Effects of environmental factors and management on dynamics of mixed calcareous forests under climate change in Central European lowlands

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18470%2F22%3A50020170" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18470/22:50020170 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41320/22:94159

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.idpan.poznan.pl/index.php/content-dendrobiolgy/v87/2960-87-79-100" target="_blank" >https://www.idpan.poznan.pl/index.php/content-dendrobiolgy/v87/2960-87-79-100</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12657/denbio.087.006" target="_blank" >10.12657/denbio.087.006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effects of environmental factors and management on dynamics of mixed calcareous forests under climate change in Central European lowlands

Original language description

Mixed lowland forests reserved for natural succession are sparse in the Czech Republic. However, their development provides essential insights into the natural processes of these forests and recommendations for forest management in a changing climate. The research describes the dynamics, productivity, structure, diversity, dead wood, and radial growth of hornbeam-oak groves and calcareous beech-dominated forests in the Karlstejn National Nature Reserve (Czechia) based on inventory in 2002, 2008, 2014 and 2020. The objective was to evaluate changes in differently managed stands (high forest, coppice with standards, and coppice) after leaving the stands to spontaneous development in 2004. The tree density increased by 2-10% from 2002 to 2014 and decreased by 6-18% in 2020. In the high forest, an increase in the stand volume was observed during the whole period, while in the coppice with standards and coppice, only until 2014. The stand volume ranged from 190 (coppice) to 630 (high forest) m(3) ha(-1) in 2020 and increased by an average of 28% over 18 years. Overall diversity of tree layer showed an uneven structure in the high forest and a substantially diverse structure in the other variants. The deadwood volume has been steadily increasing (18-35 m(3) ha-1 in 2020), accumulating an average of 1 m(3) ha(-1) yr(-1). A lack of precipitation and high temperatures from June to August were the main limiting factors of the radial growth of tree species, while the number of negative pointer years has increased in the last decade. European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) was the most sensitive tree species to climate compared to the resilient European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.). The lowest fluctuations in the diameter increment were recorded in Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) and the highest in beech in the temperature cycles of 7-15 years. Over the last 20 years, sessile oak [Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.] showed an increase in radial growth by 7%, while other tree species reported a decrease with a maximum in beech (by -38%). The forest stands managed as high forest, characterized by a higher production potential and lower diversity, had slower dynamics when compared to coppice with standards and coppice.

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

40102 - Forestry

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK21020371" target="_blank" >QK21020371: Sustainable management in small-owner forest estates</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Dendrobiology

ISSN

1641-1307

e-ISSN

2083-8387

Volume of the periodical

87

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Winter

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

79-100

UT code for WoS article

000884225600006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85129414203