Small natural features (SNFs), such as road verges, midfield islets, rocky outcrops and
ancient burial mounds, provide safe havens for species of natural habitats in human …

Local biodiversity hotspots are often located within regions where extreme and variable
environmental–eg, climatic and soil–conditions occur. These areas are conservation …

Forest microclimate is strongly affected by local topography and management activities, as
these directly alter overstory structure. In the present work we analysed the dependence of …

Karst regions are peculiar due to their environmental and ecological features and hold a rich
abundance of natural resources; nonetheless, they represent one of the most endangered …

Microrefugia are small areas that support favourable climate and allow species to persist
during regional and global climate changes. Dolines in karst landscapes may provide such …

Microrefugia are often located within topographically complex regions where stable
environmental conditions prevail. Most of the studies concerning the distributions of climate …

Karst terrains have varied abiotic and biotic values. However, due to their unfavourable
conditions for human settling, they are relatively sparsely populated areas. Thus, karst …

Karst landscapes have an abundance of enclosed depressions. Many studies have detected
depressions and have calculated geomorphometric characteristics with computer …

Species can survive periods of unfavorable conditions in small areas that are protected from
climate-related disturbances, such as increasing temperature and severe drought. These …

Automatic methods for detecting and delineating relief features allow remote and low-cost
mapping, which has an outstanding potential for wildlife ecology and similar research. We …