Klára Klinkovská

Masaryk University | MUNI · Department of Botany and Zoology

Semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich plant communities in the world, harbouring many specialised and threatened species. Most of these grasslands were traditionally maintained by grazing and hay-making. After traditional management ended, protected areas were established and conservation management was introduced to protect the most...

Approaches to the classification of thermophilous fringe and tall-herb vegetation in Central Europe vary in many respects. In this study, we provide new vegetation-plot data from South Moravia (Czech Republic), develop a new classification based on differences in overall species composition and compare it with recently used classifications. A datas...

Aims Shallow soils on acidic bedrock in dry areas of Central Europe support dry grasslands and heathlands that were formerly used as extensive pastures. These habitats are of high conservation value, but their abandonment in the 20th century triggered slow natural succession that poses a threat to specialized plant species. We asked how this vegeta...

Aims The summit grasslands of many European mountain ranges were historically used for summer grazing, which ceased in the 20th century. These grasslands are changing, partly through succession after abandonment and partly owing to environmental changes. Subalpine vegetation is also affected by artificially reduced avalanche frequency. Recent conse...

Aims We asked how geological substrate affects the distribution of plant species between forest interiors, forest edges, and steppe patches in the forest–steppe landscapes. Specifically, we sought for the presence of the edge effect at the forest–grassland transitions on different substrates. Location Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and...

Halophytic habitats are distinctive components of the landscape in southern Moravia, Czech Republic, and the Pulkau valley in northern Lower Austria. We provide a historical overview of their flora and vegetation since the early 19th century and describe the current state assessed in the field at all remaining sites in 2020. We summarized the histo...

Liliová hora hill near Luleč is an important locality of thermophilous flora in the Vyškov region, already mentioned in the classic botanical works of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. In later years, however, relatively little data were published about the local flora and some information is available only in herbaria. The...