Jan Skaloš

• Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

The term Sudetenland refers to large regions of the former Czechoslovakia that had been dominated by Germans. German population was expelled directly after the Second World War, between 1945 and 1947. Almost three million people left large areas in less than two years. This population change led to a break in the relationship between the people and...

This case study deals with forest and non forest woody vegetation (NFWV) in two previously unstudied sites in the Bohemia region of Czechia. Using two time horizons - mid 19th century and 2015, we conducted three analyses. First, we compared the area of woody vegetation, using the categories of forest and non-forest woody vegetation, the latter div...

Wood pastures represent grasslands, managed by grazing and characterised by scattered woody vegetation, recognised for their ecological, agricultural and socio-cultural roles, and are among the oldest land-use types in Europe. Rapid decline in their area all across Europe has been observed recently, sparking the appearance of a number of related st...

Trees outside forests act as ecologically valuable elements in the rural landscapes of Europe. This study proposes a new classification system for trees outside forest elements based on the shape and size of the patches and their location in fields. Using this system, the study evaluates the spatial-temporal dynamics of different subcategories of t...

Wetland biotopes play many roles in the landscape. The primary objective of this study was to analyse historical long-term changes of wetlands in the lowland areas of the Czech Republic, with emphasis on their spatio-temporal changes in the landscape and with stress on the use of different types of information sources. The following research questi...

The term wood-pastures is usually applied to areas with trees or other woody vegetation, scattered through a mainly grazed grassland area, and reflects one of the oldest land use types in Europe, which plays important ecological, agricultural and socio-cultural roles. However, a rapid decline in their area due to changes in land use and a lack of t...

The paper summarises the significant methodological approaches for assessment of landscape functions in the sense of energy, material and information fluxes, and landscape functionality in the sense of the ability to manage sources in a sustainable manner. The methods of studying temporal changes of these landscape qualities are also explored with...

Forest and non-forest vegetation fulfils many non-productive and productive functions. A good understanding of the trajectories and drivers of the woody vegetation change is necessary for the relevant management. Recently, the number of studies devoted to monitoring forest cover changes has increased. However, these works do not fully distinguish b...

The aim of our study was to assess the influence of motorways on landscape structure changes. The research was situated on segments of the D1 and D3 motorways in the Czech Republic. The method used for determining the impacts of the construction and operation of the motorway on the landscape structure was based on comparing the development of the l...

The work attempts to determine, in the case of forestry reclamation at the North Bohemian Brown Coal Basin (Czech Republic), if a humus layer is formed naturally and if the volume thereof is influenced by the type and age of the forest stands. Soil data were obtained in a field research in the form of shallow dug probes when thickness of humus hori...

The issue of monitoring landscape changes at the national scale has recently been investigated by a number of authors. However, there is a lack of any comparative analyses that examines the similarities and differences between different landscapes, and why these might exist. The aim of this paper is to analyze the development of intensively utilize...

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Even if a landscape is characterized by the occurrence of no particular natural or cultural attractions, it is of undeniable cultural and historical value since it documents a long-term relationship between humans and the place where they have spent their lives. One way to identify and quantify the values of normal, unexceptional types of landscape...

Many studies have recently been devoted to the study of landscape change, and some have even focused on an analysis of the dynamics of forest cover change. However, few of the studies have worked on a methodology for making a detailed investigation of long-term forest change dynamics based on historic cartographic sources. The goal of this study is...

The underlying goal of the study is to further develop and refine an existing method for making a detailed analysis of long-term changes in land cover on the basis of old Military Survey Maps and on orthophotograph maps in the GIS environment. This method may contribute to a better understanding of the long-term landscape dynamics over a period of...

This study observes and evaluates the changes in landscape use during the last 230 years in an old farming land in Central Bohemia. As background materials, maps of the 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd military mapping from the 18 th and 19 th centuries were used. The study analyzes the influence of natural conditions on land use in detail. Changes are observed...

The objective of this study was to test a method for analysing long-term structural changes in non-forest wood elements, using a newly developed classification system and relevant landscape characteristics. Although these non-forest wood elements are biotopes that have positive effects for the ecological stability of the landscape little is known a...

Results of the analysis of landscape changes at the local scale are presented on a case study site Stíčany (159 ha) located in the Eastern Czech Republic. Eight land use types have been determined, quantified and analyzed on the basis of aerial photograph interpretation. Aerial photos from six time layers (1937, 1950, 1966, 1983, 1992, and 2002) we...

The landscape of the Most region before the era of lignite mining can be considered a system with relatively balanced state between the optimal function of the water regime, ecosystem structure and anthropogenic activities. Historical maps, particularly the maps of the Stable Cadastre, document the state and development of this landscape type. Data...

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