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Erasing a European biodiversity hot-spot: Open woodlands, veterantrees and mature forests succumb to forestry intensification,succession, and logging in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
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SYSNO ASEP 0425575 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Erasing a European biodiversity hot-spot: Open woodlands, veterantrees and mature forests succumb to forestry intensification,succession, and logging in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Author(s) Miklín, J. (CZ)
Čížek, Lukáš (BC-A) RID, ORCIDNumber of authors 2 Source Title Journal for Nature Conservation. - : Elsevier - ISSN 1617-1381
Roč. 22, č. 1 (2014), s. 35-41Number of pages 7 s. Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords forest management ; land use/land cover change ; lower Morava UNESCO biosphere reserve Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour R&D Projects GAP504/12/1952 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) TA02021501 GA TA ČR - Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA ČR) Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000331131000004 EID SCOPUS 84893785222 DOI 10.1016/j.jnc.2013.08.002 Annotation Open woodlands are among the biologically richest habitats of the temperate zone. Although open wood-lands were much more common in the past and covered large areas of Europe, their original cover andmagnitude of their loss remain mostly unknown. Here, we quantify the loss of open woodlands and assessthe potential for their restoration in an internationally protected biodiversity hot-spot, floodplain wood-lands of lower Thaya and March rivers of Dolní Morava UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Czech Republic.Aerial photographs from years 1938 and 2009 were used to analyse changes in forest canopy closureacross an area of 146 km2and separately for 270 ha of nature reserves found in the area. Forestry mapsand aerial photographs were used to analyse changes in forest age structure. Between 1938 and 2009,expansion of closed-canopy forest reduced open woodlands cover from 41% to 5.7% of total wooded area,or 68.5% to 14.1% in the state reserves respectively. Logging has led to a decrease in mature forest coverfrom 45% to 26% between 1990 and 2009. State reserves prevented logging, but not open woodlandsloss. The magnitude of open woodlands loss parallels that of tropical habitats, but has gone unabatedby nature conservation. Opportunities to restore open woodlands and conserve associated biodiversityin the internationally protected (e.g. UNESCO, Natura 2000), mostly state-owned, woodlands are beingcompromised by rapid logging. Our results also point to the low efficiency of international conservation measures in post-communist members of European Union. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2014 Electronic address http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138113000794
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