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Department of Vegetation Ecology

Causes of decline and a system of effective restoration of priority habitat types of subalpine grasslands (SUTR)

Project identification code:

SS03010065

Funding:

  • Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Principal investigator:

Co-investigators:

  • Agrovýzkum Rapotín (M. Mrázková), The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening (J. Houška)

Time-frame:

  • 01/2021–12/2023

Project description:

Main aim of this project is an effective restoration and management of priority habits of subalpine grasslands. These important European habitats are currently dying out on a large scale in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts., and the nature conservation authority is urgently looking for an effective solution. Based on a comprehensive research of possible causes, combining an observational and experimental approach, a methodology with measures for short-term restoration will be developed. Using newly obtained data, the long-term use of the subalpine treeless area of the Hrubý Jeseník Mts. will be evaluated and management strategy will be formulated.

Participants from the Institute of Botany:

Přemysl Bobek
Lýdie Dudová
Markéta Chudomelová
Radim Hédl
Péter Szabó