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1. Contested Logistics: A Game-Theoretic Approach

Author

Cerny, Jakub, Ling, Chun Kai, Chakrabarti, Darshan, Zhang, Jingwen, Farina, Gabriele, Kroer, Christian, and Iyengar, Garud

Subjects
Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory
Abstract

We introduce Contested Logistics Games, a variant of logistics problems that account for the presence of an adversary that can disrupt the movement of goods in selected areas. We model this as a large two-player zero-sum one-shot game played on a graph representation of the physical world, with the optimal logistics plans described by the (possibly randomized) Nash equilibria of this game. Our logistics model is fairly sophisticated, and is able to handle multiple modes of transport and goods, accounting for possible storage of goods in warehouses, as well as Leontief utilities based on demand satisfied. We prove computational hardness results related to equilibrium finding and propose a practical double-oracle solver based on solving a series of best-response mixed-integer linear programs. We experiment on both synthetic and real-world maps, demonstrating that our proposed method scales to reasonably large games. We also demonstrate the importance of explicitly modeling the capabilities of the adversary via ablation studies and comparisons with a naive logistics plan based on heuristics., Comment: GameSec '24

Published
2024

2. Layered Graph Security Games

Author

Černý, Jakub, Ling, Chun Kai, Kroer, Christian, and Iyengar, Garud

Subjects
Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory
Abstract

Security games model strategic interactions in adversarial real-world applications. Such applications often involve extremely large but highly structured strategy sets (e.g., selecting a distribution over all patrol routes in a given graph). In this paper, we represent each player's strategy space using a layered graph whose paths represent an exponentially large strategy space. Our formulation entails not only classic pursuit-evasion games, but also other security games, such as those modeling anti-terrorism and logistical interdiction. We study two-player zero-sum games under two distinct utility models: linear and binary utilities. We show that under linear utilities, Nash equilibrium can be computed in polynomial time, while binary utilities may lead to situations where even computing a best-response is computationally intractable. To this end, we propose a practical algorithm based on incremental strategy generation and mixed integer linear programs. We show through extensive experiments that our algorithm efficiently computes $\epsilon$-equilibrium for many games of interest. We find that target values and graph structure often have a larger influence on running times as compared to the size of the graph per se., Comment: In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. IJCAI Press, 2024

Published
2024

3. Grasper: A Generalist Pursuer for Pursuit-Evasion Problems

Author

Li, Pengdeng, Li, Shuxin, Wang, Xinrun, Cerny, Jakub, Zhang, Youzhi, McAleer, Stephen, Chan, Hau, and An, Bo

Subjects
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory, Computer Science - Multiagent Systems
Abstract

Pursuit-evasion games (PEGs) model interactions between a team of pursuers and an evader in graph-based environments such as urban street networks. Recent advancements have demonstrated the effectiveness of the pre-training and fine-tuning paradigm in PSRO to improve scalability in solving large-scale PEGs. However, these methods primarily focus on specific PEGs with fixed initial conditions that may vary substantially in real-world scenarios, which significantly hinders the applicability of the traditional methods. To address this issue, we introduce Grasper, a GeneRAlist purSuer for Pursuit-Evasion pRoblems, capable of efficiently generating pursuer policies tailored to specific PEGs. Our contributions are threefold: First, we present a novel architecture that offers high-quality solutions for diverse PEGs, comprising critical components such as (i) a graph neural network (GNN) to encode PEGs into hidden vectors, and (ii) a hypernetwork to generate pursuer policies based on these hidden vectors. As a second contribution, we develop an efficient three-stage training method involving (i) a pre-pretraining stage for learning robust PEG representations through self-supervised graph learning techniques like GraphMAE, (ii) a pre-training stage utilizing heuristic-guided multi-task pre-training (HMP) where heuristic-derived reference policies (e.g., through Dijkstra's algorithm) regularize pursuer policies, and (iii) a fine-tuning stage that employs PSRO to generate pursuer policies on designated PEGs. Finally, we perform extensive experiments on synthetic and real-world maps, showcasing Grasper's significant superiority over baselines in terms of solution quality and generalizability. We demonstrate that Grasper provides a versatile approach for solving pursuit-evasion problems across a broad range of scenarios, enabling practical deployment in real-world situations., Comment: To appear in the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2024)

Published
2024

4. Reducing Optimism Bias in Incomplete Cooperative Games

Author

Úradník, Filip, Sychrovský, David, Černý, Jakub, and Černý, Martin

Subjects
Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory, Computer Science - Machine Learning
Abstract

Cooperative game theory has diverse applications in contemporary artificial intelligence, including domains like interpretable machine learning, resource allocation, and collaborative decision-making. However, specifying a cooperative game entails assigning values to exponentially many coalitions, and obtaining even a single value can be resource-intensive in practice. Yet simply leaving certain coalition values undisclosed introduces ambiguity regarding individual contributions to the collective grand coalition. This ambiguity often leads to players holding overly optimistic expectations, stemming from either inherent biases or strategic considerations, frequently resulting in collective claims exceeding the actual grand coalition value. In this paper, we present a framework aimed at optimizing the sequence for revealing coalition values, with the overarching goal of efficiently closing the gap between players' expectations and achievable outcomes in cooperative games. Our contributions are threefold: (i) we study the individual players' optimistic completions of games with missing coalition values along with the arising gap, and investigate its analytical characteristics that facilitate more efficient optimization; (ii) we develop methods to minimize this gap over classes of games with a known prior by disclosing values of additional coalitions in both offline and online fashion; and (iii) we empirically demonstrate the algorithms' performance in practical scenarios, together with an investigation into the typical order of revealing coalition values., Comment: Proc. of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2024)

Published
2024

5. Sessile oak (Quercus petraea [Matt.] Liebl.) and its adaptation strategies in the context of global climate change: a review

Author

Černý Jakub, Špulák Ondřej, Kománek Martin, Žižková Eliška, and Sýkora Petr

Subjects
ecological demands, mitigation, mixed stands, drought stress, resilience, sustainable management, Forestry, SD1-669.5
Abstract

