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International Conference on Managing
Protected Areas under Climate Change - IMPACT
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Dresden 24-26th of September 2012
Sensitivity of plants with a high
conservation
i value to the effects
ff
off
climate change
Key words: protected areas,
protected plants
plants, climate trends
trends,
potential effects
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Anca SARBU, Paulina ANASTASIU,
Daniela SMARANDACHE, Gabriela PASCALE
University of Bucharest
Romania
e-mail: [email protected]
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GENERAL FRAMEWORK
The plants with a high conservation value are significant elements in the selection of
the protected areas
Climate change is predicted to become a major threat to habitats in the 21st century
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the 4th Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007)
forecast both, a global growth of temperature of 1.1°- 6.4° C and significant variation
of precipitation (flood & drought)
the IUCN Report on Climate Change (2010) warned about the potential decrease of
plant diversity, associated with significant changes of the ecosystems
Some studies (Araujo et al. 2011) predict that, by 2080, in Europe more than 50% of plants
will not longer have suitable climatic conditions to survive, inside the
protected areas of today
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of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
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STUDY SITE
BUCEGI Natural Park
Located on the SouthEastern Romanian
Carpathians
Belongs to Natura 2000
Bucegi site
Displays a level difference
between 806 m and 2507 m
altitude
The climate is cold and
humid
Long periods of snow and
frost are common
Hosts about 30% of all taxa
known in Romanian flora
University
of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
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AIMS
9 How rich in plants with a high conservation value is the area ...?
9 How sensitive are these plants to the predicted climate change?
9 Predicted climate change can dramatically affect them …... ?
9 What impact can be expected for the Natura 2000 habitats ....?
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B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
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METHODS
9 FLORISTIC ANALYSIS of Natura 2000 habitats included in the HABIT-CHANGE project
Grassland habitats
Forest habitats
6150 - Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands
9110 - Luzulo-fagetum beech forest
6170 - Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands
91V0 - Dacian beech forest
6230* - Species rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous
substrates in mountain areas
9410 - Acidophilous Picea forests of the
montane to alpine levels (VaccinioPiceetaea)
9 EVALUATION OF THE DATA: the Management Plan of the Bucegi Natural Park & the
Romanian literature (Ciocarlan 2009, Beldie 1942)
9 IDENTIFICATION OF THE PLANTS with a high conservation value according
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IUCN Red List 2011
Habitat Directive Annexes
Bern Convention Annexes
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of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
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CITES Annexes
Romanian Red List (Oltean et al. 1994)
Endemic categories (Romanian Flora 1952-1976)
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METHODS
9 IDENTIFICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL CATEGORIES for the selected taxa, in relation
to the edaphic humidity and air temperature (Ciocarlan 2009)
Temperature scale
Hekistohtermophytes (annual average -2,5° C and -0,5° C)
Psichrohtermophytes (annual average -0,5° C and +2° C)
Microhtermophytes (annual average +2° C and +4° C)
Mezothermophytes (annual average 4,5° C and 7,5° C)
Subthermophytes (annual average 7,5° C and 10,5° C)
Eurithermophytes
p y
Humidity scale
Dependence
p
on low
temperature
Hygrophytes
Mesohygrophytes
Mesophytes
Xerophytes
Dependence
p
on humidity
9 IDENTIFICATION OF THE LIFE FORMS of the selected taxa (Romanian Flora 1952-1976, Ciocarlan 2009)
9 DISTRIBUTION OF THE SELECTED PLANTS on the Natura 2000 habitats from Bucegi
Natural Park, to which they belongs
The plant taxonomy follow the Plant List (www.theplantlist.org) and the Illustrated Romanian Flora (Ciocarlan 2009)
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RESULTS
How rich
H
i h in
i plants
l
with
i h a high
hi h conservation
i value
l is
i the
h
Bucegi Natural Park ?
215 plants with conservation value were identified
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47 taxa – IUCN Red List
34 taxa – CITES Annex II
12 taxa – Habitat Directive
82 taxa – Romanian Red List (threatened, vulnerable, rare)
68 taxa are endemics (Carpatho-balcanic endemites, Carpathian endemites and endemic for Bucegi mountains)
Photograph: Pascale Gabriela
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of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
Photograph:
Photograph:
Anca
Anca
Sarbu
Sarbu
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RESULTS
How sensitive are these plants to the predicted climate change?
HUMIDITY DECREASE
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
many are sensitive to the decrease of
many are sensitive to air temperature
the edaphic humidity
mesophytes
mesohygrophytes
hydrophytes
less are sensitive
iti to
t the
th decrease
d
of the edaphic humidity
xeromesophytes
xeromesophytes
h
- mesophytes
h
euriphytes
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of Bucharest
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Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
increase
hekistothermophytes
psichrothermophytes
microthermophytes
less are sensitive
iti to
t the
th
temperature increase
mesothermophytes
subthermophytes
bh
h
eurithermophytes
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Photograph:
Paulina
Anastasiu
Photograph:
Anca
Photograph:
Anca Sarbu
Sarbu
Photograph: Gabriela Pascale
University
of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
Paulina
Anastasiu
Photograph:
Anca Sarbu
Photograph:
Anca
Sarbu
Photograph:
Anca
Sarbu
Photograph:
Anca
Sarbu
Photograph:
Anca
Sarbu
Photograph:
Anca
Sarbu
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Photograph:
Victor
Bortas
Photograph:
Anca
Sarbu
Photograph:
Paulina
Anastasiu
Photograph:
Paulina
Anastasiu
University
of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
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RESULTS
Which impact can be expected for the Natura 2000 habitats?
The loss of the plants with high conservation value
CAN REDUCE the conservation value of the habitats
CAN AFFECT th
the structure
t t
off th
the vegetation
t ti ffrom diff
differentt h
habitat
bit t
types if the plants are characteristic
Hab. 4060
Alpine and boreal heaths
Salix retusa
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characteristic and dominant
chamaephyte
mesohygrophyte
hekistothermophyte
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CONCLUSION
9 The 215 plants with conservation value from Bucegi Natural Park are to a great
extent sensitive to the predicted changes in temperature and/or humidity.
9 This is an warring result, because they support the conservation value of Natura
2000 habitats and sometimes they work as significant elements of the vegetation
structure.
9 In this respect and in order to raise awareness, a special list “PRIORITARY
ENDANGERED TAXA UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE”, dedicated to these plants from
Bucegi Natural Park was produced.
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of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
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Thank you for your Attention!
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University
of Bucharest
2.HABIT‐CHANGE Partner Meeting
B-dul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36-46
Lake Neusiedl / Fertö‐Hánsag National Park, Illmitz
Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania