"A comprehensive list of references, subject and taxa (including syntaxa) indexes complete the book which depicts the structure and life of an unique ecosystem. [...] instructive illustrations, graphs and tables contribute to the vivid presentation of ecological results. The reviewed publication may be considered as a model of team work, dealing with the principal questions of origin, present life and further development of an unique primeval forest in the European temperature zone."
– Robert Neuhäusl and Zdenka Neuhäuslová, Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica, Vol. 24, 1989