This paper provides characteristic and a comprehensive overview of the adaptation strategies of sessile oak (Quercus petraea [Matt.] Liebl.) in the context of global climate change (GCC). The GCC is primarily manifested by increasing air temperatures and changing precipitation distribution. It poses a significant challenge to tree species including sessile oak, affecting its capacity for adaptation and survival. Despite the challenge, sessile oak shows significant drought tolerance due to its deep-reaching root system, which allows the tree to use available water more efficiently. Other adaptive strategies include the establishment of mixed stands that increase the resilience and biodiversity of the ecosystem. Adjustments of stand density through tending interventions play a significant role, helping to improve the stress resistance of stands. Additionally, coppice forest cultivation is applied on extremely dry sites. The sessile oak is also significant for its ecological plasticity – its ability to thrive on versatile soil and climatic conditions makes it a promising tree species for future forest management. Mixed stands with sessile oak and other tree species can enhance the ecosystem services of forests and also increase their endurance to GCC events. However, sessile oak faces several challenges, including the increasing risk of damage from pests and pathogens that require targeted measures for its protection and sustainable cultivation. The literature review suggests that a comprehensive understanding of sessile oak’s ecological requirements and interactions with the environment is crucial for its successful adaptation to GCC and the formulation of effective strategies for its protection and use in forest management.

Published
2024
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6. Price of Anarchy in a Double-Sided Critical Distribution System

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Sychrovský, David, Černý, Jakub, Lichau, Sylvain, and Loebl, Martin

Subjects
Computer Science - Multiagent Systems, Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory
Abstract

Measures of allocation optimality differ significantly when distributing standard tradable goods in peaceful times and scarce resources in crises. While realistic markets offer asymptotic efficiency, they may not necessarily guarantee fair allocation desirable when distributing the critical resources. To achieve fairness, mechanisms often rely on a central authority, which may act inefficiently in times of need when swiftness and good organization are crucial. In this work, we study a hybrid trading system called Crisdis, introduced by Jedli\v{c}kov\'{a} et al., which combines fair allocation of buying rights with a market - leveraging the best of both worlds. A frustration of a buyer in Crisdis is defined as a difference between the amount of goods they are entitled to according to the assigned buying rights and the amount of goods they are able to acquire by trading. We define a Price of Anarchy (PoA) in this system as a conceptual analogue of the original definition in the context of frustration. Our main contribution is a study of PoA in realistic complex double-sided market mechanisms for Crisdis. The performed empirical analysis suggests that in contrast to market free of governmental interventions, the PoA in our system decreases.

Published
2023

7. Offline Equilibrium Finding

Author

Li, Shuxin, Wang, Xinrun, Zhang, Youzhi, Cerny, Jakub, Li, Pengdeng, Chan, Hau, and An, Bo

Subjects
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory, Computer Science - Machine Learning
Abstract

Offline reinforcement learning (offline RL) is an emerging field that has recently begun gaining attention across various application domains due to its ability to learn strategies from earlier collected datasets. Offline RL proved very successful, paving a path to solving previously intractable real-world problems, and we aim to generalize this paradigm to a multiplayer-game setting. To this end, we introduce a problem of offline equilibrium finding (OEF) and construct multiple types of datasets across a wide range of games using several established methods. To solve the OEF problem, we design a model-based framework that can directly apply any online equilibrium finding algorithm to the OEF setting while making minimal changes. The three most prominent contemporary online equilibrium finding algorithms are adapted to the context of OEF, creating three model-based variants: OEF-PSRO and OEF-CFR, which generalize the widely-used algorithms PSRO and Deep CFR to compute Nash equilibria (NEs), and OEF-JPSRO, which generalizes the JPSRO to calculate (Coarse) Correlated equilibria ((C)CEs). We also combine the behavior cloning policy with the model-based policy to further improve the performance and provide a theoretical guarantee of the solution quality. Extensive experimental results demonstrate the superiority of our approach over offline RL algorithms and the importance of using model-based methods for OEF problems. We hope our work will contribute to advancing research in large-scale equilibrium finding.

Published
2022

8. A Unified Perspective on Deep Equilibrium Finding

Author

Wang, Xinrun, Cerny, Jakub, Li, Shuxin, Yang, Chang, Yin, Zhuyun, Chan, Hau, and An, Bo

Subjects
Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory
Abstract

Extensive-form games provide a versatile framework for modeling interactions of multiple agents subjected to imperfect observations and stochastic events. In recent years, two paradigms, policy space response oracles (PSRO) and counterfactual regret minimization (CFR), showed that extensive-form games may indeed be solved efficiently. Both of them are capable of leveraging deep neural networks to tackle the scalability issues inherent to extensive-form games and we refer to them as deep equilibrium-finding algorithms. Even though PSRO and CFR share some similarities, they are often regarded as distinct and the answer to the question of which is superior to the other remains ambiguous. Instead of answering this question directly, in this work we propose a unified perspective on deep equilibrium finding that generalizes both PSRO and CFR. Our four main contributions include: i) a novel response oracle (RO) which computes Q values as well as reaching probability values and baseline values; ii) two transform modules -- a pre-transform and a post-transform -- represented by neural networks transforming the outputs of RO to a latent additive space (LAS), and then the LAS to action probabilities for execution; iii) two average oracles -- local average oracle (LAO) and global average oracle (GAO) -- where LAO operates on LAS and GAO is used for evaluation only; and iv) a novel method inspired by fictitious play that optimizes the transform modules and average oracles, and automatically selects the optimal combination of components of the two frameworks. Experiments on Leduc poker game demonstrate that our approach can outperform both frameworks.

