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STANDARDISATION AND HARMONISATION OF EXPERT VALUATION METHODOLOGY FOR THE NEEDS OF FORENSIC ECOTECHNIQUE: FOREST AND TREES
Holušová, Kateřina ; Podrázský, Vilém (referee) ; Simon,, Jaroslav (referee) ; Alexandr, Pavel (advisor)
In the presented thesis is an overview of the current state solved the problem, specifying the inclusion of Forensic Ecotechnique: forest and trees into the forensic sciences in the world and its description as part of special methods of forensic engineering. The results focus on the design of standardized and harmonized processes according to the type of expert opinions. As another of the key results of the work are designed functional biometric parameters for evaluating trees in the functional diagnosis of Methods of contact flora assessment (“CFA”). Application of some methods of measurement and selected functional biometric parameters are listed in the examples in the measurement of selected forest stands of beech in the National Nature Reserve Voděradské bučiny and in Chřiby hills. As a general supplement usable in Forensic ecotechnique: forest and trees are given the limits for functional diagnostics. In another series of work includes a discussion on the proposed standards and the measurement results. The work is concluded by summarizing the results and the benefits.
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Flux footprints in different ecosystems
Macálková, Lenka ; Havránková, Kateřina ; Pavelka, Marian
Flux footprint is an upwind area where the atmospheric flux measured by an instrument is generated. Footprint size depends on measurement height, surface roughness, and atmospheric thermal stability. Our study focused on the flux footprints of four CzechGlobe ecosystem stations in a wetlands area, an agroecosystem, and young and mature spruce forests. Our aims were to prove that the sites were suitable for eddy covariance measurement and compare flux footprints under various atmospheric thermal conditions: stable, neutral, and unstable. Two computational models were used: the Kormann–Meixner (2001) and Kljun (2004)models. The outputs were processed graphically in site maps.
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Spatial heterogeneity of soil CO2 efflux in four different ecosystems
Dařenová, Eva
Manual measurements of soil CO2 effl ux on a larger number of positions can give precise estimation of CO2 effl ux from the investigated area and together with temporal dynamics, observed in continuous measurements, can provide a good view on the ecosystem carbon balance. In this study we investigated the spatial heterogeneity of soil CO2 effl ux in four diff erent ecosystems (spruce forest, beech forest, wetland, grassland). Soil CO2 was measured on a net of 25–65 positions using a manual measurement system. We tried to fi nd responsible factors for the heterogeneity and to determine a measurement protocol for the most precise estimation of soil CO2 effl ux. Th e highest respiration activity was observed in the spruce forest, the lowest in the wetland ecosystem, where it was caused by a high water table. In the wetland ecosystem, there was the highest spatial heterogeneity of respiration activity, which reached almost 60 %. Th is high heterogeneity was caused by the gradient of the water table depth. Contrary to this, the lowest heterogeneity was found in the grassland where it was only about 15 %. In the spruce and beech forest the heterogeneity ranged between 35 and 45 %. As infl uencing factors we investigated e.g. soil moisture, tree distance and amount of the above ground biomass.
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Phosphorus in aquatic ecosystems - forms, determination, cycling
Hejzlar, Josef ; Borovec, Jakub
Ecological importance of phosphorus in the aquatic environment is analysed. Starting with characterising the phosphorus chemistry and properties of its compounds in water and organisms, the paper gives an overview of external and internal sources of P for aquatic ecosystems, explains main principles of cycling within the water column and between the water column and bottom sediments and discusses relations between phosphorus concentrations and eutrophication.
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