Project name: Monitoring of forest ecosystems for the multipurpose Danube – Sava canal
Client: Agency for Inland Waterways
Period: 05/2009 – 11/2015
Funding: State Budget
Location: Croatia
The aim of the project was to develop a methodology for monitoring of forest ecosystems in the area of the planned multipurpose Danube – Sava canal.
The project included the establishment and implementation of developed monitoring system which included:
- Measurement of tree growth within a year
- Measurement of soil moisture
- Monitoring of the health status of dominant forest tree species
- Monitoring of underground water level
- Micro bioindication
- Vegetation succession
- NDVI-based forest condition
- Preparation of annual reports
- Development of mathematical model parameters depending on the health status and physiological activity of the dominant forest tree species
- Establishing a forest trees transpiration monitoring
Services provided:
- Project management and administration
- Analytical and programming support
- GIS support
- Collecting data at field
- Dendrochronological analysis
- Ecological modelling and multivariate statistical analysis
- RS support
- Final report