Published
2022

11. Effect of different stand densities on xylem and phloem formation in Norway spruce plantations.

Author

Giagli, Kyriaki, Vavrčík, Hanuš, Tsalagkas, Dimitrios, Černý, Jakub, Leugner, Jan, Hacurová, Jana, and Gryc, Vladimír

Subjects
PHLOEM, XYLEM, NORWAY spruce, SIEVE elements, TREE growth, PLANTATIONS
Abstract

Summary: Preliminary results of an investigation of the thinning effect on Norway spruce tree growth in terms of xylogenesis and phloemogenesis are presented. Three plots were selected where the stand densities were reduced by pre-commercial thinning to 1800 trees/ha (plot A; mild thinning) and 1300 trees/ha (plot C; heavy thinning) in February 2020. Plot B had no silvicultural intervention and represented a control variant (4500 trees/ha). Three dominant 14-year-old Norway spruce trees were sampled (micro-cored) for studying the xylem and phloem formation in the 2020 growing season. The total differentiation duration was determined to be around 169.7 ± 12.7–179.3 ± 4.0 days. The average number of xylem cells formed in control plot B was only 140 mature cells, plots C and A were determined to have 175 and 200 mature cells, respectively. Plot A had the fastest growth rate of all the plots studied. In all three plots (A, B, C), the beginning of the early phloem, late phloem sieve cells, and axial parenchyma cells coincided. Nonetheless, in terms of total phloem cell increase, plot C displayed the fastest growth rate among the three plots studied. The first results showed that the rate of total increment in both xylem and phloem cells, as well as the total number of produced tracheids and sieve cells, seem to be positively affected after the thinning application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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13. VÝZNAM BUKU LESNÍHO VE STŘEDNÍ EVROPĚ V OBDOBÍ KLIMATICKÉ ZMĚNY: PŘEHLED SOUČASNÝCH POZNATKŮ.

Author

Černý, Jakub, Špulák, Ondřej, Sýkora, Petr, Novosadová, Kateřina, Kadlec, Jiří, and Kománek, Martin

Subjects
EUROPEAN beech, CLIMATE change, MIXED forests, SUSTAINABILITY, GENETIC variation, HEAT waves (Meteorology), MEDICAL climatology
Abstract

In the period of ongoing global climate change, ecosystems, including Central European forests, face significant challenges such as summer droughts and heat waves, which increase the climate risks also for the European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), an important and dominant broadleaved tree species in this region. This article provides a comprehensive review of current knowledge on the adaptation strategies of European beech in response to changing climatic conditions, highlighting its ecological demands, development of taxonomy, ecological and economic importance and exploring its resilience, growth characteristics, and challenges such as water regime, pests, diseases, and the impact of climate change. A key finding is that despite the various stressors affecting European beech, adaptive management and the use of mixed forest stands can significantly contribute to its conservation and sustainable use. The importance of integrating the genetic diversity and adaptive capacity of European beech into forestry practices is emphasised. The review of 203 studies highlights the need for further research focused on understanding the interactions between European beech and a changing climate in order to develop more effective strategies for its conservation and sustainable management in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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14. Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect

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Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), del Río, Miren [0000-0001-7496-3713], Verheyen, Kris [0000-0002-2067-9108+, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés [0000-0001-7036-7041], Pretzsch, Hans [0000-0002-4958-1868], Jactel, Hervé [0000-0002-8106-5310], Aldea, Jorge [0000-0003-2568-5192], Černý, Jakub [0000-0002-9954-1506], Pérot, Tomas [0000-0002-0806-6819], Pardos Mínguez, Marta [0000-0002-5567-5406], del Río, Miren [delrio@inia.csic.es], Río, Miren del, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Holm, Stig Olof, Jansons, Aris, Nord‐Larsen, Thomas, Verheyen, Kris, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Pretzsch, Hans, Jactel, Hervé, Coll, Lluís, Löf, Magnus, Aldea, Jorge, Ammer, Christian, Avdagić, Admir, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Černý, Jakub, Collet, Catherine, Condés, Sonia, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Heym, Michael, Hylen, Gro, Kurylyak, Viktor, Lombardi, Fabio, Matović, Bratislav, Metslaid, Marek, Motta, Renzo, Nothdurft, Arne, Den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Pardos, Marta, Poeydebat, Charlotte, Ponette, Quentin, Pérot, Tomas, Reventlow, Ditlev Otto Juel, Sitko, Roman, Sramek, Vit, Steckel, Mathias, Svoboda, Miroslav, Vospernik, Sonja, Wolff, Barbara, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), del Río, Miren [0000-0001-7496-3713], Verheyen, Kris [0000-0002-2067-9108+, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés [0000-0001-7036-7041], Pretzsch, Hans [0000-0002-4958-1868], Jactel, Hervé [0000-0002-8106-5310], Aldea, Jorge [0000-0003-2568-5192], Černý, Jakub [0000-0002-9954-1506], Pérot, Tomas [0000-0002-0806-6819], Pardos Mínguez, Marta [0000-0002-5567-5406], del Río, Miren [delrio@inia.csic.es], Río, Miren del, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Holm, Stig Olof, Jansons, Aris, Nord‐Larsen, Thomas, Verheyen, Kris, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Pretzsch, Hans, Jactel, Hervé, Coll, Lluís, Löf, Magnus, Aldea, Jorge, Ammer, Christian, Avdagić, Admir, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Černý, Jakub, Collet, Catherine, Condés, Sonia, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Heym, Michael, Hylen, Gro, Kurylyak, Viktor, Lombardi, Fabio, Matović, Bratislav, Metslaid, Marek, Motta, Renzo, Nothdurft, Arne, Den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Pardos, Marta, Poeydebat, Charlotte, Ponette, Quentin, Pérot, Tomas, Reventlow, Ditlev Otto Juel, Sitko, Roman, Sramek, Vit, Steckel, Mathias, Svoboda, Miroslav, Vospernik, Sonja, Wolff, Barbara, and Zlatanov, Tzvetan

Abstract

The increasing disturbances in monocultures around the world are testimony to their instability under global change. Many studies have claimed that temporal stability of productivity increase with species richness, although the ecological fundaments have mainly been investigated through diversity experiments. To adequately manage forest ecosystems, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the effect of mixing species on the temporal stability of productivity and the way in which this it is influenced by climate conditions across large geographical areas. Here, we used a unique dataset of 261 stands combining pure and two-species mixtures of four relevant tree species over a wide range of climate conditions in Europe to examine the effect of species mixing on the level and temporal stability of productivity. Structural equation modelling was employed to further explore the direct and indirect influence of climate, overyielding, species asynchrony and additive effect (i.e. temporal stability expected from the species growth in monospecific stands) on temporal stability in mixed forests. We showed that by adding only one tree species to monocultures, the level (overyielding: +6%) and stability (temporal stability: +12%) of stand growth increased significantly. We identified the key effect of temperature on destabilizing stand growth, which may be mitigated by mixing species. We further confirmed asynchrony as the main driver of temporal stability in mixed stands, through both the additive effect and species interactions, which modify between-species asynchrony in mixtures in comparison to monocultures. Synthesis and applications. This study highlights the emergent properties associated with mixing two-species, which result in resource efficient and temporally stable production systems. We reveal the negative impact of mean temperature on temporal stability of forest productivity and how the stabilizing effect of mixing two species can counterbalance thi

