Project Title:
Application of the SIMPPLLE landscape simulation system to Bialowieza
Forest Area – A Pilot Study for Central Europe
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Dr. Jimmie D. Chew
Rocky Mountain Research Station
800 E. Beckwith, Missoula, Mt 59801
406-542-4171
jchew@fs.fed.us
Dr. Andrzej Bobiec
Research Officer, European Forest Task Force, BirdLife International
+48-13-4202725, cell: +48-609651911
a.bobiec@neostrada.pl
Dr. Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Bialowieza Geobotanical Station
ul. Sportowa 19, 17-230 Bialowieza, Poland
+48 85 681 25 48
b.jaroszewicz@uw.edu.pl
Abstract:
There is an increasing awareness of the weaknesses of the traditional stand-targeted European forestry model
and the urgent need of an ecosystem management approach; an approach integrating ecological and social
information and management activities spatially and temporally to restore and sustain ecosystem connectivity
and functions at landscape scales. The FINE (Forest Indicators in Europe) project is an extension of the PanEuropean Common Bird Monitoring, a joint project of The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB),
BirdLife International and the European Bird Census Council (EBCC), to supplement the recognised
farmland Common Bird Index method with an approach to forested areas. The FINE project will capitalise
on the data provided by Belarus-Poland Forest Mapping, a project currently performed by FTF BL and its
Belarussian and Polish partners. There is an urgent need for a pilot project that would test the usefulness of
the forest indicators resulting from the FINE project within the context of an ecosystem management analysis
at the regional and pan-European scale. SIMPPLLE (Simulating Patterns and Processes at Landscape Scales)
is a dynamic landscape modeling system developed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Rocky
Mountain Research Station, for projecting the temporal changes in the spatial distribution of vegetation as a
result of the interaction of insects, disease, wildland fire and management activities. SIMPPLLE is currently
being used to provide an integrated ecosystem context for Forest Service and other government agencies’
regional assessments, management plan revisions, watershed assessments, and ecosystem restoration project
planning. This proposal is for a pilot test of the landscape level simulation system, SIMPPLLE, that can
provide the basis for an integrated ecosystem management approach incorporating the Forest indicators from
the FINE project. The objective of this study is to implement a version of SIMPPLLE for the Bialowieza
Forest area that can be used to address issues associated with integrated ecosystem management at a range of
scales.
I.
Introduction
The long-lasting and strong tradition of the European stand-targeted forestry has led to
disappearance of large functioning forest ecosystems. As a result, European forests, except for the
north and north-easternmost ones, consist of disconnected and separately treated stands. There is an
increasing awareness of the weaknesses of that traditional model of forestry and of the urgent need
of an ecosystem management approach; an approach integrating ecological and social information
and management treatments spatially and temporally to restore and sustain ecosystem connectivity
and functions at landscape scales.
There are a number of initiatives undertaken by European, national and non-governmental
organisations aimed to develop a robust and reliant system of forest status indicators. Among
unquestionable achievements of such projects is a clear systematisation of available indicators and
valuable case studies provided by Indicators for Forest Biodiversity in Europe ‘BEAR’ and
farmland Common Bird Index adopted as a “long-list structural indicator” for Europe. A consistent
system of forest indicators is also necessary for development of an efficient EU forest policy and
fulfilment of the European pledge of halting the biodiversity loss by 2010. A proposed project,
FINE (Forest Indicators in Europe), is an extension of the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring,
a joint project of The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), BirdLife International and
the European Bird Census Council (EBCC), to supplement the recognised farmland Common Bird
Index method with an adequate approach to forested areas. This project will capitalise on the data
provided by Belarus-Poland Forest Mapping, a project currently performed by FTF BL and its
Belarussian and Polish partners. There is an urgent need for a pilot project that would test the
usefulness of the forest indicators within the context of an ecosystem management analysis at the
regional and pan-European scale. This proposal provides a pilot test of a landscape level simulation
system that can provide the basis for an integrated ecosystem management approach incorporating
the Forest indicators from the FINE project.
2. Project Objectives
The objective of this study is to implement a version of SIMPPLLE for the Bialowieza Forest area
that can be used to address issues associated with integrated ecosystem management at a range of
scales. The SIMPPLLE system will incorporate the indicators resulting from the FINE project.
The use of SIMPPLLE with the FINE indicators will be tested and demonstrated with the study area
by developing analysis examples for the following specific issues:
1. What is the minimal area necessary to perpetuate natural development, considering the high
degree of spatial variability (mosaic of forest site types, mosaic of stands, and developmental
phases)? What is the minimal necessary density of protected areas (and the minimal size of
individual areas) to foster and sustain ecological connectivity and durability of the ecosystem
processes under different scenarios of development?
