SAMEC, Pavel, Miloš ZAPLETAL and Matěj HORÁČEK. Forest Transformation Urgency for Topsoil Diversity Optimization during Environmental Change. Journal of Landscape Ecology. vol. 13, No 3, p. 79-106. ISSN 1805-4196. doi:10.2478/jlecol-2020-0018. 2020.
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Original name Forest Transformation Urgency for Topsoil Diversity Optimization during Environmental Change
Authors SAMEC, Pavel, Miloš ZAPLETAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Matěj HORÁČEK.
Edition Journal of Landscape Ecology, 2020, 1805-4196.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/47813059:19630/20:A0000099
Organization unit Institute of physics in Opava
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2020-0018
Keywords in English acid deposition; biogeographical division; ecosystem diversity; forest restoration
Tags FÚ, FÚ2020, RIV21
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Abstract
Combined effect of environmental change and management variability leads to reduced soil diversity in homogenous forest stands. On the other hand, forest soil diversity is maintained with rich tree species composition. In this study, focus has been put on deriving urgency to change forest tree species composition in order to increase soil diversity in biogeographic regions with uneven impact of environmental change. The relation of forest tree species and soil diversities was compared between the periods of dominant sulphur deposition (1985-1994) and the period of regional environmental change (2003-2012) in the Czech Republic (Central Europe; 78 866 km2; 115-1602 m n.m.). Forest tree species and soil diversities were assessed using linear regression, discrimination analysis and geographically weighted regression including residue analysis. The effect of spatial differences of acid deposition on soil properties, though, decreased, still dependencies between the diversity of bedrock, soils and forest tree species increased significantly. Only 12.9 % of forests in the territory of the CR have optimum tree species diversity. The total of 65.9 % of forest require highly or moderately urgent transformation. An increase in spatial dependencies between soil and tree species diversities confirms the importance of site differentiation in forest transformation.
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