Published
2022

17. Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe - a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium

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UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate, Vospernik, Sonja, Heym, Michael, Pretzsch, Hans, Pach, Maciej, Steckel, Mathias, Aldea, Jorge, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Del Rio, Miren, Löf, Magnus, Pardos, Marta, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Coll, Lluís, Černý, Jakub, Droessler, Lars, Ehbrecht, Martin, Jansons, Aris, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Jourdan, Marion, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ponette, Quentin, Sitko, Roman, Svoboda, Miroslav, Wolff, Barbara, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate, Vospernik, Sonja, Heym, Michael, Pretzsch, Hans, Pach, Maciej, Steckel, Mathias, Aldea, Jorge, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Del Rio, Miren, Löf, Magnus, Pardos, Marta, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Coll, Lluís, Černý, Jakub, Droessler, Lars, Ehbrecht, Martin, Jansons, Aris, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Jourdan, Marion, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ponette, Quentin, Sitko, Roman, Svoboda, Miroslav, and Wolff, Barbara

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Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris are widely distributed and economically important tree species in Europe co-occurring on mesotrophic, xeric and mesic sites. Increasing dry conditions may reduce their growth, but growth reductions may be modified by mixture, competition and site conditions. The annual diameter growth in monospecific and mixed stands along an ecological gradient with mean annual temperatures ranging from 5.5 °C to 11.5 °C was investigated in this study. On 36 triplets (108 plots), trees were cored and the year-ring series were cross-dated, resulting in year-ring series of 785 and 804 trees for Q. spp. and P. sylvestris, respectively. A generalized additive model with a logarithmic link was fit to the data with random effects for the intercept at the triplet, year and tree level and a random slope for the covariate age for each tree; the Tweedie-distribution was used. The final model explained 87 % of the total variation in diameter increment for both tree species. Significant covariates were age, climate variables (long-term mean, monthly), local competition variables, relative dbh, mixture, stand structure and interactions thereof. Tree growth declined with age and local density and increased with social position. It was positively influenced by mixture and structural diversity (Gini coefficient); mixture effects were significant for P. sylvestris only. The influence of potential evapotranspiration (PET) in spring and autumn on tree growth was positive and non-linear, whereas tree growth sharply decreased with increasing PET in June, which proved to be the most influential month on tree growth along the whole ecological gradient. Interactions of PET with tree social position (relative dbh) were significant in July and September for Q. spp. and in April for P. sylvestris. Interactions of climate with density or mixture were not significant. Climatic effects found agree well with previous results from intra-annual growth studies and

Published
2023

18. Effect of different stand densities on xylem and phloem formation in Norway spruce plantations

Author

Giagli, Kyriaki, Vavrčík, Hanuš, Tsalagkas, Dimitrios, Černý, Jakub, Leugner, Jan, Hacurová, Jana, Gryc, Vladimír, Giagli, Kyriaki, Vavrčík, Hanuš, Tsalagkas, Dimitrios, Černý, Jakub, Leugner, Jan, Hacurová, Jana, and Gryc, Vladimír

Abstract

Preliminary results of an investigation of the thinning effect on Norway spruce tree growth in terms of xylogenesis and phloemogenesis are presented. Three plots were selected where the stand densities were reduced by pre-commercial thinning to 1800 trees/ha (plot A; mild thinning) and 1300 trees/ha (plot C; heavy thinning) in February 2020. Plot B had no silvicultural intervention and represented a control variant (4500 trees/ha). Three dominant 14-year-old Norway spruce trees were sampled (micro-cored) for studying the xylem and phloem formation in the 2020 growing season. The total differentiation duration was determined to be around 169.7 +- 12.7-179.3 +- 4.0 days. The average number of xylem cells formed in control plot B was only 140 mature cells, plots C and A were determined to have 175 and 200 mature cells, respectively. Plot A had the fastest growth rate of all the plots studied. In all three plots (A, B, C), the beginning of the early phloem, late phloem sieve cells, and axial parenchyma cells coincided. Nonetheless, in terms of total phloem cell increase, plot C displayed the fastest growth rate among the three plots studied. The first results showed that the rate of total increment in both xylem and phloem cells, as well as the total number of produced tracheids and sieve cells, seem to be positively affected after the thinning application.

Published
2023

19. Provenance affects the growth and mortality of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) plantations cultivated in central Nicaragua

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Černý, Jakub, Haninec, Peter, Novosadová, Kateřina, Patočka, Zdeněk, Haninec, Pavel, Maděra, Petr, Černý, Jakub, Haninec, Peter, Novosadová, Kateřina, Patočka, Zdeněk, Haninec, Pavel, and Maděra, Petr

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Teak has been planted extensively by smallholders in Central America within reforestation programmes and has become one of the most valuable timbers. The five-year growth and mortality of teak cultivated in a plantation in central Nicaragua, representing sites at the low limit of teak ecological valence, were evaluated. From 2006 to 2010, 72 pure teak stands were established, with 48.93 ha in total. For afforestation, planting stock from five provenances was used and planted at 1 m x 1 m spacing to stimulate the height growth and reduce broad crowns formed by self-pruning. In the pure teak stands, 144 permanent sample plots of 0.01 ha in size were established in 2011. From 2011 until 2015, the tree height and stem girth of all individuals in the studied sample plots were measured, and mortality based on the stand density was assessed. Significant differences between the provenances were observed. The highest growth was noted in the Local provenance originated from the studied area, whereas the Semilla provenance from Costa Rica, characterised by the lowest growth ability, was characterized by lower radial increment and mean tree height with high mortality., info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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2023

20. Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe - a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium

