Biomechanical effects of trees in an old-growth temperate forest
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F18%3A43914255" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/18:43914255 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00027073:_____/18:N0000055 RIV/00216224:14310/18:00103525
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4304" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4304</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4304" target="_blank" >10.1002/esp.4304</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Biomechanical effects of trees in an old-growth temperate forest
Original language description
The role of biomechanical effects of trees (BETs) in ecosystem and landscape dynamics is poorly understood. In this study, we aim to (i) describe a widely applicable methodology for quantifying the main BETs in soil, and (ii) analyze the actual frequencies, areas and soil volumes associated with these effects in a mountain temperate old-growth forest. The research took place in the Boubinsky Primeval Forest in the Czech Republic; this forest reserve, predominated by Fagus sylvatica L. and Picea abies (L.) Karst., is among the oldest protected areas in Europe. We evaluated the effects of 4000 standing and lying trees in an area of 10.2ha from the viewpoint of the following features: tree uprooting, root mounding, bioprotection, trunk baumsteins (rock fragments displaced by trunk growth), root baumsteins, stump hole infilling, trunk and root systems displacements, depressions formed after trunk fall, stemwash, and trunkwash. BETs were recorded in 59% of standing and 51% of lying dead trees (excluding the pervasive soil displacement by thickening trunks and roots and the infilling of decayed stumps). Approximately one tenth of the trees showed simultaneous bioprotective and bioerosion effects. Different tree species and size categories exhibited significantly different biomechanical effects. A bioprotective function was the most frequent phenomenon observed, while treethrows prevailed from the viewpoint of areas and soil volumes affected. The total area influenced by the BETs was 342m(2)ha(-1). An additional 774m(2)ha(-1) were occupied by older treethrow pit-mounds with already decayed uprooted trunks. The total volume of soil associated with the studied phenomena was 322m(3)ha(-1), and apart from treethrows, volumes of the living and decaying root systems and bioprotective functions predominated. Other processes were not so frequent but still significant for biogeomorphology.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-15319S" target="_blank" >GA16-15319S: Ecosystem engineering and soil complexity in old-growth temperate forests</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
ISSN
0197-9337
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
43
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
1063-1072
UT code for WoS article
000429707500008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85041071133