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Long-term woodland dynamics in Central Europe: from estimations to a realistic model

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The vegetation of Central Europe has been directly influenced by humans for at least eight millennia; the original forests have been gradually transformed into today’s agricultural landscape. However, there is more to this landscape change than the simple disappearance of woodland. Forests have been brought under various management regimes, which profoundly altered their structure and species composition. The details of this process are little known for two main reasons. The greatest obstacle is the lack of cooperation among the disciplines dealing with the subject. The second major problem is the differences in spatio-temporal scaling and resolution used by the individual disciplines. Existing studies either concern smaller territories, or cover large areas (continental to global) with the help of modelling-based generalizations rather than primary data from the past. Using an extensive range of primary sources from history, historical geography, palaeoecology, archaeology and ecology, this interdisciplinary project aims to reconstruct the long-term (Neolithic to present) patterns of woodland cover, structure, composition and management in a larger study region (Moravia, the Czech Republic, ca. 27,000 km2) with the highest spatio-temporal resolution possible. Causes for the patterns observed will be analyzed in terms of qualitative and quantitative factors, both natural and human-driven, and the patterns in the tree layer will be related to those in the herb layer, which constitutes the most important part of plant biodiversity in Europe. This project will introduce woodland management as an equal driving force into long-term woodland dynamics, thus fostering a paradigm shift in ecology towards construing humans as an internal, constitutive element of ecosystems. By integrating sources and methods from the natural sciences and the humanities, the project will provide a more reliable basis for woodland management and conservation in Central Europe.

Zaproszenie do składania wniosków

ERC-2011-StG_20101014
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System finansowania

ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant

Instytucja przyjmująca

BOTANICKY USTAV AV CR, V.V.I.
Wkład UE
€ 1 413 474,00
Adres
ZAMEK 1
25243 Pruhonice
Czechy

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Region
Česko Střední Čechy Středočeský kraj
Rodzaj działalności
Research Organisations
Kierownik naukowy
Péter Szabó (Dr.)
Kontakt administracyjny
Jan Stachura (Mr.)
Linki
Koszt całkowity
Brak danych

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