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FutMon (LIFE+) Water Budget Model Comparison Workshop, 27-28.4.2010 Presentation of Snežna jama research site- Slovenia Urša Vilhar Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Slovenian Forestry Institute

Country: Slovenia Mountain: Kočevski Rog Research site: Snežna jama Dinaric Alps Gams I. 2003. Kras v Sloveniji v prostoru in času. Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Slovenian Forestry Institute

Research site Snežna jama Altitude: 860-890 m Bedrock: limestone and dolomite Omphalodo-Fagetum (Marinček et al. 1993) Soil units: • Rendzic Leptosols • Eutric Cambisols • Haplic Luvisols Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Maximal depth of soil layer: 40 cm Slovenian Forestry Institute Rockiness with stoniness: 30-60 %

Measurements 2003-2004 Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Slovenian Forestry Institute

Measurements Stemflow collectors Weather stations Funnel collectors for throughfall and Soil moisture content incident precipitation Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Slovenian Forestry Institute

Research projects • Nature-based Management of beech in Europe (NAT-MAN QLK-CT99-1349) 5th EU FP; • Introduction of broadleaf species for sustainable forest management (SUSTMAN QLK5-2002-00851) 5th EU FP; • Carbon dynamics in natural beech forest (applied research project L4-6232- 0404-04/4.01); • Carbon sequestration and ozon (applied research project L4-4450-0404-02); • Transport processes and mechanizms of carbon in forest ecosystems (basis research project J7-7397-0106 – GIS/IJS); • CARBON balance drafting and new resources management tools according to Kyoto PROTOCOL »CARBON-PRO« (Interreg IIIB CADSES, EU Neighbourhood programe). Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Slovenian Forestry Institute

Publications • SIMONČIČ, Primoţ, KALAN, Polona, URBANČIČ, Mihej, VILHAR, Urša. Soil properties in virgin and in managed dinaric fir - beech forests - Preliminary results. Mitt. Österr. Bodenkd. Ges. , 2003, heft 69, p. 77-82. • VILHAR, Urša, STARR, Michael, URBANČIČ, Mihej, SMOLEJ, Igor, SIMONČIČ, Primoţ. Gap evapotranspiration and drainage fluxes in a managed and a virgin dinaric silver fir-beech forest in Slovenia: a modelling study. European journal of forest research , 2005, vol. 124, no. 3, p. 165-175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-005-0067-5. • VILHAR, Urša, SIMONČIČ, Primoţ, KAJFEŢ - BOGATAJ, Lučka, KATZENSTEINER, Klaus, DIACI, Jurij. Microclimate conditions in gaps and mature stands of Dinaric silver fir-beech forests. Zb. gozd. lesar. , 2006, No. 81, p. 21-36 • Kutnar L, Urbančič M (2006) Influence of site and stand conditions on diversity of soil and vegetation in selected beech and fir- beech forests in the Kočevje region. Zbornik gozdarstva in lesarstva 80. p. 3-30 • GREBENC, Tine, CHRISTENSEN, Morten, VILHAR, Urša, ČATER, Matjaţ, MARTIN P., Maria, SIMONČIČ, Primoţ, KRAIGHER, Hojka. Response of ectomycorrhizal community structure to gap opening in natural and managed temperate beech-dominated forests. Can. j. for. res. , 2009, vol. 39, no. 7, p. 1375-1386 • VILHAR, Urša. Estimation of carbon stocks in a beech stand in SE Slovenia : a modeling study. Šumar. list, 2010, vol. 84. (in print) • VILHAR, Urša, STARR, Michael, KATZENSTEINER, Klaus, SIMONČIČ, Primoţ, KAJFEŢ BOGAJTAJ, Lučka, DIACI, Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Jurij. Modelling drainage fluxes in managed and natural forests in the Dinaric karst : a model comparison study. Slovenian Forestry Institute European journal of forest research, 2010, vol. 129. (in print)

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