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Papers by Michal Marek

Biogeosciences Discussions, 2007

We applied a site evaluation approach combining Lagrangian Stochastic footprint modelling with a ... more We applied a site evaluation approach combining Lagrangian Stochastic footprint modelling with a quality assessment approach for eddy-covariance data to 25 forested sites of the CarboEurope-IP network. The analysis addresses the spatial representativeness of the flux measurements, instrumental effects on data quality, spatial patterns in the data quality, and the performance of the coordinate rotation method. Our findings demonstrate that application of a footprint filter could strengthen the CarboEurope-IP flux database, since only one third of the sites is situated in truly homogeneous terrain. Almost half of the sites experience a significant reduction in eddy-covariance data quality under certain conditions, though these effects are mostly constricted to a small portion of the dataset. Reductions in data quality of the sensible heat flux are mostly induced by characteristics of the surrounding terrain, while the latent heat flux is subject to instrumentation-related problems. Th...

Forests, Mar 27, 2018

We evaluated the long-term pattern of leaf area index (LAI) dynamics and radiation use efficiency... more We evaluated the long-term pattern of leaf area index (LAI) dynamics and radiation use efficiency (RUE) in short rotation poplar in uncoppice (single stem) and coppice (multi-stem) plantations, and compared them to annual field crops (AFCs) as an alternative for bioenergy production while being more sensitive to weather fluctuation and climate change. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of LAI and RUE as indicators for bioenergy production and indicators of response to changing environmental conditions. For this study, we selected poplar clone J-105 (Populus nigra L. × P. maximowiczii A. Henry) and AFCs such as barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), maize (Zea mays L.), and oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.), and compared their aboveground dry mass (AGDM) production in relation to their LAI development and RUE. The results of the study showed the long-term maximum LAI (LAI max) to be 9.5 in coppice poplar when compared to AFCs, where LAI max did not exceed the value 6. The RUE varied between 1.02 and 1.48 g MJ −1 in short rotation poplar and between 0.72 and 2.06 g MJ −1 in AFCs. We found both LAI and RUE contributed to AGDM production in short rotation poplar and RUE only contributed in AFCs. The study confirms that RUE may be considered an AGDM predictor of short rotation poplar and AFCs. This may be utilized for empirical estimates of yields and also contribute to improve the models of short rotation poplar and AFCs for the precise prediction of biomass accumulation in different environmental conditions.

European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, 2016

Leaf area index (LAI) and radiation use efficiency (RUE) are two key crop parameters widely used ... more Leaf area index (LAI) and radiation use efficiency (RUE) are two key crop parameters widely used to estimate the biomass production and carbon accumulation. However, long term LAI and RUE has rarely been studied on arable land in fast growing poplar short rotation coppice (SRC) and cereal crops. For better understanding and improving the potential of biomass accumulation of poplar SRC on arable land, and cereal crops (winter wheat and spring barely), we evaluated and compared the development of LAI and RUE in SRC poplar culture, winter wheat and spring barley. Poplar SRC culture was based on hybrid poplar clone J-105 (Populus nigra x P. maximowiczii) grown in a high-density (9216 trees ha-1). Poplar plantation was established in 2002, winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) was sowed in October 2011 and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) was sowed in April to May 2012. Our results demonstrate an enhanced LAImax and RUE values with an increase in the growing season (GS) in SRC poplar. However, maximum RUE value was found in cereal crops as compared to SRC poplar culture (woody crop). LAI and RUE may be considered as a good estimator of biomass in woody and cereal crops.

