Vegetation History and Cultural Landscapes

Case Studies from South-west Slovakia
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-60266-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 5974 g

Reihe: Springer Geography

This book focuses on the vegetation history of the cultural landscape in southwestern Slovakia, which was established and adopted by mankind and has since constantly evolved in response to ongoing changes (in environmental conditions, biodiversity, land use, etc.). The book analyses four dominant ecosystems typical for the cultural landscape and affected by humans: woodlands, wetlands, grasslands and agricultural land. Each ecosystem is discussed in separate chapters. The chapters include (a) basic information, general aspects, development processes, trends and interpretations, (b) a published or non-published case study based on the author’s own research, and (c) an extensive bibliography. A set of maps on the vegetation history and indices of geographical names and plants names serve to round out the coverage. The work provides an essential point of departure for describing the typical regional characteristics of the cultural landscape, with an eye to its future preservatio

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Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fehér, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geomorphologie, Erosion, Glaziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Woodlands- Forest history of SW SlovakiaCase study: Comparison of oak-hornbeam forest fragments with different historical use
Wetlands- History of wetlands in SW SlovakiaCase study: History of expansion of alien plants in the Nitra River Basin
Grasslands- Grassland history of SW SlovakiaCase study: Origin and development of salt steppes in the Danube Lowland region of Slovakia
Agricultural land- History of agricultural land in SW SlovakiaCase study: Changing biodiversity of agri-ecosystems (in crops and energy plant stands) 
Collection of maps of landscape history of SW Slovakia
Index of plant species
Index of geographical names

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Fehér is a research scientist at the Department of Sustainable Development, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia) and a teacher at the University of Economy in Bydgoszcz (Poland). He has published more than 160 publications (scientific papers, monographs, students textbooks, etc.) from case studies in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, USA, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Germany, Russia, Latvia, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, and China.