scholarly journals Nutrition of silver fir (Abies alba Mill) growing at the upper limit of its occurrence in the Šumava National Park and Protected Landscape Area

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 381-388
Author(s):  
R. Novotný ◽  
D. Černý ◽  
V. Šrámek
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Phosphorus Content ◽  
Abies Alba ◽  
Magnesium Content ◽  
The Other ◽  
Silver Fir ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Bohemian Forest ◽  
The Bohemian Forest ◽  
Altitudinal Limit

In the second half of 20<sup>th</sup> century silver fir regeneration has been observed throughout all of the Europe, including the Czech Republic. The Bohemian Forest &ndash; &Scaron;umava Mts. is one of the regions where the silver fir percentage in forest stands is supposed to be increased from the present 2% to nearly 12%. During the period 2006&ndash;2007, in the Czech part of the Bohemian Forest, samples of silver fir were taken mainly in the upper altitudinal limit of silver fir occurrence. In the present paper the results of performed analyses are compared with similar surveys conducted in the other European regions. Samples from the Bohemian Forest, in contrast to other results, differ in higher phosphorus content and lower contents of calcium and manganese. Nitrogen content is slightly higher. Our values for the other elements (magnesium, potassium, zinc, sulphur) are comparable to those reported in Poland and Slovakia. In Germany, aside from the above mentioned differences, higher magnesium content was also found within the locality sampled.

Variability of Abies alba-dominated forests in Central Europe

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-518
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Świerkosz ◽  
Kamila Reczyńska ◽  
Karel Boublík
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Abies Alba ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Silver Fir ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Ecological Analysis ◽  
R Software ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Alps

AbstractUsing vegetation databases from Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and our own material collected during a field work, we have analysed the variability of species composition of Abies alba-dominated communities in Central Europe. Analysis was performed using a modified TWINSPAN algorithm in the JUICE software. Ecological analysis was performed on the basis of mean Ellenberg indicator values with a MoPeT_v1.0.r script prepared in R software. In general, the findings indicated that there are at least 8 types of Central European silver fir-dominated forests with different patterns in species composition and habitat conditions. These are the oligotrophic subcontinental silver fir forests of the Polish highlands, oligotrophic (sub)montane silver fir forest, hygrophilous silver fir forests, oligo-mesotrophic (sub)montane silver fir forests, mesotrophic (sub)montane silver fir forests, submontane and montane calcicolous silver fir forests of the Alps and the Carpathians, eutrophic silver fir-beech forests and silver fir ravine forests. The main conclusion is that the diversity of species composition of Abies alba-dominated forests in Central Europe is lower than described in current regional synthesis, which was confirmed by ecological analyses.

Silvibacterium bohemicum gen. nov. sp. nov., an acidobacterium isolated from coniferous soil in the Bohemian Forest National Park

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvador Lladó ◽  
Oldrich Benada ◽  
Tomáš Cajthaml ◽  
Petr Baldrian ◽  
Paula García-Fraile
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Bohemian Forest ◽  
The Bohemian Forest

Additions and corrections to “The Muscidae of Central Europe” III. A new species of Coenosia Meigen, 1826 from Central Europe (Diptera: Muscidae)

Biologia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
František Gregor ◽  
Rudolf Rozkošný
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Species ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Bohemian Forest ◽  
The Bohemian Forest ◽  
A New Species

AbstractCoenosia bohemica sp. n. is described from the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic. Its relationships to similar species are discussed and its diagnostic characters are illustrated.

Formalized classification of the vegetation of Abies alba-dominated forests in the Czech Republic

Biologia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Boublík
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Abies Alba ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Soil Reaction ◽  
Silver Fir ◽  
Herb Layer ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Logical Operators ◽  
Tree Layer

AbstractA phytosociological classification of silver fir (Abies alba) forests in the Czech Republic was carried out using the Braun-Blanquet approach. It is based on the formalized and supervised Cocktail classification method. The definitions of associations were created by combinations of sociological species groups using logical operators. Dominance of single species was included in the definitions of associations. All relevés with at least 50% cover of silver fir in tree layer available from the Czech Republic were used for analysis. Three associations within two classes were distinguished. Vaccinio vitis-idaeae-Abietetum albae (Vaccinio-Piceetea, Piceion excelsae) is an oligotrophic, species-poor spruce-pine-fir forest dominated by Vaccinium myrtillus in the herb layer occurring mostly on podzols. Luzulo-Abietetum albae (Querco-Fagetea, Luzulo-Fagion) is an oligo-mesotrophic spruce-fir forest characterized by the dominance of graminoids (Luzula luzuloides, Calamagrostis arundinacea) in the herb layer. It occurs especially on cambisols. Nutrient-demanding species are typical of the stands of herb-rich mesotrophic Galio rotundifolii-Abietetum albae (Querco-Fagetea, Fagion sylvaticae, Galio rotundifolii-Abietenion) that occurs also mostly on cambisols. Soil nutrients and soil reaction (represented by Ellenberg indicator values) were determined as the most important ecological gradients affecting the variation of the vegetation in these communities.

