Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Střelcová, Katarína (Editor), Mátyás, Csaba (Editor), Kleidon, Axel (Editor), Lapin, Milan (Editor), Matejka, František (Editor), Blaženec, Miroslav (Editor), Škvarenina, Jaroslav (Editor), Holécy, Ján (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Geobiology.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.

Anthropogenic influences to the earth's system, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere and lithosphere, represent a serious challenge to our planet's ecosystems and natural environments. Bioclimatology, hydrology, bio-hydrology and eco-physiology are important scienti...

Table of Contents:

• Extreme Events, Risks and Climate Variability
• What Climate Can We Expect in Central/Eastern Europe by 2071–2100?
• Detected and Expected Trends of Extreme Climate Indices for the Carpathian Basin
• Precipitation Trend Analysis for Central Eastern Germany 1851–2006
• Some Facts on Extreme Weather Events Analysis in Slovakia
• Wind Risk Assessment in Urban Environments: The Case of Falling Trees During Windstorm Events in Lisbon
• Ozone Air Pollution in Extreme Weather Situation – Environmental Risk in Mountain Ecosystems
• Drought, Floods and Ecosystem Responses
• Physiological Drought – How to Quantify it?
• Occurrence of Dry and Wet Periods in Altitudinal Vegetation Stages of West Carpathians in Slovakia: Time-Series Analysis 1951–2005
• Thermodynamics, Irreversibility, and Optimality in Land Surface Hydrology
• Winter Snow Supply in Small Mountain Watershed as a Potential Hazard of Spring Flood Formation
• Mapping of Gumbel Extreme Value Distribution Parameters for Estimation of Design Precipitation Totals at Ungauged Sites
• Flood Prevention and Nature Conservation – Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Land Use Scenarios for an Agricultural Landscape
• Forest Bioclimatology, Natural Hazards and Modelling
• Risk Assessment of the Tatra Mountains Forest
• Modeling Natural Disturbances in Tree Growth Model SIBYLA
• Insect Pests as Climate Change Driven Disturbances in Forest Ecosystems
• Genetic Background of Response of Trees to Aridification at the Xeric Forest Limit and Consequences for Bioclimatic Modelling
• Seasonal Changes in Transpiration and Soil Water Content in a Spruce Primeval Forest During a Dry Period
• Assessment of Water Deficiency in Forest Ecosystems: Can a Simple Model of Forest Water Balance Produce Reliable Results?
• Forest Fire Vulnerability Analysis
• The Paradigm of Risk and Measuring the Vulnerability of Forest by Natural Hazards
• Soil and Agriculture Bioclimatology, Natural Hazards and Responses
• Responses of Soil Microbial Activity and Functional Diversity to Disturbance Events in the Tatra National Park (Slovakia)
• Capacities of Modelling to Assess Buffer Strip Efficiency to Reduce Soil Loss During Heavy Rainfall Events
• The Influence of Climate Change on Water Demands for Irrigation of Special Plants and Vegetables in Slovakia
• Climate Change Impact on Spring Barley and Winter Wheat Yields on Danubian Lowland
• Emissions from Agricultural Soils as Influenced by Change of Environmental Factors.