Reconstruction of rockfall activity through dendrogeomorphology and a scar-counting approach : a study in a beech forest stand in the Trenta valley (Slovenian Alps)

Žabota, Barbara (author), Trappmann, Daniel (author), Levanič, Tom (author), Kobal, Milan (author)

Drevesa so pomemben arhiv podatkov o preteklih dogodkih za rekonstrukcijo prostorske in časovne aktivnosti skalnih podorov, saj beležijo vplive skalnih podorov z anomalijami v rasti drevesnih branik ali prek vizualnih poškodb, vidnih na površju debel. V prispevku je predstavljena metodologija preučevanja skalnih podorov z analizo vidnih poškodb na deblu 52 dreves navadne bukve (Fagus sylvatica L.) na območju doline Trente v Sloveniji. Na podlagi analize smo ugotovili, da je povprečno število poškodb na posamezno drevo 7 ter da večinoma spadajo v kategorijo starih poškodb, kar kaže na manjšo aktivnost skalnih podorov v zadnjih letih. Povprečna povratna doba pojavljanja skalnih podorov je znašala 31,8 let; le-ta pa se skrajša za 1,2 leta, če upoštevamo pogojno verjetnost vpliva, da skale lahko zgrešijo drevesa. Prostorsko pojavljanje skalnih podorov kaže na večjo aktivnost v osrednjem delu preučevanega pobočja.

• Language: English
• Keywords: rockfall, natural hazards, dendrogeomorphology, tree rings, stem scars, recurrence interval
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: Str. 19-32
• Numbering: [Št.] 121
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-114960
• UDC: 630*38+630*58(497.4Trenta)(045)=111
• ISSN on article: 2335-3112
• DOI: 10.20315/ASetL.121.2
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5652390
• Publication date in RUL: 03.04.2020

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta Silvae et Ligni
• Publisher: Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije, založba Silva Slovenica, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za lesarstvo
• ISSN: 2335-3112
• COBISS.SI-ID: 266761216

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Rekonstrukcija podorne aktivnosti z uporabo dendrogeomorfologije in metode štetja poškodb

Abstract

Trees represent an important archive that can be used to reconstruct the spatial and temporal patterns of rockfall events. Rockfall impacts can be recorded in the form of anomalies in tree rings and impact scars on the tree stem. In this paper we demonstrate the use of an approach based on counting scars for reconstructing the frequency and spatial pattern of past rockfalls. The approach was applied by counting the visible scars on the stem surface of 52 European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the area of the Trenta Valley, Slovenia. The average number of impacts per trees was 7, and the impacts were mostly classified as old, indicating reduced rockfall activity in recent years. The average recurrence interval was 31.8 years, which was reduced by 1.2 years by the application of the conditional impact probability. The spatial pattern of rockfall impacts shows that rockfall activity is higher in the middle part of the studied slope.

• Keywords: skalni podori, naravne nevarnosti, dendrogeomorfologija, drevesne branike, poškodbe debla, povratna doba