Altitudinal transect - Czech Republic

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https://deims.org/28da2ea2-a4be-4d6c-bf3b-9066ff923b06

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Basic Information

Site Name:

Altitudinal transect

Short name :

Altitudinal transect

Web Address:

http://www.lter.cz/index.php?o...

Country (Site Location):

Czech Republic

Parent Site Name:

Krkonose/Karkonosze - Czech Republic

Contact: Site Manager:

Irena Hubalkova

General Site Description:

The transect from submontane broadleaf forests to arctic-alpine tundra is situated in the central part of the Krkonoše Mts (Giant Mts}. It is aproximatelly 8 km long and ranged from a mosaic of meadow and deciduous and mixed forests at the bottom of the mountains (600–800 m a.s.l.) through Norway spruce forests (800–1250 m), subalpine meadows and dwarf pine stands (1250–1450 m) up to the alpine belt (1450–1550 m) covered with only scarce herb vegetation and sporadic dwarf pine shrubs. The Krkonoše Mts, the highest range of the Sudetic Mountains, are situated in the northern part of the Czech Republic on the Czech-Polish border. Despite their relatively low altitude (the highest peak Sněžka [50°43’ N, 15°39’E] reaches 1602 m a.s.l.) and relatively small extent (631 km2), their ecosystems show high affinities with similar ecosystems in subarctic and high-mountain regions. Therefore, they are sometimes called high mountains ‘en miniature’.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

abandoned/inactive

Year Site Established:

2002

Size :

782.00ha

Purpose of Site :

The purpose of the site is a biomonitoring of the tick Ixodes ricinus. Altitudinal and vertical distribution limits, density and development of the species in mountain areas have been studied. Both descriptive (monitoring of the tick population density and distribution limits) as well as experimental approaches (a field experiment concerning survival potential and development of the tick in different altitudes/microclimatic conditions) are applied.

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Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 50.693900000000
Longitude: 15.647000000000

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

530.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

1 555.00msl

Elevation - Average:

1 042.00msl

Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-4.40°C

Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

13.70°C

Temperature: Average Annual:

4.50°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

67.00mm

Precipitation Annual :

1 156.00mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

133.00mm

Biome :

Alpine

GEO-BON Biome:

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Grasslands

Biogeographic Region:

Continental

Geology:

Mainly metamorphic rocks – mica-schists and phyllites, rarely marble

Hydrology:

spring areas, creecs

Vegetation:

The lowest (submontane; 400–800 m a.s.l.) areas are covered with a mosaic of meadows (approximately 35% of the area), fields (5%), autochthonous deciduous and mixed forests (30%), and allochthonous pure Norway spruce (Picea abies) plantations (30%). Beech (Fagus sylvatica), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), alder (Alnus glutinosa and A. incana) and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) are dominant tree species in autochthonous forests. The montane belt (800–1250 m a.s.l.) is covered with both native and planted mountain spruce forests (about 95% of the area) and flower rich montane meadows. The majority of the montane spruce forest stands still show some degree of damage due to air pollution, which negatively affected spruce stands from the beginning of the mid 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Dwarf pine stands (Pinus mugo), virgin and secondary mat-grasslands (Nardus stricta)are concentrated in the subalpine belt (1250–1450 m a.s.l.) around the summit plateau. The highest peaks reach up to the alpine belt covered with tundra vegetation(over 1450 m a.s.l.)dominated by lichens, mosses, grasses and small shrubs.

Soils:

cambisols,podzols,rankers

Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Networks/Projects:

EuroMAB
Nationalpark
Natura 2000

LTER related

LTER Site Classification/Category:

not applicable

ExpeER Classification:

Highly Instrumented Experimental Site

Protection Status and Resource Management

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

50 - 75%

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Complex Site

Scale of Observation:

plot without link to explicit catchment

Design of Observation:

mainly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

mainly experimentation

Infrastructure

Infrastructure notes:

Several mountain chalets offering yearround accomodation and services are available within the area.

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

dirt road (4WD)

Permanent Power Supply:

Yes

Infrastructure:

Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › No within site data transmission
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › No data transmission from site
Observation device › Measurement tower › No tower on site
Data infrastructure › Metadata standards › INSPIRE MD Specification
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Paper
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure › Data services › Web Map Service (WMS)

Operation

Permanent Operation:

Site Visit Interval:

Every 30 days

Maintenance Interval: