Projects

International

IMPAWOS - IMPAWOS - Vplyv cudzích a pôvodných drevín na vegetáciu a pôdu: dve strany jednej mince?
IMPAWOS - Impact of alien and native woody plants on vegetation and soil: two sides of the same coin?
Program: Multilateral - other
Project leader: RNDr. Kanka Róbert, PhD.
Annotation: There is an ongoing debate whether introduced alien invasive species impose a greater threat to biodiversity than native species that are spreading in current, transformed landscapes. This question is important not only from the scientific point of view, but also for local managers, nature conservationists, and various stakeholders. Trees and shrubs often act as ecosystem engineers; they influence light conditions, the structure of vegetation, and co-occurring species. Their canopies serve as habitats for other organisms like birds, reptiles, or insects. Additionally, many tree species are important commodities in forestry, which makes them rather controversial if we consider their negative impact on biodiversity and ecosystems. IMPAWOS project will focus here on woody species and their impacts on vegetation, soil properties, and activity of soil biota and propose to establish microbiological analyses as new indicators of the soil health.
Duration: 1.1.2023 - 31.12.2025
DREAM SK-AT - Výskum a manažment rieky Dunaj na Slovensku a v Rakúsku
Danube River Research and Management in Slovakia and Austria
Program: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Project leader: Mgr. Kenderessy Pavol, PhD.
Annotation: The aims are to establish joint research facilities, to enhance knowledge transfer and to develop innovative monitoring and modelling tools in the SK-AT border region. By enhancing knowledge transfer and capacity building between research bodies and universities, the project will lead to an improved cooperation and exchange of expertise between research and innovation actors using newly constructed and upgraded research infrastructures (RI). New monitoring stations as well as innovative monitoring techniques (e.g. operative boat) and modelling tools concerning hydrodynamics, sediment transport, morphodynamics, ecological parameters and remote sensing technologies in river and wetland science will lead to high quality and comparable data derived at the Danube River in the project reaches (cross border region and adjacent reaches). A guidance document of monitoring and modelling tools will be published and available for the target groups. In SK (VÚVH) the hydraulic engineering laboratory (discharge 1,5 m³/s) will be modernized and upgraded according to the state of the art together with laboratory of geoinformatics and advanced river remote sensing (ILE SAS). In AT a hydraulic engineering laboratory will be constructed with 10 m³/s free flowing discharge. By using these RIs, the scientific basis for improving the Danube river management between Vienna and Bratislava will be developed, being available for target groups working in navigation, flood risk management, ecology, hydropower and drinking water supply. Furthermore, a close exchange of undergraduate and doctoral students and teachers between BOKU, VUVH and ILE SAS will be initiated and the research facilities will be jointly used for common teaching and research activities, also beyond the lifetime of the project.
Duration: 1.1.2016 - 31.12.2022
MICROCLIM - Pohľad z mikroúrovne na alpínsku flóru v podmienkach zmeny klímy. Prepojenie pozorovaní a modelov na zlepšenie nášho chápania budúcnosti európskych vysokohorských rastlín
A micro-scale perspective on alpine floras under climate change. Linking observations and models to improve our understanding of the future of European high mountain plants
Program: Horizon 2020
Project leader: RNDr. Kanka Róbert, PhD.
Annotation: The project aims to conduct a resurvey of these summits to expand the time period covered to 20 years. The resurvey will follow exactly the same design and protocol as the preceding surveys and shall be realized within one field season in 2022, to keep the regular interval of every 7th year observed so far. Work will be conducted by experienced botanists in the regional teams already involved in the original surveys and subsequent resurveys, as far this is possible.
Project webpage: https://www.mountainresearch.at/microclim/
Duration: 1.5.2022 - 30.11.2022
eLTER - Európska infraštruktúra pre dlhodobý ekosystémový a socioekologický výskum - eLTER
European Long-Term Ecosystem and Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure — eLTER
Program: Horizon 2020
Project leader: RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc.
