Aplerbeck forest nature reserve

NSG Aplerbecker Wald IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View of the Aplerbeck Forest nature reserve
location	Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	111.4 ha
Identifier	DO-031
WDPA ID	378147
Geographical location	51 ° 29 '  N , 7 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 '49 "  N , 7 ° 34' 30"  E
Setup date	2005

The Aplerbecker Wald nature reserve is located in the Dortmund district of Aplerbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The 111.4 hectare nature reserve was placed under protection in September 2005 with the first change to the Dortmund-South landscape plan .

description

Brook in the nature reserve

The forest area in the south of Dortmund, which is connected with the Schwerter Wald , is the remnant of the original, almost complete forest cover of the Ardey Mountains between Emscher and Ruhr 150 years ago .

Source pot

Railway line Dortmund - Schwerte at the level of the Excellence Road

More than 100 bird species such as gray woodpecker and treecreeper , also day and night claws such as buzzard , hawk and sparrowhawk , tawny owl and long-eared owl could be observed in the forest area, 26 bird species have been proven to breed there. The edge areas of the forest area are also ecologically valuable, especially as a habitat for reptiles and amphibians such as fire salamanders , mountain newts and pond newts , common toads , midwife toads and natterjack toads as well as for common frogs and common frogs . Two streams, eight ponds and many pools are used as spawning grounds. The undisturbed, sunny forest aisles on the two railway lines are inhabited by forest lizards and slow worms.

A provisional amphibian fence was set up on Aplerbeck Waldstrasse as early as 1987 and looked after every year during the spawning season; from 2002 the road was closed to through traffic all year round. A tunnel was built for the amphibians.

Protection goal

As an island biotope, the nature reserve serves the preservation, development and restoration of communities or biotopes of certain wild animal and plant species. The most important protective measures are the preservation of the waters, the securing of the extensive use of grassland and the preservation of the mixed deciduous forests.

See also

• List of nature reserves in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ^ Aplerbeck forest - information sheet from the environmental agency. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Dortmund , formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 13, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ City of Dortmund press release on amphibian protection on Aplerbecker Waldstrasse (No longer available online.) Dortmund , formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 13, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    

Web links

• "Aplerbecker Wald" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• BUND Dortmund: Aplerbeck forest - an area comes to rest. (PDF; 58 kB) November 21, 2008 .