Biomass & Bioenergy, Sep 1, 2018

We analyzed the effect of manipulated water availability on an accumulation of nutrients and meta... more We analyzed the effect of manipulated water availability on an accumulation of nutrients and metals, their stoichiometry, and allocation to roots or leaves in a short rotation coppice (SRC) poplar plantation. The aim of this study was also to clarify how these changes are related to the effects of drought on growth parameters. This study was conducted in Domanínek, Czech Republic in an SRC poplar clone J-105 (Populus nigra L. × P. Maximowiczii H.). This plantation was established as an uncoppiced (single stem) and later on converted into multi-stem (coppice). A rain-out shelter experiment (reduced throughfall) was established in the second year of coppice and the drought stress (DS) applied for 3 years. Water availability altered the accumulation and allocation of nutrients and metals in above and belowground biomass. Reduced water availability led, in particular, to the significantly lower accumulation of potassium (K) in both leaves and roots and a higher carbon (C) to potassium (K) ratio (C:K) in leaves. The significant decline of zinc (Zn) was also found in roots under reduced throughfall. Reduced water availability led to increased accumulation of cadmium (Cd) in leaves and decreased accumulation in roots. This resulted in significantly lower root:leaf ratio for Cd content. An opposite response was found for the allocation of copper (Cu). We also demonstrated that major changes in accumulation and allocation are associated with changes in growth. The results indicated that such knowledge may contribute to understanding the role of nutrient uptake and translocation in acclimation to DS and it may help in developing phytoextraction methods on contaminated soils.

Journal of forest science, Jun 30, 2011

The present paper is focused on an assessment of the effects of stand density and leaf area devel... more The present paper is focused on an assessment of the effects of stand density and leaf area development on radiation use efficiency in the mountain cultivated Norway spruce stand. The young even-aged (17-years-old in 1998) plantation of Norway spruce was divided into two experimental plots differing in their stand density in 1995. During the late spring of 2001 next cultivating high-type of thinning of 15% intensity in a reduction of stocking density was performed. The PAR regime of investigated stands was continually measured since 1992. Total aboveground biomass (TBa) and TBa increment (ΔTBa) were obtained on the basis of stand inventory. The dynamic of LAI development showed a tendency to be saturated, i.e. the LAI value close to 11 seems to be maximal for the local conditions of the investigated mountain cultivated Norway spruce stand in the Beskids Mts. Remarkable stimuli (up to 17%) of LAI formation were started in 2002, i.e. as an immediate response to realized thinning. Thus, the positive effect of thinning on LAI increase was confirmed. The data set of absorbed PAR and produced TBa in the period 1998-2003 was processed by the linear regression of Monteith's model, which provided the values of the coefficient of solar energy conversion efficiency into biomass formation (ε). The differences in ε values between the dense and sparse plot after realized thinning amounted to 18%.

Journal of Forest Science

Stem wood density (SWD) of young Norway spruce trees (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) growing at ambient... more Stem wood density (SWD) of young Norway spruce trees (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) growing at ambient (A variant, 350 µmol(CO2)/mol) and elevated (E variant, A + 350 µmol(CO2)/mol) atmospheric CO2 concentration inside of the glass domes with adjustable windows was estimated after six and eight years of the cultivation. Stand density of two subvariants (s – sparse with ca 5,000 trees/ha and d – dense with ca 10,000 trees/ha) and thinning impact (intensity of 27%) on SWD and its variation along the stem vertical profile were investigated. After six years of CO2 fumigation, stems of sparse subvariant had about 10% lower values of SWD comparing to dense ones, although the difference was not statistically significant. In 2004 (two years after thinning), the SWD values were higher in all subvariants along the whole stem vertical profile. This increase was more obvious in E variant (about 6% in d subvariant and only 3% in s subvariant). The highest increase of SWD values was found in Ed subvar...

Beskydy, 2017

Accurate wind analyses using six wind classes and twelve splitting directions were done to deeply... more Accurate wind analyses using six wind classes and twelve splitting directions were done to deeply evaluate wind conditions on Štítná CzeCOS’s ecosystem station in the Czech Republic. The analysis brings information about contribution of different part of the research-forested area to the measurement of CO2 exchange between the studied ecosystem and atmosphere. Štítná station is located inside of a forest composed of Fagus sylvatica with age 114 years and the forest can be harvested sometime forward. Total of 82 % of the wind contributions speed are in the range of 1.0 - 6.0 m s-1 and the major accumulation of winds comes from SE (9 %), SSE (17 %) and S (14 %); 13 % were calm periods. The obtained information will be useful for evaluate the conditions of the use of the eddy covariance technique in the research area.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 2018

