<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Territory of Kysuce is characterised by a high proportion of the traditional agricultural landscape (TAL), which occupy almost 12% of the area. Two types of TAL were allocated here. The first type is represented by TAL with dispersed settlement. The second type is represented by TAL of arable land and grassland landscape. The largest representation has typical forms of anthropogenic relief (FAR). TALs represent the most diverse mosaic of man-made habitats and natural habitats too. In the past, there were the largest representations of arable land and regularly mown meadows. Currently, these areas are dominated by abandoned meadows (fallow meadows), occasionally grazed pastures and meadows. Arable land is represented only minimally. The large part of areas is overgrown by non-forest woody vegetation or passes to the forest vegetation. In this process of landscape changes, significant changes in biodiversity of the areas are realised. Successively, the species of segetal and ruderal vegetation are less represented and species of forest vegetation obtained greater representation. In the process of mapping and evaluation, FAR - shape and orientation of plots, types of balks and some of their basic characteristics - were monitored.</p></abstract>

Territory of Kysuce is characterised by a high proportion of the traditional agricultural landscape (TAL), which occupy almost 12% of the area. Two types of TAL were allocated here. The first type is represented by TAL with dispersed settlement. The second type is represented by TAL of arable land and grassland landscape. The largest representation has typical forms of anthropogenic relief (FAR). TALs represent the most diverse mosaic of man-made habitats and natural habitats too. In the past, there were the largest representations of arable land and regularly mown meadows. Currently, these areas are dominated by abandoned meadows (fallow meadows), occasionally grazed pastures and meadows. Arable land is represented only minimally. The large part of areas is overgrown by non-forest woody vegetation or passes to the forest vegetation. In this process of landscape changes, significant changes in biodiversity of the areas are realised. Successively, the species of segetal and ruderal vegetation are less represented and species of forest vegetation obtained greater representation. In the process of mapping and evaluation, FAR - shape and orientation of plots, types of balks and some of their basic characteristics - were monitored.

Historical changes in dispersed kopanitse land type and changes in use of agricultural land on Kysuce region example

Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Štefánikova 3, P.O. Box 254, 814 99 Bratislava,

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Territory of Kysuce is characterised by a high proportion of the traditional agricultural landscape (TAL), which occupy almost 12% of the area. Two types of...

Historical changes in dispersed kopanitse land type and changes in use of agricultural land on Kysuce region example

Published Online: Nov 30, 2016

Page range: 371 - 391

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0030

Keywords
forms of anthropogenic relief (FAR), landscape changes, landuse, traditional agricultural landscape (TAL)

© by Peter Barančok

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Historical changes in dispersed kopanitse land type and changes in use of agricultural land on Kysuce region example

Published Online: Nov 30, 2016

Page range: 371 - 391

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0030

Keywordsforms of anthropogenic relief (FAR), landscape changes, landuse, traditional agricultural landscape (TAL)

© by Peter Barančok

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
forms of anthropogenic relief (FAR), landscape changes, landuse, traditional agricultural landscape (TAL)