Natural habitats in manor landscape gardens: their distribution and quality

0574309 - BÚ 2024 RIV DE eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Šantrůčková, M. - Dostálek, J. - Bendíková, L. - Frantík, Tomáš - Demková, K.
Natural habitats in manor landscape gardens: their distribution and quality.
Urban Ecosystems. Roč. 26, č. 3 (2023), s. 651-664. ISSN 1083-8155. E-ISSN 1573-1642
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: landscape gardens * habitat distribution * natural habitat quality
Obor OECD: Biodiversity conservation
Impakt faktor: 2.9, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01313-9

Manor landscape gardens provide many ecosystem services and are often local harbors of natural habitats and serve as a species pool in intensively managed landscapes. The aim of this study was to examine how valuable natural habitats are distributed within landscape gardens. The distribution and quality of 19 types of natural habitats (sensu NATURA 2000) were studied in 26 large manor landscape gardens in the Czech Republic based on a GIS analysis of natural habitat data. Natural habitats are generally more abundant in peripheral sections of gardens. However, this scenario does not apply to all types of natural habitats equally. Forests are in general more abundant in peripheral sections. The abundance of various kinds of secondary seminatural grasslands is mostly not related to distance from a manor. Large areas of wetlands, riverine vegetation and macrophyte vegetation of streams near manors and, in contrast, the large abundance of macrophyte vegetation of still waters in the peripheral sections of gardens are probably distributed due to intentional design. The quality of natural habitats increases with increasing distance from a manor. However, the quality of some forests, secondary grasslands, aquatic and wetland vegetation deteriorates as the distance from manor buildings increase. The sustainable design and management of landscape gardens have resulted in the conservation of natural habitats, which have enhanced the aesthetic value of the gardens and markedly support biodiversity.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0344651