Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Egor Selivanov Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Landscape Carbon Storage, Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: Petra Hlaváčková Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Forest and Wood Products Economics and Policy, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic Title: Methods for monetary valuation of ecosystem services: A scoping review Abstract: Adequate assessment of ecosystem services is important for the development of policies and management plans related to forestry activities and the environment. Carefully identified ecosystem values can determine which options policy makers should prioritize to provide the greatest benefit. There are numerous methods used by researchers to evaluate ecosystem services. The most widely applied methods are monetary valuation methods, they are often deemed to be the most pragmatic language when it comes to communication with political and business institutions. The main goal of this review is to analyse available literature using the methodology particular to the scoping review approach in order to identify and describe valuation methods that can be applied for monetary assessment of ecosystem services. As a result of the scoping review, over 20 monetary valuation techniques (including several less common methods such as willingness to sell and Delphi method) were derived from 16 literature sources. In the process of compiling the range of different methods, a few flaws and gaps in the communication of methods were observed such as lack of consistency in the names of different methods and mixing up concepts. In addition, a few areas for future research are suggested. Keywords: ecosystem services, monetary valuation, stated preferences, revealed preferences, market-based approach Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 499-511 Volume: 67 Issue: 11 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.17221/96/2021-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/96/2021-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202111-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:67:y:2021:i:11:id:96-2021-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jan Vopravil Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Land Use and Improvement, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Pavel Formánek Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Darina Heřmanovská Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Tomáš Khel Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Karel Jacko Author-Workplace-Name: Agrio, s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic Title: The impact of agricultural land afforestation on soil water content in Central Bohemia Abstract: In the Czech Republic, the afforestation of agricultural land has been supported by providing subsidies from the government and the European Union. Afforestation of less-productive agricultural land provides many benefits including carbon sequestration, soil erosion control, biodiversity, water retention, cooling, social benefits, decreasing noise and light pollution, increasing air quality, wind speed reduction, oxygen production, wood production and non-wood products. In some aspects, it is possible to produce wood of the same quality on former agricultural land compared to permanent forest land. In this study, we attempted to find out the course of temperatures and volumetric water content as well as some other physical soil properties (at depths of 20, 40 and 60 cm) 9 years after the afforestation of agricultural land (warm, mild dry region of the Czech Republic) with a mixture of broadleaved tree species (Quercus robur L., Quercus rubra L. and Acer platanoides L.) or monospecific Pinus sylvestris L. stand; the study was performed in the period from April to the beginning of November 2020. Concerning the studied physical soil properties, the value of bulk density was higher (and total porosity lower) at a depth of 20 cm in Pinus sylvestris L. compared with agricultural land or the mixture of broadleaves; the water stability of soil aggregates was higher after the afforestation with the mixture of broadleaves. The temperature was lower in the soil of afforested plots (at all studied depths) compared to the agriculturally used land. Differences in rainfall interception, transpiration, soil(and forest floor) properties and other factors could influence the obtained values of water content in the soil of the studied plots. The average volumetric water contents were the highest in the plots with Scots pine (depth of 20 cm) and broadleaves (depth of 40 cm), and on the control plot (depth of 60 cm). The volumetric water content at a soil depth of 20 cm was not significantly (P > 0.05) different when the plot with Scots pine and agriculturally used land were compared. In all other cases and depths, the differences between plots were significant (P < 0.05). Keywords: Chernozem, forest, physical soil properties, precipitation, soil temperature Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 512-521 Volume: 67 Issue: 11 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.17221/108/2021-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/108/2021-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202111-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:67:y:2021:i:11:id:108-2021-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Artur Akhmetov Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Land Management, Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University", Ufa, Russia Author-Name: Ruslan Ianbaev Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Genetic Resources, Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University", Ufa, Russia Author-Name: Svetlana Boronnikova Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Botany and Plant Genetics, Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Perm State University", Perm, Russia Author-Name: Yulai Yanbaev Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Forestry and Landscape Design, Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University", Ufa, Russia Author-Name: Aygul Gabitova Author-Workplace-Name: Scientific-Educational Center, Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University", Ufa, Russia Author-Name: Aleksey Kulagin Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Forestry, Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia Title: Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) demonstrate different patterns of genetic variation within and among populations on the eastern border of distribution ranges Abstract: Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) is a key species of broadleaved forests whose population genetics is poorly studied using modern genetic tools. We used ISSR analysis to explore genetic diversity and differentiation among 10 Russian populations on the eastern margin of the species range of distribution, and to compare the revealed patterns with the results of our population genetic studies of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.). In the first set comparatively high heterozygosity and allelic diversity were found (expected heterozygosity HE = 0.160 ± 0.033, number of alleles na = 1.440 ± 0.080, effective number of alleles ne = 1.271 ± 0.062) in comparison with strongly fragmented and geographically isolated small maple stands of the second set (HE = 0.083 ± 0.011, na = 1.281 ± 0.031, ne = 1.136 ± 0.019). A relatively high genetic differentiation among populations was detected (the proportion of the inter-population component of total genetic variation, GST = 0.558 ± 0.038). In the Cis-Urals, local groups of populations that are confined to the northern, middle and southern parts of the Urals were identified. On the contrary, the current significant fragmentation of the pedunculate oak distribution area in the same study area did not lead to any noticeable genetic differentiation among the majority of populations, the values of the population genetic diversity were very similar in different parts of the Southern Urals. Keywords: Norway maple, pedunculate oak, genetic diversity, ISSR markers Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 522-532 Volume: 67 Issue: 11 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.17221/78/2021-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/78/2021-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202111-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:67:y:2021:i:11:id:78-2021-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Viktoriia Lovynska Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Parks and Gardens, Faculty of Agronomy, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipro, Ukraine Author-Name: Andriy Terentiev Author-Workplace-Name: Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Landscape Park Management, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Author-Name: Petro Lakyda Author-Workplace-Name: Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Landscape Park Management, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Author-Name: Svitlana Sytnyk Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Parks and Gardens, Faculty of Agronomy, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipro, Ukraine Author-Name: Olexander Bala Author-Workplace-Name: Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Landscape Park Management, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Author-Name: Yuriy Gritsan Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Parks and Gardens, Faculty of Agronomy, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipro, Ukraine Title: Comparison of Scots pine growth dynamics in Polissya and Steppe zone of Ukraine Abstract: The goal of the study was to compare the dynamic changes in individual biometric indices of Scots pine in different natural zones of Ukraine, Polissya and Steppe. Scots pine stands were mainly concentrated in the Polissya zone, and their area was 3.6 times larger than that of forests in the Steppe zone, and the total wood stock by 4.6 times. The regression equations for biometric indices of artificial modal stands were developed. A comparison of the average height, diameter, and wood stock for pine stands of site index Іа, I, and II growing in Polissya and Steppe was made. It was found that the average differences in the average height (from 1.9 to 2.6 m) are observed at the age of 15-20 years. For the average diameter, the difference increases with age and the growth of the site index. The difference in the average stock is constantly increasing with age. At the age of 20 years this difference is 20-30 m3, and at the age of 120 years from 100 to 120 m3 depending on the site index. The developed growth models can be used in planning and prioritizing appropriate forestry activities for pine stands growing in specific regional conditions. Keywords: growth tables, Pinus sylvestris L., biometric indices, natural zone of Ukraine Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 533-543 Volume: 67 Issue: 11 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.17221/93/2021-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/93/2021-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202111-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:67:y:2021:i:11:id:93-2021-JFS