Antropogenically Created Forest Edge in the Starohorské Vrchy Mts. on the Example of Donovaly Village

Abstract

Forest edges represent specific elements forming the character of landscape. They are very important factors in ecological stability. To know and to understand them as a part of dynamic and hierarchic structure in vertical and horizontal shaping of the landscape contributes to understanding of the processes between forest and non-forested landscape in connection to influence of ecological factors towards broad knowledge of the country in the shape of its utilization and monitoring of its dynamic changes. The aim of the paper is to analyze in a geographic sense the types of anthropic forest edges in the area of Starohorské vrchy Mts. (on the example of Donovaly village) and their partial geographic synthesis in the frame of chosen attributes and forest edge functions. Basic question is whether human activity influences the dynamics of environmental variables, its structure, taxonomic diversity and other attributes of forest edges.

Distribution and ecological requirements of Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz in the Czech Republic

“…The species was also associated with high shrubs of the class Rhamno-Prunetea and dry turfs of the class Festuco-Brometea, where it grew as a shrub as it does in Poland, Switzerland, Denmark and Germany. The species most often appeared in oak-hornbeam stands and thermophilic oak stands, but because of shading, it gradually retreats to stand edges, which is significant for species diversity (Škodová and Gajdoš, 2011). The wild service tree is a woody plant that is highly suitable to be planted in biocorridors and other linear elements in the lowlands and uplands (Úradnícek 2004, Jelínek and.…”