Silver fir growth depending on altitude and slope exposition in National park Krkonoše

This Master thesis deals with a dynamic of planting development of silver fir (Abies Alba Mill.) depending on an altitude and exposure in the mountain conditions of the western part of the Krkonose (Giant Mountain) National Park. Further it examines the influence of a tree age, average temperature and precipitation amounts on such a development. Annual silver fir height increments have been compared on the four selected sites which differ from each other, in particular, by their altitude but other characteristics have been considered as well. Analyses proved that there were significant statistical differences between an average height increments on these sites. Through the methods of correlation and regression analyses impacts of other factors on the said differences along with the intensity of such impacts have been identified. In addition to the altitude a factor of an average temperature, precipitation amount during a given period and a tree age have been determined. Whilst examining the dependency of fir development using more factors simultaneously a linear regression model of dependency between the fir height increments and joint effects of the aforementioned factors has been created