Annotation: The overall aim of the eLTER project is to advance the European network of Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites and socio-ecological research platforms to provide highest quality services for multiple use of a distributed research infrastructure.eLTER ́s major objectives and methods are to:(1) identify user needs for the research infrastructure in relation to major societal challenges through consultations with scientific, policy and business stakeholders and horizon scanning;(2) streamline the design of a cost-efficient pan-European network, able to address multiple ecosystem research issues, in collaboration with related global and European research infrastructures, e.g. LifeWatch;(3) develop the organisational framework for data integration and enable virtual access to the LTER data by enabling data publishing through distributed Data Nodes and by providing access to data on key research challenges through a Data Integration Platform;(4) foster the societal relevance, usability and multiple use of information, data and services through new partnerships with the providers of remotely sensed data, analytical services and scenario testing models, and via the adoption of new measurement technologies.The LTER-Europe network and the European Critical Zone community will collaborate to achieve these goals. 162 sites in 22 countries will provide data on long-term trends in environmental change, some reaching back 100 years. Test cases using these data will address a range of environmental and social issues to push innovation in network level services and steer conceptual developments. The envisaged “LTER Infrastructure” will enable European-scale investigation of major ecosystems and socio-ecological systems, and support knowledge-based decision making at multiple levels.
Project webpage: http://www.lter-europe.net/projects/eLTER
Duration: 1.6.2015 - 31.5.2019
SENSFOR - Zvýšenie kapacity reziliencie citlivých horských lesných ekosystémov pri environmentálnych zmenách (SENSFOR)
Enhancing the resilience capacity of SENSitive mountain FORest ecosystems under environmental change (SENSFOR)
Program: COST
Project leader: Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD.
Annotation: Treeline ecosystems are important indicators of environmental change, because they are heavily impacted by environmental drivers, in particular changed climate and land use, resulting in land abandonment and reforestation of formerly treeless areas. With a focus on treeline ecosystems, this Action aims at integrating scientific methods and results related to the biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources under climate and land use change. The Action will investigate the drivers and extent of contemporary and future environmental changes in European mountain forests, developing methods for estimating their resilience and define consequences for society. This knowledge provides the scientific basis necessarily to develop and adjust management strategies together with local and regional stakeholders as well as policy recommendations for national and European policy makers. Applying the DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact, Response) framework, the joint actions of the SENSFOR network will contribute to the development of strategies for preserving ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation in sensitive mountain areas in Europe.
Project webpage: http://www.sensfor-cost.eu/
Duration: 1.1.2013 - 21.11.2016
Natura 2000 Děčín
Natura 2000 Děčín
Program: Bilateral - other
Project leader: Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD.
Annotation: Evaluation of the NATURA 2000 site CZ0424111 Labské údolí according to Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC).
Project webpage: -
Duration: 30.3.2008 - 31.12.2009
ALTER-Net - Výskumná sieť pre dlhodobý výskum biodiverzity, ekosystému a vedomia
A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awarness Research Network
Program: FP6
Project leader: Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc.
Annotation: Institute of Landscape Ecology Slovak Academy of Sciences participated in collaboration with other 23 partners from 16 European countries on the work of all 14 workpackages. In the year 2008, staff of ILE SAS has been worked on broad spectrum of tasks of the project ALTER-Net and attended actively all important workshops. Work was focused on 4th and 5th Reporting Period of the project. The most important results and outcomes: establishing of the Slovak LTER Committee, implementation of Slovak LTER sites, preparation of publication „LTER European book“, completing of InfoBase database, reinvestigation of task “Multi-site experiment”, preparation of database 2008 and analysis of data; preparation of Slovak LTSER platform.
