<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Ancient coppice woodlands are forest stands of coppice origin with a long-term continual development and preserved typical natural and historic elements of old coppices. Significant natural elements in ancient coppices include polycormons of coppice shoots, pollard trees, trees with holes, dendrotelms, reserved trees, ecotones, glades and significant plant and animal species. Significant historic elements of localities with ancient coppices include archaeological monuments, boundary ditches and walls, boundary stones, boundary trees, myths and legends, sacral objects, old roads and paths, technical objects and plough land remainders. The paper presents differentiation of assumptions for the occurrence of ancient coppices in the territory of the Czech Republic using the COPF coefficient and examples of results from basic regional inventory (Kuřim region) and detailed local survey (locality Lebeďák) of coppice-originated forests. The extinction of the phenomenon of ancient coppice woodlands would mean irreparable impoverishment of the natural and cultural heritage.</p></abstract>

Ancient coppice woodlands are forest stands of coppice origin with a long-term continual development and preserved typical natural and historic elements of old coppices. Significant natural elements in ancient coppices include polycormons of coppice shoots, pollard trees, trees with holes, dendrotelms, reserved trees, ecotones, glades and significant plant and animal species. Significant historic elements of localities with ancient coppices include archaeological monuments, boundary ditches and walls, boundary stones, boundary trees, myths and legends, sacral objects, old roads and paths, technical objects and plough land remainders. The paper presents differentiation of assumptions for the occurrence of ancient coppices in the territory of the Czech Republic using the COPF coefficient and examples of results from basic regional inventory (Kuřim region) and detailed local survey (locality Lebeďák) of coppice-originated forests. The extinction of the phenomenon of ancient coppice woodlands would mean irreparable impoverishment of the natural and cultural heritage.

Ancient Coppice Woodlands in the Landscape of the Czech Republic

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Ancient coppice woodlands are forest stands of coppice origin with a long-term continual development and preserved typical natural and historic elements of old...

Ancient Coppice Woodlands in the Landscape of the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jan 13, 2018

Page range: 617 - 646

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0036

Keywords
ancient coppice woodland, natural and historic elements, possible occurrence at national level, regional inventory, local survey, Czech Republic

© by Antonín Buček

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

Ancient Coppice Woodlands in the Landscape of the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jan 13, 2018

Page range: 617 - 646

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0036

Keywordsancient coppice woodland, natural and historic elements, possible occurrence at national level, regional inventory, local survey, Czech Republic

© by Antonín Buček

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

Keywords
ancient coppice woodland, natural and historic elements, possible occurrence at national level, regional inventory, local survey, Czech Republic