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 …

Results of the analysis of landscape changes at the local scale are presented on a case
study site Stíčany (159 ha) located in the Eastern Czech Republic. Eight land use types have …

How natural is a plant community or landscape in a given region? This question is essential
for understanding the origin of today's vegetation as well as for nature conservation and …

The naturalness of landscapes and its assessment is a major issue in landscape
management and nature conservation (Ridder 2007a; Verhoog et al. 2007). Additionally …

The paper deals with the development of cultural landscape in the area of study in the
Kašperské Hory region, Czech Republic, from the 1730s to the present and documents …

Abstract'Natural'vegetation fragments often play important roles in the reconstruction of the
vegetation history and of the lost natural vegetation of a region. This approach involves the …

The role of anthropogenically influenced habitats in conserving elements of the original
wildlife has increased worldwide simultaneously with the disappearance of natural sites …

Northern boreal forest reserves that display no signs of modern forest exploitation are often
regarded as pristine and are frequently used as ecological reference areas for conservation …

Repeated vegetation maps and phytosociological relevés recorded in the 1950s and again
from 1984 to 2006 in a wet meadow complex near the town of Třeboň, in the southern part of …

Using the concept of landscape memory we examined the relationship between persistence
of anthropogenic landforms and their botanical composition several decades after …