Denisa Sedmáková

TL;DR: The increased vulnerability of Norway spruce under warmer climate conditions is demonstrated and it is recommended that the forest services and conservation managers replace or admix monocultures of this species with more drought-resilient mixtures including fir, beech and other broadleaved species.

TL;DR: In this article, a dendroecological study in the Beskids Mountains was conducted to identify structural similarities between spruce trees in terms of their response to climate variation and to identify the most relevant site and stand-related variables.

TL;DR: In this paper, the radial growth of Fagus sylvatica (L.) and Picea abies ((L.) Karst) has been studied along an altitudinal gradient covering six vegetation formations characteristic for sub-montane, montane and highmontane conditions of the western Carpathians.

TL;DR: Analyzing changes in tree species composition, stand structure, and creation and closure of canopy gaps in the National Nature Reserve Dobrocský prales (Slovakia), a remnant of mixed old-growth forests of the Western Carpathians, confirms a relatively high degree of structural differentiation throughout the development cycle.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated mixed forest in unmanaged National Nature Reserve Sitno in the Western Carpathians, which harbours extraordinary diversity on a rather small scale, and quantified the impact of gaps on gap-filling processes and assessed the role they play in recently observed changes in tree species composition.