2. How does the "pest control" carried out in the nearest vicinity of a preserved area influences its
own dynamics? In the case of Bialowieza forest, simulating the trade-off of insect effects and
human activity (in particular sanitary removal of infested spruce trees).
3. How does hunting outside a preserved area affect its own animal dynamics and through the
ungulates influence on vegetation, the stand dynamics?
4. How can "ecological and social information and management activities be integrated spatially and
temporally for a landscape"?
5. What would be the forest dynamics if fire was applied (as in the remote past, until mid 19th
century)? Where are we going to end up if there is no fire during some longer period ahead? What
happens if it starts now?
6. How the split of the ecosystem by the iron wall along the Belarussian border affects its
functioning? What will happen if it is removed?
3. Background on SIMPPLLE
SIMPPLLE is a dynamic landscape modeling system for projecting the temporal changes in the
spatial distribution of vegetation in the presence and interaction of insects, disease, wildland fire and
management activities (Chew and others 2004). Spread logic is included for wildland fire and other
disturbance processes. The location and frequencies of disturbance processes quantified from
multiple stochastic simulations provide estimates of the location and probabilities of future
disturbance processes and future vegetation conditions.
The modeling approach taken by SIMPPLLE has been documented and tested. The software design
and approach was successfully defended through a PhD dissertation (Chew 1995). An independent
panel review was conducted by Washington Office, Forest Service, Inventory and Monitoring
Institute (Lee and others, 2003). An overview paper has been published in a peer reviewed journal
(Chew and others, 2004). The ability to implement the system in a range of ecosystems has been
tested through a Joint Fire Sciences (JFS) funded model comparison study (study number 98-1-806) for seven locations in the United States; South Central Alaska, Yosemite National Park and
Angeles National Forest in California, Gila National Forest in New Mexico, Central Utah, Bitterroot
National Forest in Montana, and the Lake States. A combination of funding from another JFS
project (study number 01-1-3-22) and the Colorado Front Range Fuel Partnership provided for the
implementation on Colorado Front Range Ecosystems. A nonprofit organization, Ecosystem
Management Research Institute has funded the implementation of SIMPPLLE within grassland
ecosystems in South Dakota and Eastern Wyoming.
SIMPPLLE is currently being used to provide an integrated ecosystem context for Forest Service
broad regional assessments, National Forest Plan revision, BLM management plan revision,
National Forest watershed assessments, and ecosystem restoration and fuel treatment project
planning (Slaughter and others, 2003) for both BLM and Forest Service. SIMPPLLE along with
United States Geological Survey watershed models is being used by managers in Mesa Verde
National Park in USGS’s FRAME project (Framing Research for Adaptive Management of
Ecosystems) on the Colorado Plateau. This FRAME project is using SIMPPLLE to help identify a
minimum dynamic area for the goal of maintaining old growth pinon-juniper communities, fuel
treatment needs to reduce wildfire risk, and the impact of invasive species on fire regimes.
The web site for SIMPPLLE is: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/missoula/4151/SIMPPLLE/index.htm
II. Materials and Methods
1. Study Site
The study site will be a portion of the Belarus-Poland Forest Mapping Project that includes
Bialowieski National Park.
2. Methods
The steps for implementing SIMPPLLE for a new geographic area have been put into four phases
for this project.
Phases;
1. Implementing SIMPPLLE
2. Testing
3. Incorporating FINE results
4. Demonstration and training
PHASE 1 – Implementation of SIMPPLE
1. Identify the values to be used for the vegetation descriptors.
The choice is a combination of what is available from the Belarus-Poland Mapping Project, what
level of descriptors is needed to predict the probability of disturbance processes, what descriptors
will be associated with the FINE indicators and what level is
needed to make interpretations for management objectives or ecological functioning.
Three lifeforms are used for the vegetation - trees, shrubs, grasses. The descriptors available for
each lifeform are a dominant species, size-class / structure, and density measure. A fourth level
may need to be added to capture the dynamics of the dead woody component.
2. Identify what disturbance processes affecting vegetation need to be included.
The model includes processes for which the system generates a probability for each stand, for each
time step. This is usually insects, disease, and wildlife grazing, wildfire, and the occurrence of
invasive species. Processes such as windthrow and drought that may not have a probability
determined can be “locked in” to explore different scenarios. The importance of windthrow may
require a change to enable the process to have a probability associated with it.
3. Identify what ecological stratification needs to be used.
As we build the system knowledge through the interface screens it can varies by an ecological
stratification.
4. Identify specific management treatments and land uses that need to be included.
The user interface screens will be used to identify the conditions under which treatments can be
applied and the changes they make. These treatments can vary by
resource management objectives and land ownership.
