Assessing long-term spatial changes of natural habitats using old maps and archival sources: a case study from Central Europe

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-015-0912-x" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-015-0912-x</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0912-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10531-015-0912-x</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Assessing long-term spatial changes of natural habitats using old maps and archival sources: a case study from Central Europe

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Landscapes intensively farmed over a long time period represent a threat for natural habitats and high levels of biodiversity. Information on the historical land use and spatial changes of natural habitats can help to explain the causes of a number of contemporary phenomena, which are important for the development of effective conservation and ecosystem management. This case study from the Czech Republic shows that archival written sources describing landscape quality, including vegetation cover, allow the reclassification of old maps to the level of natural habitat categories (sensu Natura 2000), with the aim of analyzing historic changes in land cover. Significant natural habitat decreases began by the middle of the 19th century. Over the course of 250 years, this area of formerly widespread natural wet meadows has declined by 99 %. An area of water vegetation was reduced by 95 %, willow carrs by 98 %, and a mosaic of willow carrs, wet Cirsium meadow, and alder carrs has decreased by 100 %. These decreases were caused by the conversion of meadows, pastures, and ponds into arable lands. Areas of oak-hornbeam forest, acidophilous oak forest, and thermophilous oak forest were primarily converted into monocultures of coniferous trees. Similarly, the areas with alluvial forests decreased. We conclude that old maps and other archive materials, despite their coarse accuracy, can serve as useful tools for disclosing natural habitat changes and their causes, providing a foundation for formulating biodiversity conservation strategies.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Assessing long-term spatial changes of natural habitats using old maps and archival sources: a case study from Central Europe

Popis výsledku anglicky

Landscapes intensively farmed over a long time period represent a threat for natural habitats and high levels of biodiversity. Information on the historical land use and spatial changes of natural habitats can help to explain the causes of a number of contemporary phenomena, which are important for the development of effective conservation and ecosystem management. This case study from the Czech Republic shows that archival written sources describing landscape quality, including vegetation cover, allow the reclassification of old maps to the level of natural habitat categories (sensu Natura 2000), with the aim of analyzing historic changes in land cover. Significant natural habitat decreases began by the middle of the 19th century. Over the course of 250 years, this area of formerly widespread natural wet meadows has declined by 99 %. An area of water vegetation was reduced by 95 %, willow carrs by 98 %, and a mosaic of willow carrs, wet Cirsium meadow, and alder carrs has decreased by 100 %. These decreases were caused by the conversion of meadows, pastures, and ponds into arable lands. Areas of oak-hornbeam forest, acidophilous oak forest, and thermophilous oak forest were primarily converted into monocultures of coniferous trees. Similarly, the areas with alluvial forests decreased. We conclude that old maps and other archive materials, despite their coarse accuracy, can serve as useful tools for disclosing natural habitat changes and their causes, providing a foundation for formulating biodiversity conservation strategies.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AL - Umění, architektura, kulturní dědictví

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/DF12P01OVV001" target="_blank" >DF12P01OVV001: Ochrana a péče o historickou kulturní krajinu prostřednictvím institutu krajinných památkových zón</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Biodiversity and Conservation

ISSN

0960-3115

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

1899-1916

Kód UT WoS článku

000358643500004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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