The main aim of this study is to investigate general and temporal characteristics of wind speed a... more The main aim of this study is to investigate general and temporal characteristics of wind speed and direction at Rajec Ecosystem Station (ES), which is part of the Czech Carbon Observation System (CzeCOS) network and located in the Czech-Moravian highlands in the Czech Republic. Four years (2013-2016) of eddy covariance data recorded in a mature monoculture of spruce (Picea abies) was used to build wind roses and analyse the temporal wind characteristics. The prevailing wind directions at Rajec ES were SouthEast and NorthWest and the highland orography in this region does not affect wind flow. Changes in wind direction were recorded each year mainly due to changes in the general atmospheric circulation patterns over Europe. This paper records the occurrence of calm conditions and a threshold of horizontal wind speed (u) of less than 1 m s-1 , was used to define calm periods. The average percentage of calm conditions over 4 years was 6% and when the data was separated into daytime and nighttime occurrence of calm conditions, it was 8% and 4%, respectively.

Journal of Forest Science, 2012

The measurements of soil CO2 efflux in a Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) forest stand are... more The measurements of soil CO2 efflux in a Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) forest stand are reported for a 6-month period (from May 1st to October 26th 1999). Forest floor CO2 efflux was measured at four positions using a portable infra-red gas analyser (LI-COR), operating as a closed dynamic system and connected to a portable soil chamber. Soil CO2 efflux was measured 3–4 times per month. Soil temperature at a depth of 5 cm was recorded during the whole period with an interval of ten minutes. An exponential regression was used to describe the relationship between soil temperature and soil CO2 efflux. On the basis of this relationship Q10 values were calculated. The averaged value of Q10 for the studied Norway spruce forest stand was 3.74.

Journal of Forest Science, 2010

Bud phenology and shoot elongation growth were monitored on Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst... more Bud phenology and shoot elongation growth were monitored on Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) trees grown inside glass domes with adjustable windows for six years under ambient (355 µmol CO2∙mol–1) and elevated (700 µmol CO2∙mol–1) atmospheric CO2 concentrations CO2. Each treatment consisted of two stand densities – sparse (5,000 trees∙ha–1) and dense (10,000 trees∙ha–1). The age of spruce trees was 10 years at the beginning of the experiment.Elevated CO2 slightly accelerated the consequential bud germinating phases and it significantly induced shoot elongation growth, especially of sun-exposed shoots in a stand with sparse density. This accelerated growth lasted one to three weeks after full bud development in E compared to A. At the end of the growing season the total shoot length did not show any differences between the treatments. We supposed that limiting nitrogen supply to needles slowed down subsequent shoot elongation growth in E treatment. Nevertheless, faster shoot g...

Forestry Studies, 2016

This investigation examined the effects of two different carbon dioxide concentrations ([CO

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2016

Leaf area index (LAI) is an important determinant of biomass production and yield of short rotati... more Leaf area index (LAI) is an important determinant of biomass production and yield of short rotation bio-energy plantation. An accurate measurement of LAI is critical for quantifying light interception and penetration within the canopy, and subsequently understanding its influence on the stand carbon and energy balance. The aim of the current study is validation of the Sunscan Plant Canopy Analyzer which serves as an indirect method for the evaluation of the seasonal patterns of LAI, relation between LAI and above ground woody dry biomass and to determine the specific leaf area in short-rotation poplar hybrid clone J-105 (Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii) in uncoppiced (1st rotation) and coppiced (2nd rotation), respectively. LAI was measured in uncoppiced and coppiced by two different methods using indirect (SunScan Plant Canopy Analyzer) and direct (litterfall collection). Sunscan Plant Canopy Analyzer was compared against litterfall collection (only way to retrieve the actual LAI)....