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European Commission, State Forests (Poland), Office National des Forêts (France), Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Vospernik, Sonja, Heym, Michael, Pretzsch, Hans, Pach, Maciej, Steckel, Mathias, Aldea, Jorge, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Río, Miren del, Löf, Magnus, Pardos, Marta, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Coll, Lluís, Černý, Jakub, Droessler, Lars, Ehbrecht, Martin, Jansons, Aris, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Jourdan, Marion, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ponette, Quentin, Sitko, Roman, Svoboda, Miroslav, Wolff, Barbara, European Commission, State Forests (Poland), Office National des Forêts (France), Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Vospernik, Sonja, Heym, Michael, Pretzsch, Hans, Pach, Maciej, Steckel, Mathias, Aldea, Jorge, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Río, Miren del, Löf, Magnus, Pardos, Marta, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Coll, Lluís, Černý, Jakub, Droessler, Lars, Ehbrecht, Martin, Jansons, Aris, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Jourdan, Marion, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ponette, Quentin, Sitko, Roman, Svoboda, Miroslav, and Wolff, Barbara

Abstract

Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris are widely distributed and economically important tree species in Europe co-occurring on mesotrophic, xeric and mesic sites. Increasing dry conditions may reduce their growth, but growth reductions may be modified by mixture, competition and site conditions. The annual diameter growth in monospecific and mixed stands along an ecological gradient with mean annual temperatures ranging from 5.5 °C to 11.5 °C was investigated in this study. On 36 triplets (108 plots), trees were cored and the year-ring series were cross-dated, resulting in year-ring series of 785 and 804 trees for Q. spp. and P. sylvestris, respectively. A generalized additive model with a logarithmic link was fit to the data with random effects for the intercept at the triplet, year and tree level and a random slope for the covariate age for each tree; the Tweedie-distribution was used. The final model explained 87 % of the total variation in diameter increment for both tree species. Significant covariates were age, climate variables (long-term mean, monthly), local competition variables, relative dbh, mixture, stand structure and interactions thereof. Tree growth declined with age and local density and increased with social position. It was positively influenced by mixture and structural diversity (Gini coefficient); mixture effects were significant for P. sylvestris only. The influence of potential evapotranspiration (PET) in spring and autumn on tree growth was positive and non-linear, whereas tree growth sharply decreased with increasing PET in June, which proved to be the most influential month on tree growth along the whole ecological gradient. Interactions of PET with tree social position (relative dbh) were significant in July and September for Q. spp. and in April for P. sylvestris. Interactions of climate with density or mixture were not significant. Climatic effects found agree well with previous results from intra-annual growth studies and

Published
2023

21. Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe - a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium

Author

Vospernik, Sonja, Heym, Michael, Pretzsch, Hans, Pach, Maciej, Steckel, Mathias, Aldea, Jorge, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Del Rio, Miren, Löf, Magnus, Pardos, Marta, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Coll, Lluís, Černý, Jakub, Droessler, Lars, Ehbrecht, Martin, Jansons, Aris, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Jourdan, Marion, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ponette, Quentin, Sitko, Roman, Svoboda, Miroslav, Wolff, Barbara, Vospernik, Sonja, Heym, Michael, Pretzsch, Hans, Pach, Maciej, Steckel, Mathias, Aldea, Jorge, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Del Rio, Miren, Löf, Magnus, Pardos, Marta, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Coll, Lluís, Černý, Jakub, Droessler, Lars, Ehbrecht, Martin, Jansons, Aris, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Jourdan, Marion, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ponette, Quentin, Sitko, Roman, Svoboda, Miroslav, and Wolff, Barbara

Abstract

Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris are widely distributed and economically important tree species in Europe co-occurring on mesotrophic, xeric and mesic sites. Increasing dry conditions may reduce their growth, but growth reductions may be modified by mixture, competition and site conditions. The annual diameter growth in monospecific and mixed stands along an ecological gradient with mean annual temperatures ranging from 5.5 °C to 11.5 °C was investigated in this study. On 36 triplets (108 plots), trees were cored and the year-ring series were cross-dated, resulting in year-ring series of 785 and 804 trees for Q. spp. and P. sylvestris, respectively. A generalized additive model with a logarithmic link was fit to the data with random effects for the intercept at the triplet, year and tree level and a random slope for the covariate age for each tree; the Tweedie-distribution was used. The final model explained 87 % of the total variation in diameter increment for both tree species. Significant covariates were age, climate variables (long-term mean, monthly), local competition variables, relative dbh, mixture, stand structure and interactions thereof. Tree growth declined with age and local density and increased with social position. It was positively influenced by mixture and structural diversity (Gini coefficient); mixture effects were significant for P. sylvestris only. The influence of potential evapotranspiration (PET) in spring and autumn on tree growth was positive and non-linear, whereas tree growth sharply decreased with increasing PET in June, which proved to be the most influential month on tree growth along the whole ecological gradient. Interactions of PET with tree social position (relative dbh) were significant in July and September for Q. spp. and in April for P. sylvestris. Interactions of climate with density or mixture were not significant. Climatic effects found agree well with previous results from intra-annual growth studies a

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2023

22. Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe - a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium

Author

Vospernik, Sonja, primary, Heym, Michael, additional, Pretzsch, Hans, additional, Pach, Maciej, additional, Steckel, Mathias, additional, Aldea, Jorge, additional, Brazaitis, Gediminas, additional, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, additional, Del Rio, Miren, additional, Löf, Magnus, additional, Pardos, Marta, additional, Bielak, Kamil, additional, Bravo, Felipe, additional, Coll, Lluís, additional, Černý, Jakub, additional, Droessler, Lars, additional, Ehbrecht, Martin, additional, Jansons, Aris, additional, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, additional, Jourdan, Marion, additional, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, additional, Nothdurft, Arne, additional, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, additional, Ponette, Quentin, additional, Sitko, Roman, additional, Svoboda, Miroslav, additional, and Wolff, Barbara, additional

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2023
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26. Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe - a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium

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Vospernik, Sonja, Heym, Michael, Pretzsch, Hans, Pach, Maciej, Steckel, Mathias, Aldea, Jorge, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Río, Miren del, Löf, Magnus, Pardos, Marta, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Coll, Lluía, Černý, Jakub, Droessler, Lars, Ehbrecht, Martin, Jansons, Aris, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Jourdan, Marion, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ponette, Quentin, Sitko, Roman, Svoboda, Miroslav, Wolff, Barbara, European Commission, Polish State Forests, Office National des Forêts (France), Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, and UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate

