Impact of Artificial Snow on Ski Slope Vegetation at Košútka Ski Resort - Veporské Vrchy MTS

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Impact of Artificial Snow on Ski Slope Vegetation at Košútka Ski Resort - Veporské Vrchy MTS

Original language description

Although most of the ski resorts in Slovakia are dependent on the snowmaking, there are just few studies on the relationship between artificial snow and vegetation. To assess the effect of artificial snow and related management activities on the ski slope vegetation, we measured snowpack properties and compared the changes in species richness, diversity, evenness, species pool and herb-layer coverage of plant communities under artificial and natural snow. After natural snow had melted away in the surrounding landscape of the ski slope, the depth and the density of the artificial snowpack was still very high. The depth of artificial snow was dependent on the position towards the snow lances. The statistical analyses confirmed significant differences in the characteristics of plant communities under natural and artificial snow. Significantly lower average species richness and herb-layer coverage but higher species evenness and percentage of bare soil was found under artificial snow. The differences in the species pool and diversity were not significant. Snowmaking in a low elevation ski resort of Košútka guarantees the operation of the ski slope during winter seasons. High production of artificial snow affects ski slope vegetation both directly (changed snowpack properties) as well as indirectly (management activities as ski slope grooming, grading, mowing etc.).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40102 - Forestry

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Public recreation and landscape protection - with nature hand in hand: Conference proceeding

ISBN

978-80-7509-487-2

ISSN

2336-6311

e-ISSN

2336-632X

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

145-152

Publisher name

Mendelova univerzita v Brně

Place of publication

Brno

Event location

Brno

Event date

May 1, 2017

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

000411915000024