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Vitezslav Plasek

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Environmental Modelling of Forest Vegetation Zones as A Support Tool for Sustainable Management of Central European Spruce Forests

2018

Abstract The impact of climate change on forest ecosystems may manifest itself by a shift in forest vegetation zones in the landscape northward and into higher elevations. Studies of climate change-induced vegetation zone shifts in forest ecosystems have been relatively rare in the context of European temperate zone (apart from Alpine regions). The presented paper outlines the results of a biogeographic model of climatic conditions in forest vegetation zones applied in the Central European landscape. The objective of the study is a prediction of future silvicultural conditions for the Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), which is one of the principal tree species within European forests. …

0106 biological sciencesbiogeographic modelEnvironmental modelling010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesEcologyAgroforestryforest vegetation zonesEcology (disciplines)regional scenario of changes in climatic conditionsManagement Monitoring Policy and Law01 natural sciencesGeographySustainable managementForest vegetationAdaptive managementQH540-549.5010606 plant biology & botany0105 earth and related environmental sciencesNature and Landscape ConservationJournal of Landscape Ecology(Czech Republic)
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The Utility of Ground Bryophytes in the Assessment of Soil Condition in Heavy Metal-Polluted Grasslands

2022

Bryophytes are commonly used in biomonitoring heavy metal pollution, whereas the bioindicative value of bryophyte communities is a less known issue. The aim of the present study is to recognize the utility of the bryophyte community’s structure in the assessment of soil condition in heavy metal-polluted, dry grasslands. The study plots are examined with respect to bryophytes; vascular plants; concentrations of Zn, Pb, Cd, and As in the soil; total nitrogen and organic carbon content in the soil; and soil pH. The results show that both bryophyte species richness and composition greatly depend on soil chemical characteristics, including heavy-metal pollution levels and soil pH. Three groups o…

soil pHsoil pollutionEcologybryophytesPlant Sciencespecies richnessbryophytes; bioindication; heavy metals; soil pH; soil pollution; species richnessheavy metalsEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsbioindicationPlants; Volume 11; Issue 16; Pages: 2091
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New national and regional bryophyte records, 43

2015

During the examination of a collection made by the authors in 2009 in San Pedro de Atacama (Antofagasta Region, Chile) one specimen was identified as Bryum incacorralis Herzog, a moss not previously known from Chile (Müller, 2009) and easily confused with some species of Philonotis Brid. (Ochi, 1980). Comparison with the type material confirmed its identity (Holotype: Bolivia, Cochabamba: an Felsen der "Estradillas" bei Incacorral, 3000 m, Herzog s.n., JE! no. 04003475). Bryum incacorralis was first described by Herzog (1909) based on material collected in Cochabamba (Bolivia), and later recorded by Griffin (1977) and O'Shea (2010) from Venezuela. It is placed in the so-called sect. "Alpini…

0106 biological sciencesNeotropicsBryaceaebiologyForestryBryophytaPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesBryaceaeCiencias BiológicasGeographyBryophyteChile[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyCiencias de las Plantas BotánicaCIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTASEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS010606 plant biology & botany
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