1. Phenological trends of European beech stands along the Carpathian arc : a 20-year MOD13Q1/MYD13Q1 based analysisM. Švik, O. Brovkina, Tatjana Veljanovski, Matjaž Čater, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Povzetek: European forests are severely threatened by rapid global climate change. Predicting the effects of climate change on the future performance of tree species can be enhanced by using geographical gradients as space-time proxies. This study focuses on analysing seasonal and inter-annual phenological trends for eight sites of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Carpathians along such geographical gradient. Using time series of the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) from 2003 to 2022, derived from 16-day MODIS Terra and Aqua vegetation products, combined with meteorological parameters (temperature and precipitation) interpolated for a grid and Land Surface Temperature (LST) data from Landsat, we compared annual forest development at the study sites and extracted key phenological metrics (start, length, and end of the growing season) using the phenofit software package for R. Our results show varied responses of the studied forest sites to climate change. The end of season extended significantly at Soveja (slope = 0.50, p = 0.023). Spring temperatures had negative correlations with the start of season (r = -0.37) and autumn temperatures positive correlation with the end of season (r = 0.43). Understanding these patterns is crucial for developing adaptive forest management strategies in Carpathians.
Ključne besede: Carpathians, European beech, vegetation index, MODIS, land surface phenology, time series
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 21.05.2025; Ogledov: 583; Prenosov: 319
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2. The effect of forest gaps on the diversity and composition of bacterial communities in mixed-type forest soils across the Carpathian mountainsNejc Suban, Olivera Maksimović, Nataša Šibanc, Tijana Martinović, Eva Dařenová, Matjaž Čater, Tine Grebenc, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Povzetek: Mixed forests of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) play a vital ecological role in Central and South-Eastern Europe. This study investigates the diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities in these forests, focusing on rhizosphere and bulk soils under varying canopy structures. Soil samples were collected from eight sites along the Carpathian Mountains, including managed forests and the remnants of old growth. Metabarcoding of bacterial communities revealed that alpha diversity (species richness, Shannon index, and evenness) was significantly affected by sampling location but not by forest canopy structure or soil type (rhizosphere and bulk soil). The lowest bacterial diversity was found in the old-growth forest of the Beskidy region, while the highest was recorded in managed forest in Vrancea. Beta diversity analyses showed minimal variation between rhizosphere and bulk soil bacterial communities, with geographic distance being the strongest predictor of community composition. Actinobacteriota and Proteobacteria were the dominant phyla across all sites, with higher relative abundance of Actinobacteriota in all rhizosphere samples compared to bulk soil. Complex combinations of various environmental conditions at each sampling location, including soil parameters (mainly pH and C:N ratio), the age of forest gaps, the type and intensity of disturbances, and species composition of above-ground vegetation, can strongly affect soil bacterial communities. A closer examination of additional environmental variables would be necessary to better explain the observed differences in the diversity and composition of bacterial communities.
Ključne besede: forest gaps, forest management, soil microbiome, soil, rhizosphere, Carpathians, temperate forest
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 30.12.2024; Ogledov: 2029; Prenosov: 863
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3. Climate growth limitations of European beech and silver fir along the Carpathian arc – the recent state and future prospectsJakub Kašpar, Kamil Král, Tom Levanič, Pia Caroline Adamič, Matjaž Čater, 2024, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci Ključne besede: climate-growth limitation, VS model, Carpathians, climate change, silver fir, European beech
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 03.09.2024; Ogledov: 949; Prenosov: 584
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4. Response of beech and fir in the Carpathians and DinaridesEva Dařenová, Pia Caroline Adamič, Matjaž Čater, 2024, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci Ključne besede: silver fir, beech, light response, Carpathians, Dinarides, soil water content, forest
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 02.09.2024; Ogledov: 922; Prenosov: 479
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