Surviving on the edge: the role of medieval and modern age charcoal production in the stand composition of colline beech woodlands in NE Hungary (EC Europe)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F25%3A00643154" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/25:00643154 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-024-01033-4" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-024-01033-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00334-024-01033-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00334-024-01033-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Surviving on the edge: the role of medieval and modern age charcoal production in the stand composition of colline beech woodlands in NE Hungary (EC Europe)
Original language description
This study examines historical forest compositional changes in the Aggtelek Karst region, Hungary, focusing on the relationship between medieval and modern age charcoal burning sites (32 kilns) and the current vegetation. We found multidirectional changes in canopy composition. Carpinus betulus and Q. petraea dominated the current stands in most cases with F. sylvatica being subordinate. These results suggest that historical forest use and management practices took place in already mixed canopy forests, where Fagus dominance was confined to a few stands only. We demonstrate that the forest stands plausibly represent different stages of secondary succession after last coppice management, leading to varying Carpinus abundance. We discuss the possible role of climate change (summer heat waves, increasing mean annual temperature) and conclude that F. sylvatica and Q. petraea compete with each other in the study region, confirming a transitional zone between the classical Fagus and Quercus climate.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
ISSN
0939-6314
e-ISSN
1617-6278
Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
577-594
UT code for WoS article
001405533300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85217205561