The Conference Abstracts of the 2nd Forum Carpaticum 2012: From Data to Knowledge – from Knowledge to Action Editor: Martin Boltižiar The abstracts included in this volume were selected and subject to reviewed by the Forum Carpaticum Scientific Committee. Final version of the abstracts reflect the work of their authors and published here in as submitted to the committee of the 2nd Forum Carpaticum. Published online at: www.forumcarpaticum.org by Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Branch Nitra Akademická 2, 94901 Nitra, Slovakia Front page: Elżbieta Laszczak, Dominik Kaim, Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Martin Boltižiar Photos: Martin Boltižiar, Natalia Kolecka ISBN: 978‐80‐968901‐9‐4 © Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Branch Nitra, 2012 FORUM CARPATICUM 2012 From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Action 2 The Forum Carpaticum 2012 From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Action 30th May – 2nd June 2012, Stará Lesná, High Tatras, Slovakia Conference Abstracts Martin Boltižiar (Editor) Nitra 2012 FORUM CARPATICUM 2012 From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Action 3 Forum Carpaticum Scientific Board Board Chair: Ľuboš Halada, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Board Members Per Angelstam, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Yurij Bihun, Shelterwood Systems, Vermont, USA Astrid Björnsen Gurung, Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), Switzerland Anita Bokwa, Jagiellonian University, Poland Andrzej Bytnerowicz, USDA Forest Service, USA Pavel Cudlin, Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic Lucian Dragut, West University of Timisoara, Romania Thomas Egerer, UNEP, Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, Vienna, Austria Marine Elbakidze, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine/Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Christian Hoffmann, EURAC research ‐ European Academy, Bolzano, Italy Ferenc Horváth, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Patrick Hostert, Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, Germany Juraj Hreško, University of Constantinus Philosopher Nitra, Slovakia Zita Izakovičová, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia William Keeton, University of Vermont, USA Tatiana Kluvánková‐Oravská, Institute for Forecasting Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia Eszter Kovács, St. István University Gödöllö, Hungary Jacek Kozak, Jagiellonian University, Poland Ivan Kruhlov, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine Stanislav Małek, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Poland Elena Matei, University of Bucharest, Romania Katalin Mázsa, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Marcel Mindrescu, Suceava University, Romania Maria Nijnik, The James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Jagiellonian University, Poland Július Oszlányi, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Bohdan Prots, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Viera Straškrábová, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Tomáš Vrška, Research institute Silva Taroucy for landscape and horticulture, Brno, Czech Republic Bartłomiej Wyżga, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Forum Carpaticum Organizing Committee Committee Chair: Andrej Bača, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Committee Members Peter Bezák, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Martin Boltižiar, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Jana Borovská, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Peter Gajdoš, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Peter Fleischer, Research Station of the State Forests of TANAP, Slovakia Katarína Gerhátová, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Ľuboš Halada, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Andrej Halabuk, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Zita Izakovičová, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia František Kohút, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Juraj Lieskovský, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Matej Mojses, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Zuzana Ponecová, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Jana Špulerová, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Slovakia Marián Šturcel, State Forests of TANAP, Slovakia FORUM CARPATICUM 2012 From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Action 4 Honorary patronage His Excellency Ivan Gašparovič President of the Slovak Republic The International Conference Forum Carpaticum 2012 is taken over under the auspices of His Excellency Ivan Gašparovič, President of the Slovak Republic. Forum Carpaticum 2012 is financially supported by: The International Visegrad Fund Slovak Academy of Sciences http://visegradfund.org www.sav.sk FORUM CARPATICUM 2012 From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Action 5 Programme overview WEDNESDAY 30.05.2012 7:30 – 8:30 Registration 8:30 – 9:00: OPENING SESSION 9:00 – 10:00 PLENARY Upper hall 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 – 12:30 Thematic sessions Upper hall Lower hall Astronomy Institute Conservation management as a tool Mountains and tourism Workshop 1: for protecting Carpathians values development Climate change ‐ CARPIVIA 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:30 Thematic sessions Upper hall Lower hall Astronomy Institute Biodiversity 1 Impact of climate change and air Workshop 2:Science pollution on vegetation in the Carpathian Convention 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break 16:30 – 18:30 Thematic sessions Upper hall Lower hall Astronomy Institute Biodiversity 2 River functioning and Workshop 3: Mountain protection ‐ management stakeholders 20:30 FILM THURSDAY 31.05.2012 7:30 – 8:30 Registration 8:30 – 10:00 PLENARY Upper hall 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 – 12:30: Thematic sessions Upper hall Lower hall Astronomy Institute From Knowledge to Action Landforms dynamics and recent Workshop 4: soils changes Forest research 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 ‐ 18:00 Conference walks (research plots, museum, botanical garden…) 19:00 SLOVAK FOLKLORE PERFORMANCE 20:00: CONFERENCE DINNER FRIDAY 01.06.2012 7:30 – 8:30 Registration 8:30 – 10:00 Thematic sessions Upper hall Lower hall Astronomy Institute Climate variability and changes Land use 1 Workshop 5: WWF Strategy in the Remote sensing perspectives Carpathian Ecoregion 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 – 12:30 Thematic sessions Upper hall Lower hall Astronomy Institute Forest ecology 1 Human dimension Workshop 6a: on nature management Climate change ‐ mayors 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:00 Thematic sessions Upper hall Lower hall Astronomy Institute Forest ecology 2 Land use 2 Workshop 6b: Case studies Climate change ‐ mayors 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break 16:30‐17:00 PLENARY Upper hall 17:00 – 18:00 CLOSING SESSION Upper hall 20:30 Film SATURDAY 02.06.2012 8:30 – 17:30: POST‐CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS FORUM CARPATICUM 2012 From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Action 6 Table of contents Forum Carpaticum Committees ................................................................................ 4 Honorary patronage ................................................................................................. 5 Conference programme............................................................................................. 6 Pleanary sessions ...................................................................................................... 8 Thematic sessions Conservation management as a tool for protecting Carpathian values Oral presentations ............................................................................................................................... 13 Poster presentations ............................................................................................................................ 26 Mountains and tourism development Oral presentations................................................................................................................................ 32 Poster presentations ............................................................................................................................ 42 Impact of climate change and air pollution on vegetation Oral presentations............................................................................................................................... 44 Poster presentations ........................................................................................................................... 54 Biodiversity 1: Modeling spatial aspects of Carpathian biodiversity Oral presentations................................................................................................................................ 57 Poster presentations ............................................................................................................................ 68 Biodiversity 2: Species and habitat diversity of the Carpathians Oral presentations................................................................................................................................ 74 Poster presentations ........................................................................................................................... 82 River functioning and management Oral presentations................................................................................................................................ 90 Poster presentations ............................................................................................................................ 98 From Knowledge to Action Oral presentations.............................................................................................................................