Kammer, Peter; Hegg, Otto (1990). Auswirkungen von Kunstschnee auf subalpine Rasenvegetation. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 19(2), pp. 758-767. Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. (GfÖ)
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In Savognin (Grisons, Switzerland) a skiing-area of 30 hectares (altitude: 1200-1800 metres)
has been prepared with artificial snow every winter since 1978.
The present study shows that artificial snowing leads to lasting changes in oligotrophic habitats. Plants tolerant of dry, low-nutrient conditions disappear, giving way to more common mesophilous and nitrophilous species. Loss of species-diversity and banalisation of the vegetation are the results.
This is interpreted as the effect of a synergism of three different factors on artificial snow sites: 1. increased water supply, 2. increased nutrient input and 3. retardment in vegetation development.
This leads to the conclusion that oligotrophic habitats should not be covered with artificial snow.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Vegetation Science [discontinued] |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hegg, Otto |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany) |
ISSN: |
0171-1113 |
Publisher: |
Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. (GfÖ) |
Language: |
German |
Submitter: |
Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas |
Date Deposited: |
13 Jun 2018 18:12 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:11 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
anijicial snow, slding-area, subalpine meadows, Switzerland |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.112396 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/112396 |
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