5. Decide the extent to which “regional climate changes” should influence disturbance process
probabilities and the changes they make.
6. Build “succession” pathways.
Successional pathways or the progression of vegetation through size class, structure, and
density for each dominant species in the absence of significant disturbance are organized
by the ecological stratifications. Any combination of permanent growth plot data, stand
level growth models and expert opinion can be used to provide the logic through the user
interface screens.
7. Add the “next state” as a result of each applicable disturbance process to the successional
pathways.
8. Complete the logic screens for the probability of each disturbance processes occurring.
This can be developed from any combination of established research or expert opinion. The user
interface screens lets the user choose what variables carried in the system can be used and what the
resulting probability is.
9. Create the rules for “type of fire” and “fire spread logic” in the interface screens.
This can be developed from results of fine scale fire models used on sample stands and / or
expert opinion and built through the user interface.
10. Fill in the regeneration logic screen for each species.
11. Decide the extent “land units”, “aquatic units”, and “man-made units” should be
represented in SIMPPLLE and what values will be used to describe them.
Although these landscape components may not be dynamic as the vegetation
component, they often influence vegetation disturbance processes probabilities and their
impact on the vegetation.
12. Decide on specific “reports” and “interpretations” that can be produced
“automatically” by SIMPPLLE.
If reports or interpretations are not done within SIMPPLLE, users can derive them
through processing future vegetation and disturbance maps in a gis environment or
SIMPPLLE output data summarized in customized Excel spreadsheets. Specific reporting
capabilities will be developed for use of the FINE project results.
13. Obtain the spatial data sets for the landscapes.
Data set are not just the vegetation inventories, but any GIS layer than we want to represent in
SIMPPLLE (see step 11). The GIS system in use if it is other than ERSI will require some
modification of those components of SIMPPLLE that interact with the GIS environment. The
project costs have been increased to allow for having to purchase these layers.
PHASE 2 -- TESTING
14. Test SIMPPLLE’s behavior at a range of landscape scales for the study site.
Test the systems ability to provide realistic ecosystem disturbance process behavior. Test the
systems capability to address the specific issues identified under the objectives section. Testing will
involve communication with local scientists and managers to review the results and make any
adjustments in the system knowledge to achieve acceptable model behavior.
PHASE 3 -- INCORPORATION OF THE FINE PROJECT RESEARCH RESULTS
15. Designing and making simulations to test and compare the FINE indicators
Depending on when the FINE project is completed this step may be incorporated in the initial
testing in step 14. The results from the FINE project do not have to be completed for successful
testing in step 14. The incorporation of the FINE results can be completed at any time once the
system has been successfully implemented.
PHASE 4 – DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING
18. On site training with scientists and managers. Two to three day session
The demonstration and training will be focused on how to use SIMPPLLE to achieve the integrated
ecosystem assessments identified in the objectives. The training will cover all aspects of using
SIMPPLLE; creating data sets, making simulations, managing output, processing output with GIS
extensions and excel spreadsheets macros, and applying changes to system knowledge through the
graphical user interface.
This step will coincide with the new version of SIMPPLLE being available for downloading from
SIMPPLLE’s website. Preliminary documentation of the European version of SIMPPLLE and the
pilot area will be provided. Complete documentation in a Rocky Mountain Research Station GTRs
(general technical report) will be done at a later date.
III. Project Duration and Timeline
This project is estimated to take 6 months for the first three phases
Phase 1 – 3 months
• Complete steps 1 through 6 of the methods, acquiring ecosystem specific knowledge thought
interaction with local experts and literature review
• Complete steps 7 through 13 of the methods, incorporating the system knowledge into
SIMPPLLE
• This phase would include a trip to the Bialowieza Forest area to develop a minimal
understanding of the ecosystems.
Phase 2 – 2 months
• Complete step 14, testing simulations and developing examples.
Phase 3 – 1month
•
Incorporate the FINE project results. This phase may not occur immediately after the first
two. Timing depends upon the completion of the FINE project.
Phase 4- two to three day session
• Complete delivery of a new version of SIMPPLLE on web site, Conduct demonstration and
training on site.
• The on site training will involve a second trip to the Bialowieza Forest area.
IV. Budget
Proposal Budget Summary
Budget Item
SALARIES – Chew, Bobiec,
Jaroszewicz
Funding
needed
contributed
SALARIES – computer specialist
SALARIES - biologist / grad student
TRAVEL
Materials and Supplies:
Total Direct Costs
RMRS Indirect Costs: 17.8%
Total Funding Needed
16,500
50,200
10,000
30,500
77,200
13,742
120,942
The materials and Supplies contains an estimated $30,000 to obtain the desired GIS coverages for
the Bialowieza Forest area
V. Research Linkage:
The implementation of SIMPPLLE will utilize a wide range of research results as identified by Dr.
