[Monitoring systems with emphasis on evaluation of ecologic parameters of forest ecosystems] | Monitorovacie systémy s dôrazom na hodnotenie ekologických parametrov lesných ekosystémov
2010
Merganič, J., Technical University in Zvolen (Slovak Republic). Faculty of Forestry
Forest inventory and monitoring has a tradition several centuries long. Its goal is to provide us with objective information about the condition and the changes of forest ecosystems. The presented paper suggests that the development and the proposal of sampling designs should integrate several concepts of data gathering to ensure their multifunctional utilisation. An efficient way is to apply stratified sampling, or its various combinations, which should also include the stratification along main ecological gradients. An advantage of such a design is that the information is recorded along the whole gradient of a factor or factors, which is not negligible in ecological studies. In addition, the obtained data are also an appropriate basis for specific analyses, and the possibility to characterise and generalise the information over the area as one unit is not lost either. Several projects based on these principles have already been realised. The paper presents an approach and results of the proposal of the monitoring system of forest biotopes, as well as partial results of the condition of forest biotopes in forest management unit Jasenie. EU member states are obliged to monitor the conditions of forest biotopes once every 6 years, to prepare assessment reports about the conditions of biotopes and present them to central administrations within a specified time frame. The proposal and the practical application of monitoring have documented the possibilities of its application also in other areas of European and national significance.
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