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Application of GIS to Empirical Windthrow Risk Model in Mountain Forested Landscapes

KREJČÍ, Lukáš, Jaromír KOLEJKA, Vít VOŽENÍLEK and Ivo MACHAR

Basic information

Original name

Application of GIS to Empirical Windthrow Risk Model in Mountain Forested Landscapes

Name in Czech

Využití GIS pro empirický model rizika polomů horských lesních krajin

Authors

KREJČÍ, Lukáš (203 Czech Republic), Jaromír KOLEJKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Vít VOŽENÍLEK (203 Czech Republic) and Ivo MACHAR (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Forests, Basel, MDPI AG, 2018, 1999-4907

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10508 Physical geography

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.116

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/18:00103630

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

UT WoS

000427520600049

Keywords (in Czech)

empirické modelování; narušení lesa; monokulury smrku ztepilého, model rizika; prostorová analýza; polom

Keywords in English

empirical modelling; forest disturbance; Norway spruce dominated forests; risk model; spatial analysis; windthrow

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 21/1/2020 12:27, Dana Nesnídalová

Abstract

V originále

Norway spruce dominates mountain forests in Europe. Natural variations in the mountainous coniferous forests are strongly influenced by all the main components of forest and landscape dynamics: species diversity, the structure of forest stands, nutrient cycling, carbon storage, and other ecosystem services. This paper deals with an empirical windthrow risk model based on the integration of logistic regression into GIS to assess forest vulnerability to wind-disturbance in the mountain spruce forests of Šumava National Park (Czech Republic). It is an area where forest management has been the focus of international discussions by conservationists, forest managers, and stakeholders. The authors developed the empirical windthrow risk model, which involves designing an optimized data structure containing dependent and independent variables entering logistic regression. The results from the model, visualized in the form of map outputs, outline the probability of risk to forest stands from wind in the examined territory of the national park. Such an application of the empirical windthrow risk model could be used as a decision support tool for the mountain spruce forests in a study area. Future development of these models could be useful for other protected European mountain forests dominated by Norway spruce.

In Czech

Norway spruce dominates mountain forests in Europe. Natural variations in the mountainous coniferous forests are strongly influenced by all the main components of forest and landscape dynamics: species diversity, the structure of forest stands, nutrient cycling, carbon storage, and other ecosystem services. This paper deals with an empirical windthrow risk model based on the integration of logistic regression into GIS to assess forest vulnerability to wind-disturbance in the mountain spruce forests of Šumava National Park (Czech Republic). It is an area where forest management has been the focus of international discussions by conservationists, forest managers, and stakeholders. The authors developed the empirical windthrow risk model, which involves designing an optimized data structure containing dependent and independent variables entering logistic regression. The results from the model, visualized in the form of map outputs, outline the probability of risk to forest stands from wind in the examined territory of the national park. Such an application of the empirical windthrow risk model could be used as a decision support tool for the mountain spruce forests in a study area. Future development of these models could be useful for other protected European mountain forests dominated by Norway spruce.