Project webpage: www.alter-net.info
Duration: 1.4.2004 - 31.3.2009
GLORIA - Globálna observačno-výskumná iniciatíva v alpínskom prostredí - GLORIA-projekt 2008
The Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments - GLORIA-Project 2008
Program: Bilateral - other
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Annotation: GLORIA, the "Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments", is an initiative towards an international research network to assess climate change impacts on mountain environments. A standardised sampling design, such as GLORIA\'s Multi-Summit approach described here, is required so that data from different mountain regions can be compared. The aim of the project “GLORIA Field campaign 2008” was to provide detailed and complex research on the established GLORIA summits and to compare the obtained data with the baseline data from the years 2000 and 2001, so to detect a possible change. The research was realised on the base of “GLORIA Field manual - Multi-summit approach” and “Guidelines for the GLORIA-Europe resurvey 2008 - Amendment to the GLORIA Field Manual, 4th version” Additionally, two new methodical approaches were realised. The first, “California method” is used for more detailed quantitative analysis and description of species composition on summit area sections. The second, “Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen oxides” was used for measuring of atmospheric nitrogen deposition during the recording period. The nitrogen dioxide passive diffusion tubes were used for this purpose.
Project webpage: www.gloria.ac.at
Duration: 1.6.2008 - 31.12.2008

National

Zmeny krajinnej diverzity a biodiverzity v horských a vysokohorských oblastiach Západných Karpát
Changes in landscape diversity and biodiversity in mountain and alpine areas of the Western Carpathians
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Annotation: The Western Carpathians cover a significant part of Slovakia. The country is characterised by mountain and alpine areas with their typical landscape structure with various representation of forest and non-forest habitats. Natural and anthropogenic conditioned factors play a significant role in formation of the landscape character. The processes in the natural environment constantly influence landscape diversity and biodiversity, and nowadays, anthropogenic impacts are more and more significant. The project focuses on the assessment of landscape and biodiversity changes in selected areas affected by the effects of natural and anthropogenous stress factors in different time periods. Attention will be paid to the differentiation of landscape diversity and biodiversity changes that were caused by the natural development of the landscape, global factors impact, and the influence of man in the country. Anthropogenic impact will be assessed from the point of view of man`s historical activity in the country, the way and intensity of the land use, to the present-day impact affecting the overall status of the natural environment.
Duration: 1.1.2022 - 31.12.2025
Vývoj pôdnych vlastností a vegetácie na bývalej poľnohospodárskej pôde
Evolution of soil properties and vegetation on the former agricultural land
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD.
Annotation: The project is focused on the evolution of soil properties and vegetation in the abandoned agricultural land
Duration: 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2024
ENVIRO PLUS - Podpora výskumno-vývojových aktivít jedinečného riešiteľského tímu
Supporting the R&D activities of a unique research team
Program: Európsky fond regionálneho rozvoja (EFRR)
Project leader: Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD.
Annotation: The main objective of the project is to support research and development activities of the unique research team of non-business research organizations ILE SAS and Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and the company ESPRIT Ltd focused on the knowledge area of environmental engineering. The project topics are focused on product lines in the domain of Healthy Food and Environment:1) Systems for the protection of agricultural and forest soils against degradation2) Systems and technologies for preventing the negative impacts of climate change in agriculture and forestry.
Project webpage: https://www.uke.sav.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/strukturalne-fondy-2/enviro-plus/
Duration: 27.9.2022 - 31.12.2023
URANOS - Údajová a vedomostná podpora pre systémy rozhodovania a strategického plánovania v oblasti adaptácie poľnohospodárskej krajiny na klimatické zmeny a minimalizáciu degradácie poľnohospodárskych pôd
Scientific support of climate change adaptation in agriculture and mitigation of soil degradation.
Program: EU Structural Funds Research & Development
Project leader: Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD.
