scholarly journals Close to Nature Management in High-Mountain Forests of Norway Spruce Vegetation Zone in Slovakia

10.5772/31667 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Moravk ◽  
Zuzana Sarvaov ◽  
Jn Mergani ◽  
Miroslav Kovalk
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
Vegetation Zone

Vulnerability of Norway spruce to climate change in mountain forests of the European Alps

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Hartl-Meier ◽  
C Zang ◽  
C Dittmar ◽  
J Esper ◽  
A Göttlein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
European Alps ◽  
Mountain Forests

Slow understory redevelopment after clearcutting in high mountain forests

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 2339-2355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Kreyling ◽  
Andreas Schmiedinger ◽  
Ellen Macdonald ◽  
Carl Beierkuhnlein
Keyword(s):  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Forests

scholarly journals Impacts of non-native Norway spruce plantation on abundance and species richness of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Web Ecology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Elek ◽  
T. Magura ◽  
T. Tóthmérész
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Beech Forest ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Active Nature

Abstract. The impacts of non-native Norway spruce plantation on the abundance and species richness of carabids were studied in the Bükk National Park in Hungary, central Europe. Pitfall catches from recently established (5 yr old), young (15 yr after planting), middle-aged (30 yr after planting), old Norway spruce Picea abies plantation (50 yr after planting), and a native submontane beech forest (Fagetum sylvaticae) as a control stand were compared. Our results showed that deciduous forest species decreased significantly in abundance in the plantations, and appeared in high abundance only in the native beech forest. Furthermore, open habitat species increased remarkably in abundance in the recently established plantation. Carabids were significantly more abundant and species rich in the native forest than in the plantations, while differences were not significant among the plantations. Multiple regression between the abundance and species richness of carabids and twelve environmental measurements showed that pH of the soil, herb cover and density of the carabids’ prey had a significant effect in determining abundance and species richness. Our results showed that plantation of non-native Norway spruce species had a detrimental effect on the composition of carabid communities and no regeneration could be observed during the growth of plantations even 50 yr after the establishment. This emphasises the importance of an active nature management practice to facilitate the recolonization of the native species.

Influence of disturbances and climate on high-mountain Norway spruce forests in the Low Tatra Mts., Slovakia

2016 ◽  
Vol 380 ◽  
pp. 128-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Parobeková ◽  
Denisa Sedmáková ◽  
Stanislav Kucbel ◽  
Ján Pittner ◽  
Peter Jaloviar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Spruce Forests ◽  
Tatra Mts

scholarly journals Derivation of target stocking for forests of Norway spruce vegetation zone in Slovakia

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 8) ◽  
pp. 352-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Moravčík
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Static Stability ◽  
Vegetation Coverage ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Ecological Functions ◽  
Vegetation Zone ◽  
Crown Length ◽  
Forest Limit

The present paper deals with derivation of target stocking in forests of Norway spruce vegetation zone. Target stocking in forests with prevailing ecological and social functions is the stocking when the forest fulfils demanded functions in the best way. For forests in the Norway spruce vegetation zone target stocking was derived by original procedures as an optimum stocking in harmonization of demands on the fulfilment of ecological functions (especially erosion control, hydrological and water protection ones), securing static stability and preconditions for the formation and growth of natural regeneration. We investigated the relations between stocking and indicators of static stability (slenderness coefficient and ratio of crown length to tree height), natural regeneration phases, ground and non-wood vegetation coverage and natural regeneration coverage. The most favourable status of these indicators was found out in stocking 0.7 and in the upper forest limit 0.6.

scholarly journals Contribution of regeneration on dead wood to the spontaneous regeneration of a mountain forest

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 405-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ježek
Keyword(s):  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Dead Wood ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Mountain Forest ◽  
Silver Fir ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
Managed Forest ◽  
Vegetation Zone ◽  
Spontaneous Regeneration

In the Moravian-Silesian Beskids in the beech/spruce forest vegetation zone, the amount of dead wood was determined (pieces of wood and stumps) in five sample plots in a managed forest and in three plots in the National Nature Reserve (NNR) Kněhyně-Čertův Ml&yacute;n. In plots situated in the managed forest, 22 to 50 m<sup>3</sup>/haof lying wood was found. In the reserve, the volume of fallen wood ranged from 29 to 144 m<sup>3</sup>/ha. The number of stumps in sample plots in the managed forest ranged from 530 to 980 per ha. In the reserve, the number of new stumps did not increase any more and only stumps from the period before the NNR declaration occurred. On the dead wood, spruce is regenerated nearly exclusively. In the managed forest and in the NNR, the number of regenerated spruce plants ranged from 5,000 to 16,000 and from 600 to 4,500 per ha, respectively. In plots where the sufficient amount of dead lying wood and stumps occurred, the proportion of spruce plants regenerated on the substrates amounted to even 75%. Other species (beech and silver fir) regenerated only on the soil surface. A sufficient amount of dead wood for the germination of seedlings can significantly ensure the natural regeneration of spruce in mountain forests.

Multifunctionality in European mountain forests — an optimization under changing climatic conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian H. Härtl ◽  
Ivan Barka ◽  
W. Andreas Hahn ◽  
Tomáš Hlásny ◽  
Florian Irauschek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
Management Options ◽  
European Mountain ◽  
Fall Protection

Forests provide countless ecological, societal, and climatological benefits. With changing climate, maintaining certain services may lead to a decrease in the quantity or quality of other services available from that source. Accordingly, our research objective is to analyze the effects of the provision of a certain ecosystem service on the economically optimized harvest schedules and how harvest schedules will be influenced by climate change. Based on financial portfolio theory, we determined, for two case study regions in Austria and Slovakia, treatment schedules based on nonlinear programming, which integrates climate-sensitive biophysical risks and risk-averting behavior of the management. In both cases, results recommend reducing the overaged stocking volume within several decades to establish new ingrowth, leading to an overall reduction of age and related risk, as well as an increase in growth. Under climate change conditions, the admixing of hardwoods towards spruce–fir–beech (Austria) or spruce–pine–beech (Slovakia) stands should be emphasized to account for the changing risk and growth conditions. Moreover, climate change scenarios either increased (Austria) or decreased (Slovakia) the economic return slightly. In both cases, the costs for providing the ecosystem service “rock fall protection” increases under climate change. Although in the Austrian case there is no clear tendency between the management options, in the Slovakian case, a close-to-nature management option is preferred under climate change conditions. Increasing tree species richness, increasing structural diversity, replacing high-risk stands, and reducing average growing stocks are important preconditions for a successful sustainable management of European mountain forests in the long term.

scholarly journals Analysis of Fragmentation Processes in High-Mountain Forests of the Centre of Mexico

2013 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 697-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Rolando Endara-Agramont ◽  
Rafael Calderón-Contreras ◽  
Gabino Nava-Bernal ◽  
Sergio Franco-Maass
Keyword(s):  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
Fragmentation Processes
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