Mountain aquatic Isoëtes populations reflect millennial-scale environmental changes in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem, Central Europe

The Holocene ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 095968362098806
Author(s):  
Alice Moravcová ◽  
Anna Tichá ◽  
Vachel A Carter ◽  
Daniel Vondrák ◽  
Martina Čtvrtlíková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Abies Alba ◽  
Plant Macrofossils ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Low Oxygen ◽  
Bohemian Forest ◽  
The Bohemian Forest ◽  
Millennial Scale

In this study we aim to investigate millennial-scale dynamics of Isoëtes, a type of macrophyte well adapted to oligotrophic and clear-water lakes. Despite its wide distribution during the Early Holocene, nowadays Isoëtes is considered as vulnerable or critically endangered in many Central European countries. Using a multi-proxy palaeoecological reconstruction involving Isoëtes micro- and megaspores, pollen, plant macrofossils, macro-charcoal, diatoms and chironomids from four lakes (Prášilské jezero, Plešné jezero, Černé jezero, Rachelsee) located in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem mountain region in Central Europe, we reconstruct Isoëtes dynamics and discuss how local environmental factors impacted its distribution and abundance during the Holocene. Our results show regionally concurrent patterns of Isoëtes colonisation across all lakes beginning 10,300–9300 cal yr BP, and substantially declining around 6400 cal yr BP. Results from Prášilské jezero imply that Isoëtes decline and collapse in this lake reflect gradual dystrophication that led to the browning of lake water. This is evidenced by a shift in diatom assemblages towards more acidophilous taxa dominated by Asterionella ralfsii and by a decrease in total chironomid abundance and taxa sensitive to low oxygen levels. Dystrophication of Prášilské jezero was linked with the immigration of the late-successional tree taxa ( Picea abies and later Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba), peatland expansion, and decreasing fire activity. Multi-site comparison of pollen records suggest that these vegetation-related environmental changes were common for the whole region. Our study demonstrates the sensitivity of Isoëtes to millennial-scale natural environmental changes within the surrounding lake catchment.

scholarly journals The ‘Tisovik’ reserve of Silver fir in the Belarusian national park ‘Belavezhskaya Pushcha’

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Adolf F. Korczyk
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
National Park ◽  
Abies Alba ◽  
Silver Fir ◽  
Natural Origin ◽  
Primeval Forest ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Białowieża Primeval Forest

Abstract Silver firs (Abies alba Mill.) of natural origin occurring in the Belorussian part of the Białowieża Primeval Forest constitute an enclave situated 120 km to the north-east of a dense fir stand in the Polish part of the forest. In order to protect this population a reserve called ‘Tisovik’ was established. In this study, plant communities occurring in the ‘Tisovik’ reserve were described and its fir population (20 trees) was characterised in terms of its genetic structure.

Littoral macroinvertebrates of acidified lakes in the Bohemian Forest

Biologia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Ungermanová ◽  
Kateřina Kolaříková ◽  
Evžen Stuchlík ◽  
Takaaki Senoo ◽  
Jakub Horecký ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Chemistry ◽  
Mountain Lakes ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Bohemian Forest ◽  
Water Beetle ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
Water Ph ◽  
The Bohemian Forest ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractMountain lakes in the Bohemian Forest, on both the Czech and German sides, were atmospherically acidified mainly in the 1960s–1980s and have since been recovering from acidification. In 2007, we performed the first complete study on littoral macroinvertebrates in all eight lakes. The goals of the study were to 1) compare macroinvertebrates in the lakes during the process of recovery and 2) investigate relations between the occurrence of taxa and water chemistry. Lake water pH varied from 4.6 to 5.7, concentrations of dissolved reactive Al and labile Al ranged from 118–601 and 11–470 μg L−1, respectively, and DOC concentrations were < 6 mg L−1. Altogether 73 taxa were identified from all lakes; a positive relationship was found between pH and the number of macroinvertebrate taxa. The highest number of taxa was found in the least acidic lakes Laka and Grosser Arbersee, including the mollusk Pisidium casertanum. In contrast, the lowest diversity was found in the most acidified Čertovo jezero. Cluster analyses of macroinvertebrates and water chemistry suggested pH as the key factor influencing the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. An interesting finding was the occurrence of the boreo-montane water beetle Nebrioporus assimilis in Prášilské record of this species in the Czech Republic since 1960.

scholarly journals Some new records of chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Czech Republic

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
Peter Bitušík ◽  
Katarína Trnková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Records ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Pupal Exuviae ◽  
Bohemian Forest ◽  
Chironomid Species ◽  
The Bohemian Forest ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
First Time

Abstract Six chironomid species: Paraboreochlus minutissimus (Strobl, 1894), Trissopelopia longimanus (Staeger 1839), Boreoheptagyia monticola (Serra-Tosio, 1964), Cricotopus (s.str.) similis Goetghebuer 1921, Heleniella serratosioi Ringe, 1976, Krenosmittia camptophleps (Edwards, 1929), were recorded in Czech Republic for the first time. The pupal exuviae were collected in July 2009 from Otava River in the vicinity of Rejštejn village in the central part of the Bohemian Forest. The notes on known distribution and ecology of the species are presented.

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