Bobiec and Dr. Jaroszewicz as those necessary to simulate the ecosystem behavior for the study
area. The most recent research utilized will be the results from the FINE project.
VI. Science Delivery and Application
SIMPPLLE has a proven track record as a vehicle for science delivery and transfer. The Forest
Service, Northern Region, is using it for Forest Plan Revision, watershed assessment and project
planning for fuel treatments and ecosystem restoration. The Bureau of Land Management field
offices in Montana are using SIMPPLLE for both Management Plan Revision and project
planning. It is being used in Mesa Verde National Park within the context of the FRAMES project
funded by the United States Geological Survey.
A new version of SIMPPLLE for Europe will be posted on SIMPPLLE’s web site. Although the
initial geographic area will be applicable only for the Belarus-Poland Forest Mapping Project area it
is hopefully that it’s potential to deliver the FINE indicators to other ecosystems throughout Europe
will be obvious. Technology transfer to scientists and managers will be accomplished through an
on-site workshop.
VII. Deliverables
Deliverable, Description and Delivery Dates
Deliverable
Version of
SIMPPLLE
Training Session
Rocky Mtn
Research Station
Description
European Version of SIMPPLLE that contains the
first geographic area for the Belarus-Poland
Mapping Project. This can be made available from
SIMPPLLE’S web site.
A two to three day session for scientists and
managers
A general technical report that documents the
utilization of research knowledge, the inventory
Delivery Dates
6 months from
start of project
6 months plus
from the start
of the project
1 year from
start of project
GTR
requirements, and management treatments
available, and the incorporation of the FINE results
for this version of SIMPPLLE
.
VIII. Qualifications of Investigators
Personnel Involved in Project, and their Responsibility
Personnel
Responsibility
Dr. Jimmie D. Chew
Primary investigator – Makes design
decisions on the incorporation of the
ecological and management relationships
for the new study site into SIMPPLLE.
Supervises all phases of the study,
development, testing, and training.
Dr. Andrzej Bobiec
Primary investigator -- Identifies the
knowledge sources and ecological and
management relationships that need to be
put into SIMPPLLE for the study site
including the FINE research results.
Identifies additional scientists and local
experts to be involved in all phases of the
project. Provides the framework for the
types of analysis capabilities that are to be
demonstrated with the system.
Dr. Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Primary Investigator -- Identifies the
knowledge sources and ecological and
management relationships that need to be
put into SIMPPLLE for the study site
including the FINE research results.
Identifies additional scientists and local
experts to be involved in all phases of the
project. Provides the framework for the
types of analysis capabilities that are to be
demonstrated with the system.
Kirk Moeller
Information specialist for SIMPPLLE.
Implements the incorporation of
knowledge specific to the study site into
SIMPPLLE. Makes any software design
and programming changes necessary for
Chris Stalling plus graduate student to
assist
the unique ecosystem processes and
functional relationships to be explored.
Prepares a European version of SIMPPLLE
built for the pilot area for distribution.
Collects and organizes the knowledge
sources needed for the new geographic
area. Processes gis data sets, prepares
SIMPPLLE files and conducts testing of
system for the new geographic area.
Provides documentation. Prepares
materials for training sessions.
IX. Literature Cited
Chew, J.D., Stalling, C., Moeller, K. 2004. Integrating knowledge for simulating vegetation change at
landscape scales. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 19(2):102-108
Chew, Jimmie D. 2003. Comparing Two Methods of Identifying Ecological Restoration Opportunities. In
Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Ecological Restoration: Conference Proceedings; 2002 16-18 April; Fort
Collins CO. Omi and Joyce, technical editors. RMRS-P-29
Chew, J.D. 1995. Development of a system for simulating vegetative patterns and processes at
landscape scales. Missoula: University of Montana; 182 p. Ph.D. dissertation.
Lee, Bob. 2003. An evaluation of Landscape Dynamic Simulation Models,
http://www.fs.fed.us/institute/news_info/evaluation_LDSM.pdf
Slaughter, Steve, Laura Ward, Jim Chew, and Rebecca McFarlan. 2003. A Collaborative Fire Hazard
Reduction/Ecosystem Restoration Stewardship Project in a Montana Mixed Ponderosa Pine/DouglasFir/Western Larch Wildland Urban Interface. National Silviculture Proceedings, Granby, Colorado.
