{"title":"Readiness of Forest Officers for Adaptations in Forest Management Planning","authors":"C. Hartebrodt, J. Schmitt","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2016-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2016-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Under the framework of a society that enhances the demand for different kinds of ecosystem services, “Forest Management Planning” (FMP) has changed notably over the last decades. As a consequence of budget constraints and the fact that the present forest planning system of the State Forest Administration of Baden-Württemberg has been in operation since 2000, this system has to be developed further. Since the group of forest officers at the county level is the largest user group, it was decided to start a participatory process in order to derive the most relevant requirements of that group. A survey within the board of managing directors followed. In order to gain an insight into the requirements and preferences we used the pairwise comparison method. The paper highlights the preference structure in respect to (1) the goals of FMP, (2) target groups, (3) the FMP process, (4) tasks, (5) and the outputs of FMP. It can be shown that the average percipience of FMP of forest officers tends to be more traditional and internal than proactive and stakeholder-oriented. The pairwise comparison approach has been proven successful as a means to get insight in the preference structures.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"10 1","pages":"75 - 88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89505309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and Possibilities for Close-to-Nature Forest Resource Management in Hungary","authors":"B. Lett, J. Gál, M. Stark, N. Frank","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2016-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2016-0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Legal regulations of the activities of forest managers were fundamentally changed by the legislature of the past decade, and little is known about the actual change in forest management practices. Based on the data collected by the State Forest Service, this study investigates the changes of the past 15 years and presents the influencing factors, primarily the species and sectorial characteristics and differences In the study both the area of final cuts and regenerations are presented by modes, sectors and species. The main factors influencing forest resource management are site (which can be modified by climate change) and the corresponding species or stand type. Based on these possibilities, close-tonature forest management can be evaluated on a more realistic basis. The sum and average values for the whole country are too general; the country consists of sectors with different forest resource management properties.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"33 1","pages":"55 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72676212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Balance Impossible? Between Customizability and Comparability of Employee Satisfaction Surveys","authors":"C. Hartebrodt, Y. Chtioui","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2016-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2016-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In a significant share of cases, when multi-objective management systems (e.g. Balanced Scorecard, Quantum Performance Measurement) are in use, the goal of employee satisfaction is part of the set of strategic goals. Quite frequently, this goal is flanked by an indicator, mostly a so-called employee satisfaction index, which is frequently derived from an employee satisfaction survey (ESS). On one hand such a survey has to reflect the characteristics and structure of the enterprises, on the other hand it is known that the question for intercompany-comparison turns up immediately after the disclosure of the results. The paper discusses the results of a meta-analysis of ESS in seven of the larger forest enterprises in Germany. The main topics are underlined and the problems of comparability of customized ESS are shown, while focusing on both wording and scales used for their measurement. A methodological approach of dealing with various scales is discussed based on the results of inter- and intra-company ESS. A vision of a common ESS framework is outlined.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"62 1","pages":"102 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88150702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions of Forest Owners and the General Public on the Role of Forests in Slovakia","authors":"Z. Dobšinská, Z. Sarvašová","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2016-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2016-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract During the past decades, the awareness of environmental issues in forest management is increasing due to changes in environmental education. The perceptions of forests, sustainable management, and ecosystem services were studied through two surveys. The general public and forest owners were the two target groups. The questionnaires had similar questions, though two different methodological approaches were used - the CATI system, for general public opinion survey, and semi-structured questionnaires for forest owners. The second survey contained more detailed questions regarding forest properties. Combined answers from 1503 respondents from the general public and 150 forest owners were evaluated on the following topics: sustainable forestry, major ecosystem services, and perceptions of forests. The majority of the Slovakian public regards ecological values as the most important element, whereas forest owners prefer the economic purposes for the maintenance and enhancement of forests. Forest owners tend to visit their forests once per week, whereas the general public tend to visit only once per month. The main cause for this non-attendance in the general public was a lack of recreational time, followed by a disinterest in forests. The main purpose for visiting forests for both groups was recreation. Overall, it can be concluded that people are mostly satisfied with forest management in Slovakia. Forest owners are satisfied with their forest properties, and plan to keep them for their children. In the future, more attention should be focused on investigating the younger generation’s perception of forests.