Kleč a smilka - klíčoví hráči vývoje alpínského bezlesí Krkonoš (Vysoké Sudety, Česká republika)

• Main Authors: Štursa, J., Wild, J. (Jan)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: arcto-alpine tundra; Pinus mugo; management; Arctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0247219

Habitats of the Mountain Pine (Pinus mugo) and the Matgrass (Nardus stricta) contribute significantly to the spatial-temporal diversity of alpine treeless areas in European mountains. They are part of the arctic-alpine tundra in the Giant Mts (Krkonoše in Czech, Karkonosze in Polish), which originated under the (quasi-) periglacial climate on the summit altitudes above the alpine tree line. The spatial diversity of the tundra environment of the High Sudetes originated during the Pleistocene and Holocene periods. However, the tundra geo-biodiversity has been under increasing anthropogenic impacts during the last three centuries. Removal of Mountain Pine stands during the farming period (17th –18th centuries) and an extensive afforestation during the 20th century resulted in a widely differing perspectives on the natural spatial pattern of the alpine treeless area of the Giant Mts and how these areas should be managed. The review paper evaluates and explains the main geomorphological and biological, as well as forestry and historical aspects of differences in these interpretations.