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Where train tracks bisect moose habitat, trains may collide with moose, impacting the local population and creating a safety concern for rail traffic. Understanding the patterns underlying these collisions, is critical for helping managers choose the right mitigation methods to reduce mortality on railways. Our objective was to analyze the long−term temporal patterns of moose−train collisions. We...
The aim of this work was to analyze the tree−ring width, the share of the latewood as well as the density of wood of trees growing in commercial and degraded stands. The research was carried out in the Brynek Forest District (southern Poland) in 3 commercial stands and in 4 degraded stands. For every study plot fifteen spruces were chosen and increment cores were sampled using the Pressler borer....
The purpose of the research was to assess the possibility to compensate for the volume and its 10−year increase lost on future crop and trainer trees removed from the strip−roads by the increased growth of trees at their edge. The assessment comprised the estimation of the compensation period length and its percentage value 10 years after cutting the strip−roads. The analysis also comprised 5−year−long...
The paper presents declarative opinions of 239 tourists who visited the area of the Krynki Forest District in July−September 2013. The opinions were collected in direct interviews using of a questionnaire. The analysis distinguished two groups of respondents: 135 people (56,5%) who visited the forest district for the first time, and 104 respondents (43,5%) for whom it was the subsequent visit. We...
The aim of the study is to analyse the size and efficiency of assimilation apparatus of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestis L.) using the site index model for unthinned pine stands (Model Pinus). The size of the assimilation apparatus was regarded in terms of mass of the twigs covered with needles (Ugc) and mass of needles (Ic). It reaches maximum values at the age of 20−25 years, then dynamically decreases...
The aim of this work was to present changes in the fragmentation of forest area characterised by a two−fold increase in forest cover during the last century. The Forest Area Density (FAD) indicator was utilised in order to determine the forest fragmentation for the raster analysis of numeric maps. Its calculation was made using GuidosToolbox software. The research covered 1862 km² of a predominantly...
The study presents the methodological and applicative scope of mapping and assessment of forests ecosystem services within the Integrated Environmental Monitoring Programme (IEMP). The IEMP operates within the State Environmental Monitoring Programme performed under the coordination of the Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection. The program targeting at the ecosystem services is implemented...
Wpływ biomasy pochodzącej z resztek pozrę− bowych na właściwości gleb. Sylwan 164 (2): 110−117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26202/sylwan.2019052. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of different management treatments of Norway spruce post−harvest logging residues on soil properties. The study compared the impact of residues chipping and arrangement into the stacks. The investigation was carried...
The article presents the size and weight of needles in 30−year−old Scots pine stands over one year with regard to the site conditions in which they grow (fresh mixed coniferous and fresh coniferous habitats). Two rectangular 1−hectare sample plots, which differed from one another only with the habitat type, were set up in Maszewo forestry in the Cybinka Forest District (western Poland). The plots...
Every year official data on forest area in Poland is published by the Statistics Poland. Some of this data is based on land use information contained in the Land and Property Registry (LPR). The aim of this study was to examine compliance between forest areas obtained from official land use maps and from aerial photos. Another purpose was to investigate the impact of forest complexes fragmentation...
The purpose of the paper was to determine the impact of the most popular form of recreation and tourism (i.e. walking) on the environment in selected forests that were made available by the means of educational trails. The research was carried out in south−eastern Poland, in the forest reserves Bór (RB) and Polanki (RP) as well as in the economic forests of the Kołaczyce (NK) and Brzozów (NB) forest...
The study aimed to determine the influence of site moisture conditions on the health status of European ash. The research plots were located in the Babki, Konstantynowo and Łopuchówko forest districts, as well as in the Poznań Municipal Forests (western Poland). The research was carried out on 30 research plots established in the part of the stands with at least 80% share of ash in the stand species...
The aim of the research was to determine the impact of climatic conditions on the tree−ring width of Swedish whitebeam Sorbus intermedia (Ehrh.) Pers. growing in the urban conditions in Szczecin (NW Poland). The samples were taken from 26 trees growing along Rodziewiczówny, Ejsmonda and Santocka streets (left bank of the Odra river). On the basis of the tree−ring width measurements and cross−dating,...
Information on the spatial distribution and variability of forests is important in monitoring of forest resources, biodiversity assessment, threat prevention, estimation of carbon content and forest management. The Pan−European High Resolution Layers (HRLs) produced as part of the European Earth Monitoring Programme – Copernicus provide detailed information on the land cover characteristics in Europe...
The aim of the study was to determine the abundance of soil microbiome and enzymatic activity Hin a control soil sample and in samples with post−mining sediment containing high concentrations of arsenic and some trace elements. The samples were collected under two−year−old seedlings of Norway maple (Acer plantanoides L.) and small−leaved lime (Tilia cordata Mill.), which came from the Pniewy Forest...
The research was conducted in three old−growth forests consisted of silver fir Abies alba Mill., European beech Fagus sylvatica L., and Norway spruce Picea abies Karst. located in the southern part of Poland (Żarnówka and Oszast) and the south−eastern Bosnia and Hercegovina (Perućica). The aim of the study was to compare basic stand characteristics and spatial heterogeneity in terms of variation in...
The aim of the study was to compare the site index of common oak growing under the canopy of Scots pine stands with the values typical for this species on a given habitat. The research was carried out in 20 Scots pine stands with well−developed lower layers of common oak occurring in the fresh mixed forest habitat. The analyzed stands were located in 5 forest districts in central and north−eastern...
The paper presents a linear programming method of harvest volume determination including calculations of net present value (NPV) of standing timber. NPV was computed taking into account the costs of harvesting and skidding and a discount rate of 2.5%. Harvest volume was determined for three 10−year management periods according to the following four scenarios: (1) Vol_max – timber volume maximization...
The purpose of the research was to present problems related to the damage to the stand resulting from the scraping works performed on its surface, mainly with the use of forwarder skidding. The research was conducted in thinned Scots pine stands in the IV and V age class in the Wipsowo Forest District (northern Poland). In the selected stands we carried out the inventory of the stand layers. Based...
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