The Ore Mountains: Will Successive Recovery of Forests from Lethal Disease Be Successful

Vít Šrámek; Marian Slodičák; Bohumír Lomský; Vratislav Balcar; Jiří Kulhavý; Pavel Hadaš; Karel Pulkráb; Luděk Šišák; Libor Pěnička; Miroslav Sloup

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1 August 2008 The Ore Mountains: Will Successive Recovery of Forests from Lethal Disease Be Successful

Vít Šrámek, Marian Slodičák, Bohumír Lomský, Vratislav Balcar, Jiří Kulhavý, Pavel Hadaš, Karel Pulkráb, Luděk Šišák, Libor Pěnička, Miroslav Sloup

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Vít Šrámek,^* Marian Slodičák,^** Bohumír Lomský,^* Vratislav Balcar,^** Jiří Kulhavý,^*** Pavel Hadaš,^*** Karel Pulkráb,^**** Luděk Šišák,^**** Libor Pěnička,^***** Miroslav Sloup^*****

^*Vít Šrámek, Bohumír LomskýForestry and Game Management Research Institute (FGMRI), Strnady 136, 156 04 Praha 5 – Zbraslav, Czech Republic. sramek@vulhm.cz; lomsky@vulhm.czVít Šrámek has a PhD in plant physiology and anatomy from Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry. He is head of the department of Forest Ecology within FGMRI and a specialist in abiotic forest damage and forest meteorology.Bohumír Lomský completed his doctoral degree in plant physiology at Charles University in Prague. He is associate professor in forest ecology at Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno and deputy director of FGMRI. He is a specialist in forest nutrition and tree physiology.
^**Marian Slodičák, Vratislav BalcarForestry and Game Management Research Institute, Opočno Research Station, Na olivě 550, 517 73 Opočno, Czech Republic. slodicak@vulhmop.cz; balcar@vulhmop.czMarian Slodičák is a leader of the Ore Mountains project and a specialist in silviculture.Vratislav Balcar completed a PhD in silviculture at the Forestry and Game Management Research Institute in Stnady, Prague. He is a senior researcher working at the FGMRI Silvicultural Research Station in Opočno. He is a specialist in mountain forest regeneration, tolerance of tree species to air pollutants, and production ecology.
^***Jiří Kulhavý, Pavel HadašMendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic. kulhavy@mendelu.cz; hadas@mendelu.czJiří Kulhavý is professor of Forest Ecology at Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry (MUAF) and head of the department of Forest Ecology within the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology (MUAF) in Brno, Czech Republic. He is a specialist in bio-geochemical cycles in forest ecosystems, soil processes, and mineral nutrition.Pavel Hadaš completed his doctoral degree in geography, hydrology, and climatology at Masaryk University, Brno. He is working at the Institute of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry (MUAF), as a specialist in hydrology, climatology, and modeling of ecosystem processes.
^****Karel Pulkráb, Luděk ŠišákCzech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic. pulkrab@fld.czu.cz; sisak@fld.czu.czKarel Pulkráb is head of the department of Economy at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences. He is a specialist in forestry economics and in environmental economics and management.Luděk Šišák is professor of forestry economics and management, vice-head of the Department of Forestry Economics and Management of the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague.
^*****Libor Pěnička, Miroslav SloupForest Management Institute, Nábřežní 1326, 250 01 Brandýs nad Labem, Czech Republic. penicka@uhul.cz; sloup@uhul.czLibor Pěnička is a forestry engineer working at the Forest Management Institute; within the project, he was responsible for the assessment of the vitality of forest stands.Miroslav Sloup is a forestry engineer working at the Forest Management Institute; within the project he was responsible for the study of game management and game influence on forests.

Mountain Research and Development, 28(3):216-221 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.1040

Abstract

The Ore Mountains (the Krušné Hory Mountains) are located in Central Europe on the border between the Czech Republic and Saxony, Germany. They are known as an area where air pollution has had a very severe impact. Sulphur dioxide, produced mainly by coal power plants and the chemical industry, caused extensive decay of forests in the upper part of the Ore Mountains during the 1970s and 1980s. Dying trees were felled on more than 40,000 ha. Stands of mainly substitute tree species, considered to be more resistant to air pollution, were established on these locations. With the desulphurization of the main pollution sources and the decrease in industrial production, pollution significantly diminished during the 1990s. Nevertheless, even in the second half of the 1990s, distinctive damage to substitute forests was observed. A survey of their condition detected about 1600 ha of white birch stands in decline, 53 ha of blue spruce stands affected by needle yellowing, and prevalent damage of mountain ash by red deer. Our comprehensive studies closely observed the situation in the Ore Mountains and focused on practical questions and solutions to current forestry problems. We proposed appropriate measures relating to changes of tree species composition, forest plantation, silvicultural principles, and amelioration of forest soils, taking into account the current level of pollution, the condition of forest soils, and the vitality of forests. Several options, including a rough economic evaluation, are presented here.

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Vít Šrámek, Marian Slodičák, Bohumír Lomský, Vratislav Balcar, Jiří Kulhavý, Pavel Hadaš, Karel Pulkráb, Luděk Šišák, Libor Pěnička, and Miroslav Sloup "The Ore Mountains: Will Successive Recovery of Forests from Lethal Disease Be Successful," Mountain Research and Development 28(3), 216-221, (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.1040

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