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Landcover change in limestone areas in the Southwestern part of the Romanian Carphatians

In: Geografický časopis, vol. 48, no. 2
Cristina Muica
Detaily:
Rok, strany: 1996, 121 - 127
Jazyk: eng
Kľúčové slová:
xerothermophile vegetation, degraded land, SW Carpathians
Typ dokumentu: článok/journal
O článku:
In the SW of the Carpathians, despite the area being fairly rich in precipitation, one may often come across degraded grounds on limestone substrate, looking very much like those encounte-red in the Mediterranean zones. But the maquis – type degraded bushes, unlike their Mediter-ranean counterpart, are not formed of screlophile species but of deciduous ones, belonging to the shibljak group characteristic of the Balkan Peninsula. Also, because forests were heavely cut down starting from the Antiquity (but the phenomenon has been intensified over the last five centuries) and the ground was then grazed excessively, in limestone-based areas formely covered by forests strongly degraded grassland expanded, with xerophile species alternating with outcropping rock or "rock deserts” even, where the few rock species are usually hidden in the fissures or al the bottom of lapies. This situation is the result of a long-lasting anthropic activity, fluctuating these very days even. For instance extensive grazing in forest and the cutting of branches for fodder were customary from Neolithic times until the middle of the 20th century. If decisive steps against excessive grazing are taken, bushes may rapidly regenerate, so that a balanced landscape could develop and biodiversity be maintained over the Ume.
Ako citovať:
ISO 690:
Muica, C. 1996. Landcover change in limestone areas in the Southwestern part of the Romanian Carphatians. In Geografický časopis, vol. 48, no.2, pp. 121-127. 0016-7193.

APA:
Muica, C. (1996). Landcover change in limestone areas in the Southwestern part of the Romanian Carphatians. Geografický časopis, 48(2), 121-127. 0016-7193.
O vydaní:
Vydavateľ: Geografický ústav SAV/Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences