The impact of disturbance on the dynamics of fluvial processes in mountain landscapes

The project examines the impact of disturbances in mountain landscapes, particularly changes in the structure, extent and health of forest vegetation as a result of different causal processes on the dynamics of fluvial processes.
The project analyzes the different types of disturbances, induced by different causal factors, such as the forest vegetation damage by pollution, bark beetle outbreak, wind storms or forest management, or modifications of river network, riverbed and floodplains. The effect of these changes on the dynamics of runoff and fluvial processes is analyzed using detailed monitoring of rainfall-runoff processes and field mapping of changes in morphological characteristics in channels and floodplains.
Solutions are focused on mountain areas, which represent the most sensitive indicator of the impact of environmental changes on the dynamics of fluvial processes, namely the the headwaters of the Sumava and Ore Mountains, and as examples of areas affected by different manifestations of disturbances of forest vegetation and anthropogenic modifcations of streams.

Further information

• https://sites.google.com/a/natur.cuni.cz/disturbance/