Location of research plots 1–6 (grey dots) and the meteorological stations used for dendrochronological analyses (black flags); the grey pentagon indicates the capital city Prague (upper map). Research plots number: 1–1_KAR; 2–2_KOS; 3–3_JES; 4–4_POD; 5–5_ORL; 6–6_BAZ (a). The change of the fraction of forest area and total volume of forest stands (b) as well as forest ownership (c) in the Czech Republic in ten-year intervals from 1950 to 2020.