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Bioclimatologia, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Generalized additive model, Tree rings, Forestry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecologia, Management, ddc, Local competition, Bio-climatic zones, Mixed model, Competitive advantage, ddc:630, Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract

Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris are widely distributed and economically important tree species in Europe co-occurring on mesotrophic, xeric and mesic sites. Increasing dry conditions may reduce their growth, but growth reductions may be modified by mixture, competition and site conditions. The annual diameter growth in monospecific and mixed stands along an ecological gradient with mean annual temperatures ranging from 5.5 °C to 11.5 °C was investigated in this study. On 36 triplets (108 plots), trees were cored and the year-ring series were cross-dated, resulting in year-ring series of 785 and 804 trees for Q. spp. and P. sylvestris, respectively. A generalized additive model with a logarithmic link was fit to the data with random effects for the intercept at the triplet, year and tree level and a random slope for the covariate age for each tree; the Tweedie-distribution was used. The final model explained 87 % of the total variation in diameter increment for both tree species. Significant covariates were age, climate variables (long-term mean, monthly), local competition variables, relative dbh, mixture, stand structure and interactions thereof. Tree growth declined with age and local density and increased with social position. It was positively influenced by mixture and structural diversity (Gini coefficient); mixture effects were significant for P. sylvestris only. The influence of potential evapotranspiration (PET) in spring and autumn on tree growth was positive and non-linear, whereas tree growth sharply decreased with increasing PET in June, which proved to be the most influential month on tree growth along the whole ecological gradient. Interactions of PET with tree social position (relative dbh) were significant in July and September for Q. spp. and in April for P. sylvestris. Interactions of climate with density or mixture were not significant. Climatic effects found agree well with previous results from intra-annual growth studies and indicate that the model captures the causal factors for tree growth well. Furthermore, the interaction between climate and relative dbh might indicate a longer growth duration for trees of higher social classes. Analysis of random effects across time and space showed highly dynamic patterns, with competitive advantages changing annually between species and spatial patterns showing no large-scale trends but pointing to the prevalence of local site factors. In mixed-species stands, the tree species have the same competitivity in the long-term, which is modified by climate each year. Climate warming will shift the competitive advantages, but the direction will be highly site-specific., The authors thank the European Union for funding the project “Mixed species forest management. Lowering risk, increasing resilience (REFORM)” under the framework of Sumforest ERA-NET. All contributors thank their national funding institutions to establish, measure and analyze data from the triplets. The Polish State Forests Enterprise also supported one of the Polish co-authors (Grant No: OR.271.3.15.2017). The Orléans site, OPTMix was installed thanks to ONF (National Forest Service, France), belongs to research infrastructure ANAEE-F; it is also included in the SOERE TEMPO, ZAL (LTSER Zone Atelier Loire) and the GIS oop network. This work was also supported by grant APVV-18-0347 (Slovakia). We acknowledge Institutional support MZE-RO0118 from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, partly funding the field measurements at Czech triplets.

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2022

30. VÝCHOVNÝ ZÁSAH V MLADÝCH SMRKOVÝCH POROSTECH JAKO NÁSTROJ MITIGACE GLOBÁLNÍ KLIMATICKÉ ZMĚNY?

Author

ČERNÝ, JAKUB

Subjects
SOLAR radiation, SILVER fir, LEAF area, NORWAY spruce, KARST, SPECIES
Abstract

Although the ongoing global climate change elicits a shift in tree species composition along the vertical gradient, very extensive areas of pure Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] stands still occur out of their ecological optimum in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. Adaptive measures should be applied in these stands to promote productivity and stability. All measurements were performed in the 2018–2021 period on three permanent research plots located in the North-East part of Bohemia (Czech Republic). Based on the results, the most favourable way to increase solar radiation use efficiency expressed by canopy production index (CPI) and leaf area efficiency (LAE) is in-time heavy pre-commercial thinning application. Th e highest CPI and LAE values were observed in the Norway spruce stand aft er heavy pre-commercial thinning application (CPI = 2.00 and LAE = 1.59). In contrast, CPI = 1.26 and LAE = 0.99 were observed aft er the mild one, and CPI = 0.73 and LAE = 0.60 were reported in the control treatment with no silvicultural intervention. Overall, the presented results indicate a positive effect of heavy pre-commercial thinning on CPI and LAE in pure young Norway spruce stands. However, more eff ort should be devoted to studying the impact of different pre-commercial thinning intensities on solar radiation use efficacy across a broader gradient of site conditions, and future work should also be extended to other tree species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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33. Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect

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Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, National Agency of Agricultural Research (Czech Republic), Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), Estonian Research Council, Slovak Research and Development Agency, Río, M. del [0000-0001-7496-3713], Pardos Mínguez, Marta [0000-0002-5567-5406], Nord-Larsen, Thomas [0000-0002-5341-6435], Den Ouden, Jan [0000-0003-1518-2460], Río, Miren del, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Jactel, Hervé, Coll, Lluís, Löf, Magnus, Aldea, Jorge, Ammer, Christian, Avdagić, Admir, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Černý, Jakub, Collet, Catherine, Condés, Sonia, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Heym, Michael, Holm, Stig Olof, Hylen, Gro, Jansons, Aris, Kurylyak, Viktor, Lombardi, Fabio, Matović, Bratislav, Metslaid, Marek, Motta, Renzo, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Pardos, Marta, Poeydebat, Charlotte, Ponette, Quentin, Pérot, Tomas, Reventlow, Ditlev Otto Juel, Sitko, Roman, Sramek, Vit, Steckel, Mathias, Svoboda, Miroslav, Verheyen, Kris, Vospernik, Sonja, Wolff, Barbara, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, National Agency of Agricultural Research (Czech Republic), Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), Estonian Research Council, Slovak Research and Development Agency, Río, M. del [0000-0001-7496-3713], Pardos Mínguez, Marta [0000-0002-5567-5406], Nord-Larsen, Thomas [0000-0002-5341-6435], Den Ouden, Jan [0000-0003-1518-2460], Río, Miren del, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Jactel, Hervé, Coll, Lluís, Löf, Magnus, Aldea, Jorge, Ammer, Christian, Avdagić, Admir, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Černý, Jakub, Collet, Catherine, Condés, Sonia, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Heym, Michael, Holm, Stig Olof, Hylen, Gro, Jansons, Aris, Kurylyak, Viktor, Lombardi, Fabio, Matović, Bratislav, Metslaid, Marek, Motta, Renzo, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Pardos, Marta, Poeydebat, Charlotte, Ponette, Quentin, Pérot, Tomas, Reventlow, Ditlev Otto Juel, Sitko, Roman, Sramek, Vit, Steckel, Mathias, Svoboda, Miroslav, Verheyen, Kris, Vospernik, Sonja, Wolff, Barbara, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, and Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés

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The increasing disturbances in monocultures around the world are testimony to their instability under global change. Many studies have claimed that temporal stability of productivity increases with species richness, although the ecological fundamentals have mainly been investigated through diversity experiments. To adequately manage forest ecosystems, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the effect of mixing species on the temporal stability of productivity and the way in which it is influenced by climate conditions across large geographical areas. Here, we used a unique dataset of 261 stands combining pure and two-species mixtures of four relevant tree species over a wide range of climate conditions in Europe to examine the effect of species mixing on the level and temporal stability of productivity. Structural equation modelling was employed to further explore the direct and indirect influence of climate, overyielding, species asynchrony and additive effect (i.e. temporal stability expected from the species growth in monospecific stands) on temporal stability in mixed forests. We showed that by adding only one tree species to monocultures, the level (overyielding: +6%) and stability (temporal stability: +12%) of stand growth increased significantly. We identified the key effect of temperature on destabilizing stand growth, which may be mitigated by mixing species. We further confirmed asynchrony as the main driver of temporal stability in mixed stands, through both the additive effect and species interactions, which modify between-species asynchrony in mixtures in comparison to monocultures. Synthesis and applications. This study highlights the emergent properties associated with mixing two species, which result in resource efficient and temporally stable production systems. We reveal the negative impact of mean temperature on temporal stability of forest productivity and how the stabilizing effect of mixing two species can counterbalance this

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2022

34. With increasing site quality asymmetric competition and mortality reduces Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stand structuring across Europe

Author

European Commission, German Research Foundation, Bavarian State Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry, Junta de Castilla y León, Universidad de Valladolid, Estonian Research Council, National Agency of Agricultural Research (Czech Republic), Slovak Research and Development Agency, Pretzsch, Hans, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Hilmers, Torben, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Coll, Lluís, Löf, Magnus, Ahmed, Shamim, Aldea, Jorge, Ammer, Christian, Avdagić, Admir, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Černý, Jakub, Collet, Catherine, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Heym, Michael, Holm, Stig Olof, Hylen, Gro, Jansons, Aris, Kurylyak, Viktor, Lombardi, Fabio, Matović, Bratislav, Metslaid, Marek, Motta, Renzo, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ordóñez, Cristóbal, Reventlow, Ditlev Otto Juel, Sitko, Roman, Sramek, Vit, Steckel, Mathias, Svodoba, Miroslav, Uhl, Enno, Verheyen, Kris, Vospernik, Sonja, Wolff, Barbara, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, European Commission, German Research Foundation, Bavarian State Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry, Junta de Castilla y León, Universidad de Valladolid, Estonian Research Council, National Agency of Agricultural Research (Czech Republic), Slovak Research and Development Agency, Pretzsch, Hans, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Hilmers, Torben, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Coll, Lluís, Löf, Magnus, Ahmed, Shamim, Aldea, Jorge, Ammer, Christian, Avdagić, Admir, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo, Felipe, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Černý, Jakub, Collet, Catherine, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Heym, Michael, Holm, Stig Olof, Hylen, Gro, Jansons, Aris, Kurylyak, Viktor, Lombardi, Fabio, Matović, Bratislav, Metslaid, Marek, Motta, Renzo, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nothdurft, Arne, Ordóñez, Cristóbal, Reventlow, Ditlev Otto Juel, Sitko, Roman, Sramek, Vit, Steckel, Mathias, Svodoba, Miroslav, Uhl, Enno, Verheyen, Kris, Vospernik, Sonja, Wolff, Barbara, and Zlatanov, Tzvetan

Abstract

Heterogeneity of structure can increase mechanical stability, stress resistance and resilience, biodiversity and many other functions and services of forest stands. That is why many silvicultural measures aim at enhancing structural diversity. However, the effectiveness and potential of structuring may depend on the site conditions. Here, we revealed how the stand structure is determined by site quality and results from site-dependent partitioning of growth and mortality among the trees. We based our study on 90 mature, even-aged, fully stocked monocultures of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sampled in 21 countries along a productivity gradient across Europe. A mini-simulation study further analyzed the site-dependency of the interplay between growth and mortality and the resulting stand structure. The overarching hypothesis was that the stand structure changes with site quality and results from the site-dependent asymmetry of competition and mortality. First, we show that Scots pine stands structure across Europe become more homogeneous with increasing site quality. The coefficient of variation and Gini coefficient of stem diameter and tree height continuously decreased, whereas Stand Density Index and stand basal area increased with site index. Second, we reveal a site-dependency of the growth distribution among the trees and the mortality. With increasing site index, the asymmetry of both competition and growth distribution increased and suggested, at first glance, an increase in stand heterogeneity. However, with increasing site index, mortality eliminates mainly small instead of all-sized trees, cancels the size variation and reduces the structural heterogeneity.Third, we modelled the site-dependent interplay between growth partitioning and mortality. By scenario runs for different site conditions, we can show how the site-dependent structure at the stand level emerges from the asymmetric competition and mortality at the tree level and how the interplay change

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2022

35. „Doufali jsme, že ten byt jednou bude náš." Boj za férovou privatizaci v případu iniciativy Moje Písnice.

