Natural dynamics of the mountain spruce forest after large disturbance: spatial explicit individial-based model
| Name: | Natural dynamics of the mountain spruce forest after large disturbance: spatial explicit individial-based model |
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| Researchers: |
Konopová Zdeňka (member of research team) Müllerová Jana (member of research team) |
| Provider: | MŽP |
| Number: | SP/2D2/111/08 |
| Realization from: | 2008 |
| Realization to: | 2010 |
| Summary: | We lack long-term observation of forest recovery after disturbance in the context of Central Europe, which is a prerequisite for understanding the dynamics of this ecosystem and proposing a suitable management. We intend to build a spatially explicit realistic model of mountain spruce forest succession following bark beetle or windthrow disturbance. The model allow to: i) identify the key factors of mountain spruce forest succession; ii) assess the influence of forest state before disturbance on the dynamics after disturbance and iii) predict how succession will continue after several decades. |