September 7-11, 2003
CURRICULUM VITAE
JIMMIE D. CHEW
Forester, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, P.O. Box 8089,
Missoula, MT 59807. Phone: 406-542-4171. Fax: 406-329-2124. Email: jchew@fs.fed.us
Education
BS Forestry, University of Illinois 1967
MF Forest Management, Oregon State University 1968
Ph.D. Applied Ecology, University of Montana, 1995
Professional Experience
1991-present Forester RWU-4151, Rocky Mountain Research Station
1983-1991 Silviculturist, Regional Office, Region One, Forest Service, Missoula MT
1980-1983 Planning Team Leader, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho
1978-1980 Timber Management Planner, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho
1976-1978 District Silviculturist, Elk City District, Nez Perce NF, Idaho
1974-1976 Area Silviculturist, Sitka Area, Tongass National Forest, Sitka, AK
1970-1974 District Silviculturist, Avery Ranger District, St. Joe NF, Idaho
1968-1970 Forester, Sandpoint District, Kaniksu NF, Idaho
Professional Interests and Activities
Current work emphasizes the design, development, and application of spatialy explicit landscape scale
modeling systems to integrate knowledge to simulate the interaction of vegetation, aquatics and landform
components.
Recent Research Funding
Development of a Version of SIMPPLLE for Mesa Verde National Park and the Colorado Plateau. Funding
provided by USGS. $27,000 (2004)
Incorporation of invasive species spread logic developed by researchers at Montana State University into
SIMPPLLE as part of the development of an economic assessment of the impact of invasive species.
Funding by Montana State University. $20,000 (2004)
Development of a version of SIMPPLLE to use in Wyoming and South Dakota Grassland Ecosystems for the
quantification of historic conditions and use in planning sustainable management by a collection of
private landowners. Funding provided by Ecosystem Research Management Institute, a nonprofit
organization. $20,000 (2004)
Development and support for the use of SIMPPLLE by BLM’s Montana Field Offices for Management Plan
Revision and project planning. $27,000 (2003 and 2004)
Testing of the use of SIMPPLLE by a range of stateholders (private, state, and federal) in the Swan Valley in
Northwest Montana to facilitate collaborative planning. Funding provided by Washington Office,
Forest Service. $25,000 (2003)
Support for the use of SIMPPLLE in planning a ecosystem restoration and fuels management project, Lolo
National Forest, Ninemile District. $3,000 (2002)
Development and support of SIMPPLLE simulation system for Region One’s use in Forest Plan Revison,
watershed assessments, and project analysis. $50,000/year (2000 through 2004)
Extrapolation of modeling results: identifying represenative landscapes at a drainage level that can be used as
a basis for extrapolating SIMPPLLE and MAGIS results, Bitterroot Ecosystem Management and
Research Program. $20,000 (2001)
A Risk-Based Comparison of Potential Fuels Treatment Tradeoff Models at eight geographic a areas across
the United States. Pacific Southwest Research Station. $50,000/yr (1998-2002)
A Decision Support System for Spatial Analysis of Fuel Treatment Options and Effects at Landscape Scales,
RMRS-MSO-14, funded R&D study in support of the National Fire Plan. $180,000 (2001 through
2003)
Joint Fire Sciences project directed by Merrill Kaufmann, RWU-4852, Natural Resource Assessment,
Ecology, and Management Science, SIMPPLLE and MAGIS are being used together to prioritize fuel
treatments in a study area in the South Platte watershed. In additional the Front Range Fuel Partnership
provided funding to for development of a version of SIMPPLLE that can be used along the entire
Colorado Front Range. $36,000 (2002, 2003) $23,000 (2003)
Selected Publications
Chew, J.D; Stalling, C.; Moeller, K. 2004. Integrating Knowledge for Simulating Vegetation Change at
Landscape Scales. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 19(2): 102-108.
Chew, Jimmie D. 2003. Comparing Two Methods of Identifying Ecological Restoration Opportunities. In
Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Ecological Restoration: Conference Proceedings; 2002 16-18 April; Fort
Collins CO. Omi and Joyce, technical editors. RMRS-P-29
Jones, J.G.; Chew, J. D.; Christianson, N. K.; Silvieus, D. J.; Stewart, C. A. 2000. Stevensville West Central
Study. In: Smith, Helen Y., ed. 2000. The Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project: What
We Have Learned: symposium proceedings; 1999 May 18-20, Missoula, MT. Proc. RMRS-P-17.
Odgen, UT: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 83-90.
Jones, J.G. and J.D. Chew. 1999 Applying Simulation and Optimization to Evaluate the Effectiveness of
Fuel Treatments for Different Fuel Conditions at Landscape Scales. In proceeding of the Joint Fire
Sciences Conference and Workshop, June 12-17, 1999, Boise Idaho.
Jones, J. Greg; Chew, Jimmie D; Zuuring, Hans R. 1999. Applying Simulation and Optimization to Plan
Fuel Treatments at Landscape Scales. In Proceeding of the Symposium on Fire Economic Planning, and
Policy: Bottom Lines. 1999 April 5-9 ; San Diego CA; General Technical Report PSW GTR-173. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station 332p.
