Driving forces of stability and change in woodland structure: A case-study from the Czech lowlands

0340023 - BÚ 2010 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Szabó, Péter
Driving forces of stability and change in woodland structure: A case-study from the Czech lowlands.
Forest Ecology and Management. Roč. 259, č. 3 (2010), s. 650-656. ISSN 0378-1127. E-ISSN 1872-7042
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA600050812
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : woodland management * woodland structure * historical ecology
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 1.992, year: 2010

This paper presents how socioeconomic processes influenced the management and structure of a lowland ancient wood in the south-eastern Czech Republic in the past 650 years. It is argued that the long-term stability of woodland management contrasts with the multiple changes that can be observed in the driving forces behind this stability. It is concluded that landscape ’stability’ and ’change’ are highly context-dependent, and that socioeconomic driving forces are a crucial link between forest ecology and history, representing a means to understand and control current ecosystems and future changes.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0183356