Duration: 3.4.2020 - 30.6.2023
Historické a súčasné zmeny krajinnej diverzity a biodiverzity vplyvom pôsobenia prírodných a antropogénnych faktorov
Historical and present changes in the landscape diversity and biodiversity caused by natural and anthropogenic factors
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Annotation: In the natural environment, there are constantly running processes that affect the character of the landscape or intensity of natural environmental factors and form the overall state of the environment. These processes naturally influence and change landscape diversity and biodiversity. Man intervenes into these natural procsses in a significant way and anthropogenic impacts on the landscape and biodiversity nowadays outweigh the impacts resulting from the natural development of the areas. The project focuses on the assessment of landscape and biodiversity changes in selected areas affected by the effects of natural and anthropogenic stress factors in a different time periods. Attention will be paid to the differentiation of landscape diversity and biodiversity changes that were caused by the natural development of the landscape, global factors impact and the influence of man in the country ? since the first settlement, through changes in the way and intensity of the landscape use.
Duration: 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2021
RÚSES - Regionálny územný systém ekologickej stability okresov Bratislava, Trnava, Malacky, Pezinok, Gelnica
Regional Territorial Systems of Ecological Stability - districts of Bratislava, Trnava, Malacky, Pezinok, Gelnica
Program: Other projects
Project leader: Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD.
Annotation: Regional Territorial Systems of Ecological Stability - ÚKE SAV in cooperation with the UK in Bratislava, UKF in Nitra, TU in Zvolen and with the company ESPRIT participates in the elaboration of regional territorial systems of ecological stability. ÚKE SAS participates in the elaboration of 5 regional territorial systems of ecological stability - the districts of Malacky, Pezinok, Trnava, Gelnica and Bratislava. This year, we focused on the processing of the current landscape structure, which will be the basis for the spatial specification of habitats, and subsequently the elements of the TSES framework, as well as the identification of stress factors.
Duration: 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2020
Zmeny pôdnych vlastností a sekundárna sukcesia po zalesnení bývalých poľnohospodárskych pôd
Changes in soil properties and secondary succession following afforestation of former agricultural land
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD.
Annotation: The project is focused on the ecology and soils of secondary forests established after land use changes in the various Slovak region differed by natural conditions and land use type. Studied areas will include especially Malé Karpaty Mts (afforested former vineyards and pastures, non-carbonate bedrock) and Považský Inovec Mts. (afforested pastures, carbonate bedrock). The project has an interdisciplinary character. Vegetation part will be focused on the detailed phytocoenological and floristic characteristics of the studied forests, which will serve as a database for other actívities, such as state, progress and direction of secondary succession, ecological and socio-economic evaluation of particular vegetation etc. Soil research will include basic and some special soil properties, which will serve to evaluate the impact of historical and current land use on the soil.
Duration: 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2020
Rýchlostná cesta R1 - Primerané posúdenie vplyvov na územia Natura 2000
Speed Route R1 - Appropriate Impact Assessment on the territories of the Natura 2000
Program: Other projects
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Annotation: The project is divided into three separate sections - sections of the speed route R1: 1. Slovenská Ľupča - Korytnica, border of the region, 2. Korytnica, border of the region - Ružomberok, south and 3. Ružomberok, south - Crossroad D1. The aim of the project is implementation of detailed research of flora, fauna and habitats in the affected area and to prepare documentation for an appropriate assessment of the impacts of the proposed activity on the territories of the Natura 2000 in terms of the Methodology for evaluation of the significance of the effects of plans and projects on the territories of the Natura 2000 in the Slovak Republic.
Duration: 1.1.2017 - 30.6.2019
Ekologická optimalizácia využívania zosuvných území vo vybraných častiach flyšového pásma, so zreteľom na ich tradičné obhospodarovanie
Ecological optimization of the utilization of landslide areas in selected parts of the flysch zone in regard to the traditional farming
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Barančoková Mária, PhD.
