Disturbance history of an old-growth sub-alpine Picea abies stand in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Disturbance history of an old-growth sub-alpine Picea abies stand in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic

Original language description

Our study provides strong evidence that these forests were historically shaped by infrequent, moderate- to high-severity natural disturbances. Our methods, however, could not definitively identify the agent(s) of these disturbances. Nevertheless, the recent mid-1990s windstorm and the ensuing spruce bark beetle outbreak may provide an analogue for past disturbance, as the duration and severity of these events could easily explain past patterns of growth response and recruitment in our results. Thus, itseems reasonable to assume the interaction of windstorms and bark beetles seen in the contemporary landscape has occurred historically. Finally, our results suggest that the previously documented elevation gradient in forest structure may not be relatedto elevation per se (lower temperatures and shorter growing season) but rather to changes in disturbance severity mediated by elevation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Vegetation Science

ISSN

1100-9233

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SE - SWEDEN

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

86-97

UT code for WoS article

000298919100010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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