Publications (international journals or monographs)

Sumava natural forests

VAŠÍČKOVÁ I., ŠAMONIL P., KAŠPAR J., ROMÁN-SÁNCHEZ A., CHUMAN T., ADAM D. (2021): Dead or alive: drivers of wind mortality initiate multiple disturbance regime in a temperate primeval mountain forest. Forests, 12, 1599. DOI: 10.3390/f12111599.

KAŠPAR J., TUMAJER J., ŠAMONIL P., VAŠÍČKOVÁ I. (2021): Species-specific climate-growth interactions determine tree species dynamics in mixed Central European mountain forests. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abd8fb.

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.

PHILLIPS J.D., ŠAMONIL P. (2021): Biogeomorphological Domination of Forest Landscapes: An example from the Šumava Mountains, Czech Republic. Geomorphology 383, 107698. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107698.

PROCHÁZKA J., ČERNÝ L., ČÍŽKOVÁ P., KLETEČKA Z., DVOŘÁK V. (2020): Rediscovery of the rare saproxylic beetle Peltis grossa (Linnaeus, 1758), Coleoptera: Trogossitidae, in the Šumava National Park and its occurrence in surrounding area. Silva Gabreta 26: 33-49. [PDF]

PROCHÁZKA J. (2020): Saproxyličtí a epigeičtí brouci pralesovitého porostu Stožec-Medvědice v NP Šumava. Silva Gabreta 26: 15-31. [PDF]

KAŠPAR J., ŠAMONIL P., KRŮČEK M., DANĚK P. (2020): Changes in the radial growth of trees in relation to biogeomorphic processes in an old-growth forest on flysch, Czechia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 45, 2761–2772. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4928.

KAŠPAR J., ŠAMONIL P., VAŠÍČKOVÁ I., ADAM D., DANĚK P. (2020): Woody species-specific disturbance regimes and strategies in mixed mountain temperate forests in the Šumava Mts., Czech Republic. European Journal of Forest Research 139: 97–109. DOI: 10.1007/s10342-019-01252-9.

HOLEC J., KUČERA T., BĚTÁK J., HORT L.   (2020): Macrofungi on large decaying spruce trunks in a Central European old-growth forest: what factors affect their species richness and composition? Mycological Progress 19: 53–66. DOI: 10.1007/s11557-019-01541-y.

ŠAMONIL P., PHILLIPS J.D., PAWLIK L. (2020): Indirect biogeomorphic and soil evolutionary effects of spruce bark beetle. Global and Planetary Change 195: 103317. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103317.

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. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114261.

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.

Daněk P., Šamonil P., Vrška T. (2019): Four decades of the coexistence of beech and spruce in a Central European old-growth forest. Which succeeds on what soils and why? Plant Soil (2019) 437: 257–272.

Krůček M., Trochta J., Cibulka M., Král K. (2019): Beyond the cones: How crown shape plasticity alters aboveground competition for space and light—Evidence from terrestrial laser scanning. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 264, 188–199.

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.

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.

Pawlik L., Šamonil P. (2018): Soil creep: the driving factors, evidence and significance for biogeomorphic and pedogenic domains and systems – a critical literature review. Earth-Science Reviews 178: 257-278.

Šamonil P. , Daněk P. , Senecká A., Adam D. , Phillips J.D. (2018): The biomechanical effects of trees in a temperate forest. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 43: 1063-1072.

Šamonil P., Daněk P., Adam D., Phillips J.D. (2017): Breakage or uprooting: how tree death type affects hillslope processes in old-growth temperate forests. Geomorphology 299 (2017): 76–84.

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.

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.

Daněk P, Šamonil P., Phillips J.D. (2016): Geomorphic controls of soil spatial complexity in a primeval mountain forest in the Czech Republic. Geomorphology 273 (2016): 280–291.

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.

Trochta J., Král K., Janík D., Adam D. (2013): Arrangement of terrestrial laser scanner positions for area-wide stem mapping of natural forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43 (999): 355–363.

Vrška T., Šamonil P., Unar P., Hort L., Adam D., Král K., Janík D. (2012): Dynamika vývoje pralesovitých rezervací v ČR III – Šumava a Český les (Diana, Stožec, Boubínský prales, Milešický prales) / Developmental dynamics of virgin forest reserves in the Czech Republic III – Šumava Mts. and Český les Mts. (Diana, Stožec, Boubín virgin forest, Milešice virgin forest). Academia, Praha, ISBN 978-80-200-1907-3.

Šebková B., Šamonil P. Janik D., Adam D., Král K., Vrška T., Hort L., Unar P. (2011): Spatial and volume patterns of an unmanaged submontane mixed forest in Central Europe: 160 years of spontaneous dynamics. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 873–885.

Šamonil P., Vrška T. (2008): Long term vegetation dynamics in the Šumava Mts. Natural spruce-fir-beech forests. Plant Ecology 196: 197–214.

Vrška T., Hort L., Odehnalová P., Adam D., Horal D. (2001): Boubín virgin forest after 24 years (1972–1996) – development of tree layer. Journal of Forest Science 47: 439–459.

Vrška T., Hort L., Odehnalová P., Adam D., Horal D. (2001): Milešice virgin forest after 24 years (1972–1996). Journal of Forest Science 47: 255–276.