The post-glacial fate of central European grasslands has stimulated palaeoecological
debates for a century. Some argued for the continuous survival of open land, while others …

This study investigated the long-term role and drivers of fire in the central European
temperate spruce-beech forests from Prášilské jezero, Czech Republic. The results illustrate …

Colluvisols represent a significant part of the erosional catena in undulating landscapes,
often changed by long-term agricultural management. The present study provides a detailed …

Abstract Mehlich 3 (M3) is the universal extraction procedure used for the analysis of plant
available concentrations of many elements in agricultural and forest soils. We used this …

Mountain spruce–beech–fir mixed forests are an important type of vegetation at higher
elevations in temperate Europe. We aimed to determine how fire disturbances have affected …

Water brownification has long altered freshwater ecosystems across the northern
hemisphere. The intensive surface water brownification of the last 30 years was however …

The vegetation history of lowland woodlands in Central Europe is closely related with
human activities. Our study is focused on the evaluation of a large archaeo–anthralogical …

Abstract During the Final Bronze Age (around 3750/3700 BP), the proto-urban sedentary
cultural entity in southern Central Asia—known as the Oxus civilization or Bactria-Margiana …

A long-term perspective is a crucial dimension for understanding the present-day
composition and structure of the Czech flora and vegetation. We outline processes that were …

This paper examines the possibilities of creating quantified models of past human activities
in both time and space. The study area lies in the south‐eastern Czech Republic and …