Publications (international journals or monographs)

Beskydy natural forests

KÄBER Y., BIGLER C., HILLERISLAMBERS J., HOBI M., NAGEL T. A., AAKALA T., BLASCHKE M., BRANG P., BRZEZIECKI B., CARRER M., CATEAU E., FRANK G., FRAVER S., IDOATE-LACASIA J., HOLÍK J., KUCBEL S., LEYMAN A., MEYER P., MOTTA R., ŠAMONIL P., SEEBACH L., STILLHARD J., SVOBODA M., SZWAGRZYK J., VANDEKERKHOVE K., VOSTAREK O., ZLATANOV T., BUGMANN H. (2023): Sheltered or suppressed? Tree regeneration in unmanaged European forests. Journal of Ecology, Volume 111. Issue 10: 2281-2295. [Available online ].

ŠAMONIL P., DANĚK P., LUTZ J.A., ANDERSON-TEIXEIRA K., JAROŠ J., PHILLIPS J.D., ROUSOVÁ A., ADAM D., LARSON A.J., KAŠPAR J., JANIK D., VAŠÍČKOVÁ I., GONZÁLES-AKRE E., EGLI M. (2022): Tree Mortality may Drive Landscape Formation: Comparative Study from Ten Temperate Forests. [Available online ].

HOLÍK J., JANIK D., HORT L., ADAM D. (2021): Neighbourhood effects modify deer herbivory on tree seedlings. European Journal of Forest Research 140: 403-417. [Available online ].

BĚŤÁK J., HOLEC J., BERAN M., RIEBESEHL J. (2021): Ecology and distribution of Kneiffiella curvispora (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) in Central Europe and its phylogenetic placement. Nova Hedwigia, Band 113, Heft 1-2 (2021), 161–189. [Available online ].

LEPINAY C., JIRÁSKA L., TLÁSKAL V., BRABCOVÁ V., VRŠKA T., BALDRIAN P. (2021): Successional Development of Fungal Communities Associated with Decomposing Deadwood in a Natural Mixed Temperate Forest. Journal of Fungi 2021, 7, 412. [Available online ].

TÁBORSKÁ M., KOVÁCS B., NÉMETH C., ÓDOR P. (2020): The relationship between epixylic bryophyte communities and microclimate. Journal of Vegetation Science 31 (6): 1168-1180. [Available online ].

ŠAMONIL P., PHILLIPS J.D., DANĚK P., BENEŠ V., PAWLIK L. (2020): Soil, Regolith, and Weathered Rock: Theoretical concepts and evolution in old-growth temperate forests, Central Europe. Geoderma 368: 114261. [Available online ].

Vašíčková I., Šamonil P., Král K., Fuentes Ubilla A.E., Daněk P., Adam D. (2019): Driving factors of the growth response of Fagus sylvatica L. to disturbances: A comprehensive study from Central-European old-growth forests. Forest Ecology and Management 444 (2019): 96–106.

Sabatini F.M. et al (2018): Where are Europe’s last primary forests? Diversity and Distributions 2018: 1-14.

Dornelas M., Anatao L.H. et al (2018): BioTIME: a database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 760-786.

Král K., Daněk P., Janik D., Krůček M., Vrška T. (2018): How cyclical and predictable are Central European temperate forest dynamics in terms of developmental phases? Journal of Vegetation Science 29 (1): 84–97.

Přívětivý T., Adam D., Vrška T. (2018): Decay dynamics of Abies alba and Picea abies deadwood in relation to environmental conditions. Forest Ecology and Management 427 (2018): 250-259.

Vanderkerkhove K., Vanhellemont M., Vrška T. , Meyer P., Tabaku V., Thomaes A., Leyman A., De Keersmaeker L., Verheyen K. (2018): Very large trees in a lowland old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest: Density, size, growth and spatial patterns in comparison to reference sites in Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 417: 1-17.

Táborská M., Procházková J., Lengyel A., Vrška T., Hort L., Ódor P. (2017): Wood-inhabiting bryophyte communities are influenced by different management intensities in the past. Biodiversity Conservation 26: 2893-2909.

Phillips J.D., Šamonil P., Pawlik L., Trochta J., Daněk P. (2017): Domination of Hillslope Denudation by Tree Uprooting in an Old-Growth Forest. Geomorphology 276 (2017): 27–36.