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"105 1","pages":"23 - 34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79283299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fostering Adaptation by Changing Landowners’ Knowledge Framework – Responses to Extension Education in Northwest Washington State, USA","authors":"K. Zobrist, L. Grand, M. Rozance","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2016-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2016-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Landscape urbanization and fragmentation, spread of invasive pests, biodiversity loss, social value changes, and loss of manufacturing infrastructure are some of the changing ecological, economic and environmental framework conditions facing small-scale forest owners in northwest Washington State, USA. To successfully adapt to these changes, landowners’ knowledge framework must change. Washington State University Extension has been offering comprehensive, multi-week training courses for small-scale forest owners. From 2008 - 2013, participants were surveyed at the conclusion of the training, one year following the training, and again at three years following the training. These follow-up surveys demonstrate a progression from knowledge change to behaviour (management) change and, ultimately, to condition change. Condition changes included increased wildlife diversity, decreased invasive species cover, and increased economic sustainability. The results demonstrate that changing a landowner’s knowledge framework through education is a highlyeffective approach for helping them successfully adapt to changing external framework conditions.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"66 1","pages":"35 - 46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74522132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Natural Resource Enterprises: Payments to Landowners for Ecosystem Services from Forests and their Management in the United States of America (U.S.)","authors":"W. D. Jones","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2016-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2016-0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Mississippi landowners were found to diversify incomes from forests through fee-access outdoor recreation, including hunting, angling, wildlife watching, and other nature-based activities (Jones et al. 2005). The Natural Resource Enterprises (NRE) Program at Mississippi State University educates private landowners, resource agencies, and local communities about recreational enterprises, conservation, and integration of these activities with sustainable forestry through educational workshops. Since 2005, the NRE Program has organized and conducted over 75 landowner workshops in 11 U.S. states and Sweden and trained in excess of 4,000 participants in outdoor recreational business development and associated conservation practices. Survey results revealed that our programming has initiated over 1,000 new outdoor recreational businesses on an estimated 1.2 million hectares of forest and agricultural lands, generating over $14 million in incomes while fostering natural resource conservation on family farms in the U.S. NRE development on rural lands benefits landowners and local communities through promoting payments for ecosystem services supported by sustainable forests.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"136 1","pages":"47 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78175374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The IUFRO 1964/68 Inventory Provenance Trial of Norway Spruce in Nyírjes, Hungary – results and conclusions of five decades","authors":"É. Újvári-Jármay, L. Nagy, C. Mátyás","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2016-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2016-0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"1 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90878626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parasitoid complex of leaf miner Pyllonorycter comparella (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in Hungary","authors":"Levente Szőcs, G. Melika, C. Thuróczy, G. Csóka","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2015-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2015-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Between 2011 and 2014, 1,154 mines of Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel) were collected at 12 locations in Hungary and were put into single-mine rearing containers. A total of 574 parasitoid specimens belonging to 29 parasitoid species (26 Chalcididae, 2 Encyrtidae and 1 Braconidae) emerged. Of these species, 13 have not yet been mentioned in either international or in Hungarian literature as a parasitoid of the P. comparella. The species assemblages of the parasitoid complexes varied greatly among the sample sites. The primary dominant species of the total samples was found to be Sympiesis sericeicornis (Nees), an abundant idiobiont solitary ectoparasitoid. Among the species reared, we have found specialist parasitoids such as Achrysocharoides scaposa (Erdős) and even species never recorded from Populus (Zagrammosoma variegatum (Masi)) according to the Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Kivonat A Populus alba-n élő Phyllonorycter comparella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) levélaknázó magyarországi parazitoid együttesei. 1154 Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel) levélaknát gyűjtöttünk és tettünk egyedi nevelésbe 2011-2014 között, 12 Magyarországi helyszínről. A nevelésből kikelt 574 parazitoid egyed alapján 29 fajt (26 Chalcididae, 2 Encyrtidae és 1 Braconidae) sikerült azonosítani. Ezek közül 13 fajt sem a nemzetközi sem a hazai szakirodalom korábbról nem említ, mint a P. comparella parazitoidjait. Különböző mintagyűjtési helyszínek parazitoid komplexum fajegyüttesében eltérések mutatkoztak. A teljes minta elsődleges domináns faja a Sympiesis sericeicornis (Nees), egy gyakori idiobiont szoliter ektoparazitoid volt. A nevelésből kikelt fajok között olyan specialista fajokat is azonosítottunk, mint az Achrysocharoides scaposa (Erdős) valamint Populusról eddig, a Nemzetközi Chalcidoidea Adatbázis (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) által még nem regisztrált Zagrammosoma variegatum (Masi) parazitoid fajt is.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"77 1","pages":"91 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90343197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zoltán Vizvár, T. Kiss, K. Máthé, P. Odry, Csaba Vér, F. Divos
