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@article{1612700,
author = {Pawlik, Łukasz and Šamonil, Pavel and Malik, Ireneusz and Kroh, Pawel and Ślęzak, Albert and Daněk, Pavel},
article_location = {AMSTERDAM},
article_number = {JUN},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.02.013},
keywords = {Treethrow; Pit-and-mound microtopography; Forest ecosystem; Human impact; Edge effects; Wood anatomy},
language = {eng},
issn = {0341-8162},
journal = {Catena},
title = {Geomorphic edge effects in response to abiotic and anthropogenic disturbances in forest ecosystems of the Gorce Mountains, Western Carpathians},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816219300633?via%3Dihub},
volume = {177},
year = {2019}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1612700
AU - Pawlik, Łukasz - Šamonil, Pavel - Malik, Ireneusz - Kroh, Pawel - Ślęzak, Albert - Daněk, Pavel
PY - 2019
TI - Geomorphic edge effects in response to abiotic and anthropogenic disturbances in forest ecosystems of the Gorce Mountains, Western Carpathians
JF - Catena
VL - 177
IS - JUN
SP - 134-148
EP - 134-148
PB - ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
SN - 03418162
KW - Treethrow
KW - Pit-and-mound microtopography
KW - Forest ecosystem
KW - Human impact
KW - Edge effects
KW - Wood anatomy
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816219300633?via%3Dihub
L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816219300633?via%3Dihub
N2 - In the present paper we report on the only known example of a hummocky meadow in Poland. The area of the Hala Dluga in the Gorce Mountains is a hotspot of complex geomorphic edge effects that have been widely studied in relation to human impacts and forest disturbances. Applying an interdisciplinary approach, we aimed to study the geomorphic activity in edge conditions between two contrasting ecosystems, a high-mountain meadow and a forest. Several methods were applied: geomorphic mapping, radiocarbon dating, soil analysis, geomorphometry, wood anatomy, and investigations of historical maps. These methods enabled us to reconstruct the history of the Hala Dluga over the past ca 300 years, and to evaluate geomorphic activity and soil dynamics in this area. The treethrow pit-mound microtopography (hummocky meadow, Buckelwiese) of this area was formed under forest conditions, but due to long-term human impacts linked to sheep grazing and mowing, was preserved as a distinct topography for at least 100 years. While this topography was still clearly visible in the 1950s, when it was first reported, it is currently gradually disappearing under trees that have formed a belt around the study area. Soils of the study site were disturbed by tree uprooting, with many key features identified during the soil profile analysis: spots of coarse partly oriented sandstone fragments in pits, patches of organic matter in the metamorphic B horizon, and a large number of root remnants and pieces of charcoal in different parts of treethrow mounds and pits. We suggest a non-linear or even polygenetic soil evolution due to altered vegetation and disturbance regimes. The evaluation of wood remnants revealed that the majority of uprooted tree species were Picea abies (L.) H. Karst and Larix decidua Mill. We conclude that in the Gorce Mountains geomorphic edge effects can form hotspots of geomorphic activity driven by human impacts, natural disturbances, and the specific hydrological regime in the highest parts of the massif.
ER -
PAWLIK, Łukasz, Pavel ŠAMONIL, Ireneusz MALIK, Pawel KROH, Albert $\backslash$'SLĘZAK and Pavel DANĚK. Geomorphic edge effects in response to abiotic and anthropogenic disturbances in forest ecosystems of the Gorce Mountains, Western Carpathians. \textit{Catena}. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2019, vol.~177, JUN, p.~134-148. ISSN~0341-8162. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.02.013.
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