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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-963-1-0399

WILL THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE-INDUCED CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF OUR FORESTS BRING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE REPRESENTATION OF ALLERGENIC TREE SPECIES?

Petr Kupec1
1 Department of Landscape Management, Faculty of Forestry and W ood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic

The dominant negative effect of forests, or forest trees not only for recreation in forests and their surroundings but also for the health of the population is caused by pollen allergies of some trees. In the territory of Central Europe, it is mainly hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), birches (Betula sp.), and alders, especially common alder (Alnus glutinosa). Climate development scenarios published by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) until the year 2100 indicate that with the trend of increasing air temperature, there will be a significant change in the habitat conditions of our forests and thus probably also a change in their structure. It can be assumed that a change in the structure of forests will mean, among other things, an increase in the proportion of deciduous trees. The article indicates the possible development of the representation of allergenic tree species on the territory of the Czech Republic and the influence of this development on the recreational and health-hygienic potential of forests in the near future.

Keywords: Allergic tree species, recreational forest function, health-hygienic forest function

pages: 399-402, Published: 2024, online: 2024



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