<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper studies non-indigenous dwarf pine stands in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, from the perspective of their spatial and genetic relations to slope phenomena of deformation character. The paper contains a typology of regional slope deformations, data on their spatial distribution and specific properties, including risk estimates of their origination or further development in case of potential future dwarf pine stand clearings, as well as a three-stage categorization of dwarf pine stands based on this tendency. The results were processed using data from literary sources, map documents and aerial photos, as well as an extensive field survey. Three main types of slope deformations were distinguished on sites with highly variable geomorphological features - extensive complex phenomena with numerous subforms, linear debris flows and local shallow landslides. The acquired data show that while dwarf pine stands have no great effect on the development of large slope phenomena, they play a more significant reinforcement role in the prevention of smaller surface deformations, the origination of which is predominantly related to steeper slopes. The results of this study can serve for future decision making on the management of dwarf pine stands</p></abstract>

This paper studies non-indigenous dwarf pine stands in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, from the perspective of their spatial and genetic relations to slope phenomena of deformation character. The paper contains a typology of regional slope deformations, data on their spatial distribution and specific properties, including risk estimates of their origination or further development in case of potential future dwarf pine stand clearings, as well as a three-stage categorization of dwarf pine stands based on this tendency. The results were processed using data from literary sources, map documents and aerial photos, as well as an extensive field survey. Three main types of slope deformations were distinguished on sites with highly variable geomorphological features - extensive complex phenomena with numerous subforms, linear debris flows and local shallow landslides. The acquired data show that while dwarf pine stands have no great effect on the development of large slope phenomena, they play a more significant reinforcement role in the prevention of smaller surface deformations, the origination of which is predominantly related to steeper slopes. The results of this study can serve for future decision making on the management of dwarf pine stands

Effects of Dwarf Pine Stands on Slope Deformation Processes, as a Basis for their Management in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains

Institute of Geonics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Department of Environmental Geography, Drobného 28, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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

Journal of Landscape Ecology

This paper studies non-indigenous dwarf pine stands in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, from the perspective of their spatial and genetic relations to slope...

Effects of Dwarf Pine Stands on Slope Deformation Processes, as a Basis for their Management in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains

Published Online: Sep 27, 2013

Page range: 63 - 83

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10285-012-0064-6

Keywords
non-indigenous dwarf pine, stand categorisation, hazardous slope deformation, management approach, Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, Czech Republic

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Effects of Dwarf Pine Stands on Slope Deformation Processes, as a Basis for their Management in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains

Published Online: Sep 27, 2013

Page range: 63 - 83

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10285-012-0064-6

Keywordsnon-indigenous dwarf pine, stand categorisation, hazardous slope deformation, management approach, Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, Czech Republic

This content is open access.

Keywords
non-indigenous dwarf pine, stand categorisation, hazardous slope deformation, management approach, Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, Czech Republic