the floristic and...

Changes of the structure of forest phytocoenosis after clear-cutting of the declining spruce stand and evaluation of management methods in the forests of the Silesian Beskid Mts. (Western Carpathians)

Development of Silesian industry in 19th century became the reason of clearcutting thousand hectares of forests. These were: beech, beech-fir and beech-firspruce forests of the primeval Carpathian tree stands within the...

New and rare species of beetles Coleoptera from the Bieszczady National Park and Bieszczady Mts. collected in the years 2009–2011 and the revision of the investigations from the last ten years

Amongst the most interesting beetle species which were found during the last two years of investigations can be enumerated Denticollis borealis which was found under the bark of an old decaying alder in the centre of Ust...

Łąki w polskich Karpatach – stan aktualny, zmiany i możliwości ich zachowania