Vašíčková I., Šamonil P., Fuentes Ubilla A. E., Král K., Daněk P., Adam D. (2016): The true response of Fagus sylvatica L. to disturbances: A basis for the empirical inference of release criteria for temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management 374: 174-185.

Šamonil P., Daněk P., Schaetzl R.J., Vašíčková I., Valtera M. (2015): Soil mixing and evolution as affected by tree uprooting in three temperate forests. European Journal of Soil Science 66: 589-603.

Táborská M., Přívětivý T., Vrška T., Ódor P. (2015): Bryophytes associated with two tree species and different stages of decay in a natural fir-beech mixed forest in the Czech Republic. Preslia 87: 387-401.

Tejnecký V., Šamonil P., Matys Grygar T., Vašát R., Ash C., Drahota P., Šebek O., Němeček K., Drábek O. (2015): Transformation of iron forms during soil formation after tree uprooting in a natural beech-dominated forest. Catena 132: 12-20.

Král K., McMahon S.M., Janík D., Adam D., Vrška T. (2014): Patch mosaic of developmental stages in central European natural forests along vegetation gradient. Forest Ecology and Management 330: 17–28.

Král K., Valtera M., Janík D., Šamonil P., Vrška T. (2014): Spatial variability of general stand characteristics in central European beech-dominated natural stands – Effects of scale. Forest Ecology and Management 328: 353–364.

Janík D., Adam D., Hort L., Král K., Šamonil P., Unar P., Vrška T., Horal D. (2013): Spatiotemporal differences in tree spatial patterns between alluvial hardwood and mountain fir–beech forests: do characteristic patterns exist? Journal of Vegetation Science 24: 1141–1153.

Šamonil P., Schaetzl R.J., Valtera M., Goliáš V., Baldrian P., Vašíčková I., Adam D., Janík D., Hort L. (2013): Crossdating of disturbances by tree uprooting: Can treethrow microtopography persist for 6,000 years? Forest Ecology and Management 307: 123–135.

Šamonil P., Tejnecký V., Borůvka L., Šebková B., Janík D., Šebek O. (2010): The role of tree uprooting in Cambisol development. Geoderma 159: 83–98.

Šamonil P., Král K., Hort L. (2010): The role of tree uprooting in soil formation: A critical literature review. Geoderma 157: 65–79.

Vrška T., Adam D., Hort L., Kolář T., Janík D. (2009): Der Wechsel von Rotbuche (Fagus sylvatica L.) und Weißtanne (Abies alba Mill.) in der Karpaten – ein Entwicklungszyklus oder ein vom Menschen induzierter linearer Trend? 2. Hessisches Naturwaldforum Buche, 28.–29. April 2008, Bad Wildungen. Mitteilungen der Hessischen Landesforstverwaltung, Band 47: 22–35.

Vrška T., Adam D., Hort L., Kolář T., Janík D. (2009): European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) rotation in the Carpathians – a developmental cycle or a linear trend induced by man? Forest Ecology and Management 258: 347–356.

Šamonil P., Antolík L., Svoboda M., Adam D. (2009): Dynamics of windthrow events in a natural fir-beech forest in the Carpathian mountains. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 1148–1156.

Šamonil P., Šebková B., Douda J., Vrška T. (2008): Role of position within the windthrow in the forest floor chemistry in the flysch zone of the Carpathians. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 1646–1660.

Šamonil P., Král K., Douda J., Šebková B. (2008): Variability in forest floor at different spatial scales in a natural forest in the Carpathians: effect of windthrows and mesorelief. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 2596–2606.

Šamonil P., Vrška T. (2007): Trends and cyclical changes in natural fir-beech forests at the north-western edge of Carpathians. Folia Geobotanica 42: 337–361.

Vrška T., Hort L., Odehnalová P., Adam D., Horal D. (2001): Razula virgin forest after 23 years (1972–1995). Journal of Forest Science 47: 15–37.

Vrška T., Hort L., Odehnalová P., Adam D., Horal D. (2000): Prales Mionší – historický vývoj a současný stav. Journal of Forest Science 46: 411–424.

Vrška T. (1998): Prales Salajka po 20 letech (1974–1994). Lesnictví–Forestry 44: 153–181.