Parcs

ID	TITEL	DATENTYP	AUTOR	JAHR
32623	Buchenwälder im Nationalpark Kalkalpen	Project	Mayrhofer Simone	2013

Bemerkungen/Beschreibung

In order to illustrate the state and development of forest wilderness in Kalkalpen
National Park and thus also the effectiveness of national parks, we analysed various
inventory data to assess the four different aspects of wilderness: naturalness,
undisturbedness, undevelopedness and scale. Naturalness is proven by an analysis
of hemeroby. The average hemeroby value of the park's forest is 7.2 on a scale form
1 (artificial) to 9 (natural). High density of the white-backed woodpecker population
(up to 2.9 territories per 100 ha) and the occurrence of endangered relic beetles
confirm high naturalness. Undisturbedness is proven by an increase in hemeroby
development (+0.19) and by the forest age from a historical viewpoint ( 50% of the
forest area is older than 160 years). An evaluation of forest road density measures
the quality of undevelopedness. The park's 16 800 ha of forest constitute an area
large and sufficient enough for ensuring functioning natural processes. Adding all
these factors together, a rather high state of forest wilderness can be ascertained,
which confirms the effectiveness of the national park management.

Eintrag Nr. 32624

Assessment of forest wilderness in Kalkalpen National Park