Photosynthetica, 2009

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the spectral composition of incident radiatio... more This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the spectral composition of incident radiation, as defined by the relative proportions of blue (B; λ max = 455 nm) and red (R; λ max = 625 nm) photons, can affect photosynthetic induction, since B photons stimulate stomatal opening and are more effectively absorbed by leaves than R photons. Different stages of photosynthetic induction, primarily determined by the photo-modulation of Rubisco activity and stomata opening, were investigated in dark-adapted leaves of Fagus sylvatica transferred to saturating irradiance [800µmol(photon) m-2 s-1 ] at B/R ratios of 1/3, 1/1, or 3/1. In agreement with our hypothesis, photosynthesis was induced faster by irradiance with a high B/R ratio (3/1); as demontrated by a higher IS 60 (induction state 60 s after leaf illumination) and lower T 90 (the time period required to reach 90 % of maximum steady-state photosynthesis). However, there were no differences in induction between leaves receiving equal (1/1) and low (1/3) B/R ratios. Electron transport was highly sensitive to radiation quality, exhibiting faster induction kinetics with increasing B/R ratio. Such stimulation of carbon-assimilatory processes corresponds with faster activation of Rubisco and lower non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) as the proportion of B photons is increased. In contrast, the kinetics of stomatal opening was independent of the spectral composition of incoming radiation. Since slightly higher absorption efficiency of high B/R radiation does not fully explain the changes in induction kinetics, the other possible mechanisms contributing to the stimulation of electron transport and Rubisco activity are discussed.

Photosynthetica, 2003

Cloned saplings of beech (7-y-old) were exposed to enhanced UV-B irradiation (+25 %) continuously... more Cloned saplings of beech (7-y-old) were exposed to enhanced UV-B irradiation (+25 %) continuously over three growing seasons (1999-2001). Analysis of CO 2 assimilation, variable chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence, and pigment composition was performed in late summer of the third growing season to evaluate the influence of long-term elevated UV-B irradiation. This influence was responsible for the stimulation of the net assimilation rate (P N) over a range of irradiances. The increase in P N was partially connected to increase of the area leaf mass, and thus to the increased leaf thickness. Even a higher degree of UV-B induced stimulation was observed at the level of photosystem 2 (PS2) photochemistry as judged from the irradiance response of electron transport rate and photochemical quenching of Chl a. The remarkably low irradiance-induced non-photochemical quenching of maximum Chl a fluorescence (NPQ) in the UV-B plants over the entire range of applied irradiances was attributed both to the reduced demand on non-radiative dissipation processes and to the considerably reduced contribution of the quenching localised in the inactivated PS2 reaction centres. Neither the content of Chls and total carotenoids expressed per leaf area nor the contents of lutein, neoxanthin, and the pool of xanthophyll cycle pigments (VAZ) were affected under the elevated UV-B. However, the contributions of antheraxanthin (A) and zeaxanthin (Z) to the entire VAZ pool in the dark-adapted UV-B treated plants were 1.61 and 2.14 times higher than in control leaves. Surprisingly, the retained A+Z in UV-B treated plants was not accompanied with longterm down-regulation of the PS2 photochemical efficiency, but it facilitated the non-radiative dissipation of excitation energy within light-harvesting complexes (LHC) of PS2. Thus, in the beech leaves the accumulation of A+Z, induced by other factors than excess irradiance itself, supports the resistance of PS2 against combined effects of high irradiance and elevated UV-B.

Biologia plantarum, 1994

The rooting capacity in young and mature clones of S. sempervirens in vitro after wounding and tr... more The rooting capacity in young and mature clones of S. sempervirens in vitro after wounding and treatment with indole-3-butyric acid (2.5x10 "5 M IBA) was linked with the characterisation of the hormone levels of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-related compounds and abscisic acid (ABA) in the bases of cuttings (5 mm long) during the first 4 days of the root inductive period. HPLC-ELISA and MS methods were used. Both clones rooted only in the presence oflBA but theauxin treatment was more efficient with young clone (60%, 10 days after treatment, 3 roots in average) than with mature one (30%, 13 days after treatment, only one root). High levels in IAA and IAA-aspartate (IAAsp) were measured in young clone whereas mature clone accumulated mainly IBA and indole acetonitrile (IAN). IBA treatment had no effect on ABA levels in young clone but induced high accumulation of ABA in mature clone. Hence, the different rooting capacity between clones could be related with quantitative changes in auxin and ABA metabolism.

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2009

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