Centre of excellence "Adaptive Forest Ecosystems" - methodical aspects | Centrum excelentnosti "Adaptívne lesné ekosystémy": metodické aspekty

Project centre of excellence Adaptive Forest Ecosystems was approved in operational program Research and Development in priority line 2 Support of Research and Development and action 2.1 Support of networks of excellent workplaces of research and development as pillar of regional development and support of supraregional cooperation. The project objective is to interconnect cooperation among leading forestry oriented organization (Faculty of Forestry of Technical University, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Forest Research Institute NFC and Institute of Forest Ecology SAS), support undergoing and future research of conditions and methods of forestry and long time enlargement of area of adaptive forest ecosystems in the territory of Slovakia. The project solves the activities in the frame of individual specific objectives as follows: 1. Establishment of adaptive stand structures and increase of stability of forest ecosystems: Activity 1.1 Dynamics of primeval and natural forest ecosystems. Activity 1.2 Stability and conservation of forest stands. Activity 1.3 Modelling growth processes of forest ecosystems. Activity 1.4 Ecologically suitable utilisation of forest ecosystems. Activity 1.5 Target wood quality. 2. Slowing matter-energetic flow through forest ecosystems. Activity 2.1 Global and regional changes. Activity 2.2. Water, carbon and nutrition cycles. Activity 2.3 Disturbance and meliorations of forest ecosystems. Activity 2.4 Biomass and chemical composition of wood. 3. Conservation of biodiversity and rational utilisation of forest ecosystems: Activity 3.1 Diversity of wooden plants and herb layer assemblage. Activity 3.2 Diversity of invertebrates. Activity 3.3 Diversity of vertebrates. Activity 3.4 Game management. 4. Provisioning of forest ecosystem function for increasing life quality: Activity 4.1 Market with forestry services. Activity 4.2 Evaluation of community functions of forest ecosystem and divisions. Activity 4.3 Integration of community function of forests to market mechanisms. Activity 4.4 Optimalization of intersector relations of forestry - innovation of forestry politics. Activity 4.5 Building and modernisation of information and communication technologies. In the paper, we characterize basic specific objectives, individual activities and introduce their methodical aspects. This paper is the introductory contribution to two issues of the journal Acta Facultatis Forestalis.