Chew, J.D. 1997. Simulating Vegetation Patterns and Processes at Landscape Scales. Pages 287-290. a In
Proceedings of Eleventh Annual Symposium on Geographic Information Systems, Integrating Spatial
Information Technologies for Tomorrow. 1997 Feb 17-20; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 640p.
J.G. Jones, J.D. Chew, M.D. Sweet, K.E. Wall, L.A. Weldon, and C.E. Carlson.
1995. Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project (BEMRP): Landscape
Analysis to Support Ecosystem Management. Pages 220-229. In Analysis in
Support of Ecosystem Management. Workshop Proceedings, USDA Forest Service,
Ecosystem Management Analysis Center, Washington D.C. April 10-13,1995. Fort
Collins, CO
Chew, J.D. 1995. Development of a system for simulating vegetative patterns and processes at landscape
scales. Missoula: University of Montana; 182 p. Ph.D. dissertation.
Chew, J.D. 1993. An expert system for the diagnosis of stand treatment needs. AI Applications. Vol. 7, No. 4,
pp 1-11.
Haight, R.G., R.A. Monserud and J.D. Chew. 1992. Optimal harvesting with stand
density targets: Managing Rocky Mountain conifer stands for multiple forest
outputs. Forest Science 38(2): 554-574.
Andrzej Tomasz Bobiec
NATIONALITY: Polish
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 May 1962
AFILIATION: 1) European Forest Task Force, BirdLife International
Contact address: ul. Guzikówka 29, 38-400 Krosno, Poland, phone: +48-13-4202725, e-mail:
a.bobiec@neostrada.pl
KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES:
Polish (native); English (good); French (moderate); Russian (moderate)
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
1996 - Ph.D., Forest Research Institute in Warsaw, Dissertation: “Analysis of spatial structure of
selected forest communities in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest” – with the Award of the Director of
Forest Research Institute
1986 - M.Sc. Soil Science, Forestry, Agricultural University in Cracow.
GRANTS, AWARDS
2003 – Certificate of the completion of International Seminar on Protected Area Management,
August 7th-August 23rd, Northern Rocky Mountains
2001 – The Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship
1997 – Grant of the National Committee of Scientific Research (KBN) for the project “The
influence of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on structural stability of forest communities” –
completed in 1999 and assessed by KBN as “excellent” (2000)
1993 – British Ecological Society – Small Grant Programme
1992 – Young Scientists Small Grant Programme – MaB UNESCO
EMPLOYMENT
2005 – present – Research Officer at the European Forest Task Force, BirdLife Int; forest
environment lecturer at Rzeszow University
2002-2005 – freelance co-ordinator of the Bialowieza Forest Institute – an educational program run
by Society for Protection of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest
2004 – during two months a guest researcher at the South Swedish Forest Res. Centre, SLU, Alnarp
2001-2002 – visiting fellow at SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY
1997-2001 - senior researcher at the Bialowieza National Park;
1989-97 - researcher at the Forest Research Institute, Natural Forest Dept. in Bialowieza
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2004 26 June-14 July, Bialowieza Forest/Biebrza Marshes, co-ordination of the Environmental
Anthropology course for the under-grad students of University of California Santa Cruz
2003 7-23 August, The University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation, International
Seminar on Protected Area Management.
Years 1993-2003: supervision of study projects carried out by 25 forestry students from the
Netherlands and Germany during their apprenticeships; numerous workshops for professionals,
students, and general public; several scientific seminars on structure and dynamics of natural forests,
oak regeneration and the role of preservation of natural processes in forest ecosystems.
2001 September – 2002 June. Fellowship at State University of New York, College of
Environmental Science and Forestry.
2000: June. Lectures at Helicon Forestry College in the Netherlands.
2000: Co-author of the master plan for the Bialowieza National Park enlarged onto the entire Polish
part of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest (www.topb.most.org.pl/topb_prin.html).
1999: May. A five-day study trip to South Sweden (alvar communities, deciduous key habitats,
history of fires).
1999: 13-15 Apr. Bialowieza National Park. Organisation of international workshop on application
of the computer-aided data collection system “Field-Map”, presented by guests from the Forest
Ecology Research Institute in Czech Republic.
1998: 15.08-10.09. USA trip: presentation of a scientific material at “An International Conference
on the Inventory and Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems” (16-20.08. Boise, Idaho), lecture at the
Pacific Northwest Forestry Res. Lab (Olympia, Washington), visits to three U.S. national parks and
wilderness areas.
