I'm focused on forest functions, their evaluation and position within ecosystem services systems. It is easy to find gerenal information about systems like TEEB, CICES, MEA or FEGS and their mutual connections. It is possilbe to find a lot of scientific research results focused on specific ecosystem aspects of forest ecosystem functions (soil processes, water runnof etc.). But I've tried to find more complex systems of forest function evaluation (like e.g. Vyskot et al.) nad use as ecosystem base for evaluation of forest ecosystem services (potential of forest ecosystem to fulfil social needs). Maybe there are research reports more useful than articles in journals?
I wonder if you are also interested in risk of change in forest community composition and ecosystem service caused by invasive pathogens and pests?
Yes, it is one of possibilities of utilisation. E.g. evaluation of damage on forest functions caused by this pathogens (decreasing of functional effect of forest ecosystems after bark beatle calamity). For example, we processed evaluation (and financial epression) of bark beatle calamity impact on forest function in national park Šumava (Czech Rep.) or wind calamity in NP High Tatras (Slovakia). So, in case that we have a model data, it is possible to prepare prediction of changes too.
We need forest site typology and tree species composition of evaluated forest stand for calculating of potencial functional abilities. For real functional effect is necessary to have
a) forest stand with simplified spatial structure - stand age, health condition and stocking
b) structurally rich forest stand - health condition, thickness and height composition and horizontal structure
Different methodological approaches and their utilisation are interest to me.
you can go through the publications of Prof. J.S. Singh and his group, India for forest structural and functional components of dry tropical ecosystems as well as The Kumanun Himalyan Ecosystems. Attached is some papers available with me which may be useful, for your kind perusal.
Dear Nimisha, thank you very much for sending publication. They are seems to be very useful to me. I work up them and sent you information about my processing. Jiri
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