Effects of dwarf pine stands on slope deformation processes, as a basis for their management in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts

0397505 - ÚGN 2014 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Roštínský, Pavel - Šenfeldr, M. - Maděra, P.
Effects of dwarf pine stands on slope deformation processes, as a basis for their management in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts.
Journal of Landscape Ecology. Roč. 6, č. 1 (2013), s. 63-83. ISSN 1803-2427
Grant - others:GA MŠk(CZ) EE2.3.20.0004
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : hazardous slope deformation * non-indigenous dwarf pine * management approach
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
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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 categorisation 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.
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