SANDSTONE LANDSCAPES. Diversity, Ecology and Conservation
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference ISBN 978−83−62673−29−2 on Sandstone Landscapes Kudowa-Zdrój (Poland), 25–28 April 2012 Edited by Piotr Migoń and Marek Kasprzak University of Wrocław Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Science SANDSTONE Stołowe Mountains National Park The Association of Polish Geomorphologists LANDSCAPES Danxia Geomorphology IAG Working Group Diversity, Ecology and Conservation SANDSTONE LANDSCAPES Diversity, Ecology and Conservation Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sandstone Landscapes Kudowa-Zdrój (Poland), 25–28 April 2012 Edited by Piotr Migoń and Marek Kasprzak Danxia Geomorphology IAG Working Group Wrocław 2013 ©Copyright 2013 by Instytut Geografii i Rozwoju Regionalnego Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego ISBN 978−83−62673−29−2 Department of Geography and Regional Development University of Wrocław Plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50–137 Wrocław, Poland Printed by I-BiS s.c., ul. Lelewela 4, 53–505 Wrocław SANDSTONE LANDSCAPES Diversity, Ecology and Conservation Contents Preface (P. Migoń & M. Kasprzak) ............................................................................................................ 5 Wildfire in the Bohemian Switzerland NP (Czech Republic): Frequency, Distribution and Impact on Forest Vegetation (M. Adámek & V.Hadincová) ........................................................................................ 7 Origin of regular cavities in European sandstones: field evidence for dissolution of carbonate and silica cement (J. Adamovič et al.) ............................................................................................................ 13 Idols carved and sculpted in sandstone in western Europe (M.-C. Auffret) .............................................. 19 Holocene fire dynamics and forest composition in the Elbe Sandstone area (P. Bobek) .......................... 23 Eolian phenomena in sandstones and limestones of Egyptian Western Desert and their implications for Central European sandstone relief (V. Cílek) ..................................................................................... 28 Transboundary LiDAR-Based 3D Landscape assessment in the Elbe/Labe Sandstone Mountains (E. Csaplovics) ........................................................................................................................................ 34 Biological research and monitoring in the Elbe Sandstones (Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland) (H. Härtel et al.) ....................................................................................................................................... 38 Central European sandstone regions as islands of montane and Atlantic floristic element (H. Härtel et al.) ....................................................................................................................................... 44 New insights on biodiversity from old, climatically-buffered, infertile sandstone landscapes exemplified by Lesueur National Park, southwest Australia (S. D. Hopper) ................................................................ 49 The system of environmental monitoring in the Stołowe Mountains (C. Kabała et al.).............................. 52 Micromorphological characteristics of Podzols developed from sandstone in the Stołowe Mountains (Poland) (C. Kabała et al.) ....................................................................................................................... 57 Impact of sandstone bedrock on the properties of cover deposits and soils in flysch catenas – examples from the Carpathians (A. Kacprzak & W. Szymański) .............................................................. 61 Transboundary Education for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development (D. Kammerschen) ... 67 Comparative morphology of sandstone tors in selected ridge-zones of the Beskid Mały Mts and the Chornohora Range (Outer Carpathians) (T. Karcz & M. Stano) ............................................................... 69 The Stołowe Mountains – studies in geomorphometry and new facts about landforms (M. Kasprzak) ..... 77 Tubes – remarkable conglomerate caves in Pfälzerwald (SW Germany) (E. Knust & H. Klose)............... 85 The pteridophytes of the Luxembourg Petite-Suisse sandstone area – Past, present and future (Y. Krippel) .............................................................................................................................................. 90 Geological survey and eventual mining of shale gas – a new danger for the landscape of PLA Broumovsko and other sandstone regions of Europe? (P. Kuna) ............................................................ 97 Relief development of a highly elevated monoclinal Babia Góra range built by Magura sandstone, Western Carpathian Mts (A. Łajczak) .....................................................................................................100 Monitoring of Hygrobiella laxifolia (Hook.) Spruce (Bryophyta) in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park (I. Marková)....................................................................................................................................106 Bryophytes in the Czech sandstone landscape areas (I. Marková) .........................................................111 3 SANDSTONE LANDSCAPES Diversity, Ecology and Conservation Sandstone boulders as a source of building stone material – a contribution to the cultural heritage of the Stołowe Mountains, Central Europe (P. Migoń) ................................................................................117 Longevity of residual sandstone boulders in the erosional relief of the Stołowe Mountains, Central Europe (P. Migoń) ..................................................................................................................................121 Between sand and sandstone: microrelief on very weakly cemented sandstones (R. Mikuláš et al.) ......127 Distinct form of microrelief on steep slopes of the Rogowa Kopa, Stołowe Mts., SW Poland – in the light of geomorphological and pedological evidence (Ł. Pawlik et al.) .....................................................132 A review on the research of China Danxia geomorphology in the past eighty years (Peng Hua & Pan Zhixin) ........................................................................................................................139 Study on the weathering pattern and development process of Danxia bedding caves — cases on bedding caves of Jinshiyan Member of Danxia Formation at Mt. Danxiashan (Peng Hua & Pan Zhixin) .145 “Šatlava” Archaeological Museum in Česká Lípa, northern Bohemia – Speleoarcheology and speleoanthropology exhibition (V. Peša & P. Jenč) ................................................................................151 Remarks about the diversity of mountain Norway spruce forest in the Sudetes, with particular reference to the Szczeliniec Massif (Stołowe Mts, Poland) (K. Reczyńska & K. Świerkosz)....................153 The interplay between Taoist philosophy, Danxia Landscape and human beings – ‘Tao follows nature’ (Fang Ren) .............................................................................................................................................159 Study of geological controlling factors in the formation of Danxia Landform in Longhushan Geopark, southeast China (Fang Ren) ..................................................................................................................163 Integrated system of measured dangerous rock objects in National park Bohemian Switzerland (J. Šafránek & O. Holešinský) ................................................................................................................171 Hygrophilous tall herb communities in the Stołowe Mts, against their diversity in the Sudetes (Poland) (K. Reczyńska & K. Świerkosz) ..............................................................................................................177 Role of gravitational processes in the shaping of sandstone rock forms in low mountains: Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains, central Poland, case study (J. Urban) ......................................184 Dating speleothems in sandstone, non-karst caves – methodological aspects and practical application, Polish Outer Carpathians case study (J. Urban et al.) ..........................................................192 Stability complex deterioration of a Rock Arch – case history of the Pravčická brána (Z. Vařilová et al.) 202 Weathering and conservation of sandstone heritage: the biological dimension (H. A. Viles) ...................210 Pollen spectra in the upper mineral horizons of Podzols in the Stołowe Mountains (J. Waroszewski et al.) ...........................................................................................................................215 Temporal and spatial variability of microclimate in sandstone landscape: detailed field measurement (J. Wild et al.) .........................................................................................................................................220 Influence of structural features on the course of river channels – the Stołowe Mountains case study (M. Witek & J. Remisz) ...........................................................................................................................225 What is the relationship between vegetation in sandstone deep valley and basic measured microclimatic parameters in the Bohemian Switzerland (J. Zmeškalová & J. Wild) .................................232 Silver fir restitution