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| Biosphere Reserve Information | ||||
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PIETROSUL MARE |
 © Photo: Barbu Ion |
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| General Description |
Mount Pietrosul Mare is the biggest mountain complex in the Rodna Massif which is situated to the north of the Eastern Carpathians. This biosphere reserve is very important from a biodiversity conservation perspective. Habitats are extremely diverse due to high elevation changes (900 to 2,300 meters above sea level). They include beech (Fagus sp.), spruce (Picea sp.) and pine (Pinus sp.) mountain forest ecosystems as well as alpine meadows with many endemic and endangered species. The area is not inhabited. Rural villages in the surrounding area depend on agriculture, livestock raising, hunting and forestry. Due to traditional farming, the ancient landscape is still maintained today. |
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| Major ecosystem type | Temperate and sub-polar broadleaf forests or woodlands | |||
| Major habitats & land cover types | Beech (Fagus sylvatica), spruce (Picea abies) and arolla pine (Pinus cembra) forests; alpine and subalpine pasture with Carex curvula, Festuca airoides and shrublands of Rhododendron kotsckyi; arcto-alpine habitats with species such as Cerastium alpinum, Silene acaulis, Atragene alpina etc.; circumpolar habitats with Woodsia ilvensis, Diphasus alpinum, Salix herbacea etc.; central European alpine habitats characteristic of the Rodna Massif with dwarf pine (Pinus mugo), green alder (Alnus viridis), Salix retusa, Callianthemum coriandrifolium etc.; lakes of glaciar origin | |||
| Location | 47°40'N; 23°00'E | |||
| Area (hectares) | ||||
| Total | 44,000 | |||
| Core area(s) | 8,200 | |||
| Buffer zone(s) | 11,800 | |||
| Transition area(s) when given | 24,000 | |||
| Altitude (metres above sea level) | +900 to +2,303 | |||
| Year designated | 1979 | |||
| Administrative authorities | Forest Directorate, Maramures Country | |||
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| Brief description |
Hydro-methodological monitoring Phytosociology, phytotoxicity Flora and fauna surveys Ecology of beech forests and alpine pasture |
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| Specific variables... | ||||
| Abiotic | Hydrology, monitoring/methodologies, toxicology/toxic substances. | |||
| Biodiversity | Ecology, fauna, flora, forest systems, mountain and highland systems, phytosociology/succession, temperate grassland. | |||
| Socio-economic | n.a. | |||
| Integrated monitoring | n.a. | |||
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| Contact address |
Ion Barbu Forest Research Institute Division of Campulung Calea Bucovinei 73 bis 5950 CAMPULUNG - MOLDOVENESC Romania |
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| Telephone | (40.30) 314 747 | |||
| Fax | (40.30) 314 746 | |||
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| Last updated: 7/1/2002 |
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