1997: 19-21 June, Laxemburg, Austria - A Workshop on Current Advances in Enviromnental
Decision Making “The AEAM (Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management) Process
Applied in Poland” held at The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
1997: 29-31 May, Apeldoorn - 2nd International Pro Silva Congress
1994: November - guest lecturer at 'Larenstein' International College, Velp (NL);
1992: Participation at the European Forest Reserves Workshop 6-8.05. w Wageningen (NL);
1992: 2-month International Agricultural Centre (NL) fellowship and study at the Institute for
Forestry and Nature Research (IBN-DLO, Wageningen): Bobiec, A & Martakis, GFP 1993.
Biodiversity: theory and practical meaning in forest monitoring. IBN Research Report 93/3,
Wageningen.
Reviewer for: Forest Ecology and Management; Acta Theriologica
Major publications
Bobiec, A. (ed.), Gutowski, J.M., Zub, K., Pawlaczyk, P., Laudenslayer, W.F. The afterlife of a tree
(peer reviewed textbook) – in print
Bobiec, A. 2003. Bialowieza Primeval Forest: Taming the reference. Bioplatform, Session 1 To
identify research priorities to recognise and counteract these pressures
(http://www.nbu.ac.uk/biota/bioplatform_archive/3411.htm)
Bobiec, A. 2003. Protecting biodiversity without preserving nature? Bioplatform, Session 3 To
identify research priorities to recognise and counteract these pressures
(http://www.nbu.ac.uk/biota/bioplatform_archive/3613.htm)
Bobiec, A. 2003. Preservation of a natural and historical heritage as a basis for sustainable
development: A multidisciplinary analysis of the situation in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland.
Bialowieza Forest Insitute, Bialowieza-Narewka (www.topb.most.org.pl/hand/handbook.htm)
Bobiec, A. 2002. Bialowieza Primeval Forest the largest area of natural deciduous lowland forest in
Europe. International Journal of Wilderness 8(3):33-37.
Bobiec, A. 2002. Living stands and dead wood in the Bialowieza Forest: suggestions for restoration
management. For. Ecol. Manage. 165: 121-136.
Bobiec, A. 2000. Can the functional stability of forest ecosystem be evaluated from the spatial
analysis of stands? A case study from the Bialowieza Primeval Forest (Poland). In: M. Hansen, T.
Burk (eds) Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. USDA, Forest
Service, Norhtern Central Reseach Station, GTR (NC-212): 248-257.
Bobiec, A., H. van der Burgt, K. Meijer, C. Zuyderduyn, J. Haga, B. Vlaanderen. 2000. Rich
deciduous forests in Bialowieza as a dynamic mosaic of developmental phases: premises for nature
conservation and restoration management. For. Ecol. Manage. 130:159-175.
Bobiec, A., Gutowski, J. M., Niklasson, M. 2000. Common sense as a foundation of forestry
management and nature conservation in the 21st century. Chronmy przyrode ojczysta 56(1):55-69.
(in Polish with English summary).
Gutowski, J. M., W. Jedrzejewski, A. Bobiec, J. B. Falinski, C. Okolow, J. Popiel, B. Jedrzejewska,
B. Brzeziecki, and A. Korczyk. 2000. Principles of the Bialowieza National Park functioning after
its extension onto the entire Polish side of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest (proposition). Bialowieski
Park Narodowy, Bialowieza (in Polish with English summary).
Bobiec, A. 1998a. Forest management as a source of threat to natural communities of the
Bialowieza Primeval Forest II. Oak-lime-hornbeam forest Tilio-Carpinetum. Chronmy przyrode
ojczysta 54(6):18-31. (in Polish with English summary).
Bobiec, A. 1998b. The mosaic diversity of field layer vegetation in the natural and exploited forest
of Bialowieza. Plant Ecology 136:175-187.
Bobiec, A. 1996a. Forestry management as a source of threat to natural communities of the
Bialowieza Primeval Forest. I. Mixed-coniferous forest Calamagrostio arundinaceae-Piceetum.
Chronmy przyrode ojczysta 52(6):58-65. (in Polish with English summary).
Bobiec, A. 1996b. Spatial differentiation of the field layer in relation to soil pH in selected forest
communities. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 41(2):679-695.
Bobiec, A. 1994. The comparison of decomposition processes of the Scots pine litter in coniferous
forests in three pollution zones. Folia Forestalia Polonica, A – Forestry (36):27-41.
Bobiec, A., G. F. P. Martakis. 1993. Biodiversity: theory and practical meaning in forest
monitoring. IBN Research Report 93/3:1-36.
BOOK REVIEWS
Bobiec, A. 2002. “Grazing ecology” from the Bialowieza Primeval Forest perspective. Acta
Theriologica 47(4): 509-511.
