<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Geobiocoenological landscape typology, which is used in landscape planning in the Czech Republic, includes vegetation zonation of the landscape. Vegetation zones are determined by climatic conditions. Changes in climatic conditions will probably be manifested in the shift of vegetation zones in the landscape. Mathematical geobiocoenological model of vegetation zonation of the landscape is based on the general ecological relationship between the current vegetation zonation and present climatic conditions and the assumption that this general relationship will be maintained in the future. The paper presents the application of the model using the example of the prediction of changes in climatic conditions for the Norway spruce (the first-generation of the model) and grapevine (the second-generation of the model) in the Czech Republic. In the case of the Norway spruce example, the model shows that the predicted changes in climatic conditions will prevent the cultivation of the spruce in the Czech Republic outside its natural range in mountainous areas. The results of the presented model for grapevine show significant enlargement of areas climatically suitable for growing grapes within the studied area.These examples demonstrate the potential for the application of geobiocoenological landscape typology in the modeling of the effects of climate change in the landscape.</p></abstract>

Geobiocoenological landscape typology, which is used in landscape planning in the Czech Republic, includes vegetation zonation of the landscape. Vegetation zones are determined by climatic conditions. Changes in climatic conditions will probably be manifested in the shift of vegetation zones in the landscape. Mathematical geobiocoenological model of vegetation zonation of the landscape is based on the general ecological relationship between the current vegetation zonation and present climatic conditions and the assumption that this general relationship will be maintained in the future. The paper presents the application of the model using the example of the prediction of changes in climatic conditions for the Norway spruce (the first-generation of the model) and grapevine (the second-generation of the model) in the Czech Republic. In the case of the Norway spruce example, the model shows that the predicted changes in climatic conditions will prevent the cultivation of the spruce in the Czech Republic outside its natural range in mountainous areas. The results of the presented model for grapevine show significant enlargement of areas climatically suitable for growing grapes within the studied area.These examples demonstrate the potential for the application of geobiocoenological landscape typology in the modeling of the effects of climate change in the landscape.

The Application of Geobiocoenological Landscape Typology in The Modelling of Climate Change Implications

Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Dpt. of Applied Informatics, Konviktská 20, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Dpt. of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Dpt. of Development Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Dpt. of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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Geobiocoenological landscape typology, which is used in landscape planning in the Czech Republic, includes vegetation zonation of the landscape. Vegetation...

The Application of Geobiocoenological Landscape Typology in The Modelling of Climate Change Implications

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 69 - 81

Received: Sep 03, 2015

Accepted: Oct 05, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2015-0010

Keywords
Geobiocoenological model, climate change, grapevine, landscape, Norway spruce, shift in vegetation zones, Register of biogeography

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Application of Geobiocoenological Landscape Typology in The Modelling of Climate Change Implications

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 69 - 81

Received: Sep 03, 2015

Accepted: Oct 05, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2015-0010

KeywordsGeobiocoenological model, climate change, grapevine, landscape, Norway spruce, shift in vegetation zones, Register of biogeography

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Geobiocoenological model, climate change, grapevine, landscape, Norway spruce, shift in vegetation zones, Register of biogeography