Public perception of the performance of Czech forest ecosystem services

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 3 Changes in forest area, wood and non-wood forest provisioning services in the Czech Republic in the observed years

Descriptions		2000	Year 2018	2018–2000	p-value	% changes 2000–2018
Forest cover, ha
Coniferous	Bohemia	1,377,468	1,360,854	− 16,614	0.203	− 1.21
Broadleaved		122,939	129,077	6138	0.005	4.99
Mixed forests		379,543	404,261	24,718	0.005	6.51
Total forest area		1,879,950	1,891,192	11,242	0.285	0.76
Coniferous	Moravia	324,186	305,049	− 19,137	0.068	− 5.90
Broadleaved		154,764	154,262	− 502	0.715	− 0.32
Mixed forests		233,825	239,439	5614	0.067	2.40
Total forest area		712,774	698,749	− 14,025	0.068	− 1.97
Coniferous	Czech Rep.	1,701,654	1,665,903	− 35,751	0.030	− 2.10
Broadleaved		277,703	283,338	5635	0.013	2.03
Mixed forests		613,368	643,700	30,332	< 0.001	4.95
Total forest area		2,592,724	2,592,941	217	0.778	0.01
Roundwood removals, m³ under bark
Coniferous	Bohemia	9,177,628	13,917,143	4,739,515	< 0.001	51.64
Broadleaved		688,467	4,272,216	3,583,749	< 0.001	520.54
Coniferous	Moravia	3,673,392	10,295,367	6,621,975	< 0.001	180.27
Broadleaved		901,503	850,930	− 50,573	0.075	− 5.61
Coniferous	Czech Rep.	12,851,020	24,212,510	11,361,490	< 0.001	88.40
Broadleaved		1,589,970	5,123.146	3,533,176	< 0.001	222.22
Non-wood forest products, tons
Mushrooms	Bohemia	25,210	17,480	− 7730	0.005	− 30.66
Bilberries		11,490	7870	− 3620	0.005	− 31.51
Mushrooms	Moravia	20,680	14,930	− 5750	0.068	− 27.80
Bilberries		5070	3550	− 1520	0.067	− 29.98
Mushrooms	Czech Rep.	45,918	32,427	− 13,491	< 0.001	− 29.38
Bilberries		16,553	11,431	− 5122	< 0.001	− 30.94

Data are presented in sum; non-categorical group comparisons between selected years were analyzed using the Wilcoxon matched-pair signed-rank test
* Significantly different between the observed years, p < 0.05