Name of programme: NAZV ZEMĚ
Project number: QK21010435
Investigator: doc. Ing. Peter Surový, Ph.D.
Contact person: doc. Ing. Peter Surový, Ph.D., surovy@fld.czu.cz
Implementation period: 2021-2023
In context of recent bark beetle outbreak, bark beetle-induced deadwood was excluded from the duty of priority processing of wood from incidental felling. As a result, Czech forest land recently contains standing dead spruce stands of unprecedented extent. The project focuses on mensuration and description of dead forest stands for:
- localization and determination of extent and volumes of dead forest stands with the use of modern remote sensing methods, calibrated with detailed terrestrial measurements,
- monitoring of wood decomposition process in standing trees and stability of standing trees, including the risk of fires,
- prediction of development of dead trees and forest stands in time,
- management plan based on the development and risks of dead forests on different site.