Author

ČERNÝ, JAKUB, MOSKVINA, YULIYA, and BÖHMOVÁ, LUDMILA

Abstract

In this article, we analyse the conditions behind the formation of the tenant initiative Moje Písnice, which existed in Prague between 2016 and 2020. In the theoretical part, we explain the concepts of urban movements and tenant movements in Central and Eastern Europe and emphasise the role of everyday life and emotions in the genesis of a collective actor. We use qualitative methodology based on an analysis of 12 in-depth semi-structured interviews with members and one supporter of the Moje Pisnice Initiative. This initiative provides an illustration of the formation of collective actors in the urban space in Central and Eastern Europe. We focus specifically on the historical and social conditions behind the initiative's development and the emergence of a shared identity and shared housing expectations and the disappointment resulting from unfulfilled hopes. Other important factors that we discuss are the intersubjectivity of emotions and the emancipatory potential of the initiative's organisational structure, which enabled the participation of people with no prior experience with activism. We also focus on the public's sense of disillusionment with civic engagement and with the political system in general since 1989. This research contributes to the study of tenant movements in postsocialist countries, which are often an overlooked actor in one of the most important processes in the post-1989 transformation - privatisation. In contrast to previous research, we focus on the role of shared emotions and the subjective experience of historical processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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36. Spatial Analysis of Czech Parliamentary Election: Comparison of Spatial Econometrics and Machine Learning

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Černý, Jakub, Šťastná, Lenka, and Gregor, Martin

Subjects
parlamentní volby, prostorová analýza, náhodné lesy, spatial analysis, strojové učení, machine learning, parliamentary election, random forest, spatial durbin error
Abstract

This thesis analyses the results of the Czech Parliamentary election in 2021 and attempts to explain the voting support of major political subjects by using aggregate data from Czech municipalities. Since the data evince spatial autocorrelation, it is necessary to specify a suitable spatial model. The thesis provides both empirical and economic evidence for the Spatial Durbin Error Model, which enables distinguishing the direct and indirect effects of particular independent variables and accounts for the spatial dependence of error terms. This method shows that variables describing the socio-economic characteristics of inhabitants, such as the share of entrepreneurs or people with university education, play the most significant role in explaining voting results and evince mostly the direct effects. On the contrary, variables describing municipalities, such as public spending or infrastructure, are more likely to impact the election result indirectly. Subsequently, the analysis is replicated using two tree-based machine learning algorithms and all models are evaluated based on their ability to predict the election results from unseen data. Even though machine learning methods estimate only relative variable importance instead of standard coefficients, this approach represents a perspective...

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2022

37. POTENCIÁL BOROVICE LESNÍ V PODMÍNKÁCH ZMĚNY KLIMATU: REVIEW.

Author

Špulák, Ondřej and Černý, Jakub

Subjects
DROUGHTS, SCOTS pine, CLIMATE change, WATER efficiency, FORESTS & forestry, ATMOSPHERIC temperature
Abstract

Scots pine has been considered a resistant tree species not only to adverse habitats but also to drought for a long time for its pioneering character, enabling it to thrive at significantly nutrient-poor and dry sites where the competitive pressure of other tree species is reduced. It has also some physiological properties adapted for the increased efficiency of water management. However, the increased and cumulated drought stress in Central Europe after 2013, which has accelerated significantly since 2015, showed the limits of the Scots pine´s sustainable prosperity in many sites of its present occurrence. The research analyses 101 studies published in the period from 1975 to 2022, representing basic properties, ecophysiological aspects, health status development, growth and fertility of Scots pine related to drought stress. It also deals with the influence of the tree species mixing effect and silvicultural management on the health status of Scots pine stands. The review aims to provide comprehensive material for understanding the development of Scots pine´s health and growth, as well as optimising its use under ongoing global climate change conditions characterised by an increase in annual air temperatures and by irregular distribution of precipitation, leading to the increasing frequency of drought periods. Methodological recommendations for silviculture in pine forests are also mentioned here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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38. Zapojování sociálních pracovníků do solidární rezistence při obraně bydlení: příklad sousedství Bedřiška.

Author

Černý, Jakub

Subjects
SOCIAL services, SOCIAL workers, SOLIDARITY, COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, SOCIAL change, ACTIVISM, HOUSING discrimination
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Copyright of Czech & Slovak Social Work / Sociální Práce / Sociálna Práca is the property of Czech & Slovak Social Work and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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2022

39. Quantal Correlated Equilibrium in Normal Form Games.

Author

Černý, Jakub, An, Bo, and Zhang, Allan N.

Subjects
BOUNDED rationality, EQUILIBRIUM, ARTIFICIAL intelligence, POLYNOMIALS, EMPIRICAL research
Abstract

Correlated equilibrium is an established solution concept in game theory describing a situation when players condition their strategies on external signals produced by a correlation device. In recent years, the concept has begun gaining traction also in general artificial intelligence because of its suitability for studying coordinated multi-agent systems. Yet the original formulation of correlated equilibrium assumes entirely rational players and hence fails to capture the subrational behavior of human decision-makers. We investigate the analogue of quantal response for correlated equilibrium, which is among the most commonly used models of bounded rationality. We coin the solution concept the quantal correlated equilibrium and study its relation to quantal response and correlated equilibria. The definition corroborates with prior conception as every quantal response equilibrium is a quantal correlated equilibrium, and correlated equilibrium is its limit as quantal responses approach the best response. We prove the concept remains PPAD-hard but searching for an optimal correlation device is beneficial for the signaler. To this end, we introduce a homotopic algorithm that simultaneously traces the equilibrium and optimizes the signaling distribution. Empirical results on one structured and one random domain show that our approach is sufficiently precise and several orders of magnitude faster than a state-of-the-art non-convex optimization solver. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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41. Stakeholders attitudes toward education policy management

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Biolek, Jiří, Veselý, Arnošt, and Černý, Jakub

Abstract

In this diploma thesis I focus on the issue of leading processes in the sphere of secondary education in the Czech Republic. In a narrower sense, I deal with the process of key models of the governance concept in a specific framework of educational policy from the stakeholders' perspective. The main outline of the work was created before the project Strategy 2030+ was launched and works as a certain retrospective of players approaches before that time. The basis of the work lies on my own primary qualitative data analysis arising from interviews with nineteen key actors. The aim of the research is a certain insight into the perspectives of actors with the intention of revealing the state and future possibilities of Czech secondary education in the field of multilevel governance. For this purpose, I have chosen the path of critical perspectives, which follows the exposed places of the mentioned subsystem. Following this objective, I try to define potential relationships among revealed facts. This work also has two remarkable outputs. The first is a theory of weak link that I created to anchor some difficult-to- explain outputs, and the second is documenting the process of creating an analytical filter for Atlas.ti software.

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2022

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