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Long-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images
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- Feurdean, Angelica (author)
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
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- Munteanu, Catalina (author)
- University of Wisconsin
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- Kuemmerle, Tobias (author)
- Humboldt University of Berlin
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- Nielsen, Anne B. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Kvartärgeologi,Geologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Quaternary Sciences,Department of Geology,Faculty of Science,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
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- Hutchinson, Simon M. (author)
- University of Salford
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- Ruprecht, Eszter (author)
- Babes Bolyai University
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- Parr, Catherine L. (author)
- University of the Witwatersrand,University of Liverpool
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- Perşoiu, Aurel (author)
- Emil Racoviţǎ Institute Of Speleology Of The Romanian Academy
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- Hickler, Thomas (author)
- Goethe University,Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
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- 2016-11-19
- 2017
- English.
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In: Regional Environmental Change. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1436-3798 .- 1436-378X. ; 17:8, s. 2193-2207
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- Traditional farming landscapes in the temperate zone that have persisted for millennia can be exceptionally species-rich and are therefore key conservation targets. In contrast to Europe’s West, Eastern Europe harbours widespread traditional farming landscapes, but drastic socio-economic and political changes in the twentieth century are likely to have impacted these landscapes profoundly. We reconstructed long-term land-use/cover and biodiversity changes over the last 150 years in a traditional farming landscape of outstanding species diversity in Transylvania. We used the Regional Estimates of Vegetation Abundance from Large Sites model applied to a pollen record from the Transylvanian Plain and a suite of historical and satellite-based maps. We documented widespread changes in the extent and location of grassland and cropland, a loss of wood pastures as well as a gradual increase in forest extent. Land management in the socialist period (1947–1989) led to grassland expansion, but grassland diversity decreased due to intensive production. Land-use intensity has declined since the collapse of socialism in 1989, resulting in widespread cropland abandonment and conversion to grassland. However, these trends may be temporary due to both ongoing woody encroachment as well as grassland management intensification in productive areas. Remarkably, only 8% of all grasslands existed throughout the entire time period (1860–2010), highlighting the importance of land-use history when identifying target areas for conservation, given that old-growth grasslands are most valuable in terms of biodiversity. Combining datasets from different disciplines can yield important additional insights into dynamic landscape and biodiversity changes, informing conservation actions to maintain these species-rich landscapes in the longer term.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Naturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Physical Geography (hsv//eng)
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Annan lantbruksvetenskap -- Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Other Agricultural Sciences -- Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Biodiversity
- Central-eastern Europe
- Conservation
- Farmland abandonment
- Forest regeneration
- Semi-natural grasslands
- Socio-economic change
- Woody pastures
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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