Annotation: The occurrence of landslides in the flysch zone of the Western Carpathians has conditioned the utilization of landscape from the beginning of the settlement. Places that have not been affected by the construction processeswere used according to the needs of the agricultural population. Each intervention had an impact on thedevelopment of coenosis thereby creating specific habitats with high variability. This was so not only because ofnatural specificities of individual localities, but also due to diversity of management habits and skills in dispersed settlements (called "kopanice"). Slope deformations represent geofactor, which significantly affects the quality of the environment.The project aims to develop a methodology of assessment of landslide areas in flysch environment and their use in traditional farming, the application of this methodology in selected areas and suggestions for ecological optimization of utilization.
Duration: 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2018
Dlhodobé zmeny vybraných parametrov pôd a ich ekosystémových služieb v závislosti od rôznych foriem využitia krajiny.
Long-term changes of selected soil properties and their ecosystem services depending on the different forms and intensity of agricultural land cultivation.
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Kenderessy Pavol, PhD.
Annotation: The project aims to assess the changes of selected soil properties depending on the different forms and intensity of agricultural land cultivation. The research will take place in localities with the character of traditional agricultural landscapes (the assumption of extensive farming) and for comparison in places with the same conditions but with a different, conventionally farmed land (intensive management after the collectivization). Changes in soil properties will be evaluated based on comparison of results of filed survey and analysis of historical data from the database of the Complex Soil Survey (VÚPOP). The results will be interpreted in relation to selected soil functions. These functions will be defined in terms of their abilities to provide selected ecosystem services based on CICES classification (The Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services).
Duration: 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2017
Lesná vegetácia a zmena pôdnych vlastností na bývalej poľnohospodárskej pôde
Forest vegetation and changes in soil properties on the former agricultural land
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD.
Annotation: The project is focused on the forest stands, which have formed as a result of land use changes in the chosen regions of Slovakia differed by natural conditions and way of former land use: in the Small Carpathians (after viniculture recession), in the Považský Inovec Mts. (by afforestation of pastures) and the region of Kysuce (by abandonment of arable land). Research has an interdisciplinary character. In phytocoenological-floristic part there will be given a detailed phytocoenological and floristic characteristics of the observed forests, which will serve as a data base for further work. An attention will be paid to the ecological and socio-economic evaluation of particular forest vegetation and the process of succession, which determine essentially state and future of individual stands. Soil part will be devoted to basic and some special soil characteristics, which will serve to evaluate impact of historical land use on the soil. Microbiological part is oriented to the characteristics of soil micromycetes.
Duration: 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2017
Fytoindikácia pôdnych vlastností lesných ekosystémov Západných Karpát a modelovanie indikačných hodnôt rastlín
Phytoindication of soil properties of Western Carpathian forest ecosystems and modelling of plant indication values
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD.
Annotation: The project is focused on the soil property phytoindication for the West Carpathian forests and revision of existing systems of indication. On the base of modeling of likelihood functions of plant occurrence along chosen soil gradients, system of indicators will be elaborated for given species (i.e. their ecological optimums and amplitudes). There will be studied main components of soil-ecological gradient – soil reaction/nutrients and soil moisture. Such system will be based on analyzing of huge amount of original vegetation and soil data. Attention will be paid also to related methodic particularities (stratified and regular sampling, modeling on short and long gradient etc.). Analyzing of methodic particularities will enable to express uncertainties in the system of indication values. Results will allow designing calibrated and verified system of estimation of the soil parameter changes on the base of vegetation composition changes offering wide possibilities for monitoring, historical evaluation etc.
Duration: 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2014
Fytocenologická a ekologická charakteristika prirodzených a človekom ovplyvnených lesných a nelesných biotopov vo vybraných územiach vysokých pohorí Západných Karpát
Phytocoenological and ecological characteristic of natural and man-affected forest and non-forest biotopes at the chosen parts of Western Carpathians high mountains
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Annotation: The project is focused on phytocoenological and ecological evaluation of natural forest and non-forest plant coenoses of montane, subalpine and alpine vegetation at the chosen sites of the Vysoké Tatry Mts., Západné Tatry Mts., Belianske Tatry Mts., Nízke Tatry Mts. and Veľká Fatra Mts. and man impact evaluation on those ecosystems in the areas touched by human activities linked to recreation, sport and tourism development. Nowadays, need for such a study is highlighted by the fact, that above mentioned areas are involved in the NATURA 2000 network and there are occurred species of European and national significance.
