1. Phenological Observation Treatment
in the Landscape Mapping
of the Vysoké Pole Experimental Site
Aleš VÁVRA
This presentation is co-financed by the
European Social Fund and the state
budget of the Czech Republic

2. Landscape observation and mapping –
Why is important?
 Landscape - selected part of the earth's surface with a typical
combination of natural and cultural elements
 The basic components of the landscape include topography,
soil, waters, climate, vegetation cover, fauna and human
- all components interact on each other
 Landscape can be –
natural or cultural
 It is important to observe and
understand relationships in the
landscape - prevent to negative
intervention and ensure sustainability
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3. Phenology
 Phenology is the study of periodic cycle of plants life
events and how these are influenced by seasonal and
interannual variations of climate.
 Phenology is part of the bioclimatology.
 Phenological phases (signs) of plants - Phenological
phases (phenophases) is well recognizable and annually
recurring state of the development of plants.
 We observe several phenophases in the growing season
on each plant.
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4. Phenological observation
Growing season - Timeframe in which the good climatic conditions
(enough heat, plenty of rainfall) allow progress of the major life
functions of plants.
Usually lasts from March to November.
(it depands on location and conditions)
The most important phenological phases
(at a wood plants):
- Bud burst - Inflorence emergency
-First leaves - Beginning of flowering
-Yellowing of leaves - End of flowering
-Leaves fallen - Fruit ripennes
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5. Applications of phenological observations
The results are applied in:
Agriculture and forestry – Research of vegetation
cycles and determination of their time
of sowing, harvesting, yields
Climate models and predictions – creation of
phenological models and comparison
with climate models
Human health – important for determining
the onset, duration and location of pollen situations
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6. Phenological mapping
 Phenological observations are in direct relation to
climatic influences - phenological maps can be compared
with climate maps
 Phenological mapping can express spatial aspect of data
from observation
 Based on phenological map, we can predict future
phenologic development
 Several methods of phenological mapping, depand on:
 number of observed phenological data
 spatial arrangement of input data
 scale of mapping
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7. Aims of research
 Focused on comprehensive approach to phenological
mapping of the landscape
 Practically verify integration of several methods of data
collection for the study of landscape
 Phenological activities are observed in several different
periods
 Result will be time serie of observations, can be useful
for predictive modelling of phenological conditions of the
studied area
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8. Study area - Experimental Site Vysoké Pole
 Experimental site is the location of the Vysoké Pole
village.
 The location lies at an altitude of 423 m, about 7 km
northwest of the town Valašské Klobouky (Zlín Region).
 Site is using for research and study
purposes
 Several method of monitoring of
landscape in this area
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9. Methods
1. Phenological observation
 3 sites with different conditions
 Observation of 4 wild species
 Collection of data from June –
it will continue in the spring
2. Monitoring of abiotics factors
by network of sensors
 Monitoring of air temperature,
air moisture and precipitation
 Places with sensors are near of sites of pnenological
observation
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10. Methods
3. Remote sensing from UAV
 Device for small-scale photography
 Visible part of part spectrum
 Infrared part spectrum
4. Analyses of DEM
 DEM from laserscaning
 We can analyse terrain properities
 Using for vizualization
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12. Current phonological observations
 Observations in several periods for 14 days
 Choosing of 3 locations and 4 species
 Identify of phenophases make photo documentation
 Consulting with experts on phenology
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14. Future works
 Spatial and statistical analyses of phenological
observation
 Compared with data from official phenological station
(with similar characteristics)
 Integration with other method of monitoring in our site
 Correlation of with measured abiotics results from sensor
network
 Compare with UAV images
 Vizaulization at the polythematical map
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15. Thank you for attention
Aleš VÁVRA,
30. 10. 2012,
KGI UP Olomouc
ales.vavra@upol.cz
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