Joining of the historical research and future prediction as a support tool for the assessment of management strategy for European beech-dominated forests in protected areas

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15310/17:73581960

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.22.12902" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.22.12902</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.22.12902" target="_blank" >10.3897/natureconservation.22.12902</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Joining of the historical research and future prediction as a support tool for the assessment of management strategy for European beech-dominated forests in protected areas

Original language description

European beech-dominated forests are crucial for maintaining biodiversity in forested mountain landscapes of the European temperate zone. This paper presents the results of research and assessment of management strategy for mountain beech-dominated forests in the Jesenky Mountains (Czech Republic). Our approach is based on combining research on historical development of the forest ecosystem, assessment of its current state, and predictions of future dynamics using a forest growth simulation model. Using such a method makes it possible to understand the current state of the mountain beech-dominated forest ecosystem and predict its future development as a response to specific management strategies. The application of this method is therefore appropriate for assessing the suitability of selected management strategies in mountain protected areas. Our results show that a non-intervention management for mountain beech forest in the next 80 years complies with the Natura 2000 requirement to maintain the existing character of the forest habitat. Thus, the current management plan for the beech-dominated forests in the Jesenky Mountains does not require significant corrections in the context of its conservation targets (i.e. maintaining biodiversity and current character of the forest ecosystem dominated by beech). The results of this study suggest that combining the knowledge on historical development with forest growth simulation can be used as a suitable support tool to assess management strategies for forest habitats in protected areas.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

<a href="/en/project/DG16P02B014" target="_blank" >DG16P02B014: Cultural heritage of landscape of the Archidiocese of Olomouc - research, presentation and management</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Nature Conservation

ISSN

1314-6947

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

Neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

22

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

28

Pages from-to

51-78

UT code for WoS article

000412123700003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85031280208