Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: P. Fabiánek Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Jíloviště-Strnady (Prague), Czech Republic Author-Name: K. Hellebrandová Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Jíloviště-Strnady (Prague), Czech Republic Author-Name: M. Čapek Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Jíloviště-Strnady (Prague), Czech Republic Title: Monitoring of defoliation in forest stands of the Czech Republic and its comparison with results of defoliation monitoring in other European countries Abstract: As a part of International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effect on Forests (ICP Forests), defoliation of forest stands has been assessed in the Czech Republic since 1986. Defoliation is one of the principal parameters reflecting the health of forest stands that is assessed on monitoring plots within this programme. Monitoring plots are distributed evenly according to woodiness of the area in a regular schematic network all over the Czech Republic. Even though there has been a long-term reduction of air pollution in most European countries, forest ecosystems reflect these changes with some delay. In the Czech Republic the trend of total defoliation of coniferous and deciduous forest stands has been increasing very moderately in the last 10 years. This trend appears to be partially analogous with some neighbouring countries. Compared to the whole of Europe the trend of defoliation of broadleaves is very similar, but differences have occurred in conifers in the last 10 years. There are significant differences in defoliation levels among the particular countries; in this comparison the Czech Republic is classified as one of the worst. Differences in these levels are very evident especially among the neighbouring countries. To partly eliminate these differences, regular international calibration courses are organized. Keywords: International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effect on Forests (ICP Forests), defoliation, monitoring, forest stands, forest species, air pollution, international comparison Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 193-202 Volume: 58 Issue: 5 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/84/2011-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/84/2011-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-201205-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:58:y:2012:i:5:id:84-2011-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: E. Lacková Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic Author-Name: P. Kupec Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Landscape Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: J. Polanská Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic Author-Name: B. Stalmachová Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic Title: Social forest functions of reclaimed spoil heaps in the Ostrava-Karvina district Abstract: The functional efficiency of forest stands planted on the heaps originated by black coal mining was resolved in the territory of the Moravian-Silesian region. The aim was to verify the possibility of applying the method of Quantification of Social Forest Functions for the purposes of evaluation of forest stands on anthropogenic substrates and the subsequent use of the method for quantification of social forest functions in the particular reclaimed localities. Potential functional capacities were evaluated as well as the current functional effect of the following functions: bioproduction, ecological, hydrological, soil-conservation, recreational and sanitary-hygienic on five afforested heaps of the Ostrava-Karvina coal-mining district. The obtained results were presented in tabular and graphic form. Based on the results, the highest potential capacity of the ex-amined stands to fulfil the sanitary-hygienic function was proved while their capacity to fulfil the recreational function was the lowest. The highest current functional effects were found for the hydrological function and the lowest effects for the bioproduction function. Keywords: social forest functions, real potential and real effect of wood function, heap, Ostrava-Karvina coal-mining district Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 203-212 Volume: 58 Issue: 5 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/83/2011-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/83/2011-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-201205-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:58:y:2012:i:5:id:83-2011-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: I. Machar Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic Title: The effect of floodplain forest fragmentation on the bird community Abstract: The paper reports the results of a study focused on ornithocoenoses of floodplain forests in Litovelské Pomoraví locality (Czech Republic). The edge effect on diversity of the bird community is discussed and some implications for floodplain forest management are presented based on the results of investigations into changes in the bird community due to fragmentation of an originally continuous forest stand by regeneration felling, and the results of research into ornithocoenoses of the age-diversified mosaic of forest stands. Perforation of the continuous old floodplain forest by clear felling, which was investigated within this study, slightly increased the diversity of nesting birds. However, bird species typical of open cultural landscape benefitted, whose nesting was not recorded before the perforation of the originally continuous forest ecosystem. Keywords: bird communities, floodplain forest, forest management Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 213-224 Volume: 58 Issue: 5 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/123/2010-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/123/2010-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-201205-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:58:y:2012:i:5:id:123-2010-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: K. Hielscher Author-Workplace-Name: Forest Development and Monitoring Department, Eberswalde Forestry Competence Center, Eberswalde, Germany Author-Name: A. Engelmann Author-Workplace-Name: Forest Development and Monitoring Department, Eberswalde Forestry Competence Center, Eberswalde, Germany Title: Operational monitoring of the nun moth Lymantria monacha L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) using pheromone-baited traps - a rationalization proposal Abstract: The annual risk assessment of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in the federal state of Brandenburg and subsequent decisions on the application of insecticides are based on operational surveillance data on L. monacha. The objective of the study was to rationalize the operational pheromone capture method. Data from operational monitoring with pheromone-baited traps in Brandenburg were analyzed. The records included data from a total of 11,761 traps and covered the development of populations of this insect from normal to outbreak densities and back during the years 2000-2009. Statistical analysis of the data suggested that a capture period of 15 June to 10 August, which is shorter than the period used hitherto, is sufficient to determine whether more precise monitoring by a census of adult females is required at a given site in the following year owing to increasing population densities. If this suggested shorter capture period had been implemented in 2000-2009, approximately 33% fewer trap inspections would have been required. Keywords: Lepidoptera, Lymantria monacha, Pinus sylvestris, monitoring method, forest pest, forest protection Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 225-233 Volume: 58 Issue: 5 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/52/2011-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/52/2011-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-201205-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:58:y:2012:i:5:id:52-2011-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: I. Kuneš Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: M. Baláš Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: T. Koňasová Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: D. Zahradník Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: V. Balcar Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Jíloviště-Strnady (Prague), Opočno Research Station, Opočno, Czech Republic Author-Name: O. Špulák Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Jíloviště-Strnady (Prague), Opočno Research Station, Opočno, Czech Republic Author-Name: D. Kacálek Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Jíloviště-Strnady (Prague), Opočno Research Station, Opočno, Czech Republic Author-Name: M. Jakl Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: J. Jaklová Dytrtová Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences CR, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Cultivation of speckled alder under harsh mountain conditions Abstract: The aims of the paper were as follows: (1) to assess the applicability of speckled alder for pioneer stands on the mountainous clear-cut tracts and (2) to evaluate the effects of slow-release fertilizer on the survival and growth of speckled alder under harsh environmental conditions. On the basis of seven-year results we can presume that speckled alder is a convenient pioneer species that can be cultivated on harsh mountain sites where the climatic extremes need to be alleviated and a layer of surface humus renewed. The initial slow-release fertilization is, nonetheless, highly desirable. As contrasted to the control the surface and planting hole applications of amendment reduced the total seven-year mortality rate by 9.5% and 20.1%, respectively, and the periodic annual height increment (2003-2009) was promoted by 47% and 59%, respectively. Analogous results were obtained when the values of basal stem diameter and crown diameter were compared. As for the method of application, the placement of the slow-release amendment in the planting holes seems to be more efficient mainly in terms of survival promoting. The surface application is, nonetheless, less laborious and also yielded satisfactory results. Keywords: Alnus incana, grey alder, site amelioration, slow-acting amendments, biological amelioration Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 234-244 Volume: 58 Issue: 5 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/92/2011-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/92/2011-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-201205-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:58:y:2012:i:5:id:92-2011-JFS