Duration: 1.1.2009 - 31.12.2011
Ekologická charakteristika lesnych ekosystemov nizin a pohori zapadneho Slovenska
Ecological characteristic of the western Slovakia lowland and mountains forest ecosystems
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD.
Annotation: The project is focused on ecological evaluation, determination and quantification of human impact on the forest ecosystems of the selected western Slovakia regions. It comprises especially Považský Inovec Mts., Myjavská and Chvojnická uplands, Malé Karpaty Mts., Borská nížina Lowland, southern part of the Biele Karpaty Mts. and partly some other geomorphological western Slovakia units. A major aim lie in ecological carrying capacity evaluation and related analytical data gathering based on methods of various scientific branches (production ecology, landscape ecology, geobotany, forestry typology, soil sciences, microbiology, phytopatology, mycology and some others).
Project webpage:
Duration: 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2010
Regionálna rozvojová štúdia mesta Bratislava
Regional development study of Bratislava city
Program: Other projects
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Duration: 15.1.2009 - 30.6.2009
ALTER-Net - Výskumná sieť pre dlhodobý výskum biodiverzity, ekosystému a vedomia
A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awarness Research Network
Program: SRDA
Project leader: Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc.
Annotation: Institute of Landscape Ecology Slovak Academy of Sciences participated in collaboration with other 23 partners from 16 European countries on the work of all 14 workpackages. In the year 2008, staff of ILE SAS has been worked on broad spectrum of tasks of the project ALTER-Net and attended actively all important workshops. Work was focused on 4th and 5th Reporting Period of the project. The most important results and outcomes: establishing of the Slovak LTER Committee, implementation of Slovak LTER sites, preparation of publication „LTER European book“, completing of InfoBase database, reinvestigation of task “Multi-site experiment”, preparation of database 2008 and analysis of data; preparation of Slovak LTSER platform.
Project webpage: www.alter-net.info
Duration: 1.4.2004 - 31.3.2009
Fytocenologická a ekologická charakteristika lesov hornej hranice vo vysokých pohoriach Západných Karpát - limbovo - smrekové lesy
Phytocoenological and ecological characteristic of the timberline forest of the Western Carpathians high mountains - ceder pine - spruce forests
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Duration: 1.1.2006 - 31.12.2008
Prírodné podmienky dotknutého územia Vysokých Tatier - ÚPN mesta Vysoké Tatry
Natural conditions of select part territory of the Vysoké Tatry Mts. - ÚPN of the Vysoké Tatry city
Program: Other projects
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Duration: 5.3.2007 - 31.12.2008
Mapovanie nelesných biotopov na území Nízkych Tatier
Nonforest biotopes maping of territory of the Nízke Tatry Mts.
Program: Other projects
Project leader: RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc.
Duration: 16.4.2007 - 31.10.2008
Stanovenie spoločenskej hodnoty biotopov národného a európskeho významu – VD Sereď - Hlohovec
Value Assessment of habitats of National and European importance – Water dam Sereď - Hlohovec
Program: Other projects
Project leader: Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD.
Annotation: Project was aimed at the preliminary mapping of habitats of national or European importance in the area, which will be targeted by intended building of water dam Sered - Hlohovec. The project output is the report, assessing the impact of proposed activity, expressed by Value of damaged or destroyed habitats of European or national importance.
Duration: 1.10.2007 - 30.1.2008
Ekologické hodnotenie lesných ekosystémov vo vybraných regiónoch západného Slovenska
Ecological evaluation of forest ecosystems on the selected regions of the west Slovakia
Program: VEGA
Project leader: Ing. Kubíček Ferdinand, DrSc.
Duration: 1.1.2005 - 1.12.2007