Bogdan Jaroszewic
Białowieża National Park
Park Pałacowy 5
17-230 Białowieża, Poland
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC:
Nationality: Polish
Age: 36
Married, 2 children
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
1992 to present – Białowieża National Park, Białowieża, Poland.
Deputy Director (since July 2001)
- Responsible for science, education, tourism and PR.
- Supervising work of Nature Education Center, Science Department and Publishing
Department of the Białowieża National Park.
Manager of the Department for Nature Protection (1999 - 2001)
- Responsible for planning and implementation of nature protection and conservation.
- Supervising Białowieża NP’s Nature History Museum.
Manager of Nature History Museum in Białowieża National Park (1992-1999)
- Responsible for collections and exhibitions of the Museum.
- Scientific work on the field of entomology (butterflies and moths).
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. University of Nocolaus Copernic, Toruń – 2000; Major: biology, Minor: ecology of
butterflies.
- Master of sciences, engineer of forestry, Agricultural Academy, Kraków – 1992; Major:
forestry, Minor: botany.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Expert of Cleaner Production. Postgraduate program organized by Polish and Norwegian
Scientific Technical Organizations, Poland – 1996.
- “Protection of National Parks”. Postgraduate program carried by Szkoła Główna
Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (Warsaw Agricultural University), Warszawa – 1997.
- Study tour “Environmental education by Swiss League for Nature Protection”, Switzerland –
1994.
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Study tour “Protection and management of natural resources in protected areas and National
Parks of United States”, USA – 1996.
Involvement into development of the Polish national platform in the framework of European
Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy.
Study tour “Environmental education, sustainable development of tourism, cooperation with
local communities in Peak District National Park, Great Britain – 2002.
International Europarc Workshop “Protection of the World Heritage Sites” Bieszczady 2001.
Since December 2002 member of the Regional Commission for Evaluation of Pressure on
Environment.
Tourist guide for the region of Białowieża Forest since 1993.
LIST OF MAJOR SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
1. Bednarz Z., Jaroszewicz B., Ptak J., Szwagrzyk J. 1998-1999: Dendrochronology of Norway
spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in the Babia Góra National Park, Poland.
Dendrochronologia, 16-17: 45-55.
Gutowski J. M., Jaroszewicz B. (red.) 2001: Catalogue of the fauna of Białowieża Primeval
Forest. Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa, Warszawa, 403 pp.
2. Jaroszewicz B. 1993: Stopień podobieństwa krzywych dendrochronologicznych
(telekoneksja) między świerkami z Puszczy Białowieskiej i z Babiej Góry.
(Dendrochronological teleconnection of Norway spruce in Białowieża Forest and Babia
Góra). Parki nar. Rez. przyr., 12,4: 13-19.
3. Jaroszewicz B. 2000: Zagadnienie odrębności taksonomicznej Carterocephalus palaemon
tolli Krzywicki, 1967 w Puszczy Białowieskiej. (Taxonomical isolation of Carterocephalus
palaemon tolli Krzywicki, 1967 in Białowieża Forest). Uniwersytet im. Mikołaja Kopernika,
Białowieża – Toruń, Praca doktorska (PhD thesis), mscr., 88 pp.
4. Jaroszewicz B. (2002): Białowieski Park Narodowy jako czynnik sprzyjający rozwojowi
lokalnemu na przykładzie rozwoju turystyki w Puszczy Białowieskiej. (Białowieża National
Park as element supporting the local development). Materiały pokonferencyjne z konferencji
“Walory środowiska przyrodniczego jako czynnik rozwoju regionów Wschodniej Polski”.
Osowiec – Białystok 8-11.09.2002.
5. Jaroszewicz B., Okołów C. 2002: Turystyka w Białowieskim Parku Narodowym. Szkic
historyczny i perspektywy rozwoju. (Tourism in Białowieża National Park. History and
future.) [W:] Partyka J. (red.): Użytkowanie turystyczne parków narodowych. Ruch
turystyczny – zagospodarowanie – konflikty – zagrożenia. Ojców, 165-177 pp.
6. Pijanowska J., Jaroszewicz B., Jędrzejewska B. (red.) 2002: Scientific researches in Polish
National Parks. Cosmos,
LIST OF MAJOR POPULAR PUBLICATIONS
1. Jaroszewicz B. 1999: Hwoźna Protective Unit. Everything about Białowieża National Park:
24 pp.
2. Jaroszewicz B. 2000: Insects. Atractions of Białowieża Foreest: 24 pp.
3. Jaroszewicz B. 2000: Białowieża Forest. CD-ROM. (Polish only)
4. Jaroszewicz B., Okołów C. 1999: Strict nature protection reserve of Białowieża National
Park. Everything about Białowieża National Park: 24 pp.
Christine Stalling
To be added
Kirk Moeller
To be added