A5024864188- Forest ecology and management
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Heavy metals in environment
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Education, Psychology, and Social Research
- Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science
Forestry and Game Management Research Institute
2015-2024
Mendel University in Brno
2008
Mixing of complementary tree species may increase stand productivity, mitigate the effects drought and other risks, pave way to forest production systems which be more resource-use efficient stable in face climate change. However, systematic empirical studies on mixing are still missing for many commercially important widespread combinations. Here we studied growth Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) European beech (Fagus sylvatica mixed versus pure stands 32 triplets located along a...
Summary There is increasing evidence that species diversity enhances the temporal stability (TS) of community productivity in different ecosystems, although its effect at population and tree levels seems to be negative or neutral. Asynchrony responses environmental conditions was found one main drivers this stabilizing process. However, mixing on productivity, relative importance associated mechanisms, remain poorly understood forest communities. We investigated way influenced TS Pinus...
Abstract The increasing disturbances in monocultures around the world are testimony to their instability under global change. Many studies have claimed that temporal stability of productivity increases with species richness, although ecological fundamentals mainly been investigated through diversity experiments. To adequately manage forest ecosystems, it is necessary a comprehensive understanding effect mixing on and way which influenced by climate conditions across large geographical areas....
Abstract Key message The dataset includes data from forest soil surveys conducted in the period 2000–2020. It provides and site variables 8269 locations. Data are aggregated three basic layers: upper organic horizon (FH, 6875 locations), mineral layer 0–30 cm (M03, 8051 locations) deeper 30–80 (M38, 2260 locations). is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10608814 , access to metadata...
Knowing the relationship between forest soil properties and their stand conditions is relevant for sustainable exploitation management of soils. This study examines influence environmental factors on within environments. We further assessed spatial variability these controlling factors. A harmonised database entire areas Czech Republic was considered; however, only 851 sampling points with complete data used out more than 8 thousand in database. The topsoil mineral layer 0–30 cm analysed....
Large-scale (i.e., > 1ha) clearcuts were studied in 2022–2024 at fifteen sites across the Czech Republic. Chemical properties and stock of selected elements assessed organic topsoil (OF+OH) mineral soil (0–30 cm) layers a block design on salvage-logged plots with different management logging residues (cleaning vs. chipping) adjacent control (survived) stands Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.). The rate matter (OM) decomposition logged was evaluated based experiments...
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica dominate many of the forest stands. Also, mixtures more or less occur over all countries, but have been scarcely investigated. The area occupied by each species is high relevance, especially for growth evaluation comparison different in mixed monospecific Thus, we studied methods to describe proportions their definition as proportion area. 25 triplets consisting stands were established across Europe ranging from Lithuania...
Forest soils have a high potential to store carbon and thus mitigate climate change. The information on spatial distribution of soil organic (SOC) stocks is very important. This study aims analyse the importance environmental predictors for forest SOC stock prediction at regional national scale in Czech Republic. A big database data more than 7 000 sites was compiled from several surveys. were calculated content bulk density topsoil mineral layer 0-30 cm. Spatial models developed separately...
Resource allocation to different plant tissues is likely be affected by high investment into fruit production during mast years. However, there a large knowledge gap concerning species-specific differences in resource dynamics. We investigated the influence of years on stem growth, leaf production, and carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) concentrations contents Fagus sylvatica , Quercus petraea Q. robur at continental climate region scales using long-term data from International...
Heterogeneity of structure can increase mechanical stability, stress resistance and resilience, biodiversity many other functions services forest stands. That is why silvicultural measures aim at enhancing structural diversity. However, the effectiveness potential structuring may depend on site conditions. Here, we revealed how stand determined by quality results from site-dependent partitioning growth mortality among trees. We based our study 90 mature, even-aged, fully stocked monocultures...
Abstract Key message A Soil Monitoring Law to improve soil health across all land uses has been proposed by the European Commission. As forests soils have different chemical and physical properties as well biogeochemical dynamics compared agricultural land, they also face challenges in maintaining restoring health. Examples are acidification, eutrophication atmospheric deposition, responses climate change, loss of biodiversity. Therefore, we propose forest specific descriptors thresholds...
The Ore Mountains (the Krušné Hory Mountains) are located in Central Europe on the border between Czech Republic and Saxony, Germany. They known as an area where air pollution has had a very severe impact. Sulphur dioxide, produced mainly by coal power plants chemical industry, caused extensive decay of forests upper part during 1970s 1980s. Dying trees were felled more than 40,000 ha. Stands substitute tree species, considered to be resistant pollution, established these locations. With...
: We documented the current typological and phytosociological characterisation of ground vegetation as an essential component biodiversity in 154 Czech forest monitoring plots to describe its changes during past 15 years regard deposition concentration nitrogen soil. Plots were classified units accordance with UNECE FAO nomenclature on basis their potential natural compared terms occurrence coverage indicative selected nitrophilous species. In all soil horizons tested statistically...
In recent years, the Czech part of Silesian Beskids has been affected by strong yellowing Norway spruce stands and gradual decline individual trees. Similar damage also observed in neighbouring parts Poland Slovakia. The article presents results an investigation Forest District Jablunkov - Nýdek. To evaluate situation, monitoring plots were established a regional survey was carried out together with tree-ring analysis. show mosaic distribution region studied, independent altitude forest...
We developed optimal models for predicting the aboveground biomass of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) applicable to national forest inventory data Czech Republic. The were based on a set 81 trees collected in 19 stands that represent wide range stand and site conditions. relationship between tree dimensions (diameter D, height H) was modelled using non-linear regression equations with one (D) or two (D, independent variables three parameters (D2, DH2, DH3 models). Subsequently additional...
A repeated soil survey (1995 and 2006) on 66 ICP Forests pair plots in the Czech Republic revealed a significant relationship between modeled nitrogen deposition concentration soil. Nitrogen was for years 1995, 2004 2006. We found more data 2006 than from same year Concentration of total forest increased 1995 to Forest showed effects input humus layer around 20 cm depth mineral The occurrence cover nitrophilous species herb 25% analyzed plots, which corresponds increase results suggest that...
The article focuses on changes in soil chemistry observed plots limed 2000 the western Ore Mts.(Krušné hory) basis of chemical analyses done before liming and repeated 2002, 2005 2010. In deeper mineral (down to 30 cm), only increase pH exchangeable magnesium was significant. calcium upper layers significant 2002 only; ten years after effect negligible, although number Ca deficient samples lower than 2000. Mg content increased above deficiency limit all soil, an also found soil. These were...
Concentrations of air pollutants measured by passive samplers, atmospheric deposition to forest ecosystems, soil water chemistry, nutrient content in the and foliage were all within a study causes decline Nýdek Forest Range, Jablunkov District (Silesian Beskids). Declining Norway spruce stands are situated region historically high pollution load, mainly from Třinec Ostrava agglomeration. Air significantly decreased second half 1990s. soils showing insufficiency main nutrients remain today as...