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| Site InformationThe
Bieszczady Mountains stretch from the Uzocka Pass in the east, the Lupkowska Pass in the
west, state border with Slovakia and Ukraine in the south, and the valley of San River in
the north. The geology, typical for the Carpathian Range, is dominated by sandstone and
shale base rocks.The area is 65% forested. A large proportion of former agricultural land
is abandoned and under various stages of secondary succession, up to 50 years old. There
are approximately 700 species of vascular plants and 284 species of vertebrate fauna
including all large European predators (wolf, brown bear, lynx, wildcat), and a number of
herbivorous species like European bison, red and roe deer, moose and wild boar. The region
has a very low population density (5-10 people/sq. km).
The long term series of data on the structure, composition, and the area of local forests, numbers, harvest, and natural mortality of main game species are available from State Forest Administration. Data on plant communities, occurrence and distributions of rare and protected species are collected by the Bieszczady National Park. Research projects concern population and nutritional ecology of large mammals, ecology of soils, plant ecology, invertebrates. |
| COUNTRY: | Poland |
| PROVINCE: | Wojewodztwo Podkarpackie |
| AREA OF SITE (hectares): | 200,000 hectares |
| LOCATION: | lat 49o - 49o50’ N, long 22o-23oE |
| ELEVATION: (m above sea level) |
Min: 500, Max: 1346 |
| MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION: (mm 1992-1997) |
1200 |
| MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE: (oC 1993-1997) |
5.1 oC |
| DOMINANT VEGETATION: | Beech-fir forest (Fagetum Carpaticum) |
| DOMINANT SOIL TYPE: | Cambisoils |
| ECOLOGICAL TIME SERIES DATA: | About 20 years data available |
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| Site Contact
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Kajetan PERZANOWSKIPolish Academy of Sciences, International Centre of Ecology, The Carpathian Branch, Belzka 24, 38-700 Ustrzyki Dolne Poland Telephone & Fax: +48 13 461-2251, +48 13 461 3203 E-mail: icepas@mikrotech.com.pl |