{"title":"Multi-Frequency Electrical Impedance Measurement on a Wooden Disc Sample","authors":"Zoltán Vizvár, T. Kiss, K. Máthé, P. Odry, Csaba Vér, F. Divos","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2015-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2015-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Non-invasive measurement techniques are widely used for the investigation of living tree and wood material. Principles and methods from other fields of science form the basis of these techniques. Electrical impedance measurement, which is adopted mainly from applied geophysics, plays an important role in the investigation of living trees and wood material. Unlike other measurement techniques that provide mainly physical information, electrical impedance measurement is able to gather either physical or chemical information. There are several published accounts of the use of Electrical Impedance Tomography mainly for examining internal decay, estimation of sapwood, and heartwood width. The advantages of the method are its low costs and rapid execution; however, low spatial resolution is still one of the most glaring limits of the method. Use of a new, self-developed, high resolution measurement system provides new opportunities to gain better insights into the characterisation of wood material. As well as high accuracy and resolution, the measurement system is able to operate in a wide frequency range. This expands the examined parameters making it possible to extend the gained information and develop new methods for the investigation of living trees and wood material. The aim of our publication is to introduce some experimental results in the investigation of spatial resolution our system measured on a wooden disc. Kivonat Fakorongok multi-frekvenciás elektromos impedancia mérése. Az előfak es faanyagok vizsgalatahoz kulonboző merestechnikai eljarasokat alkalmaznak. Ezek alapjat elsősorban mas tudomanyteruletekről hozott elvek es modszerek kepezik. Az elektromos ellenallas (impedancia) meres, melyet a geofizikai gyakorlatbol adoptaltak, ezek kozott nem kevesbe fontos szerepet tolt be, ugyanis mig a meresi modszerek tobbsege szerkezeti, fizikai informaciot szolgaltat, addig az elektromos modszerek a fizikai mellett kemiai informacioszerzesre is alkalmasak. Az Elektromos Impedancia Tomografiat tobb izben publikaltak előfak eseteben uregek, illetve szijacs es geszt vastagsag becslesre. Bar a meresi eljaras előnyei koze sorolhato a relativ alacsony koltsegigeny es gyorsasag, osszevetve azonban mas kepalkoto eljarasokkal, a kisebb terbeli felbontas szab hatart az egyes alkalmazasok elterjedesenek. Egy uj, sajat fejlesztesű nagy felbontokepessegű merőeszkoz alkalmazasa uj lehetősegeket nyujthat a felbontas javitasaban es a faanyag jellemzeseben. A merőeszkozre jellemző, hogy a nagy pontossagu es felbontokepessegű mereseket igen szeles frekvencia-tartomanyban kepes kivitelezni. Ez egy uj dimenziot nyit meg az előfa es faanyag vizsgalat modszertanaban, mely egy uj meresi eljaras fejleszteset alapozhatja meg. Jelenlegi publikacionk celja merőeszkozunk terbeli felbontasanak kiserleti ellenőrzese faanyagon.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"28 1","pages":"153 - 162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75351325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Occurrence of Natural Norway Spruce Woodland in the Pieniny Mts (Western Carpathians)","authors":"P. Kučera","doi":"10.1515/aslh-2015-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aslh-2015-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract According to Kulczyński (1928), a natural Picea abies forest occurs in the mountain range of the Pieniny Mts on the slopes of the mountain Vysoke skalky. Later, various data on the altitudinal range of this stand (and thus on the locality itself) were published: (1) 890 (900) - 950 m, (2) 1000 - 1050 m or (3) around 1000 m. The aim of the field research was to verify published data on the occurrence of a woodland of Upper Mountain Norway spruce (association Polysticho-Piceetum) in the territory of Vysoke skalky. A field study in the area has revealed that most of published data on the occurrence of the Kulczyński’s Picea woodland are incorrect, as its real upper altitudinal limit reaches ± 940 m. The main result is the confirmation of the real existence of a Vaccinium myrtillus-Homogyne alpina-Picea abies phytocoenosis in the territory of Vysoke skalky. However, tree species other than Picea abies (e.g. Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba, Acer pseudoplatanus) could persist in the special habitat of Kulczyński’s ‘Picea woodland’. The natural vegetation of this place was formed by mixed forest stand. Kivonat A közönséges luc természetes állománya a Pieninekben (Nyugati-Kárpátok). Kulczyński (1928) termeszetes lucos allomany előfordulasat jelezte a Pieninek montan regiojaban (a Vysoke skalky csucs tersegeben). A kesőbbiekben ezen allomany tengerszintfeletti magassagarol (s egyaltalan elhelyezzkedeseről) kulonboző adatokat kozoltek: (1) 890 (900)-950 m, (2) 1000-1050 m vagy (3) 1000 m korul. A terepi kutatasok celja a montan lucfenyves tarsulas (Polysticho-Piceetum) előfordulasanak felulvizsgalata volt a Vysoke skalky tersegeben. A vizsgalatok ravilagitottak arra, hogy a Kulczyński-fele allomanyra vonatkozo adatok tobbsege teves. A felmeres megerősitette egy Vaccinium myrtillus-Homogyne alpina-Picea abies novenykozosseg előfordulasat a teruleten (ennek felső elterjedesi hatara 940 m tszf. m. korul talalhato), azonban sulypontos mas lombos fafajok (pl. Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba, Acer pseudoplatanus) előfordulasa is a tersegben, azaz a termeszetes erdőtarsulas fetetelezhetően egy montan, lombelegyes fenyves lehetett.","PeriodicalId":53620,"journal":{"name":"Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica","volume":"130 1","pages":"123 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77206573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}