Project Detail

Water transport between soil and atmosphere in forest vegetation

Name:	Water transport between soil and atmosphere in forest vegetation
Researchers:	Bouda Martin (co-researcher)
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Realization from:	2024
Realization to:	2024
Summary:	The activity focuses on the detailed description of water flows in the soil-plant-atmosphere system in forest stands in Central Europe. From a water management perspective, forest stands respond to emerging climatic extremes through a variety of mechanisms. The description of these processes is a prerequisite for the correct functioning of climate models. Indeed, the description of vegetation response to gradual climate change is often neglected or simplified in these models. Correct estimation of the hydrological balance of forest stands is also necessary to estimate the impacts of changes in forest species structure on the amount of available water resources. The analysis is carried out at experimental sites in beech and spruce forests in Šumava and in beech forests also at lower altitudes near Prague.