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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-049-8-0110

VLIV PĚSTEBNÍHO MANAGEMENTU NA ODOLNOST BOROVÝCH POROSTŮ VŮČI KLIMATICKÉ ZMĚNĚ / THE EFFECT OF THE SILVICULTURE MANAGEMENT ON THE RESISTANCE OF SCOTS PINE STANDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Petra Jablonická1, Pavel Horák1, Jakub Černý1,2
1 Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Lesnická a dřevařská fakulta, Ústav zakládání a pěstění lesů, Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika
2 Výzkumný ústav lesního hospodářství a myslivosti, Výzkumná stanice Opočno, Na Olivě 550, 517 73 Opočno, Česká republika

The Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is one of the most important economic tree species in the Czech Republic. Large part of pine stands has declined during the current ongoing global climate change (GCC). Therefore, it is important to focus on increasing pine stands resistance to GCC. This research asked the following questions: Which silvicultural approach is the most appropriate for still occurring pure Scots pine stands in the Czech Republic? Are these stands under adequate silvicultural management sustainable in the CZ in the upcoming decades? Our results show that the negative effects of climate change on nutrient/water poor sites in lower altitudes can only be partially mitigated by the silvicultural management.

Keywords: climate signal, dendrochronology, climate change, tree ring analysis

pages: 110-116, Published: 2025, online: 2025



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