Tatra National Park - Slovakia

Basic Information
Site Name
Tatra National Park
Short name
Tatra Mts
Country
Slovakia
Web Address
http://www.lesytanap.sk
Operating Organisation
State Forests of Tatra National Park
Site Manager
Peter Fleischer
Zuzana Homolová
Site Description
The spruce forest ecosystem has been intensively studied since 1990s (resistance to pollution, insect infestation, weather extremes). After large-scale destruction by wind (12,000 ha) in 2004, consequent bark beetle outbreak (7,000 ha) and fire, the research was focused to four research plots (min. 100 ha each). Three of them were damaged by wind disturbance: plot NEX without forestry management (no timber extraction, no afforestation); plot EXT from which timber was extracted and the plot was afforested; plot FIR damaged by fire one year after the wind disturbance. The last plot (REF) is not affected by wind disturbance (reference plot). The monitoring equipment (meteorological stations, dendrometres, transpiration flow sensors, ...
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2025-05-05 09:05:06

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2005
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Slovakia✔ (LTER_EU_SK_006)This site is a verified "LTER Slovakia" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)✖The affiliation of this site with "European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
ExpeER
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 49.125286 Longitude: 20.161672

Size
ca. 132.12ha
Elevation (average)
1100.00msl
Elevation (min)
900.00msl
Elevation (max)
1750.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Temperate coniferous forests
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Fir and spruce woodland (G3.1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
5.30°C
Precipitation Annual
805.00mm
Geology
Mountains built by crystalline core (granit) surrounded by Paleogenne sedimets in valleys. In mountains and foothills dominate: Quatternary sediments - (glacial) moraines, glacifluvial and fluvila sediments
Vegetation
Larche-spruce oligotrophic forest dominates. In 2004 forest was heavily affected by windstorm. Due to windfall and consequent bark beetle attack only 25% of previous forest has remained standing.
Soils
Lithosols in the highest part Rankers in apline meadows and sublpine ecosystems, partly in forest Podsols and Cabisols dominates in spruce forest Pseudogleys in the lower part, alluvial forest
Hydrology
Steep precipitation gradient, from 800 mm/year in lower part up to 1800 mm/year in the upper part of the site. Maximum precipitation ammount in summer. Typical characteristic is low evaporation causing high runoff from the mountains. In winter water accumulated in snow (November-May). High stoniness on morains is reason for low water table. Rivers are generally small and network dense.
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category Ib – Wilderness Area
Category II – National Park
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Lysimeter
Observation devices » Measurement tower » Less than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Equipment notes
All 5 sites are located less than 10 km from the headquater which provides labs and accomodation facilities. Field sites are easilly accesible on foot, distance from the main road cca 1 km, or by 4x4 vehicle.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
7
Maintenance Interval
21
LTER Site Classification
Master
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

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