From oxen to tourists : The management history of subalpine
grasslands in the Sudeten mountains and its significance for
nature conservation

J 2025

From oxen to tourists : The management history of subalpine grasslands in the Sudeten mountains and its significance for nature conservation

SZABÓ, Péter; Premysl BOBEK; Lydie DUDOVÁ a Radim HÉDL

Základní údaje

Originální název

From oxen to tourists : The management history of subalpine grasslands in the Sudeten mountains and its significance for nature conservation

Autoři

SZABÓ, Péter ; Premysl BOBEK; Lydie DUDOVÁ a Radim HÉDL

Vydání

Anthropocene Review, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2025, 2053-0196

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10619 Biodiversity conservation

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.500 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/25:00140356

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

alpine farming; historical ecology; human impact; mountain tundra; palaeoecology; timberline

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 6. 2. 2026 11:38, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Grasslands above the timberline in European high mountains, such as the Alps, have been used as summer pasture for millennia, creating diverse ecosystems of high conservation value. However, the historical ecology of natural grasslands in middle mountains is much less known. We combined archival and palaeoecological sources to understand the management history of subalpine grasslands in the Hrub & yacute; Jesen & iacute;k Mountains (Czechia) and evaluated the results in view of current nature conservation efforts. The analysis showed that people managed these grasslands for at least seven centuries in a highly dynamic system. Following the abandonment of management in the mid-20th century, this socioecological knowledge was lost and current nature conservation relies on non-intervention to protect areas seen as analogues to nordic tundra. While this is justified for some parts, the encroachment of shrubby vegetation in other parts signifies that the reintroduction of management based on historical parallels can be a valid approach in nature protection.

Přiložené soubory

from-oxen-to-tourists.pdf

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Citovat

SZABÓ, Péter; Premysl BOBEK; Lydie DUDOVÁ a Radim HÉDL. From oxen to tourists : The management history of subalpine grasslands in the Sudeten mountains and its significance for nature conservation. Anthropocene Review. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2025, roč. 12, č. 1, s. 18-34. ISSN 2053-0196. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196241266227.

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SZABÓ, Péter; Premysl BOBEK; Lydie DUDOVÁ a Radim HÉDL. From oxen to tourists : The management history of subalpine grasslands in the Sudeten mountains and its significance for nature conservation. \textit{Anthropocene Review}. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2025, roč.~12, č.~1, s.~18-34. ISSN~2053-0196. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196241266227.

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