Vegetation of the selected forest stands and land use in the Carpathian Mountains

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作者
Grodzinska, K
Godzik, B
Fraczek, W
Badea, O
Oszlányi, J
Postelnicu, D
Shparyk, Y
机构
[1] Polish Acad Sci, Inst Bot, PL-31512 Krakow, Poland
[2] Environm Syst Res Inst, Redlands, CA 92373 USA
[3] Forest Res & Management Inst, Bucharest 72904, Romania
[4] Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Landscape Ecol, Bratislava 81499, Slovakia
[5] Geosyst Romania SRL, Bucharest 71219, Romania
[6] Ukrainian Mt Forestry Res Inst, UA-76000 Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine
关键词
forests; species diversity; forest health; ozone; Carpathian Mountains;
D O I
10.1016/j.envpol.2003.10.031
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Within the framework of the project "Effects of forest health on biodiversity with emphasis on air pollution in the Carpathian Mountains" 26 permanent study sites were established in the vicinity of the ozone monitoring sites. The study sites were located on the NW-SE transect through the Western (12 sites), Eastern (11 sites) and Southern (3 sites) Carpathians in forest ecosystems typical of each area. Some of the forest monitoring sites were located in national parks, biosphere reserves and areas of protected landscape. Each permanent site of 0.7 ha area consisted of 5 small 500m(2) circular plots, arranged in the form of a cross, i.e. four placed on the cardinal points (N, E, S, W) and one in the center. Phytosociological records were done twice during the 1998 growing season using the Braun-Blanquet's method. The study sites represented various types of forest: Picea abies stands (8), beech (Fagus sylvatica) stands (10), fir (Abies alba) stands (2) and mixed beech-fir, spruce-fir and beech-spruce stands (6). Age of most stands was 80-100 years. Degree of crown damage varied greatly between sites, a percentage of damaged trees decrease in Carpathians from West to East. It corresponds well with the O-3 level in these areas. Typical damage by O-3 in herb layer species in several Carpathian sites were found. Land-use map for the entire Carpathian Mountains and two detailed land use maps for Tatras (Western Carpathians) and Retezat (Southern Carpathians) are presented. A little more than half of the Carpathian territory is forested. The most densely forested are Eastern Carpathians, while the most sparsely Western Carpathians. Arable lands occupy 22.6% of the Carpathians, pastures and meadows 6.2%, water bodies 1.9%, and build up areas several percent. In the highest elevation of the Carpathians alpine meadows (11.3%) and rocks (3.5%) are distributed.
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