Mixed vs. monospecific mountain forests in response to climate change: structural and growth perspectives of Norway spruce and European beech

Z Vacek, A Prokůpková, S Vacek, D Bulušek… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mixed forests play a key role in terms of stability, production potential and adaptation to
climate change. Norway spruce [PA, Picea abies (L.) Karst] and European beech (FS, Fagus …

Biomass productivity, forest stability, carbon balance, and soil transformation of agricultural land afforestation: A case study of suitability of native tree species in the …

J Cukor, Z Vacek, S Vacek, R Linda, V Podrázský - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing trend of afforestation is described in almost all European countries, however,
the knowledge of the growth parameters of particular tree species on abandoned …

Adaption of Norway spruce and European beech forests under climate change: from resistance to close-to-nature silviculture

Z Vacek, S Vacek, J Slanař, L Bílek… - Central European …, 2019 - sciendo.com
In time of climate change, close-to-nature silviculture is growing in importance as a tool for
future forest management. The paper study the tree layer and natural regeneration of …

Afforested farmland vs. forestland: Effects of bark strip** by Cervus elaphus and climate on production potential and structure of Picea abies forests

J Cukor, Z Vacek, R Linda, RP Sharma, S Vacek - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this study was to evaluate (1) effects of bark strip** and climatic factors on
radial growth of Picea abies/L./Karst.,(2) production and structural differences between …

Effect of climate and air pollution on radial growth of mixed forests: Mill. vs.(L.) Karst.

P Mikulenka, A Prokůpková, Z Vacek… - Central European …, 2020 - sciendo.com
Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) are main tree species
of Central Europe that are currently highly vulnerable in times of global climate change. The …

A nonlinear mixed-effects height-to-diameter ratio model for several tree species based on Czech national forest inventory data

RP Sharma, Z Vacek, S Vacek, M Kučera - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Height-to-diameter at breast height (DBH) ratio (HDR) is an important tree and stand stability
measure. Several factors such as stand dynamics, natural and anthropogenic disturbances …

Forest biodiversity and production potential of post-mining landscape: opting for afforestation or leaving it to spontaneous development?

Z Vacek, J Cukor, S Vacek, V Podrázský… - Central European …, 2018 - sciendo.com
Land reclamation of post-mining sites strongly influences not only diversity and biomass of
frequently studied ground vegetation, but also diversity of forest ecosystem. In most cases …

Effect of game browsing on natural regeneration of European beech (L.) forests in the Krušné hory Mts.(Czech Republic and Germany)

Z Fuchs, Z Vacek, S Vacek, J Gallo - Central European Forestry …, 2021 - sciendo.com
Tree damage by game browsing is one of the biggest threats to forest ecosystems at the time
of climate change and large-scale forest disturbances. The aim of the paper was to …

Biodiversity dynamics of differently managed lowland forests left to spontaneous development in Central Europe.

S Vacek, Z Vacek, I Ulbrichová… - Austrian Journal of …, 2019 - search.ebscohost.com
English European coppice forests covered a large area in historical times and almost 90% of
them were gradually transformed to different forest types during the last century. Recently …

A comparison of different methods for assessing leaf area index in four canopy types

C Ariza-Carricondo, F Di Mauro… - Central European …, 2019 - sciendo.com
Abstract The agreement of Leaf Area Index (LAI) assessments from three indirect methods,
ie the LAI–2200 Plant Canopy Analyzer, the SS1 SunScan Canopy Analysis System and …