Periglacial microclimate in low-altitude scree slopes supports relict biodiversity
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60076658:12310/12:43883638 RIV/44555601:13440/12:43884037
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.707248" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.707248</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.707248" target="_blank" >10.1080/00222933.2012.707248</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Periglacial microclimate in low-altitude scree slopes supports relict biodiversity
Original language description
Air circulation through talus slopes creates unique microclimates, with some of the most interesting being low elevation mid-latitude scree in areas with frequent snow-free <0°C (eg. ?black frost) days that allow for development of year-round ice accumulations. Here, we document this phenomenon on Kamenec Hill in North Bohemia (Czech Republic) located at an altitude of 330 m a.s.l., where mean annual temperatures under 0°C are maintained in a narrow strip along the slope?s lower margin. This microhabitat, as well as intersticial spaces between scree blocks elsewhere on this slope, supports an important assemblage of boreal and/or arctic bryophytes, pteridophytes and arthropods that are disjunct from their normal ranges far to the north. This freezing scree slope represents a classic example of a paleorefugium that significantly contributes to protection and maintenance of regional landscape biodiversity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Natural History
ISSN
0022-2933
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
35-36
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
2145-2157
UT code for WoS article
000308865700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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