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Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird den Fragen nach der Identifikation und der finanziellen Bewertung von Ertragseinbußen in der forstlichen Produktion nachgegangen. Am Beispiel wird auf die Folgen von möglicherweise durch den Klimawandel zu erwartenden Wachstumseinschränkungen, von Ausfallrisiken der Bestände sowie von Hiebsatzbeschränkungen und Kulturkosten auf den Ertragswert von Forstbetrieben eingegangen. Anhand von für den kommunalen Forstbetrieb der Stadt Zittau erzielten Ergebnissen wird gezeigt, dass die Abweichung vom finanziell optimalen Einschlagzeitpunkt sowie hohe Kulturkosten, weit größeren Einfluss haben können als Klimawandel und Ausfallrisiko.
To understand the rapid rate of change in global biodiversity, it is necessary to analyse the present condition of ecosystems and to elucidate relationships of species to their environment. The BIOKLIM Project (Biodiversity and Climate Change Project) is intended to close this gap in our knowledge of montane and high montane forests of Central European low mountain ranges, one of the most threatened mixed montane systems worldwide. The Bavarian Forest National Park is characterised by its altitude range of ca. 800 m and a strongly developed gradient of forest structure. Relicts of old growth forests (areas of former local nature reserves) and dead stands, mostly killed by bark beetles, are accompanied by widely varying levels of woody debris and light. The gradients comprise a wide range of abiotic and forest structure factors, making the study area well suited for a multidisciplinary investigation of biodiversity. Unconstrained ordination (CA) of six taxa (vascular plants, wood inhabiting fungi, birds, carabids, spiders and molluscs) indicate the altitudinal gradient to be the main driver for distribution patterns of species assemblages. Objectives, structure, study design and data sampling of the BIOKLIM Project are described in detail. We set up 293 sampling plots along four main straight transects following the altitudinal gradient. All abiotic and stand structure data regarded as relevant are available for each plot. Vascular plants, wood inhabiting fungi and birds were sampled or mapped on all 293 plots. For the other 22 investigated taxa we used subsamples pre-stratified according to the sampling methods. The necessity of dealing with spatial autocorrelation, arising from sampling along linear transects, is described. Finally, study approach of our biodiversity project is compared with others involving altitudinal gradients. Worldwide, only a few multidisciplinary biodiversity studies have been previously conducted on long altitudinal gradients. However, in most cases sampling techniques were similar to ours, which allows comparison of results between continents. Keywords: Climate Change, Biodiversity, species-environment relationships