Fruska gora - Serbia

Basic Information
Site Name
Fruska gora
Short name
Fruska gora
Country
Serbia
Web Address
http://www.npfruskagora.co.rs/pages/onama-eng.htm
Operating Organisation
LTER Serbia
BioSense Institute
Site Manager
Dr. Dusanka Vujanovic
Funding Agency
LTER Serbia
Site Description
LTER site Fruška gora is located on Fruska gora mountain, an isolated island mountain in Pannonia plain, completely surrounded by lowland. Its highest peak Crveni cot has 549m. Its location, specific geological history and different microclimatic conditions (from lowland semiarid climate to the relatively cold and humid submontane climate) are of great interest to researchers. Thanks to unique and very rich deposits of fossil fauna and flora, Fruška gora is called the 'mirror of geological past'. More than 90% of the area is covered by deciduous forests with varied types of climatogenous forest communities that have been under constant and increasing pressure from surrounding urban areas, building, traffic, agriculture and economic use. The dominant forests are mesophillous mixed forests of sessile oak (Qeuercus petraea) and European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), orographically conditioned beech forests, as well as thermophilous forests of Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens) and (Quercus frainetto). Fruska gora counts around 1500 of plant species which is more than 1/3 of the total Serbian flora.
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2023-08-28 02:08:40

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2010
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
ICP Forests✖The affiliation of this site with "ICP Forests" is not verified.
LTER Serbia✔ (LTER_EU_RS_001)This site is a verified "LTER Serbia" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA
ExpeER
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
Tea bags incubation for the purpose of litter decomposition experiment

Tea bags incubation for the purpose of litter decomposition experiment

Setting up meterological station

Setting up meterological station

Collecting insect material from Malaise trap

Collecting insect material from Malaise trap

Water sampling

Water sampling

Geographic
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Elevation (average)
250.00msl
Elevation (min)
99.00msl
Elevation (max)
539.00msl
Related location(s)
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Biogeographical Region
Pannonian Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.00°C
Precipitation Annual
786.00mm
Geology
Paleozoic shale, Mesozoic limestone and sandstone and loess from Quartar
Vegetation
The Fruska gora in terms of vegetation represents a forest area with varied types of climatogenous forest communities. The forests cover about 90 % of the total surface. They are polydominant and of great vegetation diversity. The dominant forests are mesophillous mixed forests of sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), orographically conditioned beech forests, as well as thermophilous forests of Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), pubescent oak (Q. pubescens) and hungarian oak (Q. farnetto). The climatogenous type of forest in the Fruska gora is the sessile oak forest with butcher´s-broom (Aculeato-Querco-Carpinetum) and geographical variations of the oak-hornbeam phytocenosis (Querco Carpinetum serbicum) with Mediterranean elements. The sessile oak forest with fescue (Festuco montanae-Quercetum petrae Jnnl) is a specific forest community and is also a climato-oro-pedogenous type of the Fruska gora forest. A significant share of the silver linden (Tilia tomentosa) is a special feature of the forest phytocenosis ic the Fruska gora, conditioned by the climate in the border areas of the Pannonia Plain.
Soils
Acid brown soil (dystric cambisol), and illimerised soil (luvisol)
Hydrology
According to the size of the pores, there are all of the three basic structural types of porosity: intergranular (in sands and related rocks), fissured (hard cracked rocks) and cavernous (limestones). In them, there are springs of the respective structural type, namely: compacted (free, artesian and sub artesian), broken up and combined.Tertiary sands, on the edges of the mountain, appear in many places on the surface. They accumulate significant volumes of ground water that feed the water-bearing horizons of the tertiary series. Three water-bearing horizons have been identified: ?The first one is 50m deep, hydraulically connected with the alluvial water-bearing environment; optimum debit of vertical wells is 5-10 lit/sec. ?The second one is up to 130m deep, with good filtration characteristics and debit of 20 lit/sec. ?The third horizon is 170 to 210m deep, with an optimum debit of 5-17 lit/sec.
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » More than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Map Service (WMS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 2 - 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » > 10 beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Radio transmission system (repeaters. receivers. centralstation)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
15
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Master
Related External Resources
There is a total of 1 datasets for this site available on